IIT Palakkad MS 2023 will begin soon. Candidates seeking admission can apply online on the official website of the institute. Admissions will be granted on the basis of written test and personal interview conducted by the respective departments. Check IIT Palakkad Admission 2023

IIT Palakkad MS Important Dates 2023

IIT Palakkad MS Fee Structure 

Note: NS - Non-Statutory Fees * - SC/ST/PwD scholars are exempted from payment of tuition fee irrespective of their parental income. 

# - For Hostellers only

IIT Palakkad MS Eligibility Criteria 

• For M.Sc. in Chemistry, Candidates who have passed the JAM (Joint Admission Test for Masters) and have a Bachelor's degree with Chemistry as a subject for 3 years/ 6 semesters and Mathematics at the 10+2 level.
• For M.Sc. in Physics, JAM (Joint Admission Test for Masters) qualified candidates who are also having Bachelor’s degree with Physics as a subject for at least 2 years / 4 semesters and Mathematics for at least 1 year/ 2 semesters. 
• For M.Sc. in Mathematics, JAM (Joint Admission Test for Masters) qualified candidates who are also having Bachelor’s degree with Mathematics courses for at least 2 years / 4 semesters. 

Read More: IIT Palakkad Courses & Fee

IIT Palakkad MS Admission Criteria 

Admissions to MS course at IIT Palakkad are based on the cutoff list prepared by the institute. The cutoff lists are based on respective entrance examination marks. 

How to Apply? 

You can go through the following steps to apply at IIt Palakkad.

1. You can fill your application to IIT Palakkad online through the official website https://pgadmit.iitpkd.ac.in/
2. Go through the notifications and register yourself on the COAP 2021 website before applying in this portal.
3. Create an account for yourself in the portal using the link.
4. Check your mail. You should receive a welcome email.
5. Log in with your username and password credentials.
6. Fill all your personal details.
7. Fill all the qualification details. In case you have multiple qualifications, keep filling them one by one. 
8. Fill Your GATE details. In case of multiple GATE, keep filling them one by one.
9. Apply for your preferred course. You can also choose your existing GATE and Qualification details while applying.
10.  Upload all the necessary documents.
11.  Verify all the filled data in your profile using the ‘View Profile’ option. Make the changes, if any, and do the final submission.
12.  Pay the application fee online.
13.  Download your application form after the payment.

Read More: IIT Palakkad Admission

IIT Palakkad MS Application Fee 

IIT Palakkad MS Cutoff

Candidates for admission are selected based on professor’s requirement. To shortlist candidates for the PI round, the following GATE cutoff scores are preferrable:

IIT Palakkad MS Course Details

M.Sc. in Chemistry: Instead of following a conventional framework, the M.Sc. (Chemistry) curriculum at IIT Palakkad has been developed in a very contemporary and effective format. The focus is on assisting students in gaining a sufficient breadth of knowledge on the various sub-disciplines of chemistry while also allowing them to delve deeper into their preferred areas. 

• It is a four semester long program.
• This course is designed emphasizing structure, reactivity and synthesis. Under this, Physical, inorganic, organic, and interdisciplinary biochemistry fundamentals will be covered, as well as many other key theoretical and experimental fundamentals.
• The first two semesters will have all the common core courses.
• The next two semesters will have the electives and a project as the major components of the semester, and will contain both the theory and experiments. 

Various Areas of Research

• Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of soft matter
• Materials chemistry and Heterogeneous catalysis
• Organic macromolecules - design, synthesis and applications
• Molecular dynamics simulations
• Mechanochemistry
• Fundamentals studies on Biophysical chemistry
• Materials chemistry and Heterogeneous catalysis
• The formation of discrete supramolecular ensembles by self-assembly and study of their applications
• Bioorthogonal chemistry in drug discovery
• The Structure and dynamics of the bio-polymers / macromolecules
• Design, synthesis and development of novel molecular entities for targeted therapy
• Engineering mesoporous polymers for the selective adsorption and sequestration of various pollutants/ hazardous substances
• Fabrication of functional nano-structures for bio-medicine

Facilities 

• Analytical balance
• Benchtop conductivity meter
• Benchtop pH meter
• Digital colorimeter with micro control and 8 filters
• Ice flake machine
• Melting point apparatus
• Spectrophotometer
• Ultrasonic bath, etc. 

Faculty 

• Dr Supratik Sen Mojumdar, PhD((IACS, Kolkata)
• Dr Padmesh A, PhD (IFS Institute, New Zealand)
• Prof K V Govindan Kutty, PhD (IIT Madras) 
• Dr Debarati Chatterjee, PhD (IISc Bangalore) 
• Dr Shanmugaraju Sankarasekaran, PhD (IISc Bangalore)
• Dr Dinesh Jagadeesan, PhD (JNCASR, Bangalore) 
• Dr Mintu Porel, PhD (University of Miami, USA) 
• Prof K L Sebastian, PhD (IISc Bangalore) 
• Dr Sushabhan Sadhukhan, PhD (CWRU, USA)

M.Sc. in Physics: Students who have completed a Bachelor's degree in basic sciences with Physics as a subject for at least two years are eligible to apply for the MSc Physics programme. The shortlisting is based on the national level test, i.e. Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM) which is conducted by IITs.

