IISER Thiruvananthapuram,
Computer Science
Building,
College of
Engineering Trivandrum Campus,
Trivandrum-695016
Kerala, India.
Phone:0471-2597459/2597438
Fax: 0471 2597427
Email : registrar@iisertvm.ac.in
Ph. D.
ADMISSIONS JANUARY 2013
Applications
are invited from highly motivated students for admission to the Ph.D. programme
starting from January 2013 at the Indian Institute of Science Education and
Research – Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM).
Biological
Sciences:
Applicants must satisfy the following criteria
Masters
degree in Biological/Chemical/Physical/Mathematical/ Allied Medical Sciences or
a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine with a minimum 60% marks or CGPA 6.0 on a scale
of 10, or equivalent is desirable.
Qualifying
in one of the following national level tests, with validity as on 1st January
2013, CSIR-UGC-JRF/DBT-JRF/DST-INSPIRE for Ph.D./ICAR-JRF /ICMR JRF or in a
written aptitude test conducted at IISER-TVM is required.
Selection
procedure:
Candidates
who have NOT qualified CSIR-UGC-JRF/DBT-JRF/DST-INSPIRE for
Ph.D./ICAR-JRF/ICMR-JRF will be asked, if shortlisted, to first appear for a
written aptitude test, in General Biology or Ecology, conducted at IISER-TVM.
The
written test will consist of questions at the Master’s level in Biological
Sciences (Ecology or General Biology)
and + 2 level in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
All
candidates who qualify either the IISER-TVM written aptitude test or
CSIR-UGC-JRF/DBT-JRF/DST-INSPIRE for Ph.D./ICAR-JRF/ICMR JRF national test WILL
HAVE to appear for interviews at IISER-TVM.
The
final selection will be solely based on the performance in interviews.
Research Areas:
Ecology
and Evolution,Eukaryotic cell and Structural Biology ,
Genetics
and Genomics,
Cell
signaling, Immunology,
Plant
patterning,
Prokaryotic
Cell Biology,Microbiology,
Regeneration
and Evolutionary Developmental Biology
For more details
please visit
Chemical
Sciences:
Applicants must satisfy the following criteria
The
candidate must have a Master’s degree in Chemical Sciences with 60% marks or
equivalent.
The
candidate must have qualified CSIR-UGC-JRF/GATE examinations valid as on 1st
January 2013 and INSPIRE Ph. D. fellowship for Ph.D.
Previous
research experience and quality publications will be considered as an added
qualification.
Selection
procedure:
The
shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview at IISER-TVM. The
selection of the candidate will be based on the performance in the interview.
Research Areas:
inorganic
and organometallic chemistry,
Organic
Synthesis/DNA Nanotechnology/Supramolecular Chemistry,
Protein
structure determination through NMR spectroscopy,
Photochemistry,
Photophysics, Nanomaterials.
Mathematical
Sciences:
Applicants
must satisfy any one of the following criteria:
Master’s
degree in Mathematics / Statistics / in a relevant area of science with desired
CPI of 6.5 (or 60% of marks) and a valid CSIR-UGC-JRF/NBHM/GATE/INSPIRE Ph.D.
as on 1st January 2013.
Master’s
degree in Engineering / Technology in a relevant area with desired CPI of 6.5
(or 60% of marks) with valid GATE score as on 1st August 2012.
Bachelor’s
degree in Engineering / Technology in a relevant area with a desired CPI of 7.0
(or 65% of marks), an appearance in the Indian National Math Olympiad (INMO) in
class XI or XII, and a valid CSIR-UGC-JRF/NBHM/GATE as on 1st January 2013.
Selection
Procedure:
Shortlisted
applicants will be called for both the written test and interview. The final
selection will be solely based on the performance in the written test and
interview.
Download
the PDF file containing the syllabus for the written test.
Research Areas:
(a)
Number theory (b) Combinatorics (c) Linear Algebra (d) Functional Analysis (e)
Partial Differential Equations (PDE) (f) Control Theory (g) Navier-Stokes
equations (h) Image processing using PDE (i) Stochastic Processes (j)
Mathematical Finance (k) Financial Engineering
Physical
Sciences
Masters
degree in Physical Sciences, Engineering or Technology in areas closely related
to the interests of the physics faculty at IISER TVM. 60% marks or equivalent
is desirable. Qualifying in one of the following national level tests with
validity as on 1st January 2013: GATE/CSIR-UGC-JRF/JEST-2012/INSPIRE Ph.D.
fellowship. Applicants with M. Tech need a GATE score valid as of 1st August
2012.
Research Areas:
Quantum
phase transitions, vortex state of superconductors,
Low
Temperature Electron Transport in Nano structures,
Terahertz
optical spectroscopy of semiconductors,
Nanoscale
materials & devices, Energy Storage,
Photonics,
Semiconductor physics & devices, Solar cells,
Studies
on Magnetic & Superconducting Material,
Scanning
Tunnelling Microscopy Induced Light Emission & Nanoscale
Metal-Semiconductor Junctions .
APPLICATION
PROCEDURE
Applicants
should complete the online application form by going to the following URL: http://phd.iisertvm.ac.in/
Applicants
will also be prompted to upload all the supporting documents, like photograph,
proof of date of birth, mark-list, community certificate,online.
Applicants
should provide Name/Affiliation/Contact number and Email address of atleast two
referees in the application form.
GE/OBC
[SC/ST] applicants are reqired to make a payment of Rs. 200/- [Rs. 100/-] as
processing fee through the Powerjyoti
Account .
On
submission of the online application form, the applicants will receive an
acknowledgment email with an unique number.
Short-listed
applicants will be invited for an aptitude-test/interview at IISER-TVM.
Last
date for the submission of the online application is October 31, 2012.
IMPORTANT DATES
Last
date of receipt of the application form October 26, 2012 (17:00 hrs [IST])
Announcement
of shortlisted candidates on the Institute’s website http://www.iisertvm.ac.in November 2, 2012
Written
test and Interview for the short-listed candidates in Biological Sciences
November 26- 27, 2012
Interview
for the short-listed candidates in Chemical sciences Will be announced soon
Written
test and Interview for the short-listed candidates in Mathematical sciences November 26, 2012
Interview
for the short-listed candidates in Physical sciences November 29 -30, 2012
Mere
fulfilling the eligibility criterion does not entitle a candidate to be called
for the test and interview.
Application
Procedure:
Applicants should complete the online application form by going to the
following URL: http://phd.iisertvm.ac.in/
Applicants
will also be prompted to upload all the supporting documents, like photograph,
proof of date of birth, mark-list, community certificate,online. Applicants
should provide Name/Affiliation/Contact number and Email address of atleast two
referees in the application form. GE/OBC [SC/ST] applicants are reqired to make
a payment of Rs. 200/- [Rs. 100/-] as processing fee through the
Powerjyoti Account .
On
submission of the online application form, the applicants will receive an
acknowledgment email with an unique number. Short-listed applicants will be
invited for an aptitude-test/interview at IISER-TVM.
Last
date for the submission of the online application is October 26, 2012.
For details,
logon to the link:
http://iisertvm.ac.in/academics/ph-d-programme/admissions
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