CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) Pune, Maharashtra, has invited applications from eligible candidates for admission into the following research areas (broadly in Chemical / Physical / Biological as well as related sciences and engineering) of PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) programme, to be offered in the July 2012 session. Admission will be made through an initial screening based on minimum eligibility criteria, followed by further screening test and/or personal interview, to be conducted by the NCL.
Research Areas Offered:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Biomass for Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals
- Bioorganic Chemistry
- Biotransformation and Enzymes
- Catalysis (Homogeneous and Heterogeneous)
- Chaos Theory and Turbulence
- Chemical Engineering
- CO2 storage and utilization
- Coal Gasification and Combustion
- Complex Fluids and Polymer Engineering
- Crystal Chemistry and Crystallography
- Crystallization
- Effluent Treatment/Water Recycle and Reuse
- Electrochemical Power Sources and Energy Technology
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Fuel Cells
- Fluid Modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Genomics and Molecular Parasitology
- Green Chemistry
- Hydrogen Generation
- Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
- Materials Chemistry / Physics
- Materials for Solar Energy
- Materials for Biomedical Applications
- Mathematical and System Biology
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Microbial and Mammalian Cell Culture
- Microbial Fermentation
- Microbial Technology and Microbial Genetics
- Micro-fluidics
- Mixing and Micro-mixing
- Molecular Host-pathogen Interactions
- Molecular Marker Technology
- Multiphase Flows
- Multiphase Reactors
- Nanomaterials
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Organic Chemistry
- Physical Organic Chemistry
- Plant Tissue Culture
- Polymer Science
- Process Design Modeling and Simulation
- Process Engineering and Scale-up
- Process Intensification
- Proteomics
- Reaction Engineering
- Reactive Separations
- Separation Science
- Soft Condensed Matter Theory
- Solid State NMR of Materials
- Structure-function and Crystallography of Biomolecules
- Structure-Property-Processing Correlation Studies
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Science
- Tissue Engineering
- Utilization of Natural Gas
- Wireless Process Sensors and Process Control
Date of Exam
N / A [Dates of Interview at CSIR-NCL: May 29 & 30, 2012 (tentative)]
Test Centers
N / A
Fee
See the prospectus
How to Apply
Interested candidates are required to apply online by filling in the online application by visiting NCL’s official website: http://www.ncl-india.org/. For more detailed information about admission, eligibility criteria, application procedure and regular updates, one must visit the following direct link: http://www.ncl-india.org/PhDAdmission/Phd_admission_webpage.htm , on regular basis.
Date of Issue of Application Form
N / A (the link for online application will be activated soon. However, for regular updates, candidates must visit the Institute’s official website: http://www.ncl-india.org/)
Last Date of Submitting Application Form
N / A (The last date of submission of application form will be announced later. Candidates are advised to visit the website: http://www.ncl-india.org/ regularly for updates)