IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission 2024 (Jan): Dates, Application Form

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IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission 2024 (Jan) – IISER Pune invites application for PhD Biology Program for the academic session starting from Jan 2024.

Check full details on IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission Jan 2024 below here.

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IISER Pune PhD Biology Research Areas

IISER Pune hosts a diverse group of researchers working in various areas. Research in
Biology at IISER currently encompasses both theoretical and experimental approaches.
Fields of research open to application in this round of PhD selections are as follows:

Ecology and Evolution
For students interested in Ecology and Evolution. This includes Theoretical and Empirical
aspects of Ecology (Agricultural, Chemical, Molecular, Plant, Physiological, Microbial),
Evolution (Life-History) and Biodiversity (Taxonomic, Functional and Phylogenetic). Faculty listing:

  • 1. Deepak Barua
  • 2. Ramana Athreya
  • 3. Sagar Pandit
  • 4. Sutirth Dey

Molecular/Cell Biology/Biochemistry:
For students interested in molecular biology, cell biology, cellular biophysics, developmental biology, microbiology, immunology, epigenetics, chromosome biology and cancer biology. Faculty listing:

  • 1. Amrita Hazra
  • 2. Chaitanya Athale
  • 3. Gayathri Pananghat
  • 4. Kundan Sengupta
  • 5. Mayurika Lahiri
  • 6. Nagaraj Balasubramanian
  • 7. Sudha Rajamani

Plant Sciences:
For students interested in Plant Biology, Plant Biotechnology, Agricultural Biotechnology
Plant Physiology, Plant Ecology, and Plant Chemical Ecology.
Faculty listing:

  • 1. Deepak Barua
  • 2. Sagar Pandit

Theoretical and Computational Biology
For students interested in any branch of theoretical biology including theoretical
neuroscience, evolution, bioinformatics and computational cell biology.
Faculty listing:

  • 1. Chaitanya Athale
  • 2. Collins Assisi
  • 3. Pranay Goel
  • 4. Suhita Nadkarni

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission 2024 (Jan) Minimum Eligibility Criteria

All candidates who fulfil criteria A1 and any one of the criteria mentioned in A2, are
eligible to apply. Based on these applications, IISER Pune will create the list of students
to be invited for online interviews.

Criteria A1

  • Masters; (or B.E., B.Tech., M.Tech, MBBS) degree holders in any branch of science including physics, chemistry, mathematics, biological sciences, ecology and environmental sciences, biodiversity, psychology or equivalent.
  • Applicants must have a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate (overall percentage and not just in majoring subject) or CGPA of 6/10 in the general category or minimum 55% marks in aggregate (overall percentage and not just in majoring subject) or equivalent CGPA of 5.5 in the SC/ST, EWS or PD category.
  • Students whose final results in Masters or equivalent are yet to be declared can also apply. However, if selected, the offer for these students will be provisional, subject to their fulfilling the above criteria.


Criteria A2 – Applicants must have any one of the following qualification.

  • Qualified a National Eligibility exam that provides a 5-year Ph.D. fellowship such as CSIR–JRF / UGC–JRF / DBT–JRF–A/ ICMR–JRF / DBT–BINC–JRF / Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship. The fellowships must be valid until 31-January-2024.
  • Qualified JEST (rank holder up to 500) or GPAT (rank holder up to 500) or NBHM in last two years.
  • INSPIRE-Ph.D. fellowship (should be in possession of provisional selection letter at the time of Interview).
  • IISER BS-MS dual degree students with CGPA ≥ 8.0
  • Rank =200 in GATE exams (GATE Life Sciences, GATE Chemistry, GATE Eco-Evo, GATE Biotechnology, GATE Mathematics). The GATE score must be valid until 31- January-2024.
  • Qualified JGEBILLS (IISER Pune will shortlist based on the ranks of the students).

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission 2024 (Jan) Important Dates

Deadline of ApplicationNov 5, 2023
Date(s) of InterviewNov 25 to Dec 5, 2023

Application Form for IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission 2024 (Jan)

  • Only online application will be accepted.
  • Meeting the above-mentioned criteria merely makes the candidate eligible for application.
  • The mere application/shortlisting does not guarantee admission into the PhD programme.

