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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
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Ph. D. Advertisement Vasanth 2024

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Ph. D. Advertisement Vasanth 2024

Applications are invited from highly motivated students for admission to the Ph. D. programs of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM) in the Schools of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and in the centres of Advanced Materials Research with International Engagement (CAMRIE) and High-Performance Computing (CHPC) for the session starting from January 2024, i.e., Vasanth 2024 semester. Candidates are required to apply through the online portal only. The online application portal will be open from (13 October 2023) at (http://appserv.iisertvm.ac.in/phd/index.php/applicant/register/13)

General Eligibility Criteria

(For School- or Centre-specific eligibility criteria, see the tables below)

  1. 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale (or first-class equivalent) or first class in Master’s program in a relevant discipline as declared by the respective University.
    (BE/BTech degree in relevant specialization is admissible for select areas of research in the School of Physics (see Research Areas)).
  2. The candidate must have qualified at least one of the following examinations: CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF or GATE or other national-level examinations, with validity as on 01 January 2024.
  3. BS-MS/Masters students from any of the IISERs/IITs/IISc with a CGPA 8 or above on a 10-point scale are exempted from national-level test eligibility related criteria.
SCHOOL RELEVANT AREAS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Biological Sciences Biological Sciences/Chemical Sciences/Physical Sciences/Mathematics/ Bioinformatics/Agricultural Sciences/Veterinary Sciences or a Bachelor Degree in Medicine (MBBS).
  • (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2)

OR

  • General Eligibility 3

OR

  • DBT-JRF(Category I)*/ ICMR-JRF*/ GATE** (EY, XL, BT only) /JGEEBILS (GS-2023)*** are also eligible to apply.

* Only candidates whose ranks make them eligible to avail Category 1 DBT-Junior Research Fellowships tenable at any university/institution in India. Fellowships restricted to join DBT or ICMR sponsored projects are not eligible.

** GATE (EY) qualified candidates will be considered only for Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour. GATE (XL) or GATE (BT) qualified candidates will be considered only for Bioinformatics.

*** Candidates may be further shortlisted by the shortlisting committee based on the marks/score.
Chemical Sciences Chemical Sciences
  • (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2)

OR

  • General Eligibility 3
Physical Sciences Physical Sciences/Material Science/ Engineering areas closely related to the research areas of School of Physics, IISER TVM
  • (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2)

OR

  • General Eligibility 3

OR

  • JEST 2023 (Physics) For the * marked research areas listed below BE/BTech candidates are eligible to apply.

Schoolwise Research Areas

Biological Sciences

  • Structural Molecular Biology
  • Genome Stability
  • Molecular Evolution/Synthetic Biology
  • Evolutionary ecology
  • Chromatin Biology
  • Mutations and Antibiotic Resistance
  • Virology-Host Pathogen Interaction
  • Plant Centromere Biology

Chemical Sciences

Physical Sciences

  • Experimental Physics
    • (*)Development of Light Sheet Microscopy (LSM) or Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) imaging system; Development of photoacoustic imaging (PAI) system, both microscopy and tomography.
    • Quantum Magnetism and Superconductivity: https://faculty.iisertvm.ac.in/rnath/
    • (*) Solid state Batteries
    • Terahertz Spectroscopy of Nano-materials: https://rajeevkini.iisertvm.ac.in/
    • Memristor and Memtransistor Devices of 2D layered Materials: https://bikas.iisertvm.ac.in/
    • Physics of semiconductor devices (solar cells, light emitting diodes, transistors, memory, bioelectronic) based on quantum/Organic/perovskite/2D materials using various optical and electrical spectroscopy techniques
    • Exciton in 2D Materials, Quantum Emitters, Epsilon Near Zero Systems : https://jmitra.wixsite.com/joygroup
    • Superconductivity, quantum magnetism, hydrogen storage in nanoclusters
    • (*) Quantum Materials, Spintonics
    • (*) Advanced semiconductor devices for power / energy conversion
    • Nonlinear optics, frequency combs, microwave photonics : https://www.iisertvm.ac.in/faculty/guru
    • Probing ultrafast molecular dynamics in the area of Atomic and molecular Physics
  • Theoretical Physics
    • Condensed Matter Theory: Strongly correlated electron systems, Machine Learning (ML) technique to study quantum many-body systems, Novel electronic phases like superconductivity, topological insulator etc.
    • Study of Complex Systems using dynamical models and Machine Learning Algorithms. : https://www.iisertvm.ac.in/faculty/cmeena
    • Quantum Materials, Quantum magnetism and Spintronics: https://www.iisertvm.ac.in/faculty/souvikpaul
    • Brewer Dobson Circulation, Sudden Stratospheric Warming, Cloud Dynamics

(*) BE/BTECH candidates are eligible for selected areas marked with asterisk

Centrewise Research Areas and Eligibility

CAMRIE

Research areas Relevant Areas Eligibility
Time-resolved Single Particle Emission Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Nanocrystals; Transient Absorption Spectroscopy: https://www.kgtlab.in MSc in Chemistry/Physics
  • (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2)

