PhD

Application Procedure:

Only online applications will be accepted. Applicants can submit their forms for the HSS discipline in the following link:

https://form.jotform.com/250681635308458

General Information to the Applicants:

1. The candidate MUST have qualified at least ONE of the above-mentioned essential eligibility criteria in relevant discipline.
2. The fellowships/scores/ranks must be valid at the time of joining the course.
3. For candidates belonging to SC/ST, PWD and KM category, the percentage of marks may be relaxed by 5% or 0.5 in the case of CGPA.
4. Candidates in the final year of their qualifying degree (as mentioned in the minimum criteria) are also eligible to apply. However, their final selection is subject to their successful completion of the qualifying degree with the above-mentioned requirements at the time of admission. A provisional degree certificate is mandatory at the time of admission.
5. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Selection Procedure:

The shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview and the final selection is based on interview performance.

TA/DA will be provided to the SC/ST/PD students appearing for the interview as per institute norms.

Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for an interview. 

The respective departments may use additional criteria (based on academic performance and/or performance in the national level tests) to shortlist candidates for interviews.

Fellowship:

Upon selection and subsequently joining the PhD program, candidates who do not possess any CSIR, DBT and INSPIRE, will be eligible for institute fellowship at par with CSIR, DBT etc., but without HRA and Contingency components.

Please Note:

All communication with candidates will be by email only