The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), an autonomous institute has been brought under the fold of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India in August 2002. The institute is located in close proximity to other research institutions at Bhubaneswar. The institute was earlier established on February 11, 1989 and was under the administrative and financial control of Department of Science and Technology, Government of Orissa. Prime minister of India dedicated the institute to the nation on July 15, 2003 with a declaration to develop the institute as a "National Centre for Excellence".
Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, an autonomous Institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India engaged in advanced research invites applications from Indian nationals for the Ph.D. programme in the following areas,
- Environmental Biotechnology and crop quality improvement-Dr. B. P. Shaw
- T cell AICD, auto immunity, allergic and immuno pathologies-Dr. S. Devadas
- Leukemia research and stem Cell Biology- Dr. S. Chakraborty
- Bacterial cell division as a target to develop new antibiotics-Dr. T. K. Beuria
- Drug design and discovery, Bioinformatics- Dr. A. Dixit
- Vascular biology and tumour angiogenesis- Dr. R. K. Swain
- Vascular Immunology: Inflammation and cancer- Dr. V. Rai
- Immuno-genomics and systems biology- Dr. S. K. Raghav
Candidates are strongly encouraged to visit ILS webpage for detailed information, regarding the research activities of the above mentioned scientists.
Essential Qualification :
- Candidates should have passed their M.Sc. (any branch of science)/M. Tech/M. Pharm/M.V.Sc. or equivalent qualification with minimum 60% marks (or equivalent grade point).
- Candidates should have qualified in CSIR/UGC-JRF or CSIR/UGC-lectureship or ICMR-JRF or DBTcategory I/II or DST-INSPIRE or DBT-BINC or GATE (40% or above). They should have qualified in any one of these examinations not earlier than Dec, 2013. If original certificate is not available provide the original admit card and a photocopy of the particular result page where your roll number is mentioned
- Candidates, who were interviewed for the Ph.D. programme in the last two rounds (March, 2014 and July, 2014) are not eligible to apply.
- The upper age limit of the candidate should be below 28 years, as of 31st Oct, 2014. Age relaxation will be given for five years in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/women/PH and three years in case of OBC (as approved by Govt. of India) candidates.
- If selected in the final interview, candidate having a national fellowship need to activate the fellowship as per the norms of the agency. Institute of Life Sciences will provide an equivalent fellowship to all other selected
- candidates not having the national fellowship. Depending on the vacancy the Ph.D. students will be provided hostel facility.
- Interview will be conducted in two tiers/rounds. Candidates have to come to the Institute for two consecutive days only.
- To and fro bus/rail fare by the shortest route limited to second sleeper class will be paid to all the candidates selected for the 2nd round of interview.
Interested and eligible candidates may fill-up the prescribed application form as available in ILS website (www.ils.res.in). Duly filled-up application along with self-attested copies of all relevant certificates and demand draft should be send to the Director, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar-751023. All application should reach the Institute on or before the last date. Applications received after the last date will not be accepted. The envelope should be superscribed with “Application for Ph.D. Programme”. Short-listed candidates selected for the interview will be published in the Institute website (www.ils.res.in).
Deadline : 22.10.14
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