PhD Candidate

Company Description

Applications are invited from prospective candidates for admission to the PhD program at IISER Mohali in Earth and Environmental Sciences for the session beginning in January 2026. Candidates interested in pursuing research in interdisciplinary areas are also encouraged to apply. Additional details are available at the link: https://www.iisermohali.ac.in. 

Eligibility Criteria:

SC/ST/PD) in one or more of the following subjects: Computer Science and Information Technology/Data Sciences/ Artificial Intelligence/engineering streams (e.g. Civil / Aerospace / Agriculture / Electrical / Electronics and Communication). Applicants should have qualified for a national-level qualifying exam such as GATE, CSIR-UGC (JRF/LS) / DST-INSPIRE fellowship / DBT-JRF in the relevant subject or any other national-level fellowship or sponsored fellowships by private or state agencies (all of these to be valid as of January 01, 2026). A limited number of institute fellowships will be available in the following areas: Meteorology, Seismology, Geophysics, Geochemistry/hydrogeology, Microwave Remote Sensing, Microbiology/Biotechnology/Bioscience, and Bioengineering.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a PhD Candidate at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali. The PhD Candidate will be engaged in conducting cutting-edge research, participating in academic discussions, and contributing to ongoing research projects. Day-to-day tasks will include literature review, experimental design, data collection, analysis, and writing research papers.

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