Pune: The National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune an autonomous organisation aided by the Department of Biotechnology, invites application from eligible candidates for admissions to PhD programme of March 2018 session. The PhD programme is offered in research areas of Modern Biology.

Students with only post graduate degree and having valid fellowship from CSIR/DBT/ICMR/UGC/BINC are eligible to apply. Students with post graduate degree who do not have a fellowship but have qualified JGEEBILS examination conducted by NCBS/TIFR held on 11 December, 2016 are also eligible to apply. Shortlisted candidates from the JGEEBILS results based on NCCS criteria will be only called for interview.

Key Dates: The closing date for submission of application is 17 November 2017.

Eligibility Conditions for NCCS PhD Programme:

Should have Masters (postgraduate) degree in any branch of Sciences with interest in pursuing research in Modern Biology and having at least 50% or equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) and with a valid fellowship from CSIR/DBT/ICMR/UGC/BINC, etc.

Students with post graduate degree, who do not have individual fellowship but have qualified JGEEBILS exam conducted by NCBS/TIFR on 11th December, 2016 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, 2016 Reference Code on the top of the application form at the designated place.

For more details on the eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, interested candidates should refer the PhD Admission page uploaded on the official website of NCCS, Pune:

http://www.nccs.res.in/index.php/TendersNCCS/