IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission 2025 (Aug) for CSIR-UGC NET Dec 2024 Qualified
Full details for IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission 2025 (Aug) for CSIR-UGC NET Dec 2024 Qualified.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune invites application for PhD Biology Program for the academic session starting from Aug 2025 from December 2024 CSIR-UGC-NET qualified candidates.
Vacancy
IISER Pune hosts a diverse group of researchers working in various areas. Research in Biology at IISER Pune currently encompasses both theoretical and experimental approaches. Fields of research open to application in this round of PhD selections are given below, along with names of faculty members working in the respective fields:
Ecology and Evolution: For students interested in ecology and evolution (both theoretical and empirical).
- Deepak Barua
- Sagar Pandit
- Sutirth Dey
Molecular Biology / Cell Biology / Biochemistry: For students interested in molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, cellular biophysics, developmental biology, microbiology, immunology, epigenetics, chromosome biology, and cancer biology.
- Chaitanya Athale
- Gayathri Pananghat
- Girish Ratnaparkhi
- Jeetender Chugh
- Krishanpal Karmodiya
- Kundan Sengupta
- Madhusudhan M.S.
- Mayurika Lahiri
- Mridula Nambiar
- Nagaraj Balasubramanian
- Richa Rikhy
- Saikrishnan Kayarat
- Sarita Puri
- Siddhesh Kamat
- Sudha Rajamani
- Thomas Pucadyil
Plant Biology: For students interested in plant biology and plant biotechnology.
- Anjan Banerjee
- Deepak Barua
- Kalika Prasad
- Sagar Pandit
Theoretical and Computational Biology: For students interested in any branch of theoretical biology including theoretical neuroscience, evolution, bioinformatics and computational cell biology.
- Chaitanya Athale
- Leelavati Narlikar
- Madhusudhan M.S.
- Pranay Goel
- Suhita Nadkarni
Note: only those faculty members whose names are given above will accept students through this round of PhD admissions. Therefore, before applying, students should check this list carefully to ensure that labs of their interest are available for admissions in this round.
Eligibility Criteria
A1. Masters’ (or B.E., B.Tech., M.Tech., MBBS) degree holders in any branch of science including physics, chemistry, mathematics, biological sciences, ecology and environmental sciences, biodiversity, psychology or equivalent. Applicants must have a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate (overall percentage and not just in majoring subject) or an equivalent CGPA in the General /OBC/EWS category or minimum 55% marks in aggregate (overall percentage and not just in majoring subject) or an equivalent CGPA in the SC,ST or PwD category.
Students whose final results in Masters or equivalent are yet to be declared can also apply. However, if selected, the offer for these students will be provisional, subject to their fulfilling the above criteria.
A2. Applicants must have qualified CSIR-JRF/UGC-JRF or CSIR–LS/UGC–LS examinations held in December 2024.
Application Criteria
All candidates who fulfil eligibility criteria are eligible to apply. Based on these applications, IISER Pune will create the list of students to be invited for the online interviews.
One of the mandatory questions in the application form requires the applicant to describe a specific research question and design a short study around this question. As these questions are likely to require more time to be completed, we recommend candidates start the application process well in advance of the deadline. Please note that responses will be checked for plagiarism. The application will be rejected if plagiarism is detected.
Shortlisting and Interview Process
- Meeting the above-mentioned criteria merely makes the candidate eligible for application. IISER Pune reserves the right to use other / more stringent criteria for the purpose of shortlisting for interviews. Specifically, the scores obtained in the “Research Question” and “Design a study” can be used for the purpose of shortlisting for interviews. Note that these “Research Question” and “Design a study” are MANDATORY, and applications without responses to these may not be considered for selection.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be informed.
Important Dates
- Starting date of application : May 05, 2025
- Last date to apply : 11:59 PM, May 21, 2025