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Indian Institute of Technology Patna

M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

The programs are of two years duration. The details of the programs offered by Departments and specializations are as follows:

  • Departments: Department of Computer Science & Engineering
  • Specializations: Computer Science & Engineering
  • Seats Available*: Regular & Full time – 25, Sponsored & Full time – 03, Project Staff – 01, Part-Time – 01

M.Tech in Mathematics and Computing

The programs are of two years duration. The details of the programs offered by Departments and specializations are as follows:

  • Departments: Department of Mathematics jointly with Department of Computer Science & Engineering
  • Specializations: Mathematics and Computing
  • Seats Available*: Regular & Full time – 19, Sponsored & Full time – 03, Project Staff – 01, Part-Time – 01

*Reservation of Seats: As per Govt. of India rules.

Categories of M.Tech.

Students The Institute admits M.Tech. students under the following categories.

  1. REGULAR (FULL –TIME) These are students who work full-time for their M.Tech. degrees and receive assistantships from the Institute or fellowship from any other organization/ funding agency.
  2. SPONSORED (FULL-TIME) A candidate in this category is sponsored by R&D organization, academic institution, governmental organization or industry for doing M.Tech. in the Institute on a full-time basis. The applicant must be a regular employee of his/her organization with at least two years of experience at the time of admission and be engaged in professional work in the discipline in which admission is sought. He/She will not receive any financial support from the Institute.
  3. PROJECT STAFF This category refers to a student who is working on a sponsored project in the Institute and is admitted then to M.Tech Program to work on a full-time or part-time basis. The remaining duration of the project at the time of admission should be at least one year. If the project gets completed before the student completes his/her M.Tech Program, his/her category will be converted to self-financed Category. 
  4. PART-TIME A student in this category is a professionally employed person (including the staff of IIT Patna), who pursues the M.Tech Program, while continuing the duties of his/her service. The Institute does not provide any assistantship to such a student.

Eligibility Criteria for Admission to M.Tech. Programme

REGULAR & FULL TIME The programme is open to candidates of all categories with Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering / Technology / M Sc or equivalent professional degrees (AMIE, etc.) and having a valid GATE score. All regular category candidates (except those having B.Tech. degrees from an IIT with a minimum CPI of 8.0) must be GATE qualified with valid GATE score. Candidates seeking admission to M.Tech. Programme of the Institute shall have to possess a minimum of 60% marks (or a CGPA of 6.5 in 10 point scale) for General/OBC/EWS categories and 55% marks (or a CGPA of 6.0 in 10 point scale) for SC/ST categories in the final qualifying examination. Candidates should note that if both CPI/CGPA and percentage are indicated in transcript/marksheet of the qualifying degree then only CPI/CGPA shall be taken into account for determining eligibility.

  • M.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering: B.Tech./B.E. degree in Computer Science/Information Technology and a valid GATE score in CS.
  • M.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing: M.Sc. in Mathematics/Statistics/Mathematics & Computing or Equivalent or B.Tech./B.E. degree in Computer Science/IT/ECE/Aerospace Engineering/Maths & Computing or Equivalent and a valid GATE score in MA, CS, EC.

Financial Support

A. Regular & Full Time

  1. Assistantships are provided to regular students (Indian nationals) at the rate of Rs.12,400/- per month, with valid and qualifying GATE score above the prescribed cut off level for M.Tech. programme . GATE score requirement is exempted for students with Bachelor’s degree from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) with minimum CPI of 8.0.
  2. Assistantships from external funding organizations will be available as per terms and conditions of the concerned funding organizations.
  3. Students receiving assistantships from the Institute or from any other funding agencies are required to perform academic duties as per prevailing norms.
  4. The continuation of the assistantship is subject to satisfactory performance of the assigned duties and satisfactory progress of the student in the M.Tech. programme.
  5. Financial assistantship will be for a maximum period of 2(two) years (till the completion of end semester examination of second year).

Selection

The Institute reserves the right to call a limited number of candidates, based on performance in GATE, grades/marks in the qualifying examination, etc and merely fulfilling minimum eligibility criteria does not guarantee selection.

