• Department of Biological Sciences offers research in the areas of Behavioural Ecology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics, Evolution and Molecular Systematics, Evolutionary Biology, Genomics, Immunology, Metagenomics, Microbiology, Neurobiology, Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, Viral Immunology, Virology.

Eligibility

Minimum Qualification

• • 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 major 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 must bring with them at least one letter of recommendation in a sealed envelope. Alternatively, the recommendation letter can be directly mailed by the referee(s) to admission.biophd@iiserb.ac.in before the interview date

Important Dates

• October 21, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
• Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.

Contact Information

• 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 to admission.biophd@iiserb.ac.in. Phone calls will not be entertained

Department of Chemical Engineering (CHE) offers research in the areas:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Advanced Oxidation Processes
• Advanced Functional Nanomaterials
• Bio-inspired Nanocomposites
• Battery Technology
• Chemical & Electrochemical Sensors
• Computational Catalysis
• Computational Materials Science
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Environmental Engineering
• Electrochemical Engineering
• Forensic Science & Technology
• Fuel Cells
• Membrane Science and Technology
• Molecular Simulations
• Machine Learning
• Polymeric Nanocomposites
• Reaction Engineering
• Renewable & Sustainable Energy
• Soft Matter
• Self-Propulsion
• Water & Wastewater treatment
• Waste Valorization

For further details on the research areas and the respective faculty members, kindly refer to the following webpage: Chemical Engineering.

Eligibility

• • Candidates with ME/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 subjects). 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 candidates 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/WISE Fellowship etc. Students whose results are awaited may also apply with their roll number(s) mentioned in the application.
  
  

Department of Chemistry offers research in the areas of:

• Supramolecular Chemistry; Crystallography; Transition Metal Chemistry; Molecular Materials; Organometallic Chemistry; Bio-inorganic Chemistry; Quantum Material.

• Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Natural Products; Organometallic Chemistry; Asymmetric Catalysis; Chemical Biology; Molecular Biology; Polymers; Biomaterials, Supramolecular Chemistry, Soft Materials.

• Electrochemistry: supercapacitors and electrocatalysis; Bionanotechnology; Biophysics; Polymers; Functional Nanomaterials; Ultrafast Spectroscopy; Time-resolved microscopy; Semiconductor nanostructures.

• Biophysical Chemistry; Chemical Biochemistry; Chemical Biology; Spectroscopy; Bioinorganic Chemistry; Lipidomics, Electrophysiology, Biomaterials.

• Computational Materials Science; Computational Physical and Biophysical Chemistry; Systems Biology.

Eligibility

• 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 for Physical Chemistry, mathematics either at 10+2 level OR at undergraduate level is mandatory.
    For Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, mathematics both at 10+2 level AND at undergraduate level 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

• October 21, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
• Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.

Contact Information

• Department of Chemistry

  Prof. Vishal Rai
  Head, Department of Chemistry
  Email: admission.chmphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in

  Prof. Aasheesh Srivastava
  Convener, Departmental Post-Graduate Committee
  Email: admission.chmphd[AT]iiserb.ac.in

  Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.

• Department of Data Science and Engineering (DSE) offers research in the following areas:

• 3D Computer Vision
• Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare
• Biomedical Data Science
• Biometrics
• Computer Vision and Image Processing
• Geospatial Artificial Intelligence for Urban Planning
• Hyperspectral Image Processing
• Multi-modal Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• Trustworthiness and Fair Artificial Intelligence

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

• Minimum Qualification

  • Candidates with M.Tech./M.E./M.S. with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject). The qualification of GATE or any other external fellowship is not mandatory for such candidates.
  • Candidates with M.Sc./MCA or B.Tech./B.E./B.S. with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject) can be considered for direct admission into the PhD program of the DSE Department, if they have a valid GATE score or any other external fellowship. These students will have to do 24 credits of courseworks within 3 semesters with an overall CPI of at least 7.0 on a 10 point scale. Out of 24 credits, 8 credits must be from DSE courses.
    
    Candidates with B.Tech./B.E./B.S. from IITs/IISc 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 any other external fellowship.
    
    
  • If the transcript/grade sheet issued by the Institute/University reports:
    i) Only marks, percentage will be considered.
    ii) Only grades, CGPA/CPI will be considered.
    iii) 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, where PS is the Point scale used by the Institute/University.
    
    iv) Both marks and CGPA/CPI, percentage equivalent of CGPA/CPI, as indicated on the transcript/grade-sheet, will be considered, if absolute grading was followed. CGPA/CPI ONLY will be considered, if relative grading was followed.
  
  
  • A relaxation of 10% of marks, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, will be allowed for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD categories and 5% to OBC-NCL/EWS.
  
  

  Merely fulfilling the eligibility criteria does not entitle a candidate to be called for the interview.

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.

Selection Procedure

• Shortlisted candidates will be called for an ONLINE Interview. Date of interview will be communicated to shortlisted candidates by e-mail and the same will be available on the Institute website.

Important Dates

• October 21, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
• Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.