• It is a four semester long program.
• In the first two semesters, students will take core theory courses that will focus on the fundamentals of the subject, as well as laboratory courses that will allow them to investigate and become familiar with classic experiments in the field. 
• In the next third and fourth semester, the students will have the opportunity to take advanced electives (theory) and laboratory courses that are at the cutting edge of research, as well as a one-year project led by experts in the field.

Various area of research

• Plasmonic systems: Experiments and Numerical simulations
• Condensed Matter Physics. 
• Physics of soft materials: Theory and simulations
• Non Equilibrium quantum systems
• Quantum information theory

Facilities

The Department currently has a teaching physics laboratory to meet the needs of undergraduate and graduate students, which is equipped with cutting-edge experimental configurations. In addition, IIT Palakkad has established various central facilities for conducting advanced research. They are:

• Central Micro Fabrication Facility (CMFF).
• Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF)
• Chandra High Performance Computing Cluster
• All the other central facilities in Materials and Manufacturing, Data Mining are in the planning stage. 

Faculty 

• Dr. Projjwal Banerjee, PhD (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA)
• Prof. P B Sunil Kumar, PhD (RRI, Bangalore) 
• Dr. Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, PhD (IISc Bangalore) 
• Dr. Jayakumar Balakrishnan, PhD (National University of Singapore) 
• Dr. Kusum Dhochak, PhD (TIFR, Mumbai) 
• Dr. Prithvi Narayan P, PhD (TIFR, Mumbai) 
• Dr. Amit Kumar Pal, PhD (Bose institute Kolkata) 
• Dr. Soham Manni, PhD (Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen Germany) Dr. Uma Divakaran, PhD (IIT Kanpur) Dr. Vishwas V, PhD JNCASR Bangalore)
• Dr. Prithvi Narayan P, PhD (TIFR, Mumbai)

M.Sc Program in Mathematics: The M.Sc. in Mathematics programme gives the students a strong mathematical base and allows them to specialise in various areas like applied mathematics, pure mathematics, data sciences, and also theoretical computer science.

• The given curriculum has 12 core courses along with 8 electives.
• All chosen students will also have the option of pursuing a project in lieu of some electives, allowing them to gain hands-on experience in a particular field.
• It is expected that graduates of this master's programme will be able to pursue careers in both academia and industry as a result of this curriculum.
• In the last two years of the programme, there are eight electives that allow students to focus on topics other than pure mathematics. Some of them are: applied mathematics, theoretical computer science, and data sciences.

Faculty

• Dr Jayanarayanan C R, PhD (ISI Bangalore) 
• Dr Lakshmi Sankar K, PhD from Mississippi State University, USA
• Prof. S H Kulkarni , PhD (IIT Bombay) 
• Dr Sarath Sasi, PhD (Mississippi State University, USA)
• Dr Ashok Kumar M, PhD (IISc Bangalore) 
• Dr. Jaikrishnan Janardhanan , PhD (IISc Bangalore) 
• Dr Rohith Varma PhD, (Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai)
• Dr G P Balakumar, PhD (IISc Bangalore)

Read More: IIT Palakkad Faculty

IIT Palakkad MS Reservation of Seats 

According to Government of India guidelines, seats are reserved for Indian nationals in the categories of SC/ ST/ OBC (Non-creamy layer), PwD (Persons with Disabilities), and Economically Weak General category students (EWS).

Read More: IIT Palakkad Reviews

IIT Palakkad MS Placements 

Ever since its inception, IIT Palakkad has witnessed a perfect culmination, year after year, with several offers from coveted MNCs, as requested by the students. Outstanding profiles were received on campus. The CDC at IIT Palakkad outperformed its peers by receiving the highest number of job offers from students. In addition, each year, a number of PSUs come to campus to attract the students. A successful placement was also observed at IIT Palakkad through placements and internships.

IIT Palakkad Research Placement Key Highlights

• The highest Domestic CTC offered was INR 31.5 LPA.
• L&T Group has made the maximum number of offers this year (15 Offers).
•  Average CTC offered to the batch of 2021 was INR 11.42 Lakhs.
• 50 percentage surges in the no. of companies participating for the year 2021.

The following data provide a quick overview of the campus placement:

Some of the very notable companies which offered employment and internship are GE, Adobe, Arista networks, Mathworks, Texas Instruments, UST Global, Multicoreware, Yodlee, HSBC, TCS, Maybank, OYO, PayTM, ZS Associates, L&T Group, Sony, Panasonic, Ford, Daimler, Timken, Construct, United Health (Optum) Group etc. 

Key PSUs/Government agencies which offered positions are: Indian Air Force, ITI Limited, TRAI, KMRL, FCRI, BEML, Ordnance factory etc.

Read More: IIT Palakkad Placement

IIT Palakkad MS Scholarships and Freeships

Establish an MCM Scholarship for 25% of the sanctioned intake/admitted strength, whichever is less. The full tuition fee will be waived in this case, along with a monthly payment of Rs. 1000/-.

There are Scholarships under Prof. Valsakumar Memorial Scholarships for M.Sc. Physics Students: 

• One student will receive a Merit Award, which includes a certificate of appreciation and Rs. 5000/- in prize money.
• Only one student gets Prof. Valsakumar Merit cum Means Scholarship of Rs.35000/- per semester.

Read More: IIT Palakkad Scholarships