INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES (ILS) Bhubaneswar Ph.D Admission Notice 2013-2014

INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES

(An Autonomous Institute under the Dept. of Biotechnology,

Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt.of India)

NALCO Square, Bhubaneswar 751023, India

Advt. No-10/2013

Date: 02.06.2013

Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, an autonomous Institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India engaged in advanced research in infectious diseases, gene function and regulation and translational research invites applications from Indian nationals to appear in the entrance examination for Ph.D. programme-2013.

Essential Qualification:

(a) Candidates should have passed the M.Sc. (any branch of science), M.Tech., M.Pharm., M.V.Sc. or equivalent qualification with minimum 60% marks (or equivalent grade point).

(b) Should have qualified in CSIR/UGC-JRF or ICMR – JRF or DBT – JRF or DST - INSPIRE.

Candidates who have qualified only for lecturer ship in CSIR/UGC or GATE (97 percentile or above) or GPAT (97percentile

or above) are also eligible to apply. They should have qualified in these examinations no earlier than June 2012.

(c) Candidates who meet eligibility criteria - (b) and expecting the Masters final results by 1st October 2013 are also eligible to apply, provided they have minimum 60% mark in other semesters.

(d) The upper age limit of the candidate should be 28 years as of 1^st July 2013.

Age relaxation will be given for five years in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/women /PH and three years in case of OBC (as approved by Govt. of India) candidates.

If selected in the final interview, candidate having a national fellowship need to activate the fellowship as per the norms of the agency. Institute of Life Sciences will provide an equivalent fellowship to all other selected candidates not having the national fellowship.

Depending on the vacancy the Ph.D. students will be provided hostel facility.

To and fro bus/rail fare by the shortest route limited to second sleeper class will be paid to all the candidates selected for the interview.

Interested and eligible candidates may download application form from ILS website (www.ils.res.in) and apply with self -attested copies of all relevant certificates to the Director, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar - 751023.

All application should reach the Institute on or before the last date.

The envelope should be superscribed with “Application for Ph.D. Programme, 2013”.

Short-listed candidates selected for entrance examination will be published in the Institute website (www.ils.res.in).  Application Fees: Applicants except SC/ST candidates are required to send a non-refundable D.D .for Rs.500/- in favour of “

Director, Institute of Life Sciences , Bhubaneswar” payable at Bhubaneswar along with duly filled - in application form by the date mentioned below.

Director, ILS reserves the right to withdraw the procedure without assigning any reasons thereof.

Important dates:

•Last date of receiving applications:1^st July, 2013.

•Date of display of short-listed candidates for entrance examination in the Institute website:8^th July, 2013.

•Date of entrance examination: 11^th August, 2013.

• Display of entrance examination result in ILS website & notice board : 11^th   August, 2013 (evening).

•Date of Interview: 12^th /13^th /14^th August, 2013

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Administrative Officer

For details, log on to the link: http://www.ils.res.in/advt10-2013.pdf