NCBS PhD Programme Mid-Term Admissions Open – Apply Online

NCBS PhD Programme Mid-Term Admissions Open – Apply Online

National Centre for Biological Sciences announces the opening of online applications for mid-term admission to its PhD programme

Click here to apply – deadline midnight Nov 15, 2024

Fellowship

All selected candidates will be eligible to receive the regular JRF fellowship (Rs. 37,000 monthly + HRA as applicable) for the first two years with the standard annual contingency and later for upgraded SRF fellowship (Rs. 42,000 monthly + HRA as applicable) after the qualifications for registration are met. The selected candidates can avail of their own national fellowship or the TIFR fellowship.

Eligibility Criteria:

I. Master’s degrees in any branch of Biology OR 5- year degrees (e.g. MBBS, BDS) OR professional Master’s Degrees (MPharm/ MTech).

And

III. The candidate must have passed at least one of the following scholarship examinations: CSIR / UGC-JRF or DBT or ICMR or DST-INSPIRE or qualified in GATE (more than 95% percentile), with validity as on 01 January 2025 can alone apply.

Key Dates:

Closing date of online application:  15 November 2024
First round of interviews (online): 2 and 3 December 2024
Second round of interviews (in person): 19 and 20 December 2024
Joining: 8 January 2025

Research Areas:

The following labs are accepting PhD students during the mid-term this year:

Amey Redkar (Root microbiology)
Aswin Seshasayee (Computational and functional genomics of bacterial gene regulation)
Hiyaa Ghosh (Brain homeostasis and inflammation)
Meghna Krishnadas (Biodiversity science and functional ecology)
Shruthi Vishwanath (Integrative structural biology)
Swadhin Jana (Organelle biology)
Tapomoy Bhattacharjee (Active living matter in complex environments)
Varadharajan Sundaramurthy (Host-pathogen interactions)