Department Of Electrical Engineering
List of M.Tech Faculty Advisors for the M.Tech (2022 batch):
EE1 - Krishna Jagannathan, Devendra Jalihal
EE2 - Lakshminarasamma
EE3 - Anjan Chakravorty
EE4 - Jayaraj Joseph, Boby George
EE5 - Sudharsanan
EE6 - Saurabh Saxena
EE7 - Arun Mahindrakar
Duration
Expected duration: Two to three years.
Research Guide/Advisor
The research guide(s) is(are) decided for each student based on the research area and the preferences of the student and the faculty. The student should ensure regular meetings with the guide.
General Test Committee (GTC)
The GTC for each student consists of the head of the department (HoD) or HoD’s nominee, research guide, one member from the department, and one member from outside the department. A GTC meeting to review progress is held once a year for the first two years, and once in six months afterwards or as often as needed.
Academic Requirements
Course work : An M.S student must register and pass the Introduction to Research (ID 6020) course, three core courses and two elective courses. The core courses and list of electives are prescribed individually for each student by the General Test Committee (GTC). ID 6020 is a compulsory course for all M.S. students and is usually taken in the first semester. All courses must be completed by the end of the third semester.
Research : All students are expected to do high quality research resulting in publications in reputed international journals.
Timeline and Procedures
Courses : A minimum of C grade and an average GPA of 7.5 are enforced in the course work. Students typically register for two or three courses every semester after discussing with their guides.
Research : Students are expected to start reading research papers and discuss regularly with their guides. Research involves (1) understanding and reproducing the state-of-the-art, (2) identifying research problems, and (3) obtaining results that improve the state-of-the-art. This is a fluid and critical phase in the MS program without any pre-determined method. Adequate preparation, hard work, regular interaction with the guide and creativity are crucial ingredients.
GTC meetings : Students prepare a report on their work and submit it to the GTC members about a week before each meeting. At the meeting, students make a presentation describing their work. This presentation must be accessible to GTC members from other areas and departments, as far as possible.
Seminar : One public seminar on the research work should be given by the student in the department.
Synopsis : Once the academic requirements are completed and the seminar has been given, a synopsis of the thesis should be submitted. A draft of the thesis should also be ready. A synopsis meeting will be held to decide on thesis submission and the panel of reviewers for the thesis.
Thesis for review : The thesis should be submitted within one month of the synopsis meeting. Usually, reviews are received within four months of submission of the thesis.
Viva : Once favorable reviews of the thesis are received, a viva is held if necessary. A response to the comments from the reviewers and the final thesis should be ready at this time.
Final thesis : Once the response to reviewers is complete and viva exam (if necessary) is cleared, the final thesis can be submitted.
Half-Time Research Assistantship (HTRA)
All students getting HTRA are expected to work as a research or teaching assistant. The faculty in-charge of the assistantship needs to certify this each month for the release of that month’s HTRA.
Funding for Conference Travel
Two national conferences per year and one international conference travel per student are supported by the institute. Other sources of funding include IIT Madras Alumni Association, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), etc.
Placement
Syllabus Placement office can help in finding jobs. Generally, M.S. students also apply for jobs outside of the placement interviews coordinated by the placement office.
Duration
Expected duration: Two to three years.
Research Guide/Advisor
The research guide is decided for each student based on the research area and the preferences of the student and the faculty. The student should ensure regular meetings with the guide.
Doctoral Committee (DC)
The DC for each student consists of the head of the department (HoD) or HoD’s nominee, research guide, two members from the department, and two members from outside the department. A DC meeting to review progress is held once a year for the first four years, and once in six months afterwards or as often as needed.
Academic Requirements
Course work : Introduction to Research (ID 6020), two core courses and two elective courses. The core courses and list of electives are prescribed individually for each student by the Doctoral Committee (DC). ID 6020 is a compulsory course for all Ph.D. students and is usually taken in the first semester. The courses must be completed within three semesters after enrollment into the Ph.D.
Comprehensive exam : All students must clear the comprehensive exam within the one and half years of joining the program. Details of the comprehensive exam are provided on the department web site (see the useful links section below).
Research : All students are expected to do high quality research resulting in publications in reputed international journals.
Timeline and Procedures
Courses : A minimum of C grade and an average GPA of 7.5 are enforced in the course work. Students typically register for two or three courses every semester after discussing with their guides.A minimum of C grade and an average GPA of 7.5 are enforced in the course work. Students typically register for two or three courses every semester after discussing with their guides.oducing the state-of-the-art, (2) identifying research problems, and (3) obtaining results that improve the state-of-the-art. This is a fluid and critical phase in the PhD program without any pre-determined method. Adequate preparation, hard work, regular interaction with the guide and creativity are crucial ingredients.
DC meetings : Students prepare a report on their work and submit it to the DC members about a week before each meeting. At the meeting, students make a presentation describing their work. This presentation must be accessible to DC members from other areas and departments, as far as possible.
Seminar : Two public seminars on the research work should be given by the student in the department
Synopsis : Once the academic requirements are completed and the seminars have been given, a synopsis of the thesis should be submitted. A draft of the thesis should also be ready. A synopsis meeting will be held to decide on thesis submission and the panel of reviewers for the thesis.
Thesis for review : The thesis should be submitted within one month of the synopsis meeting. Usually, reviews are received within four months of submission of the thesis.
Viva : Once favorable reviews of the thesis are received, a viva is held. A response to the comments from the reviewers and the final thesis should be ready at this time.
Final thesis : Once the viva exam is cleared, the final thesis should be submitted.
Half-Time Research Assistantship (HTRA)
All students getting HTRA are expected to work as a research or teaching assistant. The faculty in-charge of the assistantship needs to certify this each month for the release of that month’s HTRA.
