Criteria adopted for shortlisting PhD applications (Regular, Direct, ERP and Part-Time)
Area of Research: Signal Processing/Communication/Equivalent
Criteria for Regular category:
1. BTech/BE and M.Tech/M.E./M.S. (GEN/OBC/EWS: 60% or 6.5; SC/ST: 55% or 6.0) 2. 1st preference for PhD specialization as Signal Processing/Communication or equivalent In case of B.Tech. degree only:
3. As per advertisement
4. Valid GATE score for candidate other than CFTI
5. 1st and 2nd preferences for PhD specialization as Signal Processing/Communication or Equivalent
Criteria for Direct PhD category:
1. As per advertisement
2. Valid GATE score for candidate other than CFTI
3. 1st and 2nd preferences for PhD specialization as Signal Processing/Communication or Equivalent
Criteria for ERP category:
1. Minimum 2 years of work experience 2. As per advertisement
3. 1st preference for PhD specialization as Signal Processing/Communication or Equivalent
Criteria for PART-TIME category:
2. Minimum 2 years of work experience 3. As per advertisement
4. 1st preference for PhD specialization as Signal Processing/Communication or equivalent
Mode of examination = Written Test and/or Interview (For syllabus refer ANNEXURE V)
Date of examination = Nov. 24 and 25, 2019
ANNEXURE I: Shortlisted candidates for REGULAR PhD Programme
No. S. No. SID Full name
1 1163 32059 BISMAH
2 1164 32062 ANKUR SAXENA
3 1167 32071 VINAMRATA
4 1168 32084 ANURAG CHOUDHARY
5 1183 32177 SOUMYA DEBASHIS DAS
6 1191 32263 GUNJAN KUMARI
7 1193 32266 VISHVENDRA PRAKSH GOYAL
8 1204 32419 SUKHRAJ SINGH
9 1215 32494 MUDASIR AHMAD SHEIKH
10 1217 32504 MAITREYA SENGUPTA
11 1226 32573 BHARTI KATIYAR
12 1229 32615 AMINA GIRDHER
13 1230 32618 PRATIMA MALHOTRA
14 1231 32621 VIVEK KUMAR SRIVASTAVA 15 1236 32643 JAVID AHMAD GANIE
16 1237 32644 IRAQ AHMAD RESHI
17 1241 32675 SACHIN SHARMA
18 1245 32696 SAMEEN AZHAR
19 1247 32732 SAGAR JAIN
20 1253 32776 NAHEEDA RESHI
21 1260 32805 SAKSHI AGGARWAL
22 1264 32828 MEGHNA
23 1280 32933 VANDNA PATIYAL
24 1282 32946 SAGUN SHARMA
25 1291 33013 ATHAR NAZIR SOFI
26 1300 33092 MAYANK SHARMA
27 1302 33097 PRIYA MISHRA
28 1303 33111 BHUVANENDRA SINGH
29 1309 33152 MANI PRIYA 30 1310 33154 ISHITA SHARMA
31 1315 33175 SUTANAY SANT
32 1317 33194 VAIBHAVA SRIVASTAVA
33 1326 33260 PRASHANT DWIVEDY
34 1331 33297 ARSALAN MUSTAFA
35 1338 33355 DEEKSHA VARSHNEY
36 1339 33364 SYED ZAINAB ALTAF
37 1349 33417 AASHISH KUMAR SHARMA
38 1356 33458 MONIKA DHIMAN
