PhD Admission January 2009 - IIT, Madras

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PhD Admission January 2009 - IIT, Madras

The Institute, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In 1956, the German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement in Bonn, West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras was signed in 1959.

The Institute was formally inaugurated in 1959 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. The IIT system has seven Institutes of Technology located at Kharagpur (estb. 1951), Mumbai (estb. 1958), Chennai (estb. 1959), Kanpur (estb. 1959), Delhi (estb. 1961), Guwahati (estb. 1994) and Roorkee (estb. 1847, joined IITs in 2001).

IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 460 faculty, 4500 students and 1250 administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. It has established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the country.

The Institute has fifteen academic departments and a few advanced research centres in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories organised in a unique pattern of functioning. A faculty of international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical & supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of IIT Madras. The campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. Chennai is the state capital of Tamilnadu, a southern state in India.


For more details : http://www.iitm.ac.in/Academic%20Admissions/1318.html

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IIM Calcutta / IIT Kanpur / IIT Madras

One year full-time joint IIM-IIT: Post Graduate Diploma Program for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing (PGPEX-VLM)

Last date for receipt of completed application form is 21st December 2008

Applications are invited for admission to the third batch of the above program commencing from April 2009 from engineers with first class degree in any branch of engineering and a minimum of 5 years working experience in manufacturing sector. Selection will be based on academic record, clearing an aptitude test followed by personal interview. Application form and brochure can be obtained from 24th November 2008 to 20th December 2008 from VLMP Office, Room No. 411, Dept. of Management Studies, IIT Madras by sending an application along with a demand draft for Rs.2000/- drawn in favour of "IIT Madras" payable at Chennai. Application form can also be downloaded from the website: www.vlm.iitm.ac.in and may be submitted

along with a demand draft for Rs.2000/- drawn in favour of IIT Madras.