NISER Bhubaneswar PhD Program 2022-23 (Winter Session)

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHUBANESWAR 

Advt. No: NISER / ACAD / PhD / 2022-23 (2) 

Notice for Admission to Ph.D Program: 2022-23 (Winter Session) 

Applications are invited from Indian citizens for admission in the PhD program scheduled to commence from 1st January, 2023 in the following schools of NISER, Bhubaneswar: 

1. School of Biological Sciences (SBS) 

2. School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) 

3. School of Computer Sciences (SCPS) 

4. School of Humanities & Social Sciences (SHSS) - Psychology discipline only 

5. School of Physical Sciences (SPS) 

1. Eligibility School Minimum Educational Qualifications 

Biological Sciences 60% or equivalent GPA in Masters or M. Tech or M. Pharm in any branches of Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Life Sciences, Pharmacy (any specialization), Veterinary Sciences, Computer Sciences, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology. Students with Master’s degree in Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics having interest in pursuing a career in Biology are also encouraged to apply

2. Requirement of Qualifying in National Level Examinations for pursuing 

PhD programme School of Biological Sciences 

– Candidates should have qualified at least one of the National Level Examinations i.e. CSIR-UGC-NET (LS or JRF) /GATE/ JEST/ GPAT/ DBT/ ICMR/ JGEEBILS or any other equivalent national level examination valid for the academic year 2022- 2023.

Important Note: 

(a) The cut off marks for national examination such as GATE/ JEST/ GPAT/ NBHM/ JGEEBILS/ CSIR-UGC-NET etc will be further decided by each School for the relevant subject area. 

(b) As per HBNI Ordinance, student having DST INSPIRE Doctoral Fellowship ONLY, without qualifying any other national level written examination as mentioned above at S.No 2, will not be considered for admission to Ph.D program in NISER. 

(c) Candidates with GPA in qualifying degree may need to produce the conversion note (in case it is not mentioned in their mark sheet) from their institution towards calculation of percentage. 

3. Fellowship 

1. Students with institute fellowship from NISER will be eligible to draw `31,000/- for first two years, which will subsequently be enhanced to `35,000/- for remaining three years, subject to the condition that he/she fulfills all the requirements of the Institute that will be stipulated from time to time. 

2. Students with external fellowship from agencies viz. CSIR, UGC etc will be eligible to draw fellowship as per the extant rules of the respective funding agencies

4. Research Areas for some Schools School of Biological Sciences 

• Regulation of cell adhesion and signaling in gastric cancer progression. (Dr.Asima Bhattacharyya Lab) 

• Regulation of cell structure and functions by thermosensitive TRP ion channels (Dr. Chandan Goswami) 

• Understanding the Translational Control mechanism in Eukaryotes (Dr Pankaj V. Alone Lab) 

• The gut microbiota and its role on gut-adipose-brain axis to understand health in humans, mice, and organoid models using experimental and/or bioinformatic approaches (PalokAich) 

• Interaction of light and auxin in shaping development in plants; Role of splice variant of constans, CO like and GIGANTEA in the regulation of Florigen (Dr. Kishore C. Panigrahi Lab) 

• Neuroendocrine regulation, Neural circuitry of energy balance and reproduction (Dr. Praful S. Singru Lab) 

• Cellular Regulation of morphogenesis and degradation of complex cell shapes (Dr. Renjith Mathew Lab) 

• Mechanism and regulation of nuclear remodeling: Role of dynamin related protein and Endoplasmic reticulum. (Dr.AbdurRahaman) 

• Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics of Ageing Disorders: Neurodegeneration and Cancer (Dr.Debasmita P. Alone) 

• Molecular Microbiology: Functional significance of membrane proteins and mechanisms underlying bacterial persistence (Dr.Harapriya Mohapatra) 

• Molecular Genetics of Gallbladder cancer; Angiogenesis and Tumorigenesis Regulation (Dr. Manjusha Dixit) 

• Protein Engineering and Structure-Function-Dynamics studies on polysaccharide lyase. (Dr.Rudresh Acharya) 

• Cell based models for characterizing small molecules in the area of drug discovery (Dr. V. BadireenathKonkimalla Lab) 

• Understanding the interplay of sexual and natural selection shaping the evolutionary trajectory of acoustically communicating insect communities. (Dr.Rittik Deb) 

• Host-gut microbiota interaction: Consequences of these interactions on host sexual selection and speciation? (Dr.Rittik Deb) 

• Ion channel dysfunction underlying neurological disorders. (Dr. Swagata Ghatak) 

• Functional genomic analysis of fruit pigment biosynthesis, accumulation and degradation in plants. (Dr.Himabindu Vasuki) 

NOTE: The final number of seats filled will be the prerogative of the School and will depend upon several factors but not limited to vacancies in individual labs, suitability and aptitude of the candidate for a particular Page 3 of 4 research area etc. 

For more information please visit: https://www.niser.ac.in/sbs/page/faculty-and-arearesearch. 

Number of student intake in these advertised areas will depend on the availability of seats with individual PIs.

7. Important dates: 

• Online application will be activated on – 08 November 2022 

• Last date for filling up online application – 22 November 2022 

• List of candidates short-listed for test/interview will be uploaded on NISER website as soon as the scrutiny is over. 

Dates of selection tests/interviews are as follows: 

School of Biological Sciences : 15th – 16th December 2022 

More Info: https://www.niser.ac.in/notices/2022/academic/PhD_Advertisement_2022_Winter_v1.pdf

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