Raman Research Institute Ph.D Admission Notice 2015

Raman Research Institute,

C.V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080.

Ph.D Admission Notice 2015

Applications have been invited by Raman Research Institute, Bangalore for admission to Ph.D Programme of Academic Year 2015-16.

RESEARCH AREAS:

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

    Cosmology and Galaxy Formation

    Normal and Active Galaxies

    Clusters of Galaxies

    The Galaxy and the Interstellar Medium

    The Intergalactic Medium

    Neutron Stars, Pulsars and X-ray Binaries

    Signal processing in astronomy

CHEMISTRY

    Synthesis and study of Liquid Crystals

    Nanomaterials and soft matter chemistry

LIGHT AND MATTER PHYSICS

    Bose Einstein Condensation

    Laser Cooling & Trapping of Atoms

    Ultra-cold Molecules

    Propagation of Light in Random Media

    Quantum Optics

    Nonlinear Optics

    Ultrafast Phenomena

    Intense Laser Field Interactions

    Quantum Information and Computation

    Fundamental tests of quantum mechanics

SOFT CONDENSED MATTER

    Liquid Crystals

    Amphiphilic Systems

    Colloids

    Nanomaterials

    Surface Science

    Granular Materials

    Experimental Biological Physics

THEORETICAL PHYSICS

    Condensed Matter & Statistical Physics

    Classical & Quantum Gravity

    Gravitational Waves

    Physics in Biology

    Differential Geometry in Physics

WHO ARE ELIGIBLE?

Candidates seeking admission in Physics must have MSc degree in Physics/Mathematics with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate or equivalent or first class B.E./B.Tech degree in Engineering. Candidates seeking admission in Chemistry must have MSc degree in Chemistry with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate. Students who expect to complete their final degree in the academic year 2014-2015 may also apply, provided they can produce their final score card at the time of admission. Reservations for SC/ST/OBC candidates will be as per norms.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

The Candidates seeking admission are called for interview based on:

Physics: Performance in the Joint Entrance Screening Test 2015 (JEST 2015) to be held on Sunday 15th February 2015 at several centers throughout the country. Visit http://www.jest.org.in for additional information about JEST.

OR

Performance in UGC/-CSIR-NET for JRF or with sufficiently high score in GATE or in general GRE/Advanced GRE (Physics).

Chemistry: The candidates are selected for interview based on their performance in written test held at RRI or UGC/-CSIR NET for JRF.

The final selection for all the candidates is based on the performance in the interviews to be held at RRI in the second week of June 2014. Call letters for written test /interviews will be sent around mid-April, 2015.

Exceptional candidates, who have obtained Master's degree in physics with minimum 6.0 final GPA (on 10 point scale) or equivalent and have 2 years or more research experience with research publication(s) of acceptable standard, may apply for possible direct admission to the PhD program

HOW TO APPLY:

All candidates need to apply for admissions at RRI. Students can apply online through http://www.rri.res.in/phd_programme.html link. ONLINE applications are preferred. For those who have difficulty in applying online, hard copy of the application forms can be requested from the admissions office, by sending a self-addressed envelope (25 x 20 cm) to the following address: Admission office, Admissions 2015, Raman Research Institute, C.V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080.

Important dates :

    Last date for requesting the printed application forms : March 15, 2015

    Last date for receiving the completed application forms : March 31, 2015

For details, logon to the links:

http://www.rri.res.in/PhD_poster_2015.pdf