new delhi the delhi governmentcreated indraprastha institute of information technology iiitd has joined hands with australias queensland university of technology qut for a collaborative phd programme in areas like cryptography control theory and robotics as part of efforts to promote cooperative educational exchanges under the programme the two institutions will jointly develop a system of academic exchanges that will allow a doctoral student to perform coordinated research studies at both institutions said professor pankaj jalote the director iiitdelhi a phd student in the programme will spend the first year at the iiitdelhi and then continue his her work at the qut for one and a half years the student then returns to the iiitdelhi to complete the phd there may be additional visits involved the phd student will be jointly guided by supervisors from both institutions with the aim of obtaining phd by satisfying the requirements and quality standards for the degree of each institution successful candidates will be eligible for a joint phd award that names both institutions said jalote the joint phd student will be supported financially by a scholarship stipend or grant from the institutions or from a third party the stipend will be commensurate with the standards followed in each institution travel costs incurred by the student will also be covered for 2013 the joint phd programme will commence in august under which two seats will be available with areas of interest being identified as cryptography control theory robotics and linked data analysis