CSIR to start application process for PhD program from April 20
Last date to apply is May 31, 2014
CSIR- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology to start application process for eligible candidates for the PhD program in interdisciplinary field of research focused on biological sciences.
The broad interdisciplinary research areas are Biological and Chemical Sciences, Molecular Medicine and Disease Genomics, Environmental Biotechnology and Computational Biology.
Admissions take place through written examination with questions to test aptitude in biology and basic knowledge on chemistry and mathematics. Candidates are then called for a round of personal interview
Each student will have a Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) that mentors the student during the course of PhD.
Multiple DAC examinations are held during the PhD tenure and clearing DAC examinations is mandatory for successful completion of PhD.
The details of the advertisement with the qualification criteria and the application procedure can be found from April 19, 2014
Important dates
Applications to be open from: April 20 to May 31, 2014
Aptitude examination date: June 15, 2014
Results of aptitude examination: tentatively by June 18, 2014
Interview dates: July 7 to 9, 2014
Interview results: tentatively by July 15, 2014
Classes to commence from: August 1, 2014
About CSIR:
CSIR-IGIB is a premier research institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), doing intensive research in the area of genomics and genome informatics. CSIR-IGIB is a confluence of motivated researchers from multidisciplinary areas working synergistically in modern integrative biology. CSIR-IGIB has domain expertise in 'genomics' that has led to global partnerships and collaboration with medical institutes and universities.