Thursday, May 24, 2012

CSIR- NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY Ph.D. (ENGINEERING) IN FRONTIER AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADMISSION NOTICE 2012


CSIR- NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY
(Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012

FASCINATING CAREER IN RESEARCH AWAITS YOUNG AND INNOVATIVE ENGINEERS

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR PURSUING RESEARCH LEADING TO Ph.D. (ENGINEERING) IN FRONTIER AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, a premier research laboratory in India in the field of Physical, Engineering & related Sciences, provides excellent ambience that fosters creativity and innovative thinking along with state-of-the-art research facilities in frontline research areas of Physical Science & Technology. NPL invites applications from fresh B.E/B.Tech degree holders with valid GATE score for admission to Ph.D. (Engineering) programme, as a JRF-GATE.

CSIR-NPL has currently about 100 students registered under AcSIR, NTs, NITs, DTU and other prestigious universities. This is an unique opportunity for fresh engineers to get registered for Ph.D. and work under the supervisor of their choice taken from a pool of about 200 experienced scientists/engineers. You will be encouraged to present your research papers in national and international conferences. The laboratory provides furnished hostel accommodation (separately for boys and girls) tna secured campus, which is Wi-Fi enabled. Research Areas : NPL has very active research groups working in the areas of quantum electrical transport (quantum Hall effect, Josephson junction physics, etc.), cold atom physics, ultrafast phenomena, precision measurements, engineering materials, electronic materials, nano-science & nano-technology, materials characterization, radio and atmospheric sciences, global climate change and environmental sciences, energy harvesting technologies, spintronics, surface science, thin-film technology, plasmonics, graphene and carbon nanotube research, superconductivity & cryogenics and instrumentation.

Eligibility : Fresh B.E./B.Tech degree holders in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Ceramics, Electronics, Electronics & Communication and Bio-medical Engineering with a valid GATE score. Students appearing for their final semester in 2012 are also eligible to apply provided their results are declared before the interview date. Application : Candidates can apply by sending their CV clearly indicating their name, date of birth, educational qualifications (with marks/grades in individual semesters), year of passing, institute/university, GATE score with subject & date of validity, along with a covering application letter duly signed by the candidate. The applications should be sent by post addressed to The Director, National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012. 

The last date of receiving the applications is 25th June, 2012.

Stipend & Tenure: The fellowship amount of JRF-GATE is Rs. 16000/- + HRAper month with a contingency grant of Rs. 20,000/- per annum, which may be upgraded to SRF-GATE (Rs.18,000/- + HRA) in subsequent years depending on the performance of the candidate. The tenure of fellowship is five years within which the candidate is required to complete the Ph.D. degree.

The students are advised to see the website of CSIR (http://csirhrdg.res.in/gate.htm) and NPL (www.nplindia.org) for more details. 

For any queries, contact the Director (dnpl@nplindia.org) or HRD Group, NPL (hrd@nplindia.org), bye-mail.

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