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MTech in Artificial Intelligence

Introduction:

IIT Patna, with generous grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has set up a multidisciplinary centre named Vishlesan I-Hub Foundation under the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) that targets to leverage Research and Engineering capabilities of Sustainable Development Goals and achieves the mandate of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems, especially in the areas of Video, Speech and Text Analytics. TiH-IIT Patna announces to start a new M.Tech program, which will provide a platform to create the skilled manpower in the broad areas of Text, Speech and Video Analytics. The TIH under the Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence proposes to start admission 2022-23 for MTech in “Artificial Intelligence”.

Objectives:

This M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence program will offer students with deep knowledge of core and applied Artificial Intelligence, especially Speech, Video and Text Analytics. This programme is aiming at imparting the necessary breadth and depth to the students for pursuing careers in academics as well as in industry. This programme is aiming at extending undergraduate computing skills with up-to-date and in-depth expertise in specialized areas of AI such as Speech, Text and Video Analytics. Expected Graduate Attributes: Students, at the end of this programme, will be able to develop an ability to:

1. Understand the fundamental concepts of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Robotics, Cloud Computing, Speech Processing, Computer Vision, and Natural Language Processing

2. Conceive, Design and Develop state-of-the-art systems, to meet the broad objectives of cyber physical systems

3. Acquire the skills to solve important and practical problems related to speech processing, video analytics and text analytics

Duration: 2 years

Course Fees: Rs. 75,000/Semester

Total intake: 50 (TA-10; RA-10; Self-sponsored: 15; Sponsored-10, Part-time: 5)

Categories: Self-Sponsored, Sponsored, Project-funded (Research Assistantship Rs12400/- from R&D Projects), Regular and Full-time (Teaching Assistantship with fellowship Rs 12400/-from the Centre), Part-time

Eligibility:

  • B.Tech./B.E. degree in Computer Science/IT/ECE/Aerospace Engineering/Maths & Computing/ME/Civil Engineering or Equivalent (a valid GATE score in CS/IT, EC, ME, CE for TA/RA/Part-time ) 
  • MSc in Mathematics/Statistics/Mathematics & Computing ( valid Gate score in MA or CS/IT, EC, ME, CE for TA/RA/Part-time).
  • For Sponsored: 1-2 years of experience ( Gate not required)

For more details, please visit: https://www.iitp.ac.in/index.php?layout=edit&id=1231

M.Tech by Research Program

Department of Computer Science & Engineering (For Project staff only)

PROJECT STAFF This category refers to a student who is working on a sponsored project in the Institute and is admitted then to M.Tech by Research Program to work on a full-time or part-time basis. The remaining duration of the project at the time of admission should be at least one year. If the project gets completed before the student completes his/her M.Tech by Research Program, his/her category will be converted to self-financed Category. The applicant must enclose Form II: No Objection Certificate from Dean/ Associate Dean (R&D), IIT Patna, for Project Staff category (available with the application form).

Eligibility Criteria for Admission to M.Tech by ResearchProgramme:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks or First Class in the qualifying degree, fulfilling specific requirements for different disciplines, as indicated below:

  • M.Tech by Research in Computer Science & Engineering:  Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering / Technology / MSc /MCA or equivalent professional degrees (AMIE, etc) with valid GATE score in CS only.

Candidates seeking admission to M.Tech by Research Program of the Institute shall have to possess a minimum of 60% marks (or a CGPA of 6.5 in 10 point scale) for General/OBC/EWS categories and 55% marks (or a CGPA of 6.0 in 10 point scale) for SC/ST categories in the final qualifying examination. Candidates should note that if both CPI/CGPA and percentage are indicated in transcript/marksheet of the qualifying degree then only CPI/CGPA shall be taken into account for determining eligibility.

Selection Procedure: Selection is based on performance in GATE and Personal Interview of short-listed candidates. Marks obtained in GATE and in personal interview will have 70% and 30% weightage respectively. Personal interview will be held to test the skills in basic science, engineering and relevant areas. For Sponsored/ Part-time applicants, GATE score is not mandatory. Selection of Sponsored/ Part-time applicants candidates is based on performance in Written Test and/or Personal Interview of short-listed candidates.

For more details, please visit: https://www.iitp.ac.in/images/pdf/mtechresearch-dmissions-july-22.pdf

Interview Experiences

https://gateoverflow.in/blog/12738/iit-patna-m-tech-interview-experience-list

Placements Data

  • Average Salary: 12.22 Lakh (batch – 2021)
  • Average Salary: 14.99 Lakh (batch – 2022)

For detailed information, please visit: https://www.iitp.ac.in/placement/placementsumm.php

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Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Postgraduate Program

The discipline of CS&E has core strengths in the areas of algorithms, complexity theory, machine learning, data mining, data science, cryptography, network security, computer vision and graphics, and computer architecture. These, combined with a number of ongoing industrial collaborations, including ones with TCS, IBM, Google, CISCO, ISRO and Innit, will help the students prepare for the career of their choice. The CSE discipline offers the following programs.

  • MTech degree:   Starting from the academic year 2017-18, the CS&E discipline at IIT Gandhinagar will be offering an MTech in Computer Science and Engineering. The program combines the strength of IITGN computer science faculty to create a curriculum that is geared towards preparing students for the needs of the industry, as well as strengthen their core fundamentals for further research based degrees. More information regarding admission to a MTech program at IIT Gandhinagar is put up here.

More details, please visit: https://cs.iitgn.ac.in/programs.html

The M.Tech. curriculum at IIT Gandhinagar has been designed to be highly creative with a focus on interdisciplinary skills and high quality thesis work. IIT Gandhinagar also offers the option of a post-graduate diploma in engineering (PGDIIT), which is a one year programme designed to be an intensive course-work based programme with no thesis requirements.

IIT Gandhinagar also offers the option of a Work and Study MTech, which is a three year programme designed to provide the students a unique opportunity to engage with sophisticated equipment, laboratories, and research facilities while pursuing MTech at IITGN. Details of this programme can be found here.

Eligibility Criteria

Minimum of 55% marks / 5.5 (on a 10 point scale) in B.E. /B.Tech./M.Sc. or equivalent in appropriate branches (50% marks for SC /ST).

Candidates who have a valid GATE score (at the time of interview/written test) are eligible to apply for M.Tech. GATE is not required for application to the PGDIIT programme.

B.Tech. graduates from the IITs with CGPA/CPI of 8.0 or above (on scale of 10) would be eligible to admission without having to appear in GATE.

The eligibility criteria mentioned above is minimum and the disciplines may use higher cut-off levels for shortlisting. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PD categories would be eligible for relaxations, as per norms, in the selection criteria.

Financial Support

Eligible candidates admitted to full-time M.Tech. programme will receive a monthly scholarship of Rs.12,400/-.

The students in PGDIIT/ M.Tech. on Part time basis will not receive any stipend/scholarship.

  • Travel Scholarships: Institute encourages M.Tech. students to present their research work at national and international conferences, and provides travel scholarships of upto Rs. 60000/- to such students.
  • Find Out More: Explore details about the various opportunities for scholarships and awards.

Admission Procedure

Admission is generally offered on the basis of an interview and a written test (if any). The Institute will invite a limited number of candidates for a written test (if any) and interview based on the academic records and/or GATE score. The Institute reserves the right to use its own judgment while determining the candidate's level of competency based on the available information.

The written test (if any) is generally based on the topics related to general aptitude (logical reasoning, analytical and numerical ability, etc.), engineering mathematics, and basic courses in various disciplines up to 3rd year of undergraduate programme. The candidates who do not qualify in the written test need not appear for the interview. The reserved category candidates will be given due relaxation in cutoff marks as per the norms.

Due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic scenario, the interview and the written test (if any) may be conducted via online platforms.

Focus Area

For Computer Science and Engineering: 

  • Algorithms, Complexity theory, Machine learning, Data mining, Game theory, Mechanism design, Data science, Cryptography, Network security, Computer vision and graphics, and Computer architecture and systems

For more details about M.Tech: 

PGDIIT

IIT Gandhinagar also offers an option of a post-graduate diploma in engineering (PGDIIT), which is a one year programme designed to be an intensive course-work based programme with no thesis or research requirements. The coursework requirements and the application procedure for the PGDIIT programme are the same as for the MTech programme, however, the PGDIIT programme is only for one year and does not have any research credit requirements. Currently PGDIIT is offered in Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Earth System Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Engineering.

Further information can be found under the MTECH Programme.

For more details, please visit: https://iitgn.ac.in/admissions/pgdiit

Interview Experiences

https://gateoverflow.in/blog/12699/iit-gandhinagar-m-tech-interview-experience-list

Placements Data

https://cds.iitgn.ac.in/?q=cds%2F

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