Kolkata, 17 February 2021: Bose Institute, a Public Research Institute under Dept of Science & Technology, has announced PhD Admission for Spring Semester 2021. Fellowship Benefits are available.
About: Acharya J.C. Bose, the founder of modern science in the Indian subcontinent, established Bose Institute in 1917. The Institute was set up as Asia’s first interdisciplinary research centre and bears a century old tradition of excellence in research.
Broad Areas of Research: Atmospheric Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Sciences.
Key Dates:
Deadline for online Registration: 6 PM of 28 February 2021
Online interviews for this session will be held tentatively during 1st week of April, 2021.
Eligibility for PhD Interview:
(1) Candidates should have an award of JRF (CSIR-UGC JRF/ DBT-JRF/ ICMR-JRF/ DST-INSPIRE/ DBT-BINC or equivalent), whose last date of validity should not be earlier than 1st July 2021. Candidates, who are in the final year of their Master’s degree and are in possession of an award of a JRF, if selected, will have to submit their final degree certificate at the time of joining.
(2) Master’s degree or equivalent in any of the following fields: Engineering/ Science/ Technology with at least 55 %of marks for general, while for SC/ST/OBC(non-creamy layer) / Differently abled and other categories 50% marks is necessary (3) Age limit: 28 years as on the day of application and relaxation of age is applicable as per Government of India rule.
(4) DST-INSPIRE candidates can only be admitted provisionally. Confirmation of their admission to the PhD programme of Bose Institute is subject to the final award of INSPIRE fellowship by DST. Subsequently, in case, the candidate is not finally awarded the INSPIRE fellowship by DST, his/her provisional admission is liable to be cancelled by the Institute.
(6) Candidates who have qualified in GATE/ JEST/ JGEEBILS/ NET (LS) etc. but who do not have a valid award of JRF mentioned in (1) above or equivalent are ineligible to apply.
Shortlisting for Interview:
- A shortlisting will be done based on 50% weightage on past academic records and 50% weightage on SOP.
- List of shortlisted candidates, along with the date and time of interview will be displayed at the Institute website
Note: Candidates applying for more than one discipline may be called for separate interviews.
PhD interview:
- The interview will be conducted online. Specific instructions for the interview will be communicated to the candidates at a later date.
- The medium of the interviews is English.
For further details about eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, the candidates should refer PhD Admission Notification uploaded on the official website of Bose Institute.
