IISER-TVM Biological Sciences PhD Admissions 2014 August

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (IISER-TVM)

PhD Admissions August 2014

Online Application will be available at http://www.iisertvm.in/phd/ from 5th April 2014.

Applications are invited from highly motivated students for admission to the Ph.D. Programme of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research – Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM), starting August 2014.

Biological Sciences: Applicants must satisfy the following criteria (except for Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (EEB)). For details refer point 2 and 3 of the selection procedure.

Master’s degree in Biological/ Chemical/ Physical/ Mathematical/ Bioinformatics/ Agricultural/ Veterinary/ Allied Medical Sciences or a Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA 6.5 on a scale of 10, or equivalent is desirable

Qualifying in one of the following national level tests, with validity as on 1st August 2014, CSIR-UGC-JRF/DBT-JRF*/DST-INSPIRE for Ph.D./ICAR-JRF* /ICMR JRF*/GATE (Ecology) /JGEEBILS#

*Only candidates whose ranks make them eligible to draw fellowships in Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) institutions, qualify under criteria 2

# JGEEBILS qualified candidates will be shortlisted based on their rank and may apply ONLY after receiving an e-mail confirmation from IISER-TVM.

Selection procedure:

Candidates who satisfy criteria 1 and 2 above, if shortlisted, will have to appear for interviews conducted at IISER-TVM.

For being considered for the Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (EEB) laboratories, a written test will be conducted at IISER-TVM for candidates who meet Criteria 1 but not Criteria 2 above. The written test will consist of multiple choice questions at Masters level including topics in ecology, evolution, behavior, general biology as well as reasoning and analytical questions. Candidates will be shortlisted for interview based on their performance in the written test. Those candidates who meet criteria 1 and 2 above need not appear for this written test.

No written test will be conducted for admission to research areas other than EEB.

The final selection of candidates will solely be based on performance in interviews.

Research Areas:

Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour     

Patterning, stem cells and regeneration of plants

Eukaryotic cell Biology          

Prokaryotic Cell Biology, Microbiology,

Molecular Structural Biology,           

Centromere and chromosome biology,

Genetics and Genomics,        

Developmental Biology and Neurobiology

Cell signaling,

Immunology

For more details please visithttp://www.iisertvm.ac.in/research/school/biology

Application Procedure

Applicants should complete the online application form by going to the following URL: http://www.iisertvm.in/phd/

Applicants will also be prompted to upload all the supporting documents, like photograph, signature, community certificate and national level examination (CSIR/NBHM/Inspire etc) online.

Applicants should provide Name/Affiliation/Contact number and Email address of two referees in the application form.

Applicants should download the Referee Report Form here and forward them to the concerned referees. The completed reports should be obtained in sealed envelopes and be submitted by the candidates, directly while attending the selection interviews.

GE/OBC [SC/ST/PH] applicants are required to make a payment of Rs. 200/- [Rs. 100/-] as processing fee through the Powerjyoti Account.

On submission of the online application form, the applicants will receive an acknowledgment email with a unique application number.

Applicants are NOT required to post hard copy of the application to IISER-TVM.

Important Dates

Online Application will be available at http://www.iisertvm.in/phd/ from     5 April, 2014

Last date of receipt of the application form          2 May, 2014

Announcement of shortlisted candidates on the Institute’s website http://www.iisertvm.ac.in 3-7 May, 2014

Interview and Written Test (EEB) for the short-listed candidates in Biological Sciences          3-5 June 2014

Interview for the short-listed candidates in Chemical Sciences   24-25 May, 2014

Written test and Interview for the short-listed candidates in Mathematical Sciences 21-22 May, 2014

Interview for the short-listed candidates in Physical sciences     16-17 June, 2014

Mere fulfilling the eligibility criterion does not entitle a candidate to be called for the test and interview