Pune, 24 March 2022: The National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune an autonomous organisation under the Department of Biotechnology, invites application from eligible candidates for admissions to PhD programme of August 2022 session. The PhD programme is offered in research areas of Modern Biology.
The research at NCCS is focused on cell biology, cellular signalling, stem cell biology, immunology, genomics, proteomics, systems biology, structural biology and microbial ecology.
Students with only post graduate degree and having valid fellowship from CSIR/UGC/DBT(Category-I) /ICMR/BINC are eligible to apply.
DST-Inspire qualified students with NET-LS or GATE are also eligible to apply.
Candidates with post-graduate degree, who do not have a fellowship but have qualified JGEEBILS examination conducted by NCBS/TIFR held in December, 2021 are also eligible to apply. However, candidates shortlisted by NCCS criteria will only be called for interview.
Shortlisted candidates fulfilling NCCS criteria will have to appear for an online interview to be held at NCCS during 20th, 21st, and 22nd June, 2022.
Key Dates: The closing date for submission of application is 20 May 2022. Online interview to be held on 20th, 21st, and 22nd JUNE, 2022 from 9.00 am onwards.
Declaration of Result of the interview – 23 June 2022.
Eligibility Conditions for NCCS PhD Programme:
Candidates 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 SC/ST/OBC and Persons With Disabilities) and with a valid fellowship from CSIR/UGC/ DBT/ICMR/ BINC/ DST-Inspire.
Candidates who have a fellowship and are expected to complete their Post Graduate Degree by the end of July-2022 are also eligible to apply. Their selection will be provisional and subject to fulfilling eligibility criteria by the end of November, 2022.
Candidates with post-graduate degree, who do not have individual fellowship but have qualified JGEEBILS exam conducted by NCBS/TIFR in December, 2021 will be eligible to apply. Candidates 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, 2021 Reference Code at the designated place.
Candidates who have qualified only for Lectureship in CSIR-UGC (NET) and the “Project list of ICMR” are not eligible.
For exact details about eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, the candidates should refer the Admission Notification, uploaded on the official website of National Centre for Cell Science Pune.
