Saturday, May 5, 2012

PhD at NCL, Pune


CSIR-NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY (NCL Pune)
Pune 411008
PhD Programme, August 2012
CSIR-NCL invites applications for PhD programme of the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) in Science and Engineering, for the August 2012 session.
Applications are to be submitted online. The starting date for online application is April 25, 2012 and the closing date is May 18, 2012. To apply online, click here Apply online
Eligibility Criteria:
PhD Programme in Science:
(i) Masters degree in Chemical/Physical/Biological and related sciences/technology
AND
(ii) A valid research fellowship offer from UGC/CSIR/DBT/ICMR/BINC/DST-INSPIRE or any other research fellowship programme.
Candidates who have qualified only the CSIR/UGC lectureship (LS) category or GATE are not eligible.
PhD Programme in Engineering:
For applicants with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering/Technology/related discipline:
(i) Minimum of 55% marks or 5.5 CGPA or equivalent at the Bachelors degree level (50%  marks or 5.0 CGPA for SC/ST/PH candidates)
(ii) A valid GATE score above the qualifying score for that subject OR A valid research fellowship offer from CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR/BINC/DST-INSPIRE or any other research fellowship programme
(iii) Age on August 15, 2012 should be less than 28 yrs (relaxable upto 5 years in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes, women, physically handicapped and OBC applicants).
For applicants with a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering/Technology/related discipline:
(i) Minimum of 55% marks or 5.5 CGPA or equivalent at the Master’s degree level (50%  marks or 5.0 CGPA for SC/ST/PH candidates). A Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology is desirable.
(ii) A valid research fellowship offer from CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR/BINC/DST-INSPIRE or any other research fellowship programme
Research Areas at CSIR-NCL
Advanced Functional Materials
Agricultural Biotechnology
Analytical Chemistry
Artificial Intelligence
Biomass for Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals
Bioorganic Chemistry
Biotransformation and Enzymes
Catalysis (Homogeneous and Heterogeneous)
Chaos Theory and Turbulence
Chemical Engineering
CO2 storage and utilization
Coal Gasification and Combustion
Complex Fluids and Polymer Engineering
Crystal Chemistry and Crystallography
Crystallization
Effluent Treatment/Water Recycle and Reuse
Electrochemical Power Sources and Energy Technology
Environmental Biotechnology 
Fuel Cells
Fluid Modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Genomics and Molecular Parasitology
Green Chemistry
Hydrogen Generation
Machine Design
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Mass Spectrometry
Materials Chemistry/Physics
Materials for Solar Energy
Materials for Biomedical Applications
Mathematical and System Biology
Medicinal Chemistry
Metabolomics
Microbial and Mammalian Cell Culture
Microbial Fermentation
Microbial Technology and Microbial Genetics
Micro-fluidics
Mixing and Micro-mixing
Molecular Host-pathogen Interactions
Molecular Marker Technology
Multiphase Flows
Multiphase Reactors
Nanomaterials
Nonlinear Dynamics
Organic Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry
Plant Tissue Culture
Polymer Science
Process Design Modeling and Simulation
Process Engineering and Scale-up
Process Intensification
Proteomics
Reaction Engineering
Reactive Separations
Separation Science
Soft Condensed Matter Theory
Solid State NMR of Materials
Structure-function and Crystallography of Biomolecules
Structure-Property-Processing Correlation Studies
Surfaces and Interfaces
Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Science
Tissue Engineering
Tribology
Utilization of Natural Gas
Wireless Process Sensors and Process Control
Selection Procedure: Admission is through an initial screening based on minimum eligibility criteria followed by further screening test and/or personal interview.
Candidates applying to the PhD programme who fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria as mentioned on the main page may apply online at the link provided. The list of candidates eligible for appearing for the written test and/or interviews, after initial screening, will be uploaded on this website. Final list of eligible candidates under different disciplines will be announced after the interviews.  Students may consider staying back in Pune for two to three days more after the interviews, so that in the event of their selection, they may complete the counseling and selection of research guides. Counseling will be held on the next day after the interviews. Details of counseling will be announced at the time of the interviews. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the screening test and/or interview or at the time of joining.
The number of students to be selected in the areas of Physical, Chemical, Biological, and Engineering sciences will depend on the vacancies that will exist for each of the disciplines.
Approximate no. of vacancies:  Will be announced later.
Important dates:
Last date for submitting applications online: May 18, 2012
Publication of the list of candidates called for Sreening test/Interviews: On or before May 31, 2012
Dates of Interview at CSIR-NCL: June 13 & 14, 2012
Counseling: June 15, 2012
Last date for joining for PhD at CSIR-NCL: July 14, 2012
Last date for registration for course work: July 21, 2012
Contact Details:
Student Academic Office
National Chemical Laboratory
Pune 411008
Click any of the following links to apply online.
Starting date for online application: April 25, 2012
Closing date for online application: May 18, 2012.
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