IISER TVM PhD Admission 2024 (Aug)- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram invites applications for admission to the PhD Programmes for the academic session commencing in Aug 2024.
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IISER TVM PhD Programs
IISER TVM PhD offering Schools/Centres
- Schools of Biological Sciences
- Schools of Chemical Sciences
- Schools of Physical Sciences
- Schools of Mathematical Sciences
- Schools of Data Sciences
- Schools of Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
- Centre of Advanced Materials Research with International Engagement (CAMRIE)
- Centre of High-Performance Computing (CHPC)
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2024 (Aug) Eligibility Criteria
General Eligibility Criteria
- 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale (or first-class equivalent) or first class in Master’s program in a relevant discipline as declared by the respective University.
(BE/BTech degree in relevant specialization is admissible for select areas of research in the School of Physics (see Research Areas)) - The candidate must have qualified at least one of the following examinations: CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF or GATE or other national-level examinations.
- BS-MS/Masters students from any of the IISERs/IITs/IISc with a CGPA 8 or above on a 10-point scale are exempted from national-level test eligibility related criteria.
Relaxation for reserved categories to the eligibility criteria will be applicable as per Government of India rules.
Subject Wise Eligibility Criteria
| SCHOOL | RELEVANT AREAS | ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA |
|---|---|---|
| Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences/Chemical Sciences/Physical Sciences/ Mathematics/ Bioinformatics/ Agricultural Sciences/ Veterinary Sciences or a Bachelor Degree in Medicine (MBBS). | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 OR General Eligibility 1 with one of the following- DBT-JRF (Category I)/ICMR-JRF: Only candidates whose fellowships are tenable at IISER TVM are eligible. GATE (EY)*: Will be considered only for Ecology/ Evolution/Behaviour. GATE (XL/BT/PH)*: Will be considered only for Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/Theoretical Biology NBHM-JRF: Will be considered only for Bioinformatics/ Computational Biology/Theoretical Biology JGEEBILS (GS-2024)* JEST (Physics)* qualified candidates will be considered only for Computational Biology /Theoretical Biology/ Biophysics/Structural Biology * Depending on the number of applications, a cut-off based on marks/score maybe be imposed to shortlist these candidates |
| Chemical Sciences | Chemical Sciences | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 |
| Mathematical Sciences | Mathematics/Statistics/ Engineering/ Relevant area of science | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2/NBHM Doctoral Scholarship with a valid certificate as on 01 August 2024) OR General Eligibility 3 |
| Physical Sciences | Physical Sciences/Material Science/ Engineering areas closely related to the research areas of School of Physics, IISER TVM | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 OR JEST 2024 (Physics) For the * marked research areas listed below BE/BTech candidates are eligible to apply. |
| Data Sciences | Computer Science/Data Science/Statistics/ Mathematics/Information Technology/Electronics and Communication Engineering or Engineering areas closely related to the research areas of School of Data Science, IISER TVM. | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 OR JEST 2024 (Theoretical Computer Science) For the * marked research areas listed below BE/BTech candidates are eligible to apply. |
| Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences | MSc or MTech in Marine sciences/ Chemistry/ Physics/ Biology/ Mathematics/ Geology/ Applied Geology/ Earth Science/ Atmospheric Science/ Meteorology/ Climate Science/ Oceanography/ Water Resources/ Hydrology Ecology/ Agriculture/ Environment Science BE/BTech/Engineering areas closely related to the research areas of School of Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, IISER TVM | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 |