Contact Information

• 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.

Eligibility

• Minimum Qualification:

  • Master's (M.Sc.)/M.Tech or B.Tech-M.Tech integrated Degrees in any of the disciplines of Earth Science/Geology/Geophysics/Atmospheric Science/ Oceanography/Geoinformatics/Remote Sensing/ Chemistry/Mathematics/Physics/Chemical, Environmental, Computer, Electronic and Communication, Wireless Communication and Networking, and Civil Engineering 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).
  • Exceptionally brilliant students with B.Tech. In Chemical, Computer, Civil, Electronic and Communication, and Environmental Engineering with strong motivation towards Earth and Environmental Sciences, can also apply for PhD programme.
  • For students with Master's (M.Sc.) degree in Geology/ Earth Science/Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics as a subject of study at B.Sc. level is preferable

  Students whose results for CSIR-JRF or UGC-JRF Fellowship or NET-LS 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 examination for any of the above fellowship before the interview date.

Important Dates

• October 21, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
• Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.

Contact Information

• 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 Game Theory: Information Economics
• Applied Microeconomics
• Applied Production Analysis
• Behavioural Economics
• Competition Policy
• Contract Theory
• Development Economics
• Financial Economics
• Gender and Development
• Growth Theory
• Health Economics
• Industrial Organization
• International Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomic Theory
• Mechanism Design
• Labour Economics
• Political Economics
• Political Economy of Structural Transformation and Macro Development
• Public Economics
• Public Finance

Eligibility

• 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).
  • A relaxation of 10% of marks, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, will be allowed for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD categories and 5% to OBC-NCL/EWS. (As per General Eligibility)
  
  

Important Dates

• October 21, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
• Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.

Contact Information

• 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: – Parameterized Algorithms, Graph Algorithms, Applied Graph Theory
• Applied Computer Science and Systems
• Robotics & Control Systems
• Communication, Signal Processing and Network Science
• Devices, Sensors and Systems
• Devices, Sensors and Systems
• Analog Mixed Circuit Design, Flexible Electronics

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

• Minimum Qualification:

  • Students with M.Tech./ME./M.S. in EC/CS/EE/IT/IN/Material Science and Engineering/Mechanical/Mechatronics 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/Material Science and Engineering/Mechanical/Mechatronics 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/ME/MT/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/Material Science and Engineering /Mechanical/Mechatronics can be considered for admission into the PhD program of EECS Department if they have qualified GATE in EC/CS/EE/IN/ME/MT/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

• October 21, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
• Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.

Contact Information

• 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-II), the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences is offering admission in-
1) Social Work and Sociology (Research areas/theme: Migration Studies, Caste Studies, Urban Studies, and Sociology of Work)
Eligibility: M.A in Social Work; M.S.W or M.A. in Sociology/other relevant disciplines 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).

2) Cognitive Science (Research area: Self and Cognition, Neurological Disorders)
Eligibility: M.Sc/MTech in Cognitive Science/MA Psychology/other relevant disciplines 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

• October 21, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
• Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.

Contact Information

• 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.

Department of Physics offers research in the areas of:

Group A: Experiments

• 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
• Electronic structure of solids: experiment and theory
• Quantum/topological materials, Spin-orbit interaction, Skyrmions

Group B: Hard and Soft Condensed Matter Theory

• First principles calculations of materials properties, density functional theory.
• Magnetism, Spin-orbit interaction, spin splitting, spin texture, topological materials.
• Theory and computer simulation in soft-matter physics.
• Physics of biological systems.
• Monte Carlo Methods, Spin Glasses, Quantum Information Science, Entanglement, Quantum Chaos.
• Physics of carbon-based systems (graphene and carbon nanotubes), semiconducting 2DEGs, nanowires, and topological insulators.
• Phase transitions: classical and quantum.
• Driven systems.
• Transport and localization phenomena.
• Nonequilibrium phenomena.
• Machine learning methods for condensed matter applications.

Group C: High-energy Theory and Astronomy

• Cosmology
• Classical and Quantum gravity.
• Black Holes in Quantum Gravity.
• Quantum Cosmology.
• Flat Space Holography.
• Relativistic and non-relativistic fluid dynamics from string theory.
• Scattering amplitudes in QFT and in (super-)string theory.
• Chern-Simons theory, quantum gravity and knot invariance.
• Matrix models.
• New Physics beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
• Astro-Particle Physics Gravitational Wave and Binary Newton star merger.
• Field-theoretic approaches in condensed matter physics.
• Search and timing of radio pulsars. Gravitational wave detection with pulsar timing arrays.
• Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics.
• Early Universe Astro particle Physics.
• Gravitational Waves as Probes of New Physics.

Eligibility

• 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

• October 21, 2024 : Last date for receiving online application.
• Other relevant dates will be announced in due course of time.

Contact Information

• Physics Office
  Contact No.: +91 755 269 2582
  E-mail: admission.phyphd@iiserb.ac.in

  Queries will be entertained on the above mentioned e-mail only.