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ICGEB- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Ph.D. Admissions 2011-12

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International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi issued notification for admission to Ph.D. Programme 2011-12. As per the notification, the ICGEB is inviting applications for the Ph.D. in two important streams, Plant Biology and Human Health. Followships offered through ICGEB are valid for four years. Following are details of eligibility, selection procedure and application process.

Eligibility: Applicants should have cleared any one of following national level examinations such as CSIR-UGC, ICMR, DBT, DST or any other equivalent JRF examination. They should have qualified for JRF. The salient feature of the program is candidates with professional degrees such as M.B.B.S./ M.Tech. are also eligible to apply if they have valid fellowships.

Interedted candidates can download application from www.icgeb.res.in/phd2011appformats.htm .Aplications have to be accompanied by JRF certificate and a crossed Demand Draft of Rs. 300/- drawn in favour of ‘ICGEB, New Delhi’, payable at New Delhi and should be sent to ‘The Chief of Administration, ICGEB, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi – 110067’. Last date for receipt of filled in application forms is 30th April, 2011. Candidates must mention the choice of stream.

The Envelope of the application should be clearly marked with ‘Application for Ph.D. Programme – 2011-2012’ and also ‘The Choice of stream’ on it. Selection will be based on performance in written exam and interview. These will be held on 23rd May and 24th May, 2011 respectively.

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (SPM) fellowship holders are exempted from appearing the written exam. But they have to apply along with other applicants / candidates as per the prescribed manner. You can view ICGEB website http://www.icgeb.org/research-groups-Delhi.html for more details such as application procedure and structure of the program and details of research groups.

Best CSIR Institutes for CSIR-UGC JRF Qualified Candidates and Prospects

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The CSIR-UGC NET qualified candidate will have good career prospective after completion of his / her Ph.D. He can join as a postdoctoral fellow / research associate to carry further research. Apart from the fellowship (16,000+ HRA for JRF and 18,000+ HRA for SRF) the candidate also qualifies for lectureship (LS), which is mandatory to join in the universities as a Lecturer / Assistant Professor or to join as a scientist in the government funded research organizations. The candidates qualified in CSIR-UGC NET for JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) can join in any of the reputed CSIR/ ICMR/ DBT laboratories or IISCC and IIT’s to pursue his / her P.hD. Following are some of the reputed CSIR institutes / organisations:

1. Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
2. National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
3. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
4. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore
5. Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow
6. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
7. Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
8. Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh
9. Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
10. National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
11. Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
12. Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur
13. Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar
14. National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad

Apart from CSIR laboratories, you can also join in Central Universities and other state level reputed universities and research institutes for higher courses and research. The CSIR-UGC NET results are divided in to Three categories. These are CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF and LS which will be based on the performance in the examination. CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF fellows will receive their fellowship/ research grants from CSIR and UGC respectively. They can join in any laboratory or university based on their interest.

Another important feature of CSIR UGC NET is the top 10 percent of the CSIR-UGC NET qualified students will be invited / called for SPM fellowship (Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship) test once a year, normally in the month of July. The eligible candidates shall be called for interview by a panel of subject-experts for initial screening. The shortlisted candidates will be further interviewed by a panel of SPMF Core Committee members and subject committee chairmen for final selection of the candidates. This is a prestigious fellowship and the amount of fellowship is higher than CSIR – UGC JRF, that is 20, 000+ HRA for JRF and 24, 000+ HRA for SRF.