Interview Process

Meeting the above-mentioned criteria merely makes the candidate eligible for application. IISER Pune reserves the right to use other / more stringent criteria for the purpose of shortlisting for interviews. Specifically, the scores obtained in the “Research Design” and “Design an experiment” can be used for the purpose of shortlisting for interviews. Only shortlisted candidates will be informed. Therefore, all candidates are requested to check this page regularly for updates. The referees of the shortlisted candidates alone shall be contacted for the reference letters.

Important Links

Notification & ApplicationClick Here
IISER Pune WebsiteClick Here

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Previous Admissions

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission 2024 (Jan) Special Call

IISER Pune announces a ‘Special Call’ for the IISER PhD Program. The call is specifically for students who have qualified for CSIR/UGC-NET JRF ‘Junior Research Fellowships’ as per CSIR notification results released on July 27, 2023

Important Dates

Deadline of Application17 August 2023
Date(s) of Interview18, 19, 21, 22 August 2023
Publication of List of Candidates Selected5 September 2023

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission Aug 2023

Important Dates

For all fields other than Eco/Evo

January 23, 2023Application opens
Last date extended to March 10, 2023, 12 noon (IST) Application closes
April 3, 2023 to April 5, 2023First Round of Interviews (Online mode)
May 8, 2023 and May 9, 2023Final Round of Interviews (In-person mode)

For Eco/Evo

March 8, 2023Application opens
April 5, 2023Last date for Application
May 22-24, 2023Interview Dates (Only Online)

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission Aug 2023 Results

Important Instructions and list of candidates shortlisted for first round of Interviews (only for Ecology and Evolution) to be conducted between May 22-24, 2023 via Zoom

List of candidates shortlisted for final round of Interviews to be conducted between May 8-9, 2023 at IISER Pune campus

List of candidates shortlisted for first round of Interviews to be conducted between April 3-5, 2023 via Zoom

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission Jan 2023

Important Dates

16-09-2022 Application opens
October 10, 2022
5:00 pm (IST)
 Application closes
October 31, 2022 to November 1, 2022Online Interviews for Ecology and Evolution
November 3, 2022 to November 5, 2022Online Interviews for Theoretical and Computational Biology
November 3, 2022 to November 5, 2022Online Interviews for Plant Biology
November 7, 2022 to November 12, 2022Online Interviews for Molecular Biology / Cell Biology / Biochemistry

Result

List of candidates selected for the PhD programme in Biology

List of candidates shortlisted for the second round of Interviews and important instructions can be found below:

  1. Ecology and Evolution: No candidate shortlisted for second round
  2. Plant Biology
  3. Theoretical and Computational Biology
  4. Molecular Biology / Cell Biology / Biochemistry

List of candidates shortlisted for the first round of Interviews and important instructions can be found below:

  1. Ecology and Evolution 
  2. Plant Biology
  3. Theoretical and Computational Biology
  4. Molecular Biology / Cell Biology / Biochemistry

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission Aug 2022

Important Dates

April 12, 2022Application opens
May 24, 2022
5:00 pm [Indian Standard Time]
Last Date to Apply
June 27- July 8, 2022Online Interviews

Results

List of candidates shortlisted for the second round of Interviews and important instructions can be found below:

List of candidates shortlisted for the first round of Interviews and important instructions can be found below:

Selected candidates for PhD programme in Biology

List of candidates selected for PhD programme in Biology

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission Jan 2022

Important Dates

Last Date to Apply5 PM October 21, 2021
Online InterviewNovember 8-20, 2021

Results

Candidates Shortlisted for First Round of PhD Interviews

The interview dates are as follows:

  • Ecology and Evolution: November 8-10, 2021
  • Theoretical and Computational Biology: November 11-14, 2021
  • Molecular Biology / Cell Biology /Biochemistry: November 15-20, 2021
  • Neurobiology: November 8-10, 2021

Interview schedule has been mailed to the shortlisted candidates.

Format for Recommendation Letter

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission Aug 2021

Important Dates

  • Forms open: April 20 – May 31, 2021 (5:00 pm)
  • PhD Interviews: June 28 to July 10, 2021

Results

Shortlisted Candidates

Lists of candidates shortlisted for first round of interviews (online):

Selected Candidates

LIST OF CANDIDATES SELECTED FOR ADMISSION TO THE PhD PROGRAM IN BIOLOGY (2021)

IISER Pune PhD Biology Admission Jan 2021

Selected Candidates for IISER Pune PhD Admission Jan 2021

DepartmentSelected List
Biological ScienceClick Here