PhD Admission, March 2025

Applications are invited for the Ph.D. program in the School of HSS in the following disciplines:

English, Linguistics, Economics, and Psychology

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About the school

The Government of India established the Indian Institute of Technology Indore in Madhya Pradesh in 2009. IIT Indore has positioned itself as a vibrant centre for outstanding research. The School of Humanities & Social Sciences focuses mainly on multidisciplinary research. The school has six disciplines: Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology. IIT Indore invites applications from highly motivated candidates for admission to the PhD program in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences as per disciplines and areas of research mentioned.

Important Dates

Application Due Date: March 9, 2025

Intimation to shortlisted candidates: March 13, 2025

Written test and interview: March 26, 2025

Important Note: This round is for all candidates who have UGC-JRF/CSIR-JRF and equivalent external funding

Guidelines for Application

• You MUST select an appropriate research area in the discipline you are applying to.
• There will be a written exam and then an interview.
• During the written exam, applicants will have to write a statement of purpose explaining reasons for pursuing doctoral research at IITI besides outlining scholarly interests.
• The school conducts a rigorous evaluation process and reserves the right to call a limited number of candidates for the written test and interview.

Important Note: No TA/DA will be provided to the applicants if called for the written test and/or interview

Highlights

• The institute supports scholars for various national and international conferences, workshops, fieldwork, etc.
• The institute also has various schemes by the international office to visit and work in globally renowned institutions (https://ir.iiti.ac.in/#/).
• The institute and the school of HSS have publications in reputed journals.
• The school provides an open, research friendly environment with a world-class infrastructure equipped with the most recent database, software, and research tools.

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Eligibility

• Master's degree (MA/MSc/MS/MPhil) in any HSS specialization with first division in accordance with the awarding institute/university, UGC-JRF/CSIR-JRF (or equivalent external fellowship)

OR

• Master's degree in business administration (with first division according to the awarding institute/university): UGC-JRF/CSIR-JRF (or equivalent external fellowship)

OR

• Master's degree in a department of engineering, technology, or sciences with first division, according to the awarding institute or university, and UGC-JRF/CSIR-JRF qualification (or equivalent external fellowship)

PhD Advertised Research Areas

Economics

Prof. Pritee Sharma: Agricultural Economics (Economics of Land, Water and Forests); Development Economics (Rural Poverty and Trade Concerns of Developing Countries) 

English

Prof. Nirmala Menon: Digital Infratructures, Database development, AI in Digital Humanities

Dr. Aratrika Das: Medical humanities

Dr. Dishari Chattaraj: English Language Education, Higher Education, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Applied Linguistics, Critical Food Studies

Dr. Thapasya J. (Linguistics): Sociolinguistics, Language Variations, Language and Identity, Cognitive Sociolinguistics

Dr. Sansuma Brahma  (Linguistics): Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Language Documentation, South Asian Languages

Psychology

Prof. Sanjram Premjit Khanganba: Human Factors: Human-System Interaction, Automotive UX, HCI, User Cognition, Contracted/ Protracted Attention, Mental Model, Human Errors, Safety, Performance, Visuospatial Processing, Community System, Intervention, Behavioral Insights, Empirical Aesthetics

Dr. Kedarmal Verma: Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Sleep & Cognition

Contact Us

Dr. Kedarmal Verma, DPGC Convener, School of HSS, Room No. 503 (LRC Building)

Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Khandwa Road Simrol, Indore, 453 552, Madhya Pradesh, India; 

Phone No.: +91-731-660 (Ext. 3452) 

Email: dpgchss@iiti.ac.in