Thursday, May 8, 2014

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE PUNE, NCCS PhD Admission 2014

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE, PUNE
An Autonomous Institution of the Department of Biotechnology,
Government of India
University of Pune Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune – 411 007


NCCS/Advt./Academic/JRF-PHD/2014(1) Date: 01.05.2014

NCCS PhD Admission 2014

GENERAL:-

NCCS, Pune, invites application from eligible candidates for admissions to PhD programme of July-August 2014 session. The candidates should be bonafide Indian citizens, having consistently good academic record with strong motivation to pursue research in modern biology leading to a Ph.D. degree and with eligibility mentioned below should apply for the same. Students with only post graduate degree and having valid fellowship from CSIR/DBT/ICMR/UGC/ DST-Inspire /BINC are eligible to apply. Students with post graduate degree who do not have a fellowship but have qualified JGEEBILS examination conducted by NCBS/TIFR held on 8th December 2013 are also eligible to apply. Small number of fellowships will be provided by NCCS to the selected students, who do not have fellowship from CSIR/DBT/ICMR/UGC/DST-INSPIRE/BINC but have qualified JGEEBILS. These fellowships will follow CSIR guidelines. Application to NCCS’ PhD programme does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for interview.

Shortlisted candidates fulfilling NCCS criteria will have to appear for interview to be held at NCCS during 23rd to 25th June 2014. In case of a large number of eligible and shortlisted applications, a MCQ based test will be conducted on 23rd June 2014 for further shortlisting of candidates for interview on 24th-25th June 2014. Detailed eligibility conditions are given hereunder.

ELIGIBILITY for NCCS PH.D PROGRAMME:-

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 M.Sc. 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 November2014.

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.

MODE OF APPLICATION:-

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 M.Sc. 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 INTERVIEWS:-  
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. Second class train fare by shortest route will be paid to only SC/ST Candidates as per rules. Candidates should make their own arrangements for stay at Pune. Selected candidates will need to stay for two days more for interaction and finalization of guide.

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 (M.Sc.)
5) Fellowship Certificate
6) For OBC category, valid Non-creamy layer certificate.  


SCHEDULE FOR Ph.D. PROGRAMME ADMISSIONS 2014  

1 Last date of receipt of application by post at NCCS with all required documents.  26th May 2014
2. Publication of list of shortlisted candidates called for MCQ entrance test / Interview. 02nd June 2014
3. DATE(S) & Time of interview at NCCS. 23rd to 25th June 2014 9.00 AM onwards
4. Declaration of Result of interview at NCCS 25th June 2014 evening
5. Interaction and Finalization of guide at NCCS 26th - 27th June 2014
6. Expected date of joining at NCCS 01st August 2014

Selected candidates who fail to produce M.Sc. Final examination mark sheet/certificate with at least 50% marks on the date of joining will be given a provisional admission.
The admission will be cancelled if the final results are not produced by the end of November2014. No further request for time extension will be entertained.

In case of any query, students should e-mail at academics@nccs.res.in. Phone enquiries
will not be entertained.



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 ACADEMICS


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