PhD
Applications are invited for admission to Ph.D. programme for the semester commencing from August 24.
Natural Sciences Stream: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics.
Engineering Sciences Stream: Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Data Science and Engineering.
Humanities and Social Sciences Stream: Economic Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences (Cognitive Science).
A. General Eligibility Criteria
Qualifying Degree:
- Master’s or equivalent degree in Engineering/Technology, or
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology, or
- Master’s or equivalent degree in science, or
- Master's or equivalent degree in Arts/Commerce (or allied subjects)
For qualifying degree listed under (2), (3) & (4), candidates must also fulfil anyone of the following additional requirements:
- Valid GATE score
- Selected through National Eligibility Test – UGC NET /CSIR/NBHM etc. including lectureship (Assistant Professorship)
- Selected through a National level examination conducted by MHRD or its agencies /Institutions such as UGC/ IIT/ IISc./ IISER/ IIIT etc.
- Selected provisionally for the DST-INSPIRE Fellowship (provisional award letter to be produced)
- Those with B.Tech. from IITs or BS-MS from IISERs with CGPA/CPI more than 8.0 on a 10 point scale.
In addition to general eligibility criterion, the applicants must also satisfy the eligibility criteria specified for the respective Departments.
B. Marks / CGPA / CPI requirement in Qualifying Degrees (listed above):
1. Minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not just in the majoring subject).
2. A relaxation of 10% of marks, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, will on B(1) be allowed for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD categories and 5% to OBC-NCL/EWS.
If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University reports:
- Only marks: percentage will be considered
- Only grades: CGPA/CPI will be considered. If CGPA/CPI is reported on any scale other than 10 (eg. 4 point/ 8 point scale), an equivalent CGPA/CPI will be calculated as per the following formula: CGPA/CPI in a 10 point scale = (CGPA/CPI Obtained×10)/PS PS = Point scale used by the Institute/University.
- Both marks and CGPA/CPI: Percentage equivalent of CGPA/CPI, as indicated on the transcript/gradesheet, will be considered. The conversion factor must be available in the transcript/grade sheet/certificate issued by competent authority.
C. AGE LIMIT:
Preferably not more than 28 years. Age relaxation of 3 years will be given for OBC (Non Creamy Layer) and 5 years for SC/ST/PD/Female applicants.
Upper age limit shall be determined as on last date of online submission of applications. Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate/Aadhar Card only will be accepted by the IISER Bhopal for determining the age.
D. FELLOWSHIP:
All selected candidates will be eligible to receive JRF fellowship as per the funding agency/Institue norms, in vogue.
E. SELECTION PROCEDURE:
- Shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. Date of interview will be communicated to shortlisted candidates by e-mail and the same will be available on the Institute website.
- TA will be paid to SC/ST candidates appearing for the interview as per Govt. of India norms.
F. IMPORTANT NOTES:
- All communication with candidates will be by e-mail only.
- Kindly check this website for periodic updates.
- In case of any application-related queries, your application number must be mentioned in the subject line.
- Candidates who are appearing or are about to appear for final examinations of the qualifying degree programme are eligible to apply for PhD programme. However, if selected, admission to the PhD programme would be conditional upon their completing the qualifying degree with the defined marks criteria, before joining the institute.
- Selection will be based on interviews of the shortlisted candidates.
- Relaxation of eligibility criteria for SC/ST and PD applicants will be as per Government of India norms. Candidates belonging to reserved category will have to submit relevant certificates, if selected.
- Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for interview. The respective departments may use additional criteria (based on academic performance and/or performance in the national level tests and/or written screening test) in order to shortlist candidates for interviews depending on the number of applications received.
- Students whose results for CSIR-JRF/UGC-JRF/INSPIRE-PhD Fellowship or NET-LS or Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship any other equivalent fellowship are awaited may also apply with their roll number(s) mentioned in the application. Such candidates may walk-in for the interview provided they have qualified examination for any of the above fellowship before the interview date.
Results
:-Notice for Admission to the PhD Programme
After the last date, all applications will be screened and the list of candidates shortlisted for interviews will be available on our Institute’s website and shortlisted candidates will be intimated by email only.
In addition to general eligibility criterion, the applicants must also satisfy the eligibility criteria specified for the respective Departments.
Departmental Specific Requirements & Research Areas
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Department of Biological Sciences offers research in the areas of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology, Epigenetics, Chemical Biology, Virology, Behavioral Biology, Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, Metagenomics, Genomics, Computational Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Molecular Systematics, Neurobiology and Stem Cell Biology, Viral Immunology, Evolutionary
Biology, Bioacoustics, Behavioral Ecology and Ornithology.
