Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Science or Engineering with first class (60%) or equivalent grades at both Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. We encourage science/engineering students to apply for our JRF programme and emphasize that students should be interested in carrying out doctoral research in the above-mentioned areas only. We expect prospective candidates to have a reasonably good proficiency in basic physics and mathematics.

Master’s degree should be on or after 2016. Those students expecting Master's degree by August 2019 are also eligible to apply, subject to having secured first class (60%) or equivalent grades up to the last semester.

Nationality: Only candidates with Indian citizenship can apply.

Selection Process: Applicants should have qualified in any one of the following examinations:

CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test, NET-JRF in Physical Sciences / Chemical Sciences / Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences.

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Physics / Geology and Geophysics / Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences / Chemistry.

Joint Entrance Screening Test [JEST 2019] in Physics.

Please note if the applicant possesses more than one score in either GATE or NET then the best among them has to be provided in the application.