Ph. D. Advertisement Varsha 2025

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 Physics for the session starting from August 2025, i.e., Varsha 2025 semester. Candidates are required to apply through the online portal only. The online application portal will be open from 30 July 2025 at (https://admissions.iisertvm.ac.in/phd/index.php/applicant/register/18)

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 for General/OBC-NCL candidates and a minimum of 50% marks (or a CGPA of 5.5 in the 10-point scale) for SC/ST and PwD candidates. (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 national level: CSIR-UGC NET or UGC NET (Category I or II or III), GATE and other national-level examinations as specified in the document with validity as on 01 August 2025. (see School specific Eligibility Criteria for other national-level examinations considered for the selection).
3. BS-MS/MSc/Integrated MSc students from any of the IISERs/IITs/IISc with a CGPA of 8 or above on a 10-point scale are exempted from national level test eligibility related criteria.

Schoolwise Research Areas

Physical Sciences

Experimental Physics

• (*) Supercapacitors, Solid-state lithium batteries, Atomically thin layered nanomaterials for energy conversion http://shaijumon.iisertvm.ac.in
• Superconductivity, quantum materials, energy materials https://sites.google.com/iisertvm.ac.in/quemat
• 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.
• Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy of 2D Nano-materials https://rajeevkini.iisertvm.ac.in/
• Nonlinear optics, frequency combs, microwave photonics, Photonic quantum computing
• (*) Biomedical Instrumentation and Imaging, Development of Light Sheet Microscopy (LSM) or Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) imaging system; Development of photacoustic imaging (PAI) system - both microscopy and tomography https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=CGKTXz0AAAAJ&hl=en; https://www.iisertvm.ac.in/faculty/suhesh.kumar
• (*) Sustainable neuromorphic electronics https://bikas.iisertvm.ac.in/
• (*) Advanced semiconductor devices for power / energyconversion https://www.iisertvm.ac.in/faculty/guru
• (*) Quantum materials (Topological materials and Van de Waals hetero-structures), Spintonics (Multiferroics) and Device Physics https://www.fmdlab.in/
• (*) Ultrafast molecular dynamics, Generation of attosecond pulse train. https://www.iisertvm.ac.in/faculty/krishnendugope
• (*) Quantum dot spin-qubits, 2D superconducting circuits https://faculty.iisertvm.ac.in/qtran/
• Light-matter Interactions at Nanoscale, 2D Quantum Materials, Epsilon near Zero Materials https://jmitra.wixsite.com/joygroup
• Metasurfaces for nanoscale light-matter interaction and light beam shaping , design, fabrication, and optical characterization.
• Microthermoelectric and nano-sensor devices

Theoretical Physics

• Condensed matter theory: Quantum materials, Magnetism and Spintronics https://sites.google.com/view/souvikpaul-cmslab
• Beyond Standard Model of Particle Physics, Baryon Number Violation, Dark Matter https://www.iisertvm.ac.in/faculty/mathewthomas or https://inspirehep.net/authors/1413667
• Statistical field theory, Non-equilibrium physics
• Theoretical cosmology and Analysis of Cosmological and Astrophysical datasets
• Beyond the standard model of particle physics, Colliderphenomenology
• Quantum information theory, Quantum materials (theory) and Quantum limited sending and metrology

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

School/Centre wise Selection Procedure

Physical Sciences

The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews which will be conducted in online mode.

Important Dates

General Information and Application Procedure

1. Applicants should complete the online application form at the url: ( https://admissions.iisertvm.ac.in/phd/index.php/applicant/register/18 ).
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 through the application portal.
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 for General Eligibility Criteria 1 and 2.