| CAMRIE | See the relevant section in “School and Centre-wise Research Areas Available for PhD Positions” below. | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 |
| CHPC | See the relevant section in “School and Centre-wise Research Areas Available for PhD Positions” below. | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 |
Research Areas
Biological Sciences
- Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Ecology & Evolution
- Genetics and Development
- Infection and Immunity
- Neurobiology
- Theoretical & Computational Biology
Chemical Sciences
- Bio-inorganic Chemistry
- Coordination Chemistry
- Biomaterials
- Nanoparticles-Immune Cells Interactions
- p-Block Chemistry: Bond Activation, Catalysis
- Catalysis for Sustainable Organic Synthesis
- Catalysis, Organic Synthesis, Coupling Reactions
- Electrocatalysis for Energy Conversion and Biomass Valorisation
- Homogeneous Catalysis with s- and p-Block Compounds
- Macrocycles, Molecular Sensors, and Helicity
- Materials Chemistry for Sustainable Energy
- Molecular Catalyst Development, Hydrogenation, Lignin Depolymerization
- Natural Products Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Asymmetric Catalysis, and Synthesis
- New Catalytic Strategies in Organic Synthesis
- NMR Spectroscopy, Biochemistry, Biophysics
- Photochemistry and Photophysics; Crystalline Organic Materials
- Quantum Cluster, Cluster-Assembly, and Metal-Organic Framework Materials
- Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Metal Nanoparticle, Light-Induced Processes
- Soft-Materials and Interfaces, Charge Transport in Bio/Molecular Systems
- Supramolecular Chemistry, DNA nanotechnology, Cancer therapy
- Supramolecular Chemistry, Host-Guest Chemistry, Molecular Switches, and Machines
- Supramolecular Chemistry, Polymers, Organic Chemistry
- Synthetic Methods for Organic Synthesis, C–H Functionalization, and Asymmetric Catalysis
- Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Materials Science
- Theoretical Physical Chemistry, System’s Chemistry, Chemical Physics, biological physics
- Ultrafast Nonlinear Spectroscopy
Mathematical Sciences
- Analysis: Matrix Analysis, Dynamical Systems, Ergodic Theory, Fourier Analysis, Functional Analysis, Harmonic Analysis.
- Applied Analysis: Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Oncology, Financial Engineering, Data Sciences
- Algebra and Number Theory: Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic Number Theory
Physical Sciences
Experimental Physics
- Hybrid nanostructured materials for supercapacitor and solid-state battery applications
- Development of Light Sheet Microscopy (LSM) or Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) imaging system; Development of photacoustic imaging (PAI) system – both microscopy and tomography
- Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy of 2D nanomaterials*
- Physics of semiconductor devices (solar cells, light emitting diodes, transistors, memory, bioelectronic) based on quantum/Organic/perovskite/2D materials using various optical and electrical spectroscopy techniques.
- Semiconductor spin-qubits, Quantum electrical sensing, 2D superconducting circuits*
- 2D materials for thermoelectric transport studies and devices*
- Quantum Materials and Spintronics*
- Superconductivity, quantum materials
- Nonlinear optics, frequency combs, microwave photonics
- Advanced semiconductor devices for power / energy conversion*
Theoretical Physics
- Condensed Matter Theory: Strongly correlated electron systems, Neural quantum state (NQS) wave function for quantum many-body systems, Novel electronic phases like superconductivity, topological insulator etc.
- General Relativity, Cosmology, Gravitational Wave Astronomy and, the analysis of cosmological and astrophysical data sets.
- Solar Physics, Lower Solar Atmosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Simulations, MHD Waves
- Brewer Dobson Circulation, Sudden Stratospheric Warming, Cloud dynamics, Global wave analysis
- Quantum Materials, Quantum magnetism and Spintronics
- Ultrafast molecular dynamics, Generation of attosecond pulse train.
