IISER Bhopal PhD Admission 2020, Eligibility, Application, Dates

 

IISER Bhopal PhD Program Admission January 2020

IISER Bhopal PhD Admission 2020 - Applications are invited for admission to Ph.D. programme in Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economic Sciences, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Humanities and Social Sciences (English, Philosophy and Linguistics) and Physics for the semester commencing from January 2020.

 

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Area of Research

1. Dept. of Biological Sciences:  Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology, Epigenetics, Chemical Biology, Virology, Behavioral Biology, Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, Metagenomics, Systems Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Molecular Systematics
2. Dept. of Chemical Engineering: Fluid Mechanics, Reaction Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Functional Nanomaterials, Bioinspired Polymeric Nanocomposites, and Soft Matter and Self-propulsion
3. Dept of Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry: Supramolecular Chemistry; Crystallography; Transition Metal Chemistry; Molecular Materials; Organometallic Chemistry; Bio-inorganic Chemistry
4. Organic Chemistry: Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Natural Products; Organometallic Chemistry; Asymmetric Catalysis; Chemical Biology; Molecular Biology; Polymers; Biomaterials
5. Physical Chemistry: Electrochemistry: supercapacitors and electrocatalysis; Bionanotechnology; Biophysics; Polymers; Functional Nanomaterials; Ultrafast Spectroscopy; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
6. Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences: Atmosphere and Climate Studies: Ambient Aerosol Characteristics and Receptor Modeling.  Climate and glacier Modelling, Monsoon dynamics.  High-resolution greenhouse gas modeling
7. Earth Surface Processes: Fluvial geomorphology, remote sensing & GIS, Hydrological modeling, Sediment transport in open channels, Geostatistics for Hydrometeorological predictions.  Isotope biogeochemistry, Paleo- reconstruction of environment / productivity/provenance using elemental/ isotope tracers
8. Solid Earth: Active Tectonics, Structural Geology, Petroleum Geology. Chemical and Isotope geochronology, Crustal Dynamics, Petrology. Isotope geochemistry and geochronology, Igneous petrology
9. Dept. of Economic Sciences: Agriculture Economics, Environment and Resource Economics, Behavioral Economics, Macroeconomics (Economic Growth), Economic Theory, Game Theory, Corporate Finance and Industrial Organization, Public Finance, International Economics, Trade, Public Economics.
10. Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science: Nanoelectronic Devices & Circuits Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Model Checking & Embedded System Design, Model Based Software Engineering, Electromagnetics & Plasmas, Genomic Signal Processing, Spintronics & Nanomagnetics, Photovoltaics & Thermoelectrics
11. Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences: (1) English - Postcolonial/Contemporary Indian Writing in English, South Asian Anglophone Writing, South Asian Diasporic Literatures; (2) Economics - Agriculture, Environment and Resource Economics, Behavioral Economics, Macroeconomics (Economic Growth), Economic Theory, Game Theory, Corporate Finance and Industrial Organization.
12. Dept. of Physics: High Energy Physics Theory, Ultra-fast Optics, Cosmology, Theoretical Soft Condensed Matter Physics, Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

 

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Eligibility Criteria

For Biological Sciences:

1. Candidates having M.Sc. / MS/ME/M. Tech/MVSc/M.Sc. (Ag.) degree (with minimum 55% marks) in: Any branch of biological sciences to pursue research in the broad fields of cellular and  molecular biology, cancer biology, developmental biology, structural biology, plant molecular biology, behavioural biology and ecology, marine biology, neurobiology, biodiversity, microbiology, biophysics, bioinformatics, biotechnology and theoretical biology
2. Candidates from agricultural science and nutritional science backgrounds are also welcome to apply.

 

For Chemistry:

1. M.Sc./M.Tech. Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). Mathematics in the 10+2 level is desirable
2. National level examination like National Eligibility Test (NET)/GATE/UGC-JRF/CSIR-JRF/JEST/JGEEBILS/INSPIRE-PhD/NET-LS/Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship or any other recognized score is mandatory. The certificate/fellowship MUST be valid at the time of admission.

