Visvesvaraya PhD scheme for Electronics and IT: Phase-II

Digital India Corporation, MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology), Govt. of India is providing scholarships under the scheme titled “Visvesvaraya PhD scheme for Electronics and IT: Phase-II” (https://phd.digitalindiacorporation.in/). This is a special scheme of Govt. of India with following features.

Salient features of the scheme:

1. Monthly scholarship of Rs. 38,750/- for first two years and Rs. 43,750/- for rest 3 years (support up to 5 years).

2. Rent reimbursement up to 24%, 16% & 8% (of fellowship) for X, Y & Z class cities/towns respectively.

3. Research Contingency Grant 1,20,000/- per year.

In session 2024-25, under this scheme 3 Full-time and 1 Part-time students have been enrolled in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE). Details of candidate are following:

1. Name: Shivam Kumar Yadav

PhD (Full-time)
Dept: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Area of Research: Deep Learning and Computer Vision
Name of Supervisor: Prof. S.K. Soni
Date Joined: 12-08-2024

2. Name: Ankit Kumar

PhD (Full-time)
Dept: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Area of Research: Drone and IoT
Name of Supervisor: Prof. S.K. Soni
Date Joined: 12-08-2024

3. Name: Avinash Singh

PhD (Full-time)
Dept: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Area of Research: VLSI Design
Name of Supervisor: Prof. R.K. Chauhan
Date Joined: 12-08-2024

4. Name: Tushant Kumar

PhD (Part-time)
Dept: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Area of Research: AI and Deep Learning
Name of Supervisor: Prof. S.K. Soni
Date Joined: 12-08-2024