- Beyond Standard Model of Particle Physics, Dark Matter
BE/BTech candidates are eligible for selected areas marked with *
Data Sciences
- Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing
- Internet-of-Things
- Distributed Learning (Federated and Gossip Learning)
- Transfer and Tiny Machine Learning
- Explainable AI
- Biomedical/Clinical Data Science
- Generative Machine Learning
- Machine Learning in predicting structures in graphs
- Neuromorphic Machine Learning
- Dependence modelling using Copula
- Mathematical Theory of Reliability
- Stochastic Degradation modelling
- Applied Statistics
- Design and analysis of Cluster Randomized Trials
- Survival Analysis
- Reliability Theory
- Computational Imaging
- Medical Image Reconstruction and Analysis
- Edge computing in Healthcare
- Deep Learning
- Computer Vision
- Emotion Recognition
- Intelligent Systems
- Image Processing
- Signal Processing
- Classification Systems Using Machine Learning Models
Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
- Marine and estuarine biogeochemistry
- Tropical Meteorology: Monsoon Dynamics and Tropical Storms
- Igneous Petrology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry
- Atmospheric waves and circulation
- Cloud Physics
- Land-Atmosphere Interaction and Hydrology
- Crop Modeling and Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
- Ecosystem-Climate interactions
- Atmospheric Optics
- Atmospheric Aerosols
- Atmospheric boundary layer
CAMRIE
| Research areas | Relevant Areas |
|---|---|
| Time-resolved Single Particle Emission Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Nanocrystals; Transient Absorption Spectroscopy | MSc in Chemistry/Physics |
| Photochemistry and Photophysics; Organic Crystalline materials | MSc in Chemistry/Physics |
| Computational materials science | MSc in Chemistry/Physics/Materials science; Experience in theoretical chemistry/theoretical condensed matter physics is preferred. |
| CO and CO2 Transformations | MSc in Chemistry/Materials Science |
| Supramolecular Chemistry, DNA Nanotechnology, Cancer Therapy | MSc in Chemistry/Biology |
| Design and Development of Advanced Cathode Materials for Sodium Ion Batteries | MSc Physics/ Chemistry, MTech Materials Science |
| Biodegradation of Nanomaterials | MSc Biomedical Engineering or Biotechnology |
| Charge Transport Studies Via Bio/Molecular Quantum conductors | MSc in Physics/ Chemistry and Material Science |
CHPC
| Research areas | Relevant Areas |
|---|---|
| Computational Materials Science | MSc in Chemistry/Physics; Research experience in theoretical chemistry/condensed matter physics is desirable. |
| Theoretical and Computational Chemical physics and Softmatter biological physics | MSc in Chemistry/Physics/Biophysics; Experience in theoretical physical chemistry/soft matter physics/biophysics is preferred. Background and experience in numerical techniques and computations is desirable. |
| Bioinformatics / Computational Biology | MSc in Computer Science/Data Science/Bioinformatics/Computional Biology/Biological Sciences. Python programming is desirable. |
| Single particle cryoEM and 3 dimensional image processing of biological macromolecules and assemblies, Protein structure based drug design, Structural Bioinformatics | |
| Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, Higher order methods | MSc in Mathematics/Applied Mathematics/Computer Science/BTech in ME, EEE |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics; Numerical methods for PDEs, HPC for Computational Biology of the Heart. | MSc/MTech in Mathematics/Data Science/Biomedical engineering. Background in PDEs, Numerical methods, Scientific computing, and/or Computational biology is preferred. |
| Computational Surface-subsurface Hydrology | MSc/MTech in Earth Science/Physics/Atmospheric Science/Climate Science/Water Resources/Hydrology. |
| Vegetation Dynamics and Climate Interactions Modeling | MSc/MTech in Earth Science/Physics/Atmospheric Science/Climate Science/Water Resources/Hydrology/Forestry/Agriculture |
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2024 (Aug) Schedule
| Events | Dates |
|---|---|
| Online application portal opened from | 1 April 2024 |
| Last date for receipt of online applications | 22 April 2024 |
Tentative Interview Dates
| Biological Sciences | First round (online): 1st week of June, 2024 Final round (in-person): 4th week of June 2024 |
| Chemical Sciences | 24-25 June, 2024 |
| Mathematical Sciences | 06-07 June, 2024 |
| Physical Sciences | 29-30 April, 2024 |
| Data Sciences | 2nd week of May |
| EESSc | 02-03 May, 2024 |
| CAMRIE | 02-03 May, 2024 |
| CHPC | 22-24 May, 2024 |
| Mode of examination | See the Schoolwise selection procedure |
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2024 (Aug) Application Procedure
- Applicants should complete the online application.
- Only complete applications in all respects would be considered.
- Candidates should provide Name/Affiliation/Contact number and Email addresses of two referees in the application form.
- Applicants will receive an acknowledgment email with a unique application number on submission of the online application form.
- Applicants are NOT required to post a hard copy of the application to IISER TVM.
Application Fees
- General/OBC Candidates: Rs. 500/-
- SC/ST/PH Candidates: Rs. 250/-
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2024 (Aug) Selection Process
Biological Sciences
It is mandatory for a candidate to submit a short “Statement of Purpose” of 300-400 words, based on a research area the candidate finds interesting. While applying online, the proposal has to be uploaded under the section “Statement of Purpose (SOP)”. The proposal need not be related to the research ongoing at the School of Biology, IISER TVM.