 

For Chemical Engineering:

1. ME/M.Tech/MS Degree in the relevant disciplines (such as Chemical Engineering/ Environmental Engineering/ Biotechnology etc.) with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University reports
2. For Chemical Engineering, valid GATE score is not mandatory. However, the candidates must have qualified GATE examination on or after 2012
3. Besides, candidates with national level examination or fellowship like National Eligibility Test (NET)/ UGC-JRF/ CSIR-JRF/ INSPIRE-PhD/ NET-LS/ Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship etc. are also eligible to apply

 

For Earth and Environmental Science:

1. Master's (M.Sc.)/M.Tech Degrees in any of the disciplines of Earth Science/Geology/Geophysics/Atmospheric Science/ Oceanography/Geoinformatics/Remote Sensing/ Chemistry/Mathematics/Physics/Chemical, Environmental, Computer and Civil Engineering with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject)
2. In addition to minimum qualification, for all candidates, a National level examination like National Eligibility Test (NET)/CSIR-JRF/UGC-JRF/INSPIRE-PhD/GATE/NET-LS/Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship or any other recognized score is mandatory. The certificate/fellowship MUST be valid at the time of admission

 

For Electrical Engineering & Computer Science:

1. M.Tech/ME/MS Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University report
2. Candidates having a M.Tech./M.E. degree from India must have qualified the GATE exam at the time of taking admission to the M.Tech./M.E. program
3. Candidates seeking to work in Theoretical Computer Science/Algorithms with a valid JEST score in TCS are also eligible to apply

 

For Humanities & Social Science

1. M.Sc./M.A. Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10-point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University
2. Additionally, a National level examination like National Eligibility Test (NET) / NET-LS / UGC-JRF, or any other recognized score in the relevant discipline is mandatory. The certificate/fellowship MUST be valid at the time of admission
3. Students whose results for National Eligibility Test (NET)/ NET-LS/UGC-JRF, or any other equivalent fellowship are awaited can also apply with their roll number(s) mentioned in the application. Such candidates may walk-in for the interview provided they have qualified examination for any of the above fellowship before the interview date.

 

For Physic

1. M.Sc./M.Tech. Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University reports
2. Additionally, a valid GATE/UGC-JRF/CSIR-JRF/JEST/INSPIRE-PhD/JGEEBILS or any other recognized score is mandatory. The certificate/fellowship MUST be valid at the time of admission.

 

Age Limit

1. Preferably not more than 28 years. Age relaxation of 3 years will be given for OBC (Non Creamy Layer) and 5 years for SC/ST/PD/Female applicants.
2. Upper age limit shall be determined as on last date of online submission of applications. Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate/Aadhar Card only will be accepted by the IISER Bhopal for determining the age.

 

Reservation

1. According to Government of India norms

 

Selection Procedure

1. List of shortlisted candidates (based on merit, subject specialization and required research area) for interview will be published at the IISER-Bhopal website https://apply.iiserb.ac.in TA will be paid to SC/ST candidates appearing for the interview as per the Government of India norms

 

Application Process

1. Candidates can apply online https://apply.iiserb.ac.in
2. Please have your picture (soft copy, preferably in JPG or PNG format) ready. Please read the department wise eligibility criteria carefully
3. The applicants should open the link (https://apply.iiserb.ac.in/application) and properly fill the application form as instructed. The form can be opened and edited/corrected until the last date
4. You must complete your application incomplete application will be rejected
5. Applicants should save the properly filled application form and take the printout after you finish and bring the signed copy at the time of interview if you are shortlisted
6. After the last date, all applications will be screened and candidates selected for interviews will be intimated by email only.

 

Important Dates

1. Last date for submission of online application is 20th October 2019 (Sunday).

 

IISER Bhopal

1. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Indore By-pass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal-462066" (Madhya Pradesh), Website www.iiserb.ac.in

 

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