The BTech Program

The objective of this program is to prepare students to undertake careers involving innovation and problem solving using IT, or to undertake advanced studies for research careers in IT or the domain areas.

IT is now becoming a discipline that is distinct from Computer Science. IIIT Delhi aims to have such a curriculum which is Computer Science-based, and which will develop in students skills for problem solving using engineering and research approaches, in the field of IT or some domains of IT. It plans to have a strong foundational program, which can be built upon for specializing in different areas of IT or IT domains. In IIITD, this foundational program will heavily derive from Computer Science, and will be supplemented with suitable IT oriented courses. Some of the salient points of the BTech program are:

• As it is an IT focused program, it “inverts the pyramid” and start with computing oriented courses first, and the general and sciences courses later. Besides being better suited for an IT program, it also enables the possibility of students seeing newer applications and possibilities of relating IT with these subjects.
• Has a core program that focuses on computing fundamentals as well as communication skills.
• After the core program, there is flexibility on the courses the students can do. The program allows limited specialization through the concept of streams.
• Humanities and social sciences is an integral part of the curriculum.
• Allows motivated students to graduate with a “BTech (Honors)” by doing extra units.
• Has a heavy emphasis on practice with many courses having labs and programming assignments as integral part of the course work.
• Builds research skills also through courses like “independent study” and “independent projects”
• Allows motivated students to graduate with a “BTech (Honors)” by doing extra units.
  

 The PhD Program

IIIT Delhi is starting its PhD program as a collaborative PhD program between IIITD and some globally renowned labs and universities. Key features of this program are:

• A PhD student is admitted into IIITD, from where he/she will get the degree. Interview for admission may be done jointly by IIITD and the partner group.

• The main supervisor of the PhD scholar will be from IIITD; there may be a co-supervisor from the partner group.
• After doing the course work and starting the research, the scholar may spend 3 months to 1 year with the co-supervisor at the partner group/institution
• Being a focused program, it is expected that a scholar will be able to finish PhD in 4 yrs.
• Attractive compensation – the stipend in first year is Rs 20,000 per month; 2nd to 4th year it can be upto Rs 25,000 per month. While the scholar is at the partner group/ organization, the partner will pay the stipend as per their norms.
• Institute will provide support to present papers in national and International conferences.