Short-listed candidates will have to appear for interviews conducted by IISER TVM in hybrid mode. There will be two rounds of interviews. The first round of interviews will be conducted online. Candidates who are shortlisted further for the final round of interviews will have to appear in person at IISER TVM campus. The final selection of candidates will solely be based on the performance during the interviews.
Chemical Sciences
Marks and Ranks (CSIR-JRF/UGC-JRF/GATE) based shortlisting and interview in person.
Mathematical Sciences
Candidates meeting all the eligibility criteria will be further shortlisted and be called for online interviews.
Physical Sciences
During the application process, the candidates will be asked to enter one of the choices among 1) Theoretical, 2) Experimental. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews conducted in hybrid mode.
Data Sciences
During the application process, a candidate will be asked to select one or more choices of the research areas for the School of Data Science based on her/his qualifications. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews which will be conducted online mode at IISER TVM.
Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
Applications will be shortlisted based on marks and the shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews which will be conducted in hybrid mode at IISER TVM.
CAMRIE
During the application process, a candidate will be asked to select one or more choices of the research area for the centre based on her/his qualification. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews which will be conducted in hybrid mode at IISER TVM.
CHPC
During the application process, a candidate will be asked to select one or more choices of the research area for the centre based on her/his qualification. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews which will be conducted in hybrid mode at IISER TVM.
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2024 (Aug) Results
Candidates provisionally selected
- Center for Advanced Materials Research with International Engagement (CAMRIE) – Published on : 20-May-2024
- School of Data Science – Published on: 23-May-2024
- Center for High-Performance Computing – CHPC – Published on : 31-May-2024
Candidates selected for other schools/centers will be published later.
Shortlisted Candidates
- School of Biology
- School of Chemistry
- School of Data Science
- School of School of Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
- School of Mathematics
- Updated list of shortlisted candidates, School of Physics
- Center for Advanced Materials Research with International Engagement (CAMRIE)
- Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC)
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Previous Admissions
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2024 (Jan)
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2024 (Jan) Schedule
| Online application portal opened from | 13 October 2023 |
| Last date for receipt of online applications | 04 November, 2023 |
Tentative Interview Dates
| Biological Sciences | 3rd/4th Week of November 2023 |
| Chemical Sciences | 04-05 December 2023 |
| Physical Sciences | 28-30 December 2023 |
| CAMRIE | 30 November 2023 |
| CHPC | 21-22 November 2023 |
| Mode of examination | See the School and Centre-wise selection procedure |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2023 (Special)
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2023 (Special) Schedule
| Online application portal opened from | 17 August 2023 |
| Last date for receipt of online applications | 21 August 2023 |
Tentative Interview Dates
| Chemical Sciences | 25th August, 2023 |
| Physical Sciences | 24th August, 2023 |
| CAMRIE | 23-24th August, 2023 |
| CHPC | 23-24th August, 2023 |
| Mode of examination | See the School/centre wise selection procedure |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2023 (Special) Results
Selected Candidates
Candidates provisionally selected for the PhD Programme starting August (Special) 2023
Offer letter and other instructions will be emailed to the registered email addresses of the selected candidates shortly.
Shortlisted Candidates
List of candidates shortlisted for the Interview for PhD Programme starting Varsha (Special) 2023
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2023
Research Areas Aug 2023
Biological Sciences
- Behavioral ecology and Plant-animal interactions
- Structural Molecular Biology
- Genome Stability Evolutionary ecology
- Plant centromere biology
- Stem cells and development
- Chronobiology
- Molecular Virology
- Mutations and Antibiotic Resistance
- Mammalian cell division and signaling
- Neurodegenerative disease biology
- Host-parasite interactions
- Chromatin Biology
- Bioinformatics/computational Biology
Chemical Sciences
- Asymmetric Organic Synthesis
- Bioinorganic and Coordination Chemistry
- Biomaterials, Antifouling Coatings, Nano-Immune Interactions
- Bio-Molecular Electronics
- Catalysis for Sustainable Organic Synthesis
- Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Conversion Systems
- Host-Guest Chemistry, Molecular Switches and Machines
- Inorganic Materials: Cluster, Cluster-assembly
- Macrocycles, Pi-Conjugated Cyclic Systems
- Main Group Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry for Sustainable Energy
- Molecular Spectroscopy
- New Catalytic Strategies in Organic Synthesis
- NMR spectroscopy: Biophysics, Protein chemistry
- Organic Synthesis: Cross-Coupling Reactions
- Organometallic Chemistry, Small Molecule Activation
- Photochemistry and Photophysics, Chirality
- Supramolecular Chemistry
- Supramolecular Chemistry, DNA Nanotechnology, Cancer Therapy
- Synthetic Methods for Organic Synthesis, C–H Functionalization
- Theoretical and Computational Chemical and Biological Physics
- Theoretical Chemistry
- Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Mathematical Sciences
- Analysis: Linear Algebra, Matrix Analysis, Complex Dynamics, Ergodic Theory, Harmonic Analysis.
