NCCS,Pune Invites Applications For PhD Programme

Ph.D. Programme

NCCS invites applications from candidates who are bonafide Indian citizens and having consistently good academic record. Candidates should have strong motivation to pursue research in modern biology leading to a Ph.D. degree. The broader areas of research and the available projects with NCCS faculty could be found at their respective web pages. The list of available projects for the current session will be provided to the candidates at the time of interview.

Eligibility/Who should Apply:

· Should have an M.Sc. degree in any area of Life Sciences and

· Qualified in the CSIR/UGC/ICMR/DBT(NET) examination for Junior Research Fellowship and

· Fellowship should be valid as on the date of joining. (Candidates who have qualified only for Lectureship in CSIR-UGC (NET) and the “Projects list of ICMR and category ‘B’ of DBT examination” need not apply)

· Other terms and conditions of the fellowship will be as directed by the agency awarding the fellowship. Age relaxation will be 5 years in case of SC/ST/Women/PH and 3 years in case of OBC candidates.

· Those who have appeared earlier for interview for Ph. D programme at NCCS need not apply.

· Those who have already availed fellowship in other organization and seeking transfer should clearly indicate so on their application.

· Those appeared for DBT-JRF-2009 (BET-2009) are eligible to apply but their selection is subject to their qualifying in the examination.

· Reservation will be as per the GOI guidelines.

Applications & other details:

Candidates who satisfy the above criteria may submit their typed applications in the prescribed format to
The Co-ordinator,

Academic Cell,

National Centre for Cell Science,

Pune University Campus,

Ganeshkhind,

Pune 411 007,

on or before 10th July, 2009. Please superscribe "Application for the Ph.D. programme" on the application form as well as on the envelope. Do not attach any certificates (original or Xerox) along with the application, however these must be produced at the time of interview failing which, they will not be interviewed. SC/ST/OBC candidates should attach attested true copy of Caste Certificate / Latest non-creamy layer certificate along with the application & originals should be produced at the time of Interview.

Selection Procedure

All the applications will be screened and candidates found suitable will be called for Personal Interview as per the time schedule.

Important Dates

1. Last date of receipt of applications at NCCS: 10.07.2009

2. Date of display of short-listed candidates called for interview on our website:http://www.nccs.res.in on 31.07.2009

3. Date(s) of Interview at NCCS as per the serial numbers indicated in the short listed candidates: 17.08.2009, 18.08.2009 & 19.08.2009.

(Schedule of interview will be indicated in the short listed candidates list.)

4. Date of declaration of results on our website: 27.08.2009

Important notes

NCCS encourages student to select their Ph.D Project after discussions with concerned scientists, hence the candidates selected in the interview will have to stay for another two - three days for discussions with Scientists. Traveling allowance will be paid to SC/ST candidates as per rules. For other candidates traveling allowance is not admissible. Candidates have to make their own arrangements for stay at Pune. Mere fulfilling of the minimum requirements stipulated in the advertisement would not automatically entitle a candidate for selection. The decision of the Centre in this regard shall be final and binding in this regard. Canvassing in any form and / or bringing in any influence, political or otherwise, will be treated as a disqualification.

For further details or enquiry, please write to co-ordinator@nccs.res.in.

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