PhD Program Announced For Spring Semester 2022 – IISER Kolkata
IISER Kolkata invites applications from motivated students for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program for Spring 2022. The selected candidates can do a Ph.D. in of the Chemical Sciences disciplines.
Reservations for candidates will be as per Govt.of India norms.
Eligible applicants of the Ph.D. program are encouraged to apply for the attractive Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (https://pmrf.in/) in addition to applying to IISER Kolkata’s regular admission.
Eligibility Criteria: Bright and motivated candidates who have passed the M.Sc. examination with a minimum of 55% marks in any field of Chemistry. Besides satisfying minimal eligibility criteria, the candidates must have CSIR/UGC-NET JRF, INSPIRE fellowship, or other equivalent fellowships.
- Candidates with INSPIRE fellowship should have a provisional certificate at the time of application.
- Please note that fulfilling the minimum essential criteria does not ensure that a candidate will be called for the interview. The department might set additional shortlisting criteria based on academic records, experience, and research interest of the candidates. Candidates without the CSIR/UGC-NET JRF, INSPIRE fellowship or other equivalent fellowships will not be shortlisted or called for an interview.
- Reservations for SC/ST/OBC candidates are applicable as per Government of India rules.
Apart from the Department of Chemical Sciences, the candidates with a Chemistry background may apply to the following faculty members from the Department of Biological Sciences
Interdisciplinary research area:
Dr. Rituparna Sinha Roy:
Interdisciplinary research area: Peptide-based therapeutics, cancer nanomedicine, drug delivery, biomimetic chemistry, chemical biology, supramolecular chemistry, applied biomaterials, cancer biology, and regenerative nanomedicine.
Minimum Essential Qualification: MSc Chemistry (minimum marks 55%) having specialization in organic chemistry, or MSc Chemistry (minimum marks 55%) with MSc project in the area of organic chemistry or MSc in Life Sciences (minimum marks 55%) having specialization in Biochemistry/Zoology/Biotechnology/Microbiology/ Human Physiology and having Chemistry as one of the pass subjects in BSc. Candidates need to have strong background in chemistry. Candidates need to have NET-JRF/UGC-JRF/ DBT-JRF/ICMR-JRF/DST-INSPIRE or equivalent independent fellowship.
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