PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences @ IIT Guwahati |CAREER

Saturday 10 October 2015

Research Areas:

Hybrid Nano-structured Materials for energy applications.
spin transport, Quantum dot circuits
Photonics, thermoelectrics, plastic electronics and semiconductor physics, solar cells
Plasmonics, Nanoscale transport
TeraHertz Sepctroscopy
Non-linear Optics, nano photonics, photon-phonon interaction
Magnetic and Superconducting materials
Novel hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductors design and potential device applications
Thin film device applications of high-mobility organic semiconductors
Quantum Information theory and open quantum systems
Topological Insulators, Fracntional Chern Insulators

Eligibility:

Master’s degree in Physical Sciences, Materials Science, Engineering or Technology, in areas closely related to the interests of the physics faculty at IISER TVM. 60% marks or equivalent is desirable.
Qualifying in one of the following national level examination with validity as on 1st January 2016: GATE/ CSIR-UGC-JRF/ JEST-2015/ INSPIRE PhD Fellowship.

How to Apply:

Candiadtes may apply online at http://www.iisertvm.in/phd/
GE/ OBC [SC/ ST/ PH] applicants are required to make a payment of Rs.200/- [Rs. 100/-] as processing fee through the Powerjyoti Account.
On submission of the online application form, the applicants will receive an acknowledgment email with a unique application number.
Applicants are not required to post hard copy of the application to IISER-TVM.

Selection Process:

It is mandatory for all the candidates to submit a research proposal, which should clearly have a question or a problem you find interesting to address (word limit 500-700) during the online application. The proposal will be used as one of the criteria for short-listing.
Short-listed candidates will have to appear for interviews conducted at IISER-TVM.
There will be two rounds of interviews, which will be conducted over three days.
In case of a high turn out of candidates, an entrance exam may be conducted (based on Master’s level Biology questions for 70% marks and 12th level Physics, Math, Chemistry questions-together 30%) on the first day of interviews. Hence, all the short-listed candidates must report at IISER-TVM on the first day of the interviews.
The final selection of candidates will solely be based on performance in interviews.

Important Dates:

Last date of receipt of the application form: 2nd November, 2015
Announcement of shortlisted candidates on the Institute's website: 5th November, 2015
Interview for the short-listed candidates: 26-28 November, 2015

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