National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, invites application from eligible candidates for Admission to its Ph.D. Programme for August 2019

24-Apr-2019

National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, invites application from eligible candidates for Admission to its Ph.D. Programme for August 2019.

Eligibility Conditions

Should have Masters (postgraduate) degree in any branch of Sciences with interest in pursuing research in Modern Biology, having at least 55% or equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) (A relaxation of 5% of marks, shall be allowed for Reserved Categories SC/ST/OBC and Persons With Disabilities) and with a valid fellowship from CSIR/DBT/ICMR/UGC/DST-Inspire qualified in NET-LS or GATE examination/ BINC, etc.
Students with a post-graduate degree, who do not have individual fellowship but have qualified JGEEBILS exam conducted by NCBS/TIFR on 09th December 2018 will be eligible to apply. Students will be shortlisted based on JGEEBILS results by NCCS criteria for interview. NCCS decision in this regard will be final. Please write your JGEEBILS December 2018 Reference Code on the top of the application form at the designated place.
Candidates who have qualified only for Lectureship in CSIR-UGC (NET) and the “Project List of ICMR” are not eligible.
NCCS’s Ph.D. program is a fully residential program. The selected candidates will have to stay on campus.
Students who have a fellowship and are expected to be awarded M.Sc., Degree by the end of the July-2019 are also eligible to apply. Their selection will be provisional and will be canceled if they are unable to provide proof of fulfilling eligibility criteria by end of November 2019. No further request for time extension will be entertained.
All the eligible complete applications received within the last date will be screened and shortlisted candidates will be called for interview as per the schedule is given below.
Other terms and conditions of the fellowship will be directed by the funding agency awarding the fellowship. The upper age limit for JRF shall be 28 years which is relaxed up to 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/Women/PWD and 3 years in case of OBC candidates, or as applicable.
Fellowship will be activated as per the respective funding agencies guidelines on Direct Benefit Transfer basis. NCCS will not be responsible for providing fellowship.
Reservation will be as per Government of India guidelines.

How to Apply?