Eligibility
Minimum Qualification
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- M.Sc./M.Tech. or equivalent degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not just in the majoring subject). Students with M.Sc./M.Tech. or equivalent degree in a branch of Physics, Chemistry, or Mathematics can also apply provided they have an aptitude for research in Biological Sciences
- Exceptionally brilliant candidates with B.Tech./MBBS/MCA can also apply for the PhD program in Biological Sciences.
Please Note:
- Candidates at the time of interview should bring with them at least one letter of recommendation in a sealed envelope. Alternately, the recommendation letter can be directly mailed by the referee(s) to: admission.biophd@iiserb.ac.in before the interview date.
Important Dates
- April 15, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
Contact Information
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Department of Biological Sciences
Prof. Himanshu Kumar
Head, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Ram Kumar Mishra
Convener, PhD Admissions Committee Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
Queries will be entertained only through Email sent at "admission.biophd@iiserb.ac.in". No phone call will be entertained
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Department of Chemical Engineering (CHE) offers research in the areas of Reaction Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Soft Matter Self-Propulsion, Energy Environmental Engineering, Electrochemical Engineering, Bio-inspired Polymeric
Nanocomposites, Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, Fuel Cells Batteries, Membrane
Science Technology and Material science.
For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members, kindly refer to the following webpage: Chemical Engineering (CHE).
Eligibility
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- Candidates with M.E./M.Tech./M.S. in Chemical Engineering or an allied area of Engineering/Technology with minimum 4+2 years degree, a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA of 7.0 on a 10-point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). Such candidates are not required to have GATE/NET/any other National level PhD entrance examination qualifications.
OR
- Candidates with M.Tech./ME./M.S. in Chemical Engineering or an allied area of Engineering/Technology with a 4+1/3+2 years degree, a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA of 7.0 on a 10-point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). Such students must have qualified GATE or UGC/CSIR(NET)/INSPIRE.
Note that a candidate’s application can be considered even if his/her GATE/NET Score’s validity is over.
OR
- BE/B.Tech./BS in Chemical Engineering with valid GATE score and a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale. However, B.Tech. from IITs or BS/BS-MS from IISERs with CGPA/CPI of 8.0 (on a 10 point scale) and above are EXEMPTED from the requirement of a GATE score.
OR
- The candidates with M.Sc./M.S. Degree in an allied area of Chemical Engineering may also apply, provided they must have a valid GATE score in any of the allied areas of Chemical Engineering OR fellowship like CSIR (NET-JRF)/ UGC/ INSPIRE/ Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship etc. Students whose results are awaited may also apply with their roll number(s) mentioned in the application.
Important Dates
- April 10, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
Department of Chemistry offers research in the areas of:
Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
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Electrochemistry: supercapacitors and electrocatalysis; Bionanotechnology; Biophysics; Polymers; Functional Nanomaterials; Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Time resolved microscopy, Semi-conductor nano structures.
Biological Chemistry
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Eligibility
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Minimum Qualification:
- M.Sc./M.Tech. Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). Mathematics in the 10+2 level is desirable. For an application to be considered in the area of Physical Chemistry and Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Mathematics in the 10+2 level as well as in B.Sc. (undergraduate) is mandatory.
Students whose results for CSIR-UGC NET Fellowship or Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship or INSPIRE-PhD or any other equivalent fellowship are awaited may also apply with their roll number(s) mentioned in the application. Such candidates may walk-in for the interview provided they have qualified for any of the above fellowship before the interview date.
Important Dates
- April 02, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
- Biomedical Data Science
- Biometrics
- Computer Vision and Image Processing
- Geospatial Artificial Intelligence for Urban Planning
- Machine Learning on High Resolution Remotely Sensed Data
- Medical Image Processing
- Model Compression and Efficient Deep Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Transfer Learning
- Trustworthiness and Fair Artificial Intelligence
- Generative Neural Networks
For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members, kindly refer to the following webpage: Please Click here
Candidates are strongly encouraged to make a preliminary contact with the
faculty members with whom they wish to work.
· Eligibility
Please Note:
- All communication with candidates will be by e-mail only.
- Kindly check this website for periodic updates.
- In case of any application-related queries, your application number must be mentioned in the subject line.
- Candidates who are appearing or are about to appear for final examinations of the qualifying degree programme are eligible to apply for PhD programme. However, if selected, admission to the PhD programme would be conditional upon their completing the qualifying degree with the defined marks criteria, before joining the Institute.
- Selection will be based on interviews of the shortlisted candidates.
- Relaxation of eligibility criteria for SC/ST and PD applicants will be as per Government of India norms. Candidates belonging to reserved category will have to submit relevant certificates, if selected.
- Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for an interview. The respective departments may use additional criteria (based on academic performance and/or performance in the national level tests) in order to shortlist candidates for interview.
