the fees for the international students will be lowered and they will receive stipend as per the jrf srf provisionsindian institute of technology iit delhi has launched a new programme for international students aspiring to pursue research at the institute the biggest bonanza for the international students is that the students enrolling in the international phd fellowship programme ipfp will have a lower fee to payunlike other courses the foreign students pay the fee almost similar to what the indian students pay each semester they will also receive a stipend as per the jrf srf provisions the foreign students will receive a stipend of rs 31000 for the initial two years and rs 36000 for the remaining period as they finish the phdwe are now aggressively focussing on internationalisation of education being imparted at the institute currently we have as many as 100 foreign phd students which is about 1 of total phd students at the campus but we want to raise it to 10 in the next three years ipfp is a way to reach that target says v ramgopal rao director iit delhimost often foreign nationals opt for private universities for research and phd programmes as there is a notion that iits are tough to get through for ipfp admissions we will be adopting the american way of admissions which is wellaccepted and popular foreign students will go through personal interviews on skype and will be required to produce reference letters at the time of admission we will also look into considering gre scores he addsat the moment iit delhi lags behind in terms of the number of foreign students and faculty which was also highlighted in qs world university rankings 2018 encouraging international students will bring international recognition cultural diversity and improve the institutes global ranking the envisioned longterm impact of the newly launched phd programme is to create a global brand for india and attract foreign students to all the programmes including bachelors masters and mphil degrees where the students admitted to courses other than phd will not receive financial assistance says raoas many as 500 phd fellowships will be provided to international students over a period of five years rao says that there is no yearly quota for admitting students and the goal is to admit 400 indian and 200 foreign phd students in the upcoming academic year 201920 the students can apply for phd in 28 departments including applied mechanics atmospheric sciences biochemical engineering and biotechnology biological sciences and biomedical engineering