- Applied Analysis: Partial Differential Equations, Stochastic Analysis, Numerical Functional Analysis, Mathematical Biology, Financial Engineering, Data Science
- Computational Mathematics: Numerical analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Scientific Computing, Hyperbolic conservation laws, Conservation laws with discontinuous flux, High-order numerical schemes
Physical Sciences
- Experimental Physics
- Quantum Magnetism and Superconductivity
- (*) Development of Light Sheet Microscopy (LSM) or Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) imaging system; Development of photacoustic imaging (PAI) system – both microscopy and tomography
- (*) Sodium Ion Batteries, Supercapacitors
- Hardware-Based Energy-Efficient Neuromorphic Computing
- High temperature superconductivity, quantum entanglement in solids, charge transport in nanoclusters
- Infrared Plasmonics of Conducting Oxides, Excitons in 2D materials
- (*) Semiconductor qubits, Quantum electrical sensing, Quantum-transport
- Physics of semciconductor devices (solar cells, light emitting diodes, transistors, memory, bioelectronic) based on quantum/Organic/perovskite/2D materials using various optical and electrical spectroscopy techniques.
- (*) 2D materials for thermoelectric transport studies and devices
- (*) Quantum Materials, Energy-Efficient Spintonics
- Advanced semiconductor devices for power / energy conversion
- Nonlinear optics, frequency combs, microwave photonics
- Ultrafast Optical Studies in 2D Nanostructures
- Theoretical Physics
- Nonlinear Dynamics: Emerging Phenomena in Complex Networks, Swarmalators
- Condensed Matter Theory: Strongly correlated electron systems, Application of Machine Learning (ML) techniques in understanding quantum many-body systems, Theory of novel electronic phases like superconductivity, topological insulator etc.
- High energy astrophysics, observations and physics of gamma ray bursts
- Brewer Dobson Circulation, Sudden Stratospheric Warming, Cloud dynamics
- Study of Complex Systems using dynamical models and Machine Learning Algorithms
- Computational condensed matter physics: Magnetism, strongly correlated materials, Multi-Functional materials
- (*) High resolution regional climate modelling and computational surface-subsurface hydrology
(*) BE/BTECH candidates are eligible for selected areas marked with asterisk
CAMRIE
| Research areas | Relevant Areas |
|---|---|
| Time-resolved single particle spectroscopy and transient absorption spectroscopy of semiconductor quantum dots and plasmonic nanostructures | MSc in Chemistry/Physics |
| Molecular Spectroscopy, Excited State Processes, Photochemistry, Photophysics, Photobiology | MSc in Chemistry |
| Supramolecular Chemistry Click Chemistry | MSc in Chemistry |
| Biomaterials, Antimicrobial Coatings, Bone Tissue Engineering | MSc in Chemistry |
| Hydrogen storage and sensing materials | M.Sc Physics |
| CO and CO2 Transformations | Masters in Chemistry/Materials Science |
| Supramolecular Chemistry, DNA Nanotechnology, Cancer Therapy | Masters in Chemistry/Biology |
| Design and Development of Solid-State Lithium Batteries | M.Sc Physics/ Chemistry, M.Tech Materials Science |
| Spintronics and Quantum Materials | M.Sc Physics |
| Biosensor devices | M.Sc Physics |
CHPC
| Research areas | Relevant Areas |
|---|---|
| Quantum Simulation of molecular processes on hybrid quantum-classical computers | Masters in Physics/Chemistry. Background in numerical simulations preferable |
| Computational Astrophysics – Hydrodynamic simulations of relativistic jet and Data Analysis | Masters in Physics/ Mathematics/ Data Science/ MTech in Computer Science. With a strong interest in astrophysics. Background in computational techniques and data analysis is preferrable. |
| Theoretical and Computational Chemical physics and Softmatter biological physics | Masters in Chemistry/Physics/Biophysics; Experience in theoretical physical chemistry/soft matter physics/biophyics is preferred. Background and experience in numerical techniques and computations is a plus. |
| Bioinformatics / Computational Biology | Masters in Computer Science/Data Science/Bioinformatics/Computional Biology/Biological Sciences. Python programming is a plus |
| Single particle cryoEM and 3 dimensional image processing of biological macromolecules and assemblies, Protein structure based drug design, Structural Bioinformatics | Masters in Physics/Chemistry/Biology/Biophysics with a good aptitude to work on structure, function and mechanism of biological macromolecules (Proteins) and assemblies using biological data from single particle cryoEM and 3 dimensional image processing and Protein Crystallography, Protein structure based drug design including AI based methods, Structural Bioinformatics. Desirable: Competence in using Linux environments and programming (such as C/C++/python etc.). |
| Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, Higher order methods | M.Sc/M.Tech in Mathematics/Data Science/Biomedical engineering. Background in PDEs, Numerical methods, Scientific computing, and/or Compuitational biology is plus. |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics | M.Sc/M.Tech in Mathematics/Data Science/Biomedical engineering. Background in PDEs, Numerical methods, Scientific computing, and/or Compuitational biology is plus. |
| Numerical methods for PDEs, HPC for Computational Biology of the Heart. | M.Sc/M.Tech in Mathematics/Data Science/Biomedical engineering. Background in PDEs, Numerical methods, Scientific computing, and/or Compuitational biology is plus. |
| Computational Solar Physics | M.Sc/M.Tech in Physics/Mathematics/Data Science. Background in PDEs, Numerical methods, data analysis and/or Scientific computing is plus. |
| High-Resolution Regional Climate Modeling | M.Sc/M.Tech in Earth Science/Physics/Atmospheric Science/Climate Science/Water Resources/Hydrology. Background in PDEs, numerical methods, climate modeling, scientific computing, and programming (such as fortran, python) is desirable, but not essential. Competence in using Linux environments. |
Centrewise Eligibility
| CAMRIE | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 |
| CHPC | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2023 Eligibility Criteria
General Eligibility Criteria
- 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale (or first-class equivalent) or first class in Master’s program in a relevant discipline as declared by the respective University.
(BE/BTech degree in relevant specialization is admissible for select areas of research in the School of Physics (see Research Areas)) - The candidate must have qualified at least one of the following examinations: CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF or GATE or other national-level examinations, with validity as on 01 August 2023.
- BS-MS students from any of the IISERs/IITs/IISc with a CGPA 8 or above on a 10-point scale are exempted from national-level test eligibility related criteria.
Relaxation for reserved categories to the eligibility criteria will be applicable as per Government of India rules.
Subject Wise Eligibility Criteria
| SCHOOL | RELEVANT AREAS | ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA |
| Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences/Chemical Sciences/Physical Sciences/Mathematics/ Bioinformatics/Agricultural Sciences/Veterinary Sciences or a Bachelor Degree in Medicine (MBBS). | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 OR DBT-JRF(Category I)*/ ICMR-JRF*/ GATE** (EY, XL, BT only) / JGEEBILS (GS-2023)*** are also eligible to apply. * Only candidates whose ranks make them eligible to avail Category 1 DBT-Junior Research Fellowships tenable at any university/institution in India. Fellowships restricted to join DBT or ICMR sponsored projects are not eligible. ** GATE (EY) qualified candidates will be considered only for Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour. GATE (XL) or GATE (BT) qualified candidates will be considered only for Bioinformatics. ***Candidates may be further shortlisted by the shortlisting committee based on the marks/score. |
| Chemical Sciences | Chemical Sciences | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 |
| Mathematical Sciences | Mathematics/Statistics/Engineering/ relevant area of science | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2/NBHM Doctoral Scholarship with a valid certificate) OR General Eligibility 3 |
| Physical Sciences | Physical Sciences/Material Science/ Engineering areas closely related to the research areas of School of Physics, IISER TVM | (General Eligibility 1 AND General Eligibility 2) OR General Eligibility 3 OR JEST 2023 (Physics) For the * marked research areas listed below BE/BTech candidates are eligible to apply. |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2023 Schedule
Revised Schedule
| SCHOOL/CENTER | DATE OF REOPEN | DATE OF CLOSING | DATE(S) OF INTERVIEW |
|---|---|---|---|
| School of Biology | 01-05-2023 | 10-05-2023 | 1st – 2nd Week of June 2023 (Remains unchanged) |
| School of Chemistry | 01-05-2023 | 15-05-2023 | 12-13 June, 2023 (Remains unchanged) |
| CAMRIE | 01-05-2023 | 07-05-2023 | 15 May, 2023 (Changed) |
Important Dates
| Event | Dates |
| Online application portal opened from | 28 March 2023 |
| Last date for receipt of online applications | 19 April 2023 |
Tentative Interview Dates
| Biological Sciences | 1st-2nd Week of June, 2023 |
| Chemical Sciences | 12-13 June, 2023 |
| Mathematical Sciences | 02-04 May, 2023 |
| Physical Sciences | 27-28 April, 2023 |
| CAMRIE | 15 May, 2023 (Changed) |
| CHPC | 08-10 May, 2023 |
| Mode of examination | See the School/centre wise selection procedure |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2023 Selection Process
| SCHOOL | SELECTION PROCEDURE |