Important Dates
- April 02, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
Contact Information
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Department of Data Science and Engineering
DPGC, Department of Data Science and Engineering
E-mail: : dse_dpgc@iiserb.ac.in
Office, Data Science and Engineering
E-mail: : office_dse@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers research in the areas of:
Atmosphere and Climate Studies
- Atmospheric aerosols: Measurements and physico-chemical characterization, Source Apportionment
by receptor and hybrid models, Approaches for coupling in-situ and satellite-derived aerosol
products, and Assessment of climate and health effects.
- Climate Extremes, regional earth system modelling to address climate variability and change,
Himalayan glacier modelling for mass-balance and area change study, AI/ML- based modelling of
climate processes.
- Carbon Cycle and Climate: Atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) modelling, Terrestrial ecosystem
modelling, Satellite remote sensing of greenhouse gases, Agricultural GHG emissions and remote
sensing, Weather Forecast error analysis.
- Indian monsoon variability and modeling, land-atmosphere coupling processes, impact of land
use/land cover changes on precipitation variability and extremes.
Earth Surface Processes
- Sedimentary processes and sediment provenance analysis. Basin evolution and classification. Palaeogeography and palaeoenvironment.
- Fluvial geomorphology, eco-geomorphology, the impact of climate change on rivers, microwave
remote sensing, surface and groundwater interaction, machine learning application in earth
surface processes and hydrology.
- Impact of Climate Change in Hydrology, Floods and Droughts, Analysis of Weather Forecasts,
River Engineering.
- Using Numerical Weather Prediction model and Hydrological models to produce Streamflow/flood
forecasting in Indian River basins, Vulnerability, and impact-based forecasting for urban floods.
- Chemical oceanography & limnology, aqueous biogeochemistry, submarine groundwater discharge
and seawater intrusion, paleo-reconstruction of environmental & hydro- climatic conditions, and
provenance tracing of sediments, atmospheric dust, and pollutants using elemental/isotope tracers.
- Environmental Geochemistry - characterization of geochemical processes that regulate contaminant
and nutrient mobilization and transport at the water-soil/sediment-plant interface. Specific area of
interest: Aqueous geochemistry; Soil geochemistry; Wetland geochemistry; Hydrogeochemistry of
groundwater contamination and development of mitigation measures; Geochemistry of mine waste
rock (Mine closure geochemistry); Geochemistry of emerging contaminants.
- Tectonic-Geomorphology, Neotectonics and Coupled Climate-tectonic interaction and Landscape
evolution in Fold-Thrust belt setting.
Solid Earth
- Active Tectonics,Petroleum Geology, Geodynamics, Structural Geology.
- Thermodynamics of REE-phosphate and REE-carbonates and its extraction mechanism, Archaean
Tectonics, Petrology-Geochronology, Metallogeny and Precambrian crustal evolution of Indian
Peninsula
- Petrology and Geochemistry of Magmatic Ores, Magmatic processes, and tectonic styles in
Precambrian Earth with special focus on greenstone belts.
- Isotope geochemistry and geochronology in studies of crust-mantle evolution and petrogenesis, with
focus on mantle dynamics; REE-mineral studies in carbonatite and alkaline complexes
- Seismology, Seismic anisotropy, Attenuation tomography, Lithospheric structure, Deformation and
rheology of the crust and upper mantle, Upper mantle discontinuities mapping.
- Active Tectonics, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Petroleum Geology, Geodynamics and
Structural Geology.
- Structural Geology, Fault/shear zone architecture and kinematics associated with major faults,
Lateral Variation in Himalayan Deformation
For details, the prospective applicants are required to visit weblink: http://ees.iiserb.ac.in/research.php.
Important Dates
- April 07, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
Contact Information
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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Jyotirmoy Mallik
Head, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
E-mail: admission.eesphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Jha
Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
E-mail: admission.eesphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Economic Sciences offers research in the areas of
- Agricultural, Environment and Resource Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Applied Production Analysis
- Applied Game Theory: Information Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- Development Economics
- Financial Economics
- International Economics
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomic Theory
- Labour Economics
- Political Economics
- Political Economy of Structural Transformation and Macro Development
Eligibility
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Minimum Qualification:
- M.Sc./M.A. Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10-point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject).
Important Dates
- April 02, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
Contact Information
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Department of Economic Sciences
E-mail: hod_eco@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above-mentioned e-mail only.
No phone calls will be entertained.
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science offers research in the following broad areas:
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Applied Computer Science
- Robotics & Control Systems
- Communication, Signal Processing and Network Science
- Devices, Circuits Sensors and Systems
For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members,
kindly refer to the following webpage: https://eecs.iiserb.ac.in/program.php
Candidates are strongly encouraged to make a preliminary contact with the
faculty members with whom they wish to work.
