Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) invites application for admission to PhD program, January – 2017

PhD ADMISSIONS – JANUARY 2017
Advt No: RGCB/PhD/2017/December 2016

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) invites application for admission to the PhD program (January 2017 session) in various domains of disease biology. Details of admission are as follows :

1. Candidates with a post-graduate degree in Life/Chemical/Agricultural/Environmental/ Veterinary/Pharmaceutical/Medical Sciences;or with an MCI certified MBBS degree are eligible to apply.
2. Only candidates who have completed their qualifying degree in all respects will be considered.
3. Applicants with UGC/CSIR/ICMR/DBT/DST-INSPIRE/KSCSTE fellowships must have a first class in their qualifying examination.
4. Other applicants, who do not have any fellowships, should have a minimum of 70% marks (CGPA – 7.0) for the qualifying degree
5. SC/ST candidates should have a minimum of 55% marks (CGPA-5.5) for their qualifying degree.
6. A limited number of institute stipends will be available for those selected candidates without a research fellowship. This conditional financial support will be a subsistence allowance for an initial period of two-years during which they will be strongly encouraged to seek their own fellowships from external agencies so that the PhD program continues uninterrupted.
7. All eligible candidates, irrespective of their fellowship status, will have to appear for a qualifying entrance test which will be conducted at RGCB for short listing candidates for the selection interview.
8. Results of the qualifying test will be announced within one hour and selection interview for shortlisted candidates will begin on the same day.

RGCB is currently affiliated to the University of Kerala, Manipal University, Mahatma Gandhi University and Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS). Registration of the selected candidates will be as per the guidelines issued by these Universities for the award of PhD degrees.

To get the application form click here. To see the manual describing the detailed admission procedures and conditions for availing fellowships as well as all other details of the RGCB PhD program click here.

Applications can be submitted by E-mail either as a scanned copy to [email protected] or by post to Director, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram 695014, Kerala State, India.

Last date for receiving application form is December 31^st 2016. In case of online submitted applications, the originals should be submitted at the time of interview.

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