INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS

Pre-Doctoral and Ph.D. Program Admission 2008

An autonomous Research Institute of Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India)

Pre-Doctoral and Ph.D. Program


Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar is an autonomous research institution within the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. The research activity in the Institute centers around the areas of theoretical and experimental condensed matter physics, nuclear physics and high energy physics. The Institute conducts a one-year Pre-doctoral Program. The successful candidates join the doctoral program leading to Ph.D. degree.

The Institute invites application for One - Year Pre-Doctoral Program from GATE and CSIR - UGC Test (NET) qualified candidates, who satisfy the following criteria:

(A) M.Sc. Physics with minimum 55% marks (in aggregate)
(B) GATE qualifiers with score above 95 percentile, or, CSIR UGC Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship qualifiers within last one year.

The details information for applying for the Pre-Doctoral program can be found in the link
www.iopb.res.in/predoc-admin
Application should be sent by email to admit@iopb.res.in latest by 30th April 2008. Candidates who have qualified JEST - 2008 need not apply. They will be separately short-listed and called for interview.

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For more Details and Application format click here: www.iopb.res.in/predoc-admin/advt_main_2008.pdf

Pre-Doctoral and Ph. D. Program

Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar is an autonomous research institution within the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. The research activity in the Institute centers around the areas of theoretical and experimental condensed matter physics, nuclear physics and high energy physics. The institute has a large number of experimental facilities such as the 3MV Pelletron accelerator (and associated beam lines for carrying out RBS/Channeling, PIXE, AMS, Implantation, etc.), HRTEM, XPS, ARUPS, XRD, X-Ray Reflectometry & Standing Waves, micro-Raman, PL, FTIR, UV-VIS Spectrometer, SPM (in air) etc. In the 11th plan period more experimental facilities directly related to the emerging area of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology are expected to be added. The institute has been actively involved in international collaborations, notably among them are experiments in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions at CERN and BNL.

One of the important objectives of the Institute has been to train and guide young scholars for research in physics. For this, the Institute has regular one year Pre-doctoral (post M.Sc.) course work and Doctoral research programs for those who successfully complete the Pre-Doctoral course. The institute campus has hostels for the scholars.

The Predoctoral program is designed to train fresh M.Sc. students for conducting research activities. It is aimed at imparting a broad based training in advanced physics and research methodology. The course work is planned with the view that it should help a student not only in doctoral research, but also enable him/her to become a good physics teacher irrespective of whether or not he/she takes up doctoral research. The Pre-doctoral course runs from August to June every year. The successful candidates are awarded certificates for “Post-M.Sc. Course in Advance Physics” which has been recognized by the Utkal University, Berhampur University, and Sambalpur University as equivalent to their M. Phil degree.

On completion of the Pre-doctoral program, the students are eligible to join for research under the supervision of faculty members of the Institute, leading to the Ph.D. degree awarded by Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), a deemed-to-be university within the Department of Atomic Energy.

During the pre-doctoral and the first year of the Ph. D. program, students are placed in Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) grade and are paid Rs. 12,000/- p.m. fellowship. On satisfactory performance they are placed in Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) grade and paid Rs. 14,000/- p.m. fellowship. In addition there is a contingency grant to meet expenses on books and for domestic travel to attend conferences and workshops. The medical facilities are available on-par with the regular employees.

The Institute invites application for the Pre-doctoral Program from Indian nationals having the following qualifications: –
(A) M.Sc. Physics with minimum 55% marks (in aggregate).
(B) GATE qualifiers with score above 95 percentile, or,
CSIR – UGC Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship qualifiers within last one year.

Candidates appearing for the final semester/year of M.Sc., who have already qualified in GATE or CSIR – UGC (NET) can also apply. They should submit the relevant proof before joining the pre-doctoral program. In case of non-availability of the M.Sc. results at the time of joining, the admission will be treated as provisional.

Application in prescribed format (given below), should be sent by email as doc or pdf file latest by 30th April, 2008 to admit@iopb.res.in. Candidates who have qualified JEST-2008 need not apply. They will be separately short-listed and called for interview directly.

The candidates will be called for interview at Institute of Physics in the last week of May 2008.

TA for the candidates attending interview will be reimbursed to & fro by shortest route in sleeper class including the reservation charges. Accommodation would be provided for the days of stay during the interview.

Final selection will be based on performance in the interview.


Application Format

Name :

Date of birth :

Education Qualification :
Examination /
Degree Year of passing University/Institute % of Mark / Grade
B. Sc.
M. Sc.

Qualifying examination
GATE percentile and year
CSIR / UGC-NET and year


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