OR

  • General Eligibility 3
Physical Organic Chemistry and Photophysics MSc in Chemistry
Peptide-based biomimetic materials MSc in Chemistry
Computational materials science Masters in Chemistry/Physics/Materials science; Experience in theoretical chemistry/theoretical condensed matter physics is preferred.
CO and CO2 Transformations: https://www.maingroupchemistrylab.com MSc in Chemistry/Materials Science
Supramolecular Chemistry, DNA Nanotechnology, Cancer Therapy: https://www.iisertvm.ac.in/faculty/reji MSc in Chemistry/Biology
Quantum Engineered Perovskite Thin-Film Devices MSc in Physics/Materials Science
Lithium/Sodium ion Batteries: http://shaijumon.iisertvm.ac.in/publications.html MSc Physics/ Chemistry, MTech Materials Science
Spintronics and Quantum Materials: https://www.fmdlab.in MSc in Physics / Chemistry / Materials Science
Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry: https://www.iisertvm.ac.in/faculty/rkurapati MSc Biomedical Engineering or Biotechnology
Charge Transport Studies Via Bio/Molecular Quantum conductors : https://sites.google.com/view/fereirolab MSc in Physics/ Chemistry and Material Science
Transport and Optoelectronics of 2D materials : https://jmitra.wixsite.com/joygroup MSc in Physics / Materials Science / Electronics or equivalent
Hydrogen storage and sensing materials MSc Physics

CHPC

Research areas Relevant Areas Eligibility
Novel Quantum Materials for cutting edge Quantum Technologies (Computational with Experimental realisation) MSc in Physics
  • (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2)

OR

  • General Eligibility 3
Theoretical and Computational Chemical physics and Softmatter biological physics MSc in Chemistry/Physics/Biophysics; Experience in theoretical physical chemistry/soft matter physics/biophysics is preferred. Background and experience in numerical techniques and computations is a plus.
Single particle cryoEM and 3 dimensional image processing of biological macromolecules and assemblies, Protein structure based drug design, Structural Bioinformatics MSc in Physics/Chemistry/Biology/Biophysics with a good aptitude to work on structure, function and mechanism of biological macromolecules (Proteins) and assemblies using biological data from single particle cryoEM and 3 dimensional image processing and Protein Crystallography, Protein structure based drug design including AI based methods, Structural Bioinformatics.
Desirable: Competence in using Linux environments and programming (such as C/C++/python etc.).
Computational Fluid Dynamics; Numerical methods for PDEs, HPC for Computational Biology of the Heart. MSc/MTech in Mathematics/Data Science/Biomedical engineering. Background in PDEs, Numerical methods, Scientific computing, and/or Computational biology is preferred.
Quantum Materials Quantum Magnetism Spintronics MSc/MTech in Physics. Knowledge in numerical methods and in coding is preferred.
High-Resolution Regional Climate Modelling; Computational surface-subsurface hydrology MSc/MTech in Earth Sciences/Physics/Atmospheric Sciences/Climate Sciences/Water Resources/Hydrology. Background in PDEs, numerical methods, climate modelling, scientific computing, and programming (such as fortran, python) is desirable, but not essential. Competence in using Linux environments.

School/Centre wise Selection Procedure

Biological Sciences

It is mandatory for every candidate to submit a short “Statement of Purpose” of 300-400 words, based on a research area the candidate finds interesting. While applying online, the proposal has to be uploaded under the section “Statement of Purpose (SOP)”. The proposal need not be related to the research ongoing at the School of Biology, IISER TVM.

Short-listed candidates will have to appear for interviews conducted by IISER TVM in hybrid mode. There will be two rounds of interviews, conducted over a few days. In case of a high turnout of candidates, an entrance test may be conducted (based on Master’s level Biology questions for 70% marks and 12th level Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry questions-together 30%) on the first day of interviews. The final selection of candidates will solely be based on the performance during the interviews.

Chemical Sciences

Marks-based shortlisting and Interview in offline mode.

Physical Sciences

During the application process, the candidates will be asked to enter one of the choices among 1) Theoretical or 2) Experimental. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews conducted in hybrid mode.

CAMRIE

During the application process, a candidate will be asked to select one or more choices of the research area for the centre based on her/his qualification. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews which will be conducted in hybrid mode at IISER TVM.

CHPC

During the application process, a candidate will be asked to select one or more choices of the research area for the centre based on her/his qualification. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews which will be conducted in hybrid mode at IISER TVM.

Important Dates

Online application portal opened from 13 October 2023
Last date for receipt of online applications 04 November, 2023

Tentative Interview Dates
Biological Sciences 3rd/4th Week of November 2023
Chemical Sciences 04-05 December 2023
Physical Sciences 28-30 December 2023
CAMRIE 30 November 2023
CHPC 21-22 November 2023
Mode of examination See the School and Centre-wise selection procedure

General Information and Application Procedure

  1. Applicants should complete the online application form at the url: (http://appserv.iisertvm.ac.in/phd/index.php/applicant/register/13).
  2. Only applications complete in all respects would be considered. Do not forget to click the "Submit" button after completing your application.
  3. Applicants will also be prompted to upload all the supporting documents online.
  4. Applicants should provide Name/Affiliation/Contact number and Email addresses of two referees in the application form.
  5. Applicants belonging to GEN/OBC and SC/ST/PH categories are required to make a payment of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 250/-, respectively, as a processing fee online at: (https://epayments.iisertvm.ac.in/index.php/paymentsforms/form/95314-95312).
  6. On submission of the online application form, the applicants will receive an acknowledgement email with a unique application number.
  7. Applicants are NOT required to post a hard copy of the application to IISER TVM.
  8. In case of any application-related queries, please contact the Ph.D coordinator by email at: phdprogramme@iisertvm.ac.in . Any other mode of communication will not be entertained.
  9. Mere fulfilment of the eligibility criteria does not entitle a candidate to be called for the interview.
  10. Relaxation for reserved categories to the eligibility criteria will be applicable as per Government of India rules.
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