PhD program in Material Engineering hosted by the Department of Polymer, Textile and Industrial Engineering has three tracks: Fiber and Polymer Science; Bio and Nanomaterials; Mechanics of Materials. These are the key areas with already existing human resources and facilities to provide effective teaching, research, supervision, and mentorship to the candidates. The PhD programme is further designed to impart practical skills through field placement of the students for industrial attachment in appropriate industries and workenvironment for the development of appropriate skills and identification of relevant research gaps which will form the basis of their theses.