New Delhi, 02 November 2020: The January 2021 cycle for PhD Admission has gained momentum as a large number of universities have notified their Admission window. Mostly, Central Government, Autonomous Institutions, and other reputed institutes offer Fellowships to regular PhD Full Time candidates. The Fellowships amount starts from Rs 31,000 per Month in addition to other benefits such as House Rent Allowance and Annual Grants.
As on 02 November 2020, there are more than 25 such universities and institutions which have opened PhD Admission. These include IITs, IIMs, IISERs, Private Universities, and CSIR Research Labs.
IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Guwahati, IIT Patna, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Kanpur have opened PhD Admission for Spring Semester 2020-21 with Institute Fellowships. IISER Pune, IISER Kolkata, and IISER Berhampur have opened PhD Admission, which are offerings fellowships as per Ministry of Education, former Ministry of HRD.
IIM Bangalore and IIM Ahmedabad have notified PhD Admission 2021 with fellowships. Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) invites application for All India PhD Manipal Entrance Test (MET) 2020 – Feb 2021 Admissions. The Online All India MET will be held on 12 & 13 December 2020. Eligible and selected candidates will get Dr TMA Pai PhD scholarship benefits.
Shiv Nadar University, a private multidisciplinary research university in Noida, has announced PhD Admission for Spring 2021 for School of Management and Entrepreneurship (SME). It is a residential program with a monthly fellowship of Rs 50,000/- plus 100% tuitions fees waiver and 70% hostel fee waiver.
List of Universities where PhD Admission Open with Fellowships:
| Name of Institutes/Universities | Last Date | Remark | Notification Link |
| Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) New Delhi, | 15-Nov-20 | more than 1200 PhD seats in 44 CSIR Research Labs | click here |
| Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur | Fellowships will be available. | Click Here | |
| Shiv Nadar University, a private multidisciplinary research university in Noida | 30-Nov-20 | Fellowships at 50K | click here |
| The Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), an autonomous Grant-in-aid Institution of the Department of Atomic Energy | 15-Dec-20 | Junior Fellowships | click here |
| Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi | 04-Nov-20 | Fellowships Benefits available | click here |
| National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad | 02-Nov-20 | click here | |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) | 30-Nov-20 | Dr TMA Pai PhD scholarship benefits.Online All India MET | click here |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, | 24-Nov-20 | Institute Fellowships Available. | click here |
| Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal | 06-Nov-20 | Total 200 Seats | click here |
| Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, | 20-Nov-20 | Vel Tech Research Fellowships. 452 PhD seats | click here |
| Gujarat Technological University, a state university in Gujarat | 07-Nov-20 | click here | |
| Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune, | 11-Dec-20 | clcik here | |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar, | 25-Nov-20 | Institute Scholarship available. | Click Here |
| Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune | 15-Nov-20 | click here | |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna | 04-Nov-20 | Institute Scholarship available. | Click here |
| National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar, | 05-Nov-20 | Fellowships | Click Here |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, | 10-Nov-20 | Total number of PhD seats available for December 2020 are 215 across 16 departments. | click here |
| Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata | 03-Nov-20 | clcik here | |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore | 18-Jan-21 | click here | |
| CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) Lucknow | 16-Nov-20 | click here | |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur | 02-Nov-20 | PhD, MS and MTech Admission Open. Institutional Fellowships. | click here |
| Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali | 10-Nov-20 | click here | |
| CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research | 16-Nov-20 | Click Here | |
| IIM Ahemedabad | 21-Jan-21 | Management Subjects | Click Here |
| AICTE announces Post Graduate (PG) Scholarship | 31-Dec-20 | Click Here | |
| IISER Kolkata | 03-Nov-20 | Click Here |
Note: Candidates should refer the exact admission notification before applying any programmes of any universities or institutes. On the basis of information available in the public domain, SkillOutlook has published this story.
