IISER Bhopal PhD 2018 - Admission Details, Eligibility and Application

IISER Bhopal PhD Admission 2018

 

IISER offers PhD Programme in Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics and English), and Physics for the semester commencing from January 2018

 

Candidates can check all the details of IISER Bhopal PhD Admission January 2018 from this page given below

 

IISER Bhopal PhD Admission January 2018

IISER Bhopal Invited application for PhD Programs in Department of Biological Science, Chemical Eng., Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Electrical Eng. & Computer Science, Humanities & Social Sciences (Economics & English), and Physics for the semester commencing from January 2018

 

Area of Research

Dept. of Biological Sciences: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology, Epigenetics, Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, Metagenomics, Systems Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Molecular Systematics

Dept of Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry: Supramolecular Chemistry; Crystallography; Transition Metal Chemistry; Molecular Materials; Organometallic Chemistry; Bio-inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry: Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Natural Products; Organometallic Chemistry; Asymmetric Catalysis; Chemical Biology; Molecular Biology; Polymers; Biomaterials

Physical Chemistry: Electrochemistry: supercapacitors and electrocatalysis; Bionanotechnology; Biophysics; Polymers; Functional Nanomaterials; Ultrafast Spectroscopy; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

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

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

Solid Earth: Active Tectonics, Structural Geology, Petroleum Geology. Chemical and Isotope geochronology, Crustal Dynamics, Petrology. Isotope geochemistry and geochronology, Igneous petrology

Dept. of Physics: High Energy Physics Theory, Ultra-fast Optics, Cosmology, Theoretical Soft Condensed Matter Physics, Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

Dept. of Chemical Engineering: Fluid Mechanics, Reaction Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Sonochemistry

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

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

 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

For Biological Sciences: 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

Candidates from agricultural science and nutritional science backgrounds are also welcome to apply

 

For Chemistry: 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

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: 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

For Chemical Engineering, valid GATE score is not mandatory. However, the candidates must have qualified GATE examination on or after 2012
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: 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)

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 Physic: 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

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.

 

For Electrical Engineering & Computer Science: 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

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

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: 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

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

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.

 

Age Limit

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
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

 

Selection Procedure

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

Candidates can apply online https://apply.iiserb.ac.in

Please have your picture (soft copy, preferably in JPG or PNG format) ready. Please read the department wise eligibility criteria carefully

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
You must complete your application incomplete application will be rejected

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

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Last Date for submission of online application for:

 

Dept. of Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics and English): 15th October 2017

 

Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics: 29th October 2017

 

Tentative Interview Dates: November 2017

 

PhD Registration: 29th December 2017

 

Biological Science

Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates for the Interview: 01st November 2017

 

Interview of Shortlisted Candidates: 28th - 29th November 2017

 

Announcement of Interview Results: 01st December 2017

 

Tentative registration for the PhD Program: 26th December 2017

 

Chemistry

Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates for the Interview: 23rd October 2017

 

Interview of Shortlisted Candidates: 29th - 30th November 2017

 

Announcement of Interview Results: 01st December 2017

 

Tentative registration for the PhD Program: 29th December 2017

 

Earth Science & Environmental Science

Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates for the Interview: 06th November 2017

 

Interview of Shortlisted Candidates: 07th December 2017

 

Announcement of Interview Results: To be announced

 

Tentative registration for the PhD Program: 29th December 2017

 

Humanities & Social Science

Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates for the Interview: To be announced

 

Interview of Shortlisted Candidates: To be announced

 

Announcement of Interview Results: To be announced

 

Tentative registration for the PhD Program: To be announced

 

Physics

Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates for the Interview: To be announced

 

Interview of Shortlisted Candidates: To be announced

 

Announcement of Interview Results: To be announced

 

Tentative registration for the PhD Program: 29th December 2017

 

Chemical Engineering

Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates for the Interview: To be announced

 

Interview of Shortlisted Candidates: To be announced

 

Announcement of Interview Results: To be announced

 

Tentative registration for the PhD Program: 29th December 2017

 

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Announcement of Shortlisted Candidates for the Interview: 06th November 2017

 

Interview of Shortlisted Candidates: 27th November 2017

 

Announcement of Interview Results: 30th November 2017

 

Tentative registration for the PhD Program: 29th December 2017

 

For more details and information, please visit their official website: https://apply.iiserb.ac.in

 

IISER Bhopal

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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