Appointment of Thesis Supervisors of D.IIT.,M.Tech and Ph.D. Students
A student shall not normally have more two supervisors at any given time. Thesis
Supervisor(s) of a student will normally be appointed from amongest the faculty
members at IITK Kanpur using modalities decided by the departments. Under
exceptional circumstances, other employees of IITK with the rank of senior scientific
officer and above can be appointed as co-supervisors of Ph.D. students. The
recommendation of a peer group (appointed by the Head of the Department to which
the student belongs ) regarding the merit and qualifications of being considered
as co-supervisor should be sent to the SPGC
through the DPGC for approval. One such
co-supervisor can be appointed to only one student at a time. In exceptional
cases a student can have a co-supervisor from outside the institute on the recommendation
of the DPGC and the SPGC and approval of the Chairman, Senate. The appointment
or change of supervisor(s) will be communicated to the SPGC by the DPGC. No
change/addition of supervisor(s) is allowed after the thesis has been submitted. In case
there has been a change/addition in the supervisor(s), the M.Tech. thesis will
not be submitted earlier than three months and the Ph.D. thesis will not be
submitted earlier then six months from the date such change. If a
student's supervisor proceeds on long leave, the DPGC shall appoint a supervisor
or a co-supervisor in consultation with the supervisor and the student. In this
case the number of supervisors may be more than two if an external supervisor
already exists. If all
research work and related analysis is complete except writing of the thesis,
and the supervisor proposes to go on leave, the DPGC may appoint a programme
coordinator, to take care of the formalities, such as providing the list of
examiners, conducting the oral examination, etc. In case
a supervisor resigns/retires or otherwise ceases to be a faculty member of the
institute the DPGC will appoint a new
supervisor or co-supervisor.