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Advertisement No.NABI/Admin/5(1)/2022-23/ACAD-05 RCB-NABI Ph.D. (Biotechnology) Program Admission 2025
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute
(NABI), Mohali is inviting applications from motivated students for admission to the PhD degree program
in Biotechnology for the January 2025 session. NABI is recognized as a Centre by the Regional Centre
for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad,
for conducting PhD (Biotechnology) programs. The program will be conducted at
NABI, and the degree will be awarded by RCB (www.rcb.res.in), an institute of national importance established through an act of parliament.
Duration of PhD course: The
duration is for 5 years and a maximum of 7 years.
Area of PhD research work: Agricultural biotechnology, Food Biotechnology, Nutrition Biotechnology, Plant Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nanobiosciences, Post-harvest technology, Functional foods, Genomics and Computational Biology
Number of Seats: 22 (Reservation of seats, as per GOI guidelines)
Eligibility Criteria:
a) Essential qualification:
a) MSc/MTech in any area of life sciences/MPharma/ MVSc/MBBS
or an equivalent degree.
b) 55% total marks or equivalent score in the qualifying degree (5% relaxation in marks will be given to SC/ST/OBC(non-creamy
layer)/PWD as per GOI norms)
c) In
addition to the above, candidates applying for admission must qualify a
national-level test for pursuing
the Doctor of Philosophy program.
Such tests include
doctoral fellowship or
admission eligibility tests conducted at the national level by recognized
government agencies, such as the University Grants Commission (UGC), Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Council for Medical
Research (ICMR), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Department of
Biotechnology (DBT), NABI fellowship or any other government-recognized agency.
d) Additionally,
applicants who have qualified in GATE or any other national-level examination
will also be considered for admission under NABI core grant.
e) Applicants
who have qualified in GATE or any other national-level examination and working
in NABI’s extramural project may also apply for the PhD program.
Candidates who have appeared or will be appearing in the qualifying
degree examination (final year/final semester) and are awaiting their results
are also eligible to apply. However, admission is subject to fulfilling the aforementioned criteria/requirements satisfactorily at the time of joining.
b) Fellowship:
1)
The students admitted to the
program should have their own fellowship from any of the recognized granting
agencies.
2)
In addition to this, a limited number of selected
candidates who do not have their own fellowship (but with GATE or National exam
qualified) may be offered the NABI-Core fellowship based on merit.
The intake
of students for the Academic
Year 2025-26 is 22,
and the reservation of the seats will be
as follows:
a)
27% seats
for OBC (non-creamy layer), 15% seats for SC, 7.5% seats for ST and 5% seats for Persons with Disability (PWD) as per the reservation policy of the Government of India
(with minimum disability to the extent of 40%) in pursuance of Provisions of
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016. Reservation of 5% seats in respect
of PWD candidates shall be done horizontally, as per the Government of
India Guidelines/Policy.
b)
The candidates belonging to the Economically
Weaker Sections (EWSs) who are not covered under the reservation for SCs, STs,
and OBCs will have 10% reservation in admissions. The candidates should submit the certificate as per Annexure – “A”.
c)
All reserved category candidates are
required to submit a certificate in respect of their claims from the
appropriate authority as notified by the Government of India for the purpose
from time to time.
Screening cum Selection
Process:
Applications received ONLY through the ONLINE MODE in the prescribed
format will be considered. Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected.
The consideration of qualifications as 'equivalent' to the essential
qualifications stated above shall be the sole discretion of the
Screening/Selection Committee.
Please note that the prescribed essential qualifications are minimum, and
the mere possession of the same does not
entitle any candidate to be called
for the interview/Viva- Voce. Merit-based
shortlisting of the candidates will be carried out by the screening committee
(on a well-defined criteria including excellent academic credentials, own
fellowship etc.). However, the
institute will have the discretion to fix qualifying marks for the interview/Viva-Voce (wherever
applicable).
The details
of Admission, Application Form, and Ph.D.
course work are available at NABI
website (www.nabi.res.in).
NABI will not be held responsible for any delays or system
failures that may occur at the candidate's end. The decision of NABI in all matters
relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of the application, mode of selection and conduct
of interviews will be final and binding on the candidates. For any legal dispute,
the courts of law at the Honourable High court of Punjab and Haryana.
How to apply:-
The eligible candidates shall apply through online mode, and the link will be available in http://recruitment.nabi.res.in/nabiPhd/login and also upload the supporting documents as per the given format. Applications received in any mode other than online will not be accepted.
The following important
dates may be noted:
1. |
Start date for online
submission of Application Form |
4th January 2025 |
2. |
Last date
for submission of online Application Form and online fee |
31st January 2025 till 5:30 PM |
3. |
Date of Interview |
11th & 12th February
2025 (tentative) |
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