New Delhi:  The main objective of Quality Improvement Programme is to upgrade the expertise and capabilities of teachers of the AICTE approved degree-level engineering institutions. QIP provides opportunities to teachers of the degree-level engineering institutions to improve their qualifications by offering admissions to MTech and PhD programme.

Admission to PhD programmes under QIP sponsored by AICTE  for Academic Year 2020-21 is open. This PhD programme is open for the full time/permanent faculty of AICTE approved degree level engineering institutes.

Key Dates: The online application has commenced from 20 September 2019. The closing date for online application is 18 October 2019. The last date for receipt of duly forwarded applications along with enclosures 31 October 2019. IIT Guwahati is principal coordinator of PhD Programmes of QIP 2020-21.

Application Fee: Online Payment Receipt of Rs. 1000/- for General/OBC Category and Rs. 500/- for SC/ST/PD/ Female Candidate should be enclosed with the copy of the Principal Coordinator QIP form only.

Eligibility Conditions:

1. Only candidates (such as Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Lecturers, Readers, Workshop Superintendent and Professors) with a minimum of three-years teaching experience as full-time regular/permanent teachers of AICTE approved Degree level Engineering Institutions as on September 30, 2019 are eligible to apply. Admissions to PhD degree programme under QIP are open only to candidates with a basic degree in Engineering or Technology or Architecture or such other qualification.
2. The candidate should satisfy the minimum eligibility criteria prescribed by the individual Department (and/or the Institution) to which admission is sought.
3. Computer Programmers, Systems Programmers, Workshop Staffs, Guest Lecturers, Visiting Lecturers, Teaching Assistants, Ad-hoc/ Contract or Part-time Teachers, Research Engineers, Scientific Officers, Technical Assistants, and other such categories of staff are not eligible.
4. Teachers of the Major QIP Centres are not eligible.
5. Teachers of the Minor QIP Centres are eligible to apply to Major QIP Centres.
6. Teachers of the minor QIP Centres are permitted to apply for a field of specialization, available in another minor QIP centre, which is not available in their parent department, on the specific recommendations of the Department’s and Institute’s Head stating that a faculty in the particular specialization is required for their Institution. Candidates who has completed M.Tech. under QIP programme can not apply before completion of the bond period at their parent Institute.

 There are three main activities under QIP scheme for the faculty of degree-level engineering institutions:

• Providing opportunities to teachers of the degree-level engineering institutions to improve their qualifications by offering admissions to M.Tech. and Ph.D. programme.
• Organizing Short Term Courses at the QIP Centres for serving teachers in various emerging areas of technology and research.
• Curriculum Development Cell activities which helps to improve the classroom teaching and learning.

These activities are undertaken by nine major QIP centres at IITs and IISc. There are nine major QIP centres (IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, and IIT (BHU) Varanasi) in the country. In addition, there are 70 minor centres that offer various programmes under QIP.

For eligibility criteria, how to apply and other details, candidates should visit the official website of

IIT Guwahati’s QIP page.

http://www.iitg.ac.in/cet/qip.html