NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY
(INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH)
20-A, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Post Box No.11,
Next to Marathi Church,
Pune 411 001
Advt. No.01
NIV PhD Admission –2017
Application for Ph.D. Programme 2017
(UNDER JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW PROGRAMME)
GENERAL:-
National Institute of Virology invites applications for Ph.D. Programme from
candidates who are bonafide Indian citizens and having consistently good
academic record. Candidates should have strong motivation to pursue research in
modern biology leading to a Ph.D. degree. The list of available projects for the
current session will be provided to the candidates at the time of interview. Students
with only post graduate degree and having valid fellowship from
CSIR/DBT/ICMR/UGC/DST-Inspire/BINC are eligible to apply. All eligible
students interested in joining NIV must submit applications available at
http://www.niv.co.in / www.icmr.nic.in on or before 26.09.2017.
Total No. of vacancies - Four (UR-03, SC-01): 01 in Basic Medical Sciences;
02 in Microbiology and 01 in Biotechnology
Eligibility for NIV Ph. D. Program:-
1. The candidate should have Postgraduate degree in any branch of Life Sciences/
Biological Sciences/ Biotechnology/ Microbiology/ Bioinformatics having at least
50% or equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA). Students belonging to reserved
category Maharashtra state only will be eligible for 5% relaxation.
2. The candidate should hold a valid Junior Research Fellowship from
CSIR/UGC/ICMR/DBT-INSPIRE/BINC etc. on the date of joining. Candidates who
have qualified GATE or only Lectureship in CSIR-UGC (NET) are not eligible
to apply. NIV does not take any responsibility to provide financial assistance.
3. Other terms and conditions of the fellowship will be as directed by the agency
awarding the fellowship. The upper age limit for JRF shall be 28 years which will be
relaxed up to 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/Women/PH and
3 years in case of OBC candidates. Those who have already availed fellowship in
other organizations and seeking transfer should clearly indicate so, on their
application.
4. Reservation will be as per the Savitribai Phule Pune University guidelines.
5. There will be no relaxation for unreserved positions as per Govt. of India Order
No.36011/1/98.Estt. (Res.) dt.01/07/1998.
APPLICATIONS:
Candidates who satisfy the above criterion may submit their typed applications
(mentioning the correspondence & permanent address with Pin Code) in the
prescribed format to the Director, National Institute of Virology, S.No.130/1, Sus Road,
Pashan, Pune - 411 021 before 26.09.2017.
Please super scribe “Application for
Ph.D. Programme 2017” on the left side of the envelope. Do not attach any original
marklist/certificate, except photocopy of an award letter along with the application
form. The SC/ST/DT-NT/OBC candidates should attach self attested true copy of
Caste Certificate/Latest non-creamy layer certificate. However, all the original
documents must be produced at the time of interview along with self attested
photocopies of all the mark-lists & certificates, failing which said candidate will not be
interviewed.
PERSONAL INTERVIEW:-
Personal interview will be held at NIV, Pune. The list of shortlisted candidates will
be displayed on NIV / ICMR website. Candidates should make their own
arrangements for stay at Pune. No TA / DA will be provided for attending the personal
interview and the selected candidates may need to stay for two or three days more for
finalization of guide.
Mere fulfilling of the minimum requirements stipulated in the advertisement would
not automatically entitle a candidate for selection. The decision of the Institute shall
be final and binding in this regard. Canvassing in any form and/or bringing in any
influence, political or otherwise will be treated as a disqualification.
Candidates should bring all the original and attested copies of following documents
while attending the interview.
1) Birth certificate/ proof of Date of birth
2) If the candidates belongs to Reserved Category / Physical handicapped, proper
certificate issued by the competent authority should be produced
3) Statement of marks of each year/semester of graduation and post graduation.
4) Valid Fellowship Certificate
5) For OBC category, valid Non-creamy layer certificate
TIME SCHEDULE FOR SELECTION PROCEDURE
For further details or enquiry please write to phdacademiccell@gmail.com
Download the application format from http://www.niv.co.in / www.icmr.nic.in/
Websites.
Director
NIV, Pune
1 Last date of receipt of applications at NIV 26/09/2017
2 Display of short listed candidates called for interview 06/10/2017
3 Interview of the short listed candidates at NIV Will be displayed on NIV website
in due course of time
4 Declaration of results Will be displayed on NIV website
in due course of time
National Institute of Virology, Pune
Application for Ph.D. Programme-2017
(Under Junior Research Fellow Programme)
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