Terms and Conditions

1.The placement of the student and the selection of the Research Guide would be based on the sole discretion of the Director/ HODs in the laboratory.

2.Student’s admission to the project work and their stay in the laboratory is restricted to the time and duration of the project and will not be extended. Additional time if required has to be foreseen in advance and necessary request has to be made to HRAD through the research supervisor for the extension of the project duration well in advance.

3.During their tenure of the project work, candidates have to follow strictly all the rules and regulations, timings of the laboratory. Strict compliance of safety rules by the students inside the laboratory is a must. The laboratory will not take any responsibility for the safety of the students beyond office hours. Students are advised to take short term accidental coverage insurance during their stay at CSIR-NIIST.

4.The number of students admitted for the project work is based only on the requirement of R&D sections/Divisions and has no bearing on any quota.

5.There will be no guide from the university/college for this work. However, there could be co-guide from the department if desired. But this should be informed clearly to NIIST with the name of person in the letter from the HOD/Principal.

6.NIIST will have full intellectual property right on the work carried out by the student. However, if a paper is published out of the work, the student(s) name will be considered for the authorship depending up on his/her contribution.

7.The number of students admitted for the project work is based only on the requirement of R&D sections/Divisions and has no bearing on any quota.

8.University/College undertakes the responsibility for any misconduct by the student(s).

9.Thesis/dissertation title/cover page will have the title of the work, name of the university where it would be submitted, student’s name, his/her registration number (optional), name of NIIST scientist as supervisor, Division/Department where the work is carried out at NIIST and month and year of submission. This pattern has to be followed strictly by all the students irrespective of the guidelines stipulated for the same from the respective University/College.

10.Students are required to prepare their thesis in required number of copies and get all the certificates signed in original in all the copies from their Department /College and finally get them signed in original by the research guide at National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum. TWO copies of the thesis/dissertation have to be submitted to the Research Guide at NIIST.

11.Any violations on the above would be viewed seriously and non compliance by the candidates/colleges/University would result in total rejection of applications from the Department/college in future.