The Institute may provide to postgraduate students, financial assistance in the form of teaching or research assistantships ( referred to as Institute Assistantship ). Assistantships are awarded on a semester to semester basis for a period of up to three semesters for M.Tech. students and up to five years for Ph.D. students. The stipend for the assistantship is paid at the approved rates. A student is expected to devote up to eight hours per week towards job(s) assigned to him/her. The renewal of assistantship is contingent on the student's satisfactory performance in the academic programme and in the discharge of assistantship duties.
    A student on teaching/research assistantship is also reimbursed for some contingency expenses as per the approved terms and procedures to be notified from time to time The reimbursement for a M.Tech. student is done only once, and for a Ph.D. student annually for the first four years of his/her programme, if he/she is on an Institute Assistantship.
    Some financial assistanships in the form of research assistantships may also be available from sponsored research projects. Additional assistantships in the form of scholarships, fellowships, etc, may be available through other organizations, such as, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR ). Department of Atomic Energy ( DAE ), etc.
    In addition to the students admitted with financial assistance, students may also be admitted to the M.Tech./Ph.D. programmes on a self-financing basis.