| Biological Sciences | It is mandatory for all the candidates to submit a short “Statement of Purpose” of 300-400 words, based on a research area the candidate finds interesting. While applying online, please upload this proposal under the section “Statement of Purpose (SOP)”. Please note: the proposal does not need to be related to the research ongoing at the School of Biology, IISER TVM. Short-listed candidates will have to appear for interviews conducted by IISER TVM in hybrid mode. There will be two rounds of interviews, conducted over a few days. In case of a high turnout of candidates, an entrance test may be conducted (based on Master’s level Biology questions for 70% marks and 12th level Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry questions-together 30%) on the first day of interviews. The final selection of candidates will solely be based on the performance during the interviews. |
| Chemical Sciences | Marks-based shortlisting and Interview in Hybrid Mode. |
| Mathematical Sciences | Candidates meeting all the eligibility criteria will be further shortlisted and be called for online interviews. |
| Physical Sciences | During the application process, the candidates will be asked to enter one of the choices among 1) Theoretical or 2) Experimental. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews conducted in hybrid mode. |
| CAMRIE | During the application process, a candidate will be asked to select one or more choices of the research area for the centre based on her/his qualification. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews which will be conducted in hybrid mode at IISER TVM. |
| CHPC | During the application process, a candidate will be asked to select one or more choices of the research area for the centre based on her/his qualification. The shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews which will be conducted in Hybrid mode at IISER TVM. |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2023 Results
Selected Candidates
Candidates provisionally selected for the PhD Programme starting August 2023
- Centre for High-Performance Computing
- Center for Advanced Materials Research with International Engagement
- School of Chemistry
- School of Mathematics
- School of Physics
Shortlisted Candidates
List of candidates shortlisted for the Interview for PhD Programme starting August 2023
All the shortlisted candidates will receive an email in a short while at their registered email address with Interview Schedule and Instructions to attend the online interview.
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2023 (Jan)
PhD Programs for Jan 2023
Applications are invited from highly motivated students for admission to the Ph. D. programs of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM) for the session starting from January 2023, i.e., Vasanth 2023 semester in the
- School of Biology
- School of Chemistry
- School of Physics
- Centre of Advanced Materials Research with International Engagement (CAMRIE)
- Centre of High-Performance Computing (CHPC)
IISER TVM PhD Admission Jan 2023 Schedule
Important Dates
| Event | Dates |
| Online application portal opened from | 20 October 2022 |
| Last date for receipt of online applications | 08 November 2022 |
Tentative Interview Dates
| Biological Sciences | November-December 2022 |
| Chemical Sciences | 15-16 December 2022 |
| Physical Sciences | 01-02 December 2022 |
| CAMRIE | 01-02 December 2022 |
| CHPC | 28-30 November 2022 |
| Mode of examination | See the School/centre wise selection procedure |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Jan 2023 Results
Selected Candidates
| Subject | Selected Candidates |
| Biological Sciences | List |
| Chemical Sciences | List |
| Physical Sciences | List |
| Centre for High-Performance Computing (CHPC) | List |
Shortlisted Candidates
List of Candidates shortlisted for the Interview for Ph.D. programme starting Jan 2023 –
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2022 (Aug)
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2022 Schedule
Important Dates
| Event | Dates |
| Online application portal opened from | 29 April 2022 |
| Last date for receipt of online applications | 21 May 2022 |
Tentative Interview Dates
| Biological Sciences | 1st Round 1 June 2022, 2nd Round 6-7 June 2022 |
| Chemical Sciences | 23-24 June 2022 |
| Mathematical Sciences | 9-10 June 2022 |
| Physical Sciences | 27-28 June 2022 |
| Mode of examination | See the School wise selection procedure |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2022 Results
Shortlisted Candidates
List of Candidates shortlisted for the Interview for Ph.D. programme starting August 2022
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2022 (Jan)
PhD offering Schools
IISER TVM invites application for PhD Admission in Schools of Biological and Chemical Sciences for the session starting from January 2022, i.e., Vasant 2022 semester.
