Ph.D.

National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi has issued notification for admission to Ph.D program in the discipline of Physical and related Sciences. NPL is functioning under the aegis of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and offer excellent research facilities in the areas of Physical Sciences. NPL is inviting applications from meritorious M.Sc. / M.Tech passed students for admission to Ph.D. (Science) programme in Physical Sciences. The programme is offered under Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Scheme for the August 2012 session.

Eligibility: Applicants must have Masters degree with 60 per cent marks or equivalent in Physical / Chemical / Engineering Sciences. They should have a valid National Level Fellowship like JRF / SRF of various funding agencies, UGC, CSIR, or INSPIRE or other equivalent fellowship. There are various other CSIR labs offering Ph.D programmes under AcSIR Innovation Scheme.

Application Procedure: Interested candidates can apply online through the centralized admission website www.acsir.res.in by selecting CSIR-NPL as your preferred laboratory. The last date for submission of online applications is May 18th , 2012. The students are also advised to see the website of NPL, www.nplindia.org for more details like selection procedure and fellowships. For any queries, you can also contact the Director at email dnpl@nplindia.org or HRD Group at hrd@nplindia.org by e-mail.

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology has announced notification for admission to Junior Research Fellow (JRF) Ph.D Programmes in the disciplines of Chemical and Biological Sciences for the academic session starting from August 2012. IICT is functioning under the aegis of CSIR and a premier research organization in the country with reputed scientists and modern infrastructure.

Eligibility: Applicants must have first class M.Sc degree or equivalent in Chemical or Biological Sciences OR First Class BE / B.Tech in Chemical Engineering along with qualification in CSIR / UGC – NET with a valid rank. Candidates with DST INSPIRE / ICMR Fellowship in any one of the above disciplines OR a valid GATE Score for BE / B.Tech Chemical Engineering are also eligible. Candidates those qualified in only Lectureship are not eligible. CSIR Senior Research fellow can join directly.

There are 30 seats in Ph.D program. All JRFs selected for Ph.D will be registered under the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) for pursuing research. Candidates should apply online to AcSIR at acsir.res.in . Last date for online submission of applications is 18th May 2012. Selected candidates will get fellowships as per the respective fellowship schemes.

Selection will be based on the interviews to be conducted at IICT for the short listed candidates. Interviews are likely to be held on June 27th to 28th, 2012. Candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria can apply online through www.iictindia.org. Last date is 21st May 2012. You have to send receipt / soft copy of AcSIR application to phdatiict@gmail.com. More details and ares of research can be obtained from www.iictindia.org .