NIV PhD Admissions 2017

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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