PhD programme in Earth Sciences:

	Minimum Total Credits	Credits Through Course Work (Minimum)	Credits Through Research (Minimum)	Minimum Number of courses	Minimum Residence	Maximum Duration
Ph.D students with M.Tech.	64	16	32	04	4 Sem	6 years
Ph.D students with M.Sc., M.Phil	80	24	32	06	5 Sem	6 years
Ph.D students with B.Tech.	96	40	32	10	6 Sem	7 years

Note: All other academic requirements will be as per the PG manual.

 

M.Tech programme in Engineering Geosciences:

	Minimum Total Credits	Credits Through Course Work (Minimum)	Credits Through Research (Minimum)	Minimum Number of courses	Minimum Residence	Maximum Duration
M.Tech.	64	24	26	08	4 Sem	4 years

 

Semester I (4x4=16 credits) C1: Compulsory course C2: Compulsory course C3: Elective C4: Elective	Semester II (4x4 = 16 credits) C5: Compulsory course C6: Elective C7: Elective C8: Laboratory course
Semester III (4x4=16 credits) Thesis (16 credits)	Semester IV (16 credits) Thesis (16 credits)

Compulsory Courses 1. Earth system processes 2. Geochemistry 3. Environmental geology 4. Laboratory practices in geosciences

Electives 1. Igneous and Metamorphic petrology 2. River Science 3. Satellite remote sensing and GIS for geo- resource     evaluation 4. Global climate change 5. Isotope geochemistry and applications 6. Petroleum exploration