39 1360 33481 RIDHIMA
40 1364 33526 SASWATI PARAMITA 41 1371 33578 JASLEEN KAUR 42 1372 33579 JASLEEN KAUR
43 1376 33592 ANISH KUMAR GUPTA
44 1378 33604 VIVEK PATHAK
45 1379 33611 TARUN KUMAR
46 1380 33615 BHAWNA CHANDEL
47 1390 33703 AYUSHI SINGH
48 1391 33705 SHAWETA
49 1392 33710 PEEUSA MITRA 50 1397 33746
RANJEET PRATAP SINGH BHADORIYA
51 1399 33755 AMAN VARSHNEY
52 1402 33786 SHIV KUMAR
53 1404 33789 YASIN KHAN
54 1407 33794 AKSHAYA RANJAN MISHRA
55 1157 32042 RAMESHKUMAR R
56 1175 32123 LALIT KUMAR BAGHEL 57 1187 32232 ISHAN LUTHRA
58 1194 32274 RAJESH KUMAR MAHATO
59 1210 32467 SAURABH VERMA
60 1212 32483 RAJESH KUMAR MAHATO
61 1218 32516 ARPIT SINGH YADAV 62 1220 32519 VIKAS KUMAR SINHA
63 1258 32801 NEHA SHARMA
64 1262 32816 ARVIND YADAV
65 1263 32819
MACHANURU VENKATA CHENNAKESAVA
66 1274 32897 ADARSHA NARAYAN MALLICK
67 1312 33163 YALAGALA SIVANJANEYULU
68 1322 33246 VINOD KUMAR
69 1329 33284 SEEMA KUMARI
70 1334 33331 PEDADA KAMESWARA RAO
71 1386 33685 MD AQUIB HASAN 72 1401 33785 DEBOJYOTI NATH
73 1403 33787 BHUVNESH MAHAJAN
74 1156 32041 HARI OM SHANKER MISHRA
75 1223 32532 ARIF MOHD KAMAL
76 1283 32955 ROOPKISHOR SHARMA
77 1297 33069 AMOL KUMAR
78 1298 33088 ANUSUIYA
79 1314 33172 GEETIKA SRIVASTAVA 80 1405 33791 PARMILA DEVI
81 1154 32018 VISHAL SINGH
82 1159 32047 PRAWIN JANARDHAN BHAGAT
83 1192 32264 SHUBHAM KUMAR SHAKYA
84 1251 32765 GAURAV VARMA
85 1254 32777 ATHUL O ASOK
86 1265 32845 RAHUL KUMAR
87 1289 33001 RAJWINDER SINGH 88 1306 33131 VAISHALI
89 1307 33135 SANDEEP KUMAR
90 1363 33514 SANDHYA KANOUJIA
91 1370 33577 RAJVARDHAN JIGYASU
ANNEXURE II: Shortlisted candidates for Direct PhD Programme
No. S. No. SID Full name
1 104 32614 ANAND KUMAR
ANNEXURE III: Shortlisted candidates for ERP PhD Programme
No. S. No. SID Full name
1 24 33229 SOUGATA CHATTERJEE
ANNEXURE IV: Shortlisted candidates for PART TIME PhD Programme
No. S. No. SID Full name
1 92 32593 VIVEK HARSHEY
2 98 33048 DEEPA SRIVASTAVA
3 100 33243 AMIT MONGA
4 102 33337 PARUL AGGARWAL
5 103 33399 PIYUSH KULSHRESHTHA
6 104 33472 MOHIT KUMAR SAXENA
7 105 33486 MUNISH PATIAL
8 106 33558 AJEET THAKUR
9 90 32417 POLUMURI LOVA KUMAR
10 108 33737 SATISH KUMAR PAL
11 99 33065 VINAY KUMAR SINGH
12 94 32620 ANAND KUMAR
# Any applicant who satisfies the above mentioned criteria, but his/her name is not in the list can also appear for written and/or personal interview on mentioned dates. Provided he/she has already applied within due date.
