A candidate working in an R & D establishment which is equipped with the necessary research and library facilities may be considered for admission only to the M.Tech. /M.Des. /M.S. by Research and Ph.D. programmes. Such a candidate must be sponsored by his/her employer and must have been in employment with the sponsoring organization for at least 2 year at the time of admission. The employer must expressly undertake to pay full salary to the candidate and relieve him/her to stay on the campus to enable the candidate to complete the requirements specified in Section 7.1 , footnote 2 .

For fellows and employees of research labs, centers of excellence, and other organizations such as DRDO, CSIR, DAE, DoS, DIT, DST, DBT, ICMR, ICAR , NGRI, GSI, Wadia Institute etc., fully funded by the government (central/state), the minimum employment requirement will be only one year. The reduced employment requirement will also be applicable to employees of public sector unit (PSU) and central and state universities fully funded by the government.

A candidate applying for admission to the external registration programme must provide detailed information about the research facilities available at his/her organization and a certificate that these would be available to him/her for carrying out research. He/she should also provide the biodata of the prospective supervisor who would supervise the candidate's work at his/her organization.

On the recommendation of the DPGC, the SPGC will approve an organization for carrying out M.Tech./ M.Des./M.S. by Research/ Ph.D. research in a specified area. An application for admission from a candidate working in the approved organization will be considered only if he/she wishes to work in the specified area.