National Centre for Cell Science, Pune
NCCS Complex, S. P. Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind,
Pune – 411 007
NCCS/Advt./Academic/JRF-PHD/August-2022 Date: 14.03.2022
NCCS Ph.D. Admission- AUGUST-2022
National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, invites application from eligible candidates
for admissions to Ph.D. programme of August - 2022 session. The candidates should be
bonafide Indian citizen, having a consistently good academic record with strong motivation
to pursue research in modern biology leading to a Ph.D. degree and with eligibility
mentioned below should apply for the same. Candidates with a post-graduate degree
and having valid Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR/UGC/DBT (Category
I)/ICMR/ BINC/DST-Inspire, are eligible to apply.
Candidates with post-graduate degree, who do not have a fellowship but have
qualified JGEEBILS examination conducted by NCBS/TIFR held in December, 2021
are also eligible to apply. However, candidates shortlisted by NCCS criteria will only
be called for interview. A limited number of fellowships will be provided by NCCS to the
selected students, who do not have fellowship (from CSIR/DBT/ICMR/UGC/DSTInspire/BINC) but have qualified JGEEBILS. Submission of application to NCCS-Ph.D.
programme does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for
interview.
Shortlisted candidates fulfilling NCCS criteria will have to appear for an online interview to
be held at NCCS during 20th, 21st, and 22nd June, 2022.
Detailed eligibility conditions are
given hereunder.
ELIGIBILITY FOR NCCS Ph.D. PROGRAMME :-
I. Candidates should have Masters (postgraduate) degree in any branch of Sciences
with interest in pursuing research in Modern Biology, having at least 55% or
equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) (A relaxation of 5% of marks, shall be allowed
for SC/ST/OBC and Persons With Disabilities) and with a valid fellowship from
CSIR/UGC/ DBT/ICMR/ BINC/ DST-Inspire.
II. Candidates who have a fellowship and are expected to complete their Post
Graduate Degree by the end of July-2022 are also eligible to apply. Their
selection will be provisional and subject to fulfilling eligibility criteria by the
end of November, 2022.
III. Candidates with post-graduate degree, who do not have individual fellowship but
have qualified JGEEBILS exam conducted by NCBS/TIFR in December, 2021 will be
eligible to apply. Candidates will be shortlisted based on JGEEBILS results by NCCS
criteria for interview. NCCS decision in this regard will be final. Please write your
JGEEBILS December, 2021 Reference Code at the designated place.
IV. Candidates who have qualified only for Lectureship in CSIR-UGC (NET) and the
“Project list of ICMR” are not eligible.
INSTRUCTIONS :
I. NCCS’s Ph.D. program is a full-time program. The selected candidates may have to
stay on campus.
II. The complete applications received within the last date will be screened and
shortlisted candidates will be called for interview as per the schedule.
III. Other terms and conditions of the fellowship will be directed by the funding agency
awarding the fellowship. The upper age limit for JRF shall be 28 years which is
relaxed up to 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/Women/PWD
and 3 years in case of OBC candidates, or as applicable.
IV. Fellowship will be activated as per the respective funding agencies guidelines on
Direct Benefit Transfer basis. NCCS will not be responsible for providing fellowships.
V. Reservation will be as per Government of India guidelines.
VI. SC/ST/OBC candidates should also attach true copy of Caste Certificate / Latest
non-creamy layer certificate along with the application and originals should be
produced at the time of joining.
VII. Kindly mention “Application for Ph.D. – August-2022 Session” in the subject of the
e-mail.
VIII. The complete application form (download from NCCS web site) along with the
copies of Post Graduate Degree marks statement and Fellowship certificate/admit
card should be sent by e-mail to phdadmission@nccs.res.in (Prescribed
Application in Excel Format and the required certificate in one single PDF) on or
before 20th May,2022.
IX. In case of any queries, candidates should e-mail at (phdadmission@nccs.res.in)
Phone enquiries will not be entertained.
INTERVIEWS:-
Online interviews of all shortlisted candidates will be held at NCCS, Pune as per the
selection criteria set by NCCS.
Details of the interview process will be published on the
NCCS website along with the list of shortlisted candidates on 7th June, 2022.
SCHEDULE FOR Ph.D. PROGRAMME ADMISSIONS AUGUST - 2022
1 Last date of receipt of application at NCCS with
all required documents.
20th May, 2022
2. Publication of list of shortlisted candidates
called for Interview at NCCS.
07th June,2022
3. Date(s) & Time of online interview. _20th, 21st, and 22nd JUNE,
2022 from 9.00 am
onwards
4. Declaration of Result of the interview. 23rd June, 2022
5. Interaction and Finalization of Guide. Before 30th June, 2022
6. Expected date of joining at NCCS 1ST August, 2022
Selected Candidates have to fulfil SPPU, Pune criteria
http://intranet.nccs.res.in/assets/downloads/3-PhDRulesJan2017.pdf for Ph.D. admission.
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