The Oral board shall consist of four members in addition to the thesis
supervisor(s)/programme coordinator. Of the four, three shall be from
among the faculty members of the institute ( including those, if any,
on the thesis board ) and one shall be from among the members of the Thesis
board within the country but outside the institute. Of the three members
from IIT Kanpur at least one shall be from a department or IDP (or discipline
in case of Humanities and Social Sciences ) which is different from the
student's own.
The thesis supervisor(s)/programme
coordinator in consultation with the Head of the Department shall propose
the constitution of the oral board ( forwarded through the Convener,
DPGC ) to the Chairperson, SPGC
who will forwarded it to the Chairman, Senate for approval.