IISER TVM PhD Admission Jan 2022 Schedule
Important Dates
| Opening of online application portal | 25 November 2021 |
| Last date for receipt of online applications | 06 December 2021 |
Tentative Interview Dates
| Biological Sciences | 13-15 December 2021 |
| Chemical Sciences | 16-17 December 2021 |
| Mode of examination | Online Interview |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Jan 2022 Results
Shortlisted Candidates
List of Candidates shortlisted for the Interview for Ph.D. Programme starting January 2022
All the shortlisted candidates will receive an email shortly in their registered email address with Interview Schedule and Instructions to attend the online interview.
IISER TVM PhD Physical Sciences Admission Oct 2021
Applications are invited from highly motivated students for admission to the Ph. D. programme of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM) in the Physical Sciences for the session starting from October 2021, i.e., Varsha 2021 semester.
Candidates are required to apply through the online portal only.
Important Dates
| Online application portal opened from | 08 September 2021 |
| Last date for receipt of online applications | 19 September 2021 |
| Tentative interview dates | 27 September 2021 |
| Mode of examination | Online Interview |
Results
Candidates provisionally selected for the PhD Programme starting October 2021
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2021 (Aug)
Important Dates
| Opening of online application portal | 25 May 2021 |
| Last date for receipt of online applications | 26 June 2021 |
Tentative Interview Dates
| Biological Sciences | 07-09 July 2021 |
| Chemical Sciences | 12-15 July 2021 |
| Mathematical Sciences | 12-14 July 2021 |
| Physical Sciences | 12-13 July 2021 |
| Mode of examination | Online Interview |
IISER TVM PhD Admission Aug 2021 Results
Selected Candidates
Candidates provisionally selected for the PhD Programme starting August 2021
| School | Selected Candidates |
| Biological Sciences | List |
| Chemical Sciences | List |
| Mathematical Sciences | List |
| Physical Sciences | List |
Shortlisted Candidates
List of Candidates shortlisted for the Interview for PhD Programme starting August 2021
| School | Shortlisted Candidates |
| Biological Sciences | List |
| Chemical Sciences | List |
| Mathematical Sciences | List |
| Physical Sciences | List |
List of Candidates shortlisted for the 2nd round of Interview for PhD Programme starting August 2021
| School | Shortlisted Candidates |
| Biological Sciences | List |
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2021 (Jan)
Important Dates
| Opening of online application portal | 01/11/2020 |
| Last date | 20/11/2020 |
Tentative Interview Dates
| Biological Sciences | 09 – 11 December 2020 |
| Chemical Sciences | 10 – 11 December 2020 |
| Physical Sciences | 07 – 08 December 2020 |
| Reporting time for all candidates | 8.30 AM on the first day of the interview |
| Venue | IISER TVM, Vithura CampusOROnline Mode |
List of Candidates Provisionally Selected
Candidates provisionally selected for the PhD Programme starting January 2021
List of Candidates shortlisted
List of Candidates shortlisted for the Interview for PhD Programme starting January 2021
IISER TVM PhD Admission 2020 (Aug)
Candidates shortlisted for the interview for PhD Physics Program
Interview Dates for Physics – 09-10 July 2020
Shortlisted candidates have to appear for an online interview