Eligibility
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Minimum Qualification:
- Students with M.Tech./ME./M.S. in EC/CS/EE/IT/IN or equivalent with minimum 4+2 years degree, a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA of 7.0 on a 10-point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). Such candidates are not required to have GATE/NET/any other National level PhD entrance examination qualifications.
OR
- Students with M.Tech./ME./M.S. in EC/CS/EE/IT/IN with a 4+1/3+2 years degree, a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA of 7.0 on a 10-point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). Such students must have qualified GATE in EC/CS/EE/IN/PHY/MTH, JEST in TCS/PHY, or UGC/CSIR(NET)/INSPIRE in PHY/MTH/Electronics/Computer Science, or have NBHM scholarship.
Note that a candidate’s application can be considered even if his/her GATE/NET/JEST Score’s validity is over.
OR
- Students with M.Sc./M.S. in Physics/Mathematics/Computer Science/Electronic Science or B.Tech./B.E./B.S. in EC/CS/EE/IN can be considered for admission into the PhD program of EECS Department if they have qualified GATE in EC/CS/EE/IN/PHY/MTH, or JEST in TCS/PHY, or UGC/CSIR(NET-JRF)/INSPIRE in PHY/MTH/Electronics/Computer Science or have NBHM scholarship. In order to be eligible for admission, these students should have a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject; if required, same conversion formula will be followed as listed above).
Important Dates
- April 02, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
Contact Information
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
E-mail: admission.eecsphd@iiserb.ac.in
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Office
E-mail: office_eecs@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
For PhD admissions (2024-25-I), the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences is
offering admission only in Cognitive Science in the following areas:
Self-Referential Processing, Face and Emotion Perception, Neurological Disorders.
Eligibility
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Minimum Qualification:
- M.Sc./M.A./M.Phil. Degree or equivalent in the relevant discipline (Psychology/ Cognitive Science)with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10-point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in the majoring subject).
Important Dates
- April 02, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
Contact Information
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Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
E-mail: admission.hssphd@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above-mentioned e-mail only.
No phone calls will be entertained.
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Department of Mathematics offers research in the areas of Algebraic Coding Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic K-Theory, Commutative Algebra, Dynamical Systems, Ergodic Theory, Group Theory, Harmonic Analysis, Low-dimensional / Geometric Topology, Number Theory, Numerical Analysis, Operator Algebras, Partial Differential Equations, Representation Theory, Riemannian Geometry.
Eligibility
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Minimum Qualification
- M.Sc./M.Tech. Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject).
Important Dates
- April 02, 2023 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
Contact Information
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Department of Mathematics
Dr. Prahlad Vaidyanathan
Head, Department of Mathematics
E-mail: admission.mthphd@iiserb.ac.in
Dr. Karam Deo Shankhadhar
Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
E-mail: admission.mthphd@iiserb.ac.in
Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.
Department of Physics offers research in the areas of:
Group A:
- Ultra-fast optics, Terahertz spectroscopy
- Magnetism: Theory and experiment
- Nanomaterials, heterostructures, and 2D materials
- Experimental superconductivity
- Experimental Atomic and Molecular Physics, Spectroscopy
- Ultrafast coherent spectroscopy
- Quantum sensing and metrology, Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond
- Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Cavity-optics, Phase imaging
- Nanomechanical resonators, nonlinear dynamics, mesoscopic physics
- Raman Spectroscopy
Group B:
- Spin-orbit interaction, spin splitting, spin texture, topological materials
- First principles calculations of materials properties, density functional theory
- Electronic structure of solids: experiment and theory
- Theory and experiment in soft-matter physics
- Monte Carlo Methods, Spin Glasses, Quantum Information Science, Entanglement,
Quantum Chaos
- Quantum simulations, Theory of Bose-Einstein Condensates, Rydberg physics,
Theoretical Optomechanics
- Physics of carbon-based systems (graphene and carbon nanotubes), semiconducting
2DEGs, nanowires and topological insulators.
Group C:
- Cosmology
- Classical and Quantum gravity
- Black holes and holography
- Relativistic and non-relativistic fluid dynamics from string theory
- New Physics beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics
- Astro-Particle Physics
- Field-theoretic approaches in condensed matter physics
- Search and timing of radio pulsars. Gravitational wave detection with pulsar timing
arrays
Eligibility
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Minimum Qualification:
- M.Sc./M.Tech. Degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject).
- Additionally, a valid GATE/UGC-JRF/CSIR-JRF/JEST/INSPIRE-PhD/JGEEBILS or any other recognized score is mandatory. The certificate/fellowship MUST be valid at the time of admission.
Important Dates
- April 02, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
- Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.
General Information For Candidates
