PhD Admissions August 2018 @ IISER Thiruvananthapuram

le="text-align: center;">PhD Admissions August 2018 @ IISER Thiruvananthapuram

PhD Admissions August 2018 at IISER Thiruvananthapuram Notification is out. Applications are invited for IISER TVM PhD Admissions August 2018. Candidates who want to do PhD in Biological Sciences/Chemical Sciences/Physical Sciences/ Mathematics/ Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Sciences/ can Check out all of the details on the same below:

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PhD Admissions August 2018

Applications are invited from highly motivated students for admission to the Ph.D. Programme of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research – Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM), starting August 2018.

Biological Sciences:

Applicants must satisfy the following criteria:

1. Master’s degree (A five-year degree after +2 level) in Biological Sciences/Chemical Sciences/Physical Sciences/ Mathematics/ Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Sciences/ Veterinary Sciences or a Bachelor Degree in Medicine (MBBS). The qualifying degree should have been obtained within 5 years as on 1st August 2018.
2. The applicant must have a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA 6.5 on a scale of 10, or equivalent. According to your mark list if your CGPA is not calculated on a scale of 10, please convert the CGPA to a scale of 10 and enter in the space provided. Please mention this in the remarks column [See point-1 under the heading “Important Points” below for relaxation in the eligibility criteria].
3. Qualification in one of the following national level tests, with validity as on 1st August 2018: CSIR-UGC-JRF/DBT-JRF (Category I)*/ICMR-JRF*/ Ranks 1 to 90 in GATE (Ecology and Evolution)** /JGEEBILS (GS-2018)***. Or the candidate should be eligible for DST-Inspire PhD Fellowship [See point-2 under the heading “Important Points” below for INSPIRE Ph. D. Fellowship].

* Only candidates whose ranks make them eligible to avail Category 1 DBT-Junior Research Fellowships tenable at any university/institution in India. Fellowships restricted to join DBT or ICMR sponsored projects are not eligible.

** GATE (EY) qualified candidates are eligible only for Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour. GATE exam scores for other subjects will not be considered for PhD admissions to IISER-TVM.

*** Candidates who appeared for the JGEEBILS 2018 test are eligible to apply. JGEEBILS candidates will be shortlisted based on the marks provided by the JGEEBILS examination organizers.

It is mandatory for all the candidates to submit a short research proposal of 300-400 words, which should clearly state a research problem you find interesting to address and how you approach towards solving this. While applying online, please upload this proposal under the section “Statement of Purpose”. Please note: This proposal does not need to be related to the research ongoing at the School of Biology IISER-TVM. The proposal will be used to evaluate your scientific aptitude and will be a major criterion for short-listing candidates for the interview. Your application will be treated as incomplete if you do not submit the short research proposal.

Short-listed candidates will have to appear for interviews conducted at IISER-TVM. There will be two rounds of interviews, conducted over three days. In case of a high turnout of candidates, an entrance exam will be conducted (based on Master’s level Biology questions for 70% marks and 12th level Physics, Math, Chemistry questions-together 30%) on the first day of interviews. Hence, all the short-listed candidates must report at IISER-TVM on the first day of the interviews. The final selection of candidates will solely be based on your performance during the interviews.

Research Areas in School of Biology open for PhD students in this round of selection:

• Immune cell biology and autophagy
• Behavioral Ecology and plant-animal interactions
• Structural Molecular Biology
• Plant cell biology, reprogramming and development
• Genome stability
• Evolutionary ecology
• Genetic regulation of physiology and metabolism
• Plant Centromere biology
• Stem Cells and Development
• Neurogenetics of sleep
• Molecular genetics of cholesterol disorder
• Virology
• Prokaryotic genetics and cell biology

Important points

1. Normal relaxation to the eligibility criteria will be applicable as per government of India guidelines.
2. Candidates who meet the minimum eligibility criteria for obtaining INSPIRE PhD fellowship as per the DST guidelines can also apply. In the event of shortlisting, and successful clearing of interview, the candidate shall be provisionally admitted for the PhD program. The admission shall be cancelled, if the candidate is unable to provide evidence for INSPIRE PhD fellowship at the time of registration.

Application Procedure

1. Applicants should complete the online application form in the url http://appserv.iisertvm.ac.in/phd
   [Only Properly submitted applications would be considered. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Do not forget to click the “submit” button after completing your application]
2. Applicants will also be prompted to upload all the supporting documents, like photograph, signature, community certificate and national level examination (CSIR/NBHM/Inspire etc.) online.
3. Applicants should provide Name/Affiliation/Contact number and Email address of two referees in the application form.
4. GE/OBC [SC/ST/PH] applicants are required to make a payment of Rs. 500/- [Rs. 250/-] as processing fee through the https://www.onlinesbi.com/prelogin/icollecthome.htm
   Choose Kerala -> Educational Institutions -> IISER Thiruvananthapuram -> PhD Application Fee
5. On submission of the online application form, the applicants will receive an acknowledgment email with a unique application number.
6. Applicants are NOT required to post hard copy of the application to IISER-TVM.
7. In case of any application related queries, please contact by email, addressed to the PhD coordinator [[email protected]]. Other mode of communication will not be entertained.
8. Mere fulfilling the eligibility criterion does not entitle a candidate to be called for the test and interview.

Important Dates:

Online Application will be available from	2nd March 2018
Last date of receipt of the application form	30th April 2018

 

Online Application will be available here

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