Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) PhD Admission Aug 2025

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) invites application for PhD Admission for session Aug 2025.

Areas for Research

Openings may be available only in following areas –

Theoretical Physics

List of Guides:

• Abhik Basu
• Arti Garg
• Arunava Mukherjee
• Ashish Shukla
• Kalpataru Pradhan
• Krishanu Roychowdhury
• Shilpa Kastha

List of Topics:

• Condensed Matter Physics: Quantum Magnetism, Topological systems, Out-of-equilibrium quantum many-body systems and Strongly correlated systems, Non-equilibrium statistical physics, and biological physics.
• Quantum field theory and String Theory: Transport in relativistic hydrodynamics and applied AdS/CFT correspondence.
• Astroparticle Physics and Gravitational Waves: Tests of General Relativity using gravitational wave observations, black-hole spectroscopy, Multi-messenger Astrophysics.

Experimental Physics

Topics (Guides):

• Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science:
  • Oxide based spintronics / Project topic: To synthesis oxide based 2D electron gas and 2D hole gas and study their transport properties for energy efficient spin-orbitronics. (Srijani Mallik)
  • Quantum optoelectronics and spectroscopy on two dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials (Swarup Deb)
  • Organic Semiconductor thin films and their application, Hybrid perovskites for device applications (Mrinmay Mukhopadhyay)
  • Functional Materials for the application as sensors; Quantum Hall effects and device application (Biswajit Karmakar)
  • Spectro-microscopic studies on layered heterostructure materials (Krishnakumar S R Menon)
  • Thin film growth of embedded oxide heterostructure for thin film transistor applications, Bulk single crystal growth of mixed crystals for optoelectronic applications (Satyaban Bhunia)
  • Understanding fundamental principles behind electron transport through atomic-scale junctions (Sudipto Chakrabarti)
  • Dissipation-less spin transport and topological superconductivity in superconductor/ferromagnet van der Waals heterostructures, Unconventional magnetism and spin transport in Moiré superlattice heterostructures (Samik Dutta Gupta)
• Experimental Nuclear Physics:
  • Nuclear Astrophysics with FRENA and other low energy accelerators and nuclear instrumentation at FRENA (Akashrup Banerjee)
• Experimental High Energy Physics and Astroparticle Physics:
  • Direct Detection Dark Matter Search experiment/simulation studies. (Arka Santra)
  • Ultra low-mass dark matter, New Techniques for large detector R&D for ultra low-mass dark matter detection. (Mala Das)
  • Understanding the primordial Universe: experimental studies, Exploring Quark-Gloun plasma: a novel state of matter (Debasish Das)
  • Multiwavelength and multimessenger study of galactic and extragalactic sources or Indirect Detection of Dark Matter (Pratik Majumdar)

Life Sciences and Chemical Science

Topics (Guides):

• Epigenetic regulations of T Cells in Autoimmunity (Aditi Chandra)
• Super-resolution Microscopy and transcription Regulation (Barun Maity)
• Nano-Bio Materials Chemistry (Dulal Senapati)
• Role of Lamins in regulation of Carcinogenesis (Kaushik Sengupta)
• Laser Spectroscopy and Theoretical calculations (Montu K Hazra)
• Untangling DNA mismatch repair complexes at Singe-Molecule resolution (Padmaja Prasad Mishra)
• Cancer Metabolism, RNA modification (Soumen K Manna)
• Nanomaterials for Disease diagnostics, NIR Spectroscopy (Srestha Basu)
• Biophysical Approach to Protein Structure-Function Dynamics (Subhabrata Majumder)
• Computational Enzyme design, Drug design and targets (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)

Students who have appeared for their final examination of M.Sc. or B.Sc. (4 yrs.) degree in 2025 and have yet to receive their final degree may also apply. Such admissions will be provisional till they submit their final mark sheet/certificate in compliance with the cut-off requirements of SINP for the year 2025 (to be announced).

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 (Experimental and Theoretical): CSIR/UGC NET (June 2023 onwards), GATE (2023 – 2025) in Physics.
  • 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 / In-person” mode for Experimental Physics, Theoretical Physics, and Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences (students will be given the option to choose one of the modes for Experimental Physics).
• 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: 9th June, 2025.

• Notification
• Application
• SINP Website