ANNEXURE V: Syllabus for written test
The written examination for short listing the candidates for interview would comprise of two parts – Part A (General) and Part B (Research Area). Part A would be mandatory for all. Whereas Part B will have two sections: (a) Communication & Electromagnetic theory, (b) Image processing & DSP. Among these two sections of Part B, candidates can choose one of them. The Syllabus for the Part A and Part B written test is:
Part – A (General)
Engineering Mathematics: Vector space, basis, linear dependence and independence, matrix algebra, eigen values and eigen vectors, rank, solution of linear equations – existence and uniqueness. Calculus: Mean value theorems, theorems of integral calculus, evaluation of definite and improper integrals, partial derivatives, maxima and minima, multiple integrals, line, surface and volume integrals, Taylor series. Differential Equations: First order equations (linear and nonlinear), higher order linear differential equations, Cauchy's and Euler's equations, methods of solution using variation of parameters, complementary function and particular integral, partial differential equations, variable separable method, initial and boundary value problems. Vector Analysis: Vectors in plane and space, vector operations, gradient, divergence and curl, Gauss's, Green's and Stoke's theorems. Complex Analysis: Analytic functions, Cauchy's integral theorem, Cauchy's integral formula; Taylor's and Laurent's series, residue theorem. Numerical Methods: Solution of nonlinear equations, single and multi-step methods for differential equations, convergence criteria. Probability and Statistics: Mean, median, mode and standard deviation;
combinatorial probability, probability distribution functions - binomial, Poisson, exponential and normal; Joint and conditional probability;
Correlation and regression analysis.
Signals and Systems : Fourier series and Fourier transform representations, sampling theorem and applications; Discrete-time signals:
discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT), DFT, FFT, Z-transform, interpolation of discrete-time signals; LTI systems: definition and properties, causality, stability, impulse response, convolution, poles and zeros, parallel and cascade structure, frequency response, group delay, phase delay, digital filter design techniques.
Part – B (Research Area) a) Signal Processing/Communication or equivalent:
Communications: Autocorrelation and power spectral density, properties of white noise, filtering of random signals through LTI systems;
Analog communications: amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, spectra of AM and FM, superheterodyne receivers, circuits for analog communications; Information theory: entropy, mutual information and channel capacity theorem; Digital communications: PCM, DPCM, digital modulation schemes, amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying (ASK, PSK, FSK), QAM, MAP and ML decoding, matched filter receiver, calculation of bandwidth, SNR and BER for digital modulation;
Fundamentals of error correction, Hamming codes; Timing and frequency synchronization, intersymbol interference and its mitigation;
Basics of TDMA, FDMA and CDMA.
Electromagnetics: Electrostatics; Maxwell’s equations: differential and integral forms and their interpretation, boundary conditions, wave equation, Poynting vector; Plane waves and properties: reflection and refraction, polarization, phase and group velocity, propagation through various media, skin depth; Transmission lines: equations, characteristic impedance, impedance matching, impedance transformation, S-parameters, Smith chart; Waveguides: modes, boundary conditions, cut-off frequencies, dispersion relations; Antennas:
antenna types, radiation pattern, gain and directivity, return loss, antenna arrays; Basics of radar; Light propagation in optical fibers.
b) Image and Video Processing or equivalent:
Digital Signal Processing: Sampling and aliasing. Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and properties, comparison between circular convolution and linear convolution, linear convolution from circular convolution. Direct evaluation of the DFT, The fast Fourier transform, Decimation-in-time (DIT) algorithm, Decimation-in-frequency (DIF) algorithm, differences and similarities between DIT and DIF algorithms and inverse DFT (IDFT). Frequency selective filters, design of digital filters from analog filters, design of lowpass, highpass, bandpass and band stop filters, design of IIR filters from analog filters, realization of digital filters. Linear phase FIR filters, frequency response of linear phase FIR filters and location of zeros, Design of FIR filters using windows, realization of FIR filters.
Digital Image Analysis: Digital image fundamentals; Image Enhancement in Spatial Domain; Gray Level Transformation, Histogram Processing, Spatial Filters; image Transforms; Fourier Transform and their properties, Fast Fourier Transform; Image Enhancement in Frequency Domain; Colour Image Processing; Image warping and restoration; Image Compression; Image Segmentation; edge detection, Hough transform, region based segmentation; Morphological operators; Representation and Description; Features based matching and Bayes classification; Introduction to some computer vision techniques; Imaging geometry.