Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics – SINP PhD Admission 2026 (Jan)

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) invites application for PhD Admission for session starting from January 2026.

Areas for Research

Openings may be available only in following areas –

Experimental Physics

Topics (Guides):

• Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science:
  • Organic Semiconductor thin films and their application, 2. Hybrid perovskites for device applications (Mrinmay Mukhopadhyay)
  • Functional Materials for the application as sensors; Quantum Hall effects and device application (Biswajit Karmakar)
  • Thin film growth of embedded oxide heterostructure for thin film transistor applications (Satyaban Bhunia)
  • Bulk single crystal growth of mixed crystals for optoelectronic applications (Satyaban Bhunia)
• Experimental High Energy Physics and Astroparticle Physics:
  • Ultra low-mass dark matter (Mala Das)
  • New Techniques for large detector R&D for ultra low-mass dark matter detection. (Mala Das)

Life Sciences and Chemical Science

Topics (Guides):

• Epigenetic regulations of T Cells in Autoimmunity (Aditi Chandra)
• Super-resolution Microscopy and transcription Regulation (Barun Maity)
• Epigenetic and Cancer Biology (Chandrima Das)
• Neuroscience, RNA Biology (Debashis Mukhopadhyay)
• Nano-Optics and Nano-Photonics (Dulal Senapati)
• Membrane Biophysics (H Raghuraman)
• 4D Nucleome of Ovarian Cancer (Kaushik Sengupta)
• Laser Spectroscopy and Theoretical calculations (Montu K Hazra)
• Organellar dynamics & Proteostasis (Oishee Chakraborty)
• Synthetic Biology (Sangram Bagh)
• Cancer Metabolism, Host Microbiome Iteraction (Soumen K Manna)
• Computational Enzyme design, G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCR) (Subhendu Roy)
• Drug design to combat anti-microbial resistance, Cryo-EM (Tofayel Ahmed)

Eligibility

Physics

• MSc in Physics or BSc with 4 Yrs (8-Semester) in Physics

Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences

• MSc in Physics / Chemistry (with Biology at 10+2 level) or
• MSc in Life Sciences (with Chemistry and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or
• BSc with 4 Yrs (8-Semester) in Physics / Chemistry / Biology or
• M. Tech in Biotechnology (with PCMB at 10+2 level)

Application Procedure

• All eligible students must apply exclusively through the online portal. The link for the application is available on SINP website.
• All candidates must apply through the online portal, providing their hall ticket number/rank/percentile marks from national level qualification tests (JGEEBILS/NET/GATE etc.).
• SINP reserves the full right to select or not select a candidate at any stage of the selection process.

Selection Procedure

• Shortlisting: Candidates will be shortlisted based on their previous academic records and performance in the following nationwide screening tests:
  • For Physics: CSIR/UGC NET (December 2023 onwards), GATE (2023 – 2025) in Physics, JEST 2025
  • For Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences: JGEEBILS (Joint Graduate Entrance Examination for Biology and Interdisciplinary Life Sciences) conducted by NCBS-TIFR, CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR NET, GATE
• No Additional Written Test: SINP will not conduct an additional written test during the selection process.
• Interview: A shortlist of candidates will be published on the SINP webpage and candidates will also be informed by email. Shortlisted candidates will be called for interviews, with the option for “Online” mode for Experimental Physics and Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences.
• Final Selection: The final selection of candidates will be based on their past academic records and performance in the interviews. Selected candidates will be informed via email and through an announcement on the SINP webpage.

Fellowships and Benefits

• Selected students will be admitted as Junior Research Fellows (JRF) of SINP.
• Fellowships:
  • Rs. 37,000/- per month for JRF.
  • Rs. 42,000/- per month for SRF.
• Tenure: 4 years, extendable to the 5th year. Yearly renewals and 5th-year extensions are subject to satisfactory performance.
• Additional Benefits: Contingency, HRA, Medical benefits, etc., are provided as per existing rules.
• Hostel Accommodation: Limited hostel accommodations are available.

Last Date of Submission of Application online (Extended): 15th December, 2025

• Notification
• Application
• SINP Website