Application for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) Ph.D. Programme at IICT, Hyderabad

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

(Council of Scientific & Industrial Research)

Hyderabad 500 607

Application for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) Ph.D. Programme

IICT-PhD – January 2012

IICT invites applications from highly talented and research oriented candidates to join as Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to pursue PhD Program at IICT for the Academic Session starting from January 2012. A brief profile of research activities at IICT is given in the Annexure enclosed.

ELIGIBILITY: Candidates must fulfil the following eligibility criteria to be considered for selection to the Program.

I. First class M.Sc. degree or equivalent in Chemical or Biological sciences.

AND

II. Qualified in CSIR/UGC-NET Examination with a valid Rank OR a valid DST INSPIRE/ ICMR Fellowship in one of the above disciplines.

Please note that the candidates, who have passed CSIR-UGC-NET examination, under the Lectureship category only, are NOT eligible.

VACANCY: Presently there are about 25 Vacancies in the following areas

1. Catalysis, Analytical, Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Materials and Polymers: (7)

2. Organic Chemistry: (12)

3. Lipids Science & Technology: (2)

4. Environmental Sciences: (2)

5. Chemical Biology: (2)

(The number of vacancies mentioned are indicative only)

ACSIR PHD REGISTRATION:

All JRFs selected for the above Program shall be registered under the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) for pursing their PhD. Hence the candidates must also necessarily submit on-line application to AcSIR at http://csir-phd.csio.res.in. Last date for submitting online application is November 11, 2011.

FELLOWSHIP:

Candidates selected for the PhD Program at IICT shall draw their fellowship and other allowances, contingency etc., as per their respective fellowship schemes.

SELECTION:

Selection for admission to the Ph.D. Programme shall be on the basis of interview(s) to be conducted at IICT for the short listed candidates. The short list of candidates shall be prepared based on their choice of areas mentioned above. The interviews are likely to be conducted on December 7 to 8, 2011. Please note that as per the applicable norms no TA/DA shall be paid to the candidates appearing for the interview.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

1. Candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria may apply in the prescribed format enclosed with this notification.

2. A scanned copy of the filled-in Application form along with enclosed Excel Information Sheet must be mailed to phdatiict@gmail.com on or before November 14, 2011.

3. In addition, the candidates MUST ALSO submit on-line applications for PhD registration in AcSIR at http://csir-phd.csio.res.in on or before November 11, 2011 AcSIR Coordinator, IICT.

FOR DETAILS AND APPLICATION FORMAT, PLEASE REFER http://iictindia.org/IICTPhDNotfJan2012.pdf