Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle): Dates, Application Form

Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle) – Presidency University Kolkata invites application for PhD Admission for 2022-23 (February Cycle).

The university invites Online Applications from UGC or UGC – CSIR NET / NET – LS or DBT-BET (only for Institute of Health Sciences) or ICMR-NET (only for Institute of Health Sciences) qualified candidates for admission to the Ph.D. Programme of Presidency University in various departments/school/institute for the session 2022-2023 commencing from February 2023.

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Presidency University PhD Programs 2022-23 (February Cycle)

Available PhD Programs and Seats

Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle) Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates for admission to the Ph.D. program shall have a Master’s degree with at least 55% of marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade.
• A relaxation of 5% of marks or an equivalent relaxation of grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/ Person with Disability (PwD) as per UGC guidelines.
• UGC or UGC-CSIR NET/NET-LS qualified. ICMR-NET, DBT-BET qualified candidates are also eligible to apply for Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) only.

Selection Procedure

• All applicants are required to upload a research proposal within 500 words.. Applicants may be shortlisted based on the research proposals/area of availability of guide in the proposed research areas.
• All eligible candidates will have to appear at an interview / test (online/offline mode), conducted by the Departmental Ph.D. Selection Committees of the University. In interview, the candidates will be expected to discuss their research interests.
• Following the admission procedure, a list of qualified candidates (preferably mentioning their areas of research interest(s) will be published and displayed by the University through the official website.
• Candidates selected for the Ph.D. Programme will be attached to the respective Department at the time of their provisional admission and will be required to enroll on payment of a non-refundable fee, determined by the University.

Important Dates for Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle)

Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle) Application Process

• Candidates can apply online at https://www.presiuniv.ac.in
• Application number will be generated after completion of online application.
• Use the system generated application number to pay the non-refundable application fee of Rs-500/- (and applicable bank charges) in SBI Collect Portal.
• Only completed online applications will be considered.
• Applicants are required to pay application fee after submission of online form within stipulated date.
• No application will be considered without payment of Application Fee.
• Send/ drop the Application form along with mark-sheets/grade-cards, certificates and synopsis and copy of the Payment Receipt to the following address:
  • The Secretary, Faculty Councils, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata-700073

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Previous Admissions

Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (July Cycle)

Available PhD Programs and Seats

Available Research Areas/ Specializations

Bengali

• Medieval Bengal literature & theory of literature
• Drama, Fiction
• Modern Bengali Poetry
• Any other

Hindi

• Contemporary poetry
• Poetics
• Comparative Literature
• Language
• Folk lore
• Criticisms
• Poetry
• Fiction or any other

History

• Open/Any

Philosophy

• Philosophy of Film and Literature , Philosophy of Gender Studies, Social-Political Philosophy, Western and Indian Logic

Political Science

• Urban Politics

Sociology

• Open/Any

Chemistry

• Physical Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry

Economics

• Financial Economics
• Empirical Development Economics (Including Health Economics, Socio-Economic Mobility, Migration and Aspiration, Electoral incentives etc.)
• Environmental & Resource Economics
• Social Network Analysis

Geography

• Hydrology/Fluvial Geomorphology
• River Ecology/Fluvial Geomorphology/Physical Landscape Analysis/River Science (only for SC candidate)
• Political Geography
• Human Geography (only for OBCB candidate)

Geology

• Open/Any

Life Sciences

• Impact of climate change on aquatic environment, marine ecology
• Heart development and disease
• Biotechnological improvement of crop plants
• Antimicrobial activity of natural compounds and effect of mobile phone emitted electromagnetic radiations
• Cell migration
• Cancer molecular biology, Molecular toxicology, Using bioinformatic tools to understand cancer pathophysiology
• Microbiology
• Cancer Proteogenomics
• Environmental Toxicity Management
• Cancer cell signaling, experience in bioinformatics and RNA seq data analysis. Preference will be given to those with proven experience in in vivo experiments.
• Biochemistry of plant and animal systems
• Molecular Microbiology (DNA replication, DNA topology modulators)
• Structural biochemistry of photoreceptors – characterization and applications in protein design and engineering for optogenetics
• Epigenetics in plants under stress conditions, Host-pathogen interactions
• Protein Characterization, Screening and Efficacy assessment of Molecule(s) for ameliorating Chemotherapeutic Overdose
• Insect-plant-pathogen interactions, Invasive plant ecology and biocontrol, Wildlife-human interactions under changing environment

Mathematics

• General Relativity, Cosmology, Cryptology, Graph Theory, Differential Equations, Geometry and Topology, Lie Groups and Representation Theory, Dynamical Systems, Operations Research, General Topology, Fractal Geometry.

Physics

• Solid State Energy storage device, Sodium Ion Batteries, Novel 2D materials
• Quantum Optics (Theory)
• Quantum information, Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
• Planetary/Atmospheric Remote Sensing
• Cosmology, Large Scale Structure, Galaxy Evolution, Active Galaxies, Astrophysics, Nuclear

Statistics

• Nonparametric Inference
• Statistical inference on manifold data
• Test of hypothesis under curved exponential family
• Robust Bayesian Inference
• Sequential Design
• Survival Analysis

Institute of Health Sciences (vacancies are given specialisation-wise)

• RNA biology (1)
• Microbiology (4)
• Plant biotechnology (1)
• Reproductive Biology/Cell Biology (1)
• Cancer biology (1)
• Preference will be given to those with prior laboratory/research experience in the specified areas.

Important Dates for Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (July Cycle)

Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (July Cycle) Results

Provisional Selection List

• First PROVISIONAL SELECTION LIST and WAITING LIST for Ph.D. Programme – 2022-23(July 2022 Cycle)
• 2nd Provisional Selection List
• 3rd Provisional Selection list
• 4th Provisional Selection list

Presidency University PhD Admission 2021-22

Important Dates

Available PhD Programs and Seats