Funding for Conference Travel
Two national conferences per year and one international conference travel per student are supported by the institute. Other sources of funding include IIT Madras Alumni Association, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), etc.
Placement
Generally, Ph.D. students apply for jobs outside of the placement interviews coordinated by the placement office. Placement office can also help in finding jobs.
Instruction for students:
The comprehensive exam is divided into three sequential steps (Step-1, Step-2A and/or Step-2B and Step-3). None of the steps can be repeated i.e. all of the steps can be performed only once and in the order 1 to 3. Step-1, Step-2A/Step-2B and Step-3 are defined below.
Step-1 – Written Exam
- All Ph.D. students (Full time, Part time and External) should enroll for Step-1 towards the end of the first semester. Students upgraded from M.S. or M.Tech. to Ph.D. should enroll for Step-1 towards the end of the first semester after the conversion. Direct Ph.D. students should enroll for Step-1 towards the end of the third semester.
- Under Step-1, the student should pick 3 (only 3, no more, no less) out of 11 foundational topics after consulting their guides. The 3 topics are to be communicated to the comprehensive coordinator and the respective guides in a timely manner. The students will undergo a written test in each of these 3 topics. The list of 11 topics and the UG course equivalent of each is given below. Note that the syllabus for written exam for any topic is that of the UG course equivalent given in brackets.
The list of foundational topics is
- Electric Circuits & Networks (EE2015)
- Engineering Electromagnetics (EE2025)
- Analog Circuits (EE3002)
- Solid State Devices (EE3001)
- Signals & Systems (EE1101)
- Digital Signal Processing (EE2004)
- Probability Foundations (EE3110)
- Digital systems (EE2001)
- Electrical Machines (EE2005)
- Control Engineering (EE3004)
- Principles of Measurement (EE3006)
- $ Each of the 3 tests will carry a maximum of 25 marks.
- The students who secures 12.5 marks or higher in each of these tests and an overall of 45 marks are declared to have passed the written portion of the comprehensive examination and recommended to go to Step-3 directly with a positive recommendation.
- The students who secure below 12.5 marks in any of the 3 tests or less than 45 marks overall will meet the Doctoral committee leading to Step-2.
Step-2 – Remedial treatment or Second attempt at the written exam
This step is only for the students who did not secure a minimum of 12.5 marks in any of the 3 tests or an overall score of 45 marks in Step-1. Those who have secured the minimum marks in each of the 3 tests and an overall of 45 marks will skip this step.
The Doctoral Committee meets the student, and after deliberation, directs the student to Step-2A or Step-2B. Note that it is Step 2A or Step 2B, but not both for the same topic.
Step-2A : The Doctoral Committee recommends that the student sit in the course equivalent, attend the lectures, take the quizzes/final exam etc. The instructor will then award a letter grade to the student. Letter grades “S” or “A” or “B” will yield the student 15 marks for the topic. All other letter grades will yield 0 marks for the topic. The course equivalent is at the discretion of the DC and could be from UG or PG levels at any department of IIT-M. DC will inform the student the course number and title of the course which has to be taken as a comprehensive equivalent.
Step-2B : The The Doctoral Committee recommends that the student prepare independently and write the written test again after one semester. The DC can recommend taking the written test on the same topic in which a student has secured less than 12.5 marks or recommend the student to take some other topics as seen fit. The student is expected to secure 12.5 marks or more in each of the tests and an overall of 45 marks that were recommended for Step-2B.
The students successfully securing the letter grades “S”, “A” or “B” in topics prescribed under Step-2A and successfully securing minimum of 12.5 marks in Step-2B in topics prescribed under Step-2B and an overall of 45 marks, are considered to have passed the written portion of the Comprehensive Examination and recommended to undergo Step-3 with a positive recommendation.
The students not securing the needed letter grades in Step-2A or not securing the minimum of 12.5 marks in Step-2B or an overall of 45 marks are considered failed in the written portion of the Comprehensive Examination. They will however be recommended to undergo Step-3 with a negative recommendation.
Step-3 – Oral Exam or Viva
This step consists of an Oral Exam for a maximum of 25 marks and can be taken only once after Step-1 (passing the written exam with positive recommendation) or Step-2 (passing or failing the written exam i.e. having a positive or negative recommendation).
For students who have passed the written examination with positive recommendation (Either directly from Step-1 or through Step-2), the Oral Examination is conducted by the DC.
The viva component will carry 25 marks. The student will be asked to prepare on a topic/set of papers (mutually agreed with the guide), and make a short presentation to DC followed by a Q&A session .
For students who have not passed the written examination and have a negative recommendation from Step-2, the Oral Examination is conducted by the DC along with the experts on the foundational topics that were chosen by the student. The final decision on the outcome as to whether the student passes/fails is made by the respective DC.
Students with positive recommendation from Step 1 or with positive or negative recommendation from Step 2, who secure 60 marks out of 100 marks in written and oral exam together, are declared to have completed the Comprehensive Exam requirements of the EE department.
| S.No | Subject | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | EE2015 – Electric Circuits & Networks | Syllabus (Please follow the above link and look for the Course Details of your respective courses) |
| 02 | EE2025 – Engineering Electromagnetics | |
| 03 | EE3002 – Analog Circuits | |
| 04 | EE3001 – Solid State Devices | |
| 05 | EE1101 – Signals & Systems | |
| 06 | EE2004 – Digital Signal Processing | |
| 07 | EE3110 – Probability Foundations (Syllabus) | |
| 08 | EE2001 – Digital systems | |
| 09 | EE2005 – Electrical Machines | |
| 10 | EE3004 – Control Engineering | |
| 11 | EE3006 – Principles of Measurement |