PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY PhD Admissions 2022-2023 (July cycle) in Life Sciences

PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY Kolkata 

Admission Notification for Ph.D. Programme Session 2022-2023 (July cycle) 

Ref.No.: PU/FC/122/PhD/notice/2022 Date: 20/04/2022 

Online Applications are invited from UGC or UGC – CSIR NET / NET – LS or DBT-BET (only for Institute of Health Sciences) qualified candidates for admission to the Ph.D. Programme of Presidency University in various departments for the session 2022-2023 commencing from July 2022. Only completed online applications will be considered. 

Applicants are required to pay application fee after submission of online form within stipulated date. No application will be considered without payment of Application Fee. 

Essential qualification: 

a) Candidates for admission to the Ph.D. program shall have a Master’s degree with at least 55% of marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade. A relaxation of 5% of marks or an equivalent relaxation of grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/ Person with Disability (PwD) as per UGC guidelines. 

b) UGC or UGC-CSIR NET/NET-LS qualified. DBT-BET qualified candidates are eligible to apply for Institute of Health Sciences only. 

Important Dates: 

Last date for applying online :2 nd May, 2022(till 5pm) 

Last date for paying application fee online :3 rd May, 2022(till 11pm) 

Interview/test schedule : Will be communicated through email/ notice Application form: will be available in http://presiuniv.ac.in/ Application Fee: Rs 500 + applicable bank charges 

Provisional Seat Matrix: Department wise and category wise availability of seats are given below. 

Life Sciences - 27 seats 

Available Research Areas/ Specialisations

a) Impact of climate change on aquatic environment, marine ecology 

b) Heart development and disease 

c) Biotechnological improvement of crop plants PU Admission Notification for PhD Programme (July, 2022) 

d) Antimicrobial activity of natural compounds and effect of mobile phone emitted electromagnetic radiations 

e) Cell migration 

f) Cancer molecular biology, Molecular toxicology, Using bioinformatic tools to understand cancer pathophysiology 

g) Microbiology 

h) Cancer Proteogenomics 

i) Environmental Toxicity Management

 j) Cancer cell signaling, experience in bioinformatics and RNA seq data analysis. Preference will be given to those with proven experience in in vivo experiments. 

k) Biochemistry of plant and animal systems 

l) Molecular Microbiology (DNA replication, DNA topology modulators) 

m) Structural biochemistry of photoreceptors - characterization and applications in protein design and engineering for optogenetics 

n) Epigenetics in plants under stress conditions, Host-pathogen interactions 

o) Protein Characterization, Screening and Efficacy assessment of Molecule(s) for ameliorating Chemotherapeutic Overdose 

p) Insect-plant-pathogen interactions, Invasive plant ecology and biocontrol, Wildlife-human interactions under changing environment

More Info: http://www.presiuniv.ac.in/web/admission.php

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