Saturday, May 10, 2014

National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) Pune, PhD ADMISSION NOTICE 2014

National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune


PhD ADMISSION NOTICE 2014


National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune under Department of Biotechnology has invited application from candidates who are bonafide Indian citizens and having consistently good academic record for the admission to PhD programme of July-August 2014.

Eligibility for NCCS PhD Program:
I. Should have Masters (postgraduate) degree in any branch of Science with interest in pursuing research in Modern Biology and having at least 50% or equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) and with a valid fellowship from CSIR / DBT / ICMR / UGC / DST-Inspire /BINC, etc.

II. Students with post graduate degree, who do not have individual fellowship but have qualified JGEEBILS exam conducted by NCBS /TIFR on 8th December, 2013 will be eligible to apply and will be shortlisted by NCCS criteria for MCQ test/interview

III. Students who have a fellowship and expect to be awarded MSc Degree by end of July-2014 are also eligible to apply. Their selection will be provisional and will be cancelled if the final results are not produced by the end of November 2014.

IV. All the eligible complete applications received within the last date will be screened and shortlisted candidates will be called for MCQ entrance test/interview as per the schedule given below.

V. Candidates who have qualified only for Lectureship in CSIR-UGC (NET) and the 'Project List of ICMR' are not eligible.

VI. Other terms and conditions of the fellowship will be directed by the agency awarding the fellowship. The upper age limit for JRF shall be 28 years which is relaxed up to 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/Women/PH and 3 years in case of OBC candidates.

VII. Reservation will be as per Government of India guidelines.

Applications:
Interested candidates who satisfy the above criteria may submit their typed application in the prescribed format (download from NCCS web site). The completed hardcopy application form along with the copies of MSc marks statement and Fellowship certificate / admit card should reach the Dean (Academics), National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune – 411 007 on or before 26th May 2014. SC / ST / OBC candidates should also attach true copy of Caste Certificate / Latest non-creamy layer certificate along with the application and originals should be produced at the time of Interview

Personal interview will be held at NCCS, Pune of all shortlisted candidates as per NCCS criteria. In case of a large number of eligible applications, a MCQ based entrance test will be held on 23rd June 2014 at NCCS from 10.00 am onwards. Details of the interview process / schedule will be published on the NCCS website along with the list of shortlisted candidates on 2nd June, 2014.

Candidates should bring all originals with attested copy of following documents at the time of Interview.
1) Birth certificate / proof of Date of birth.
2) SC / ST / Physical Handicapped category certificate from competent authorities.
3) Statement of marks of each year / semester of graduation
4) Statement of marks of each year / semester of (MSc)
5) Fellowship Certificate
6) For OBC category, valid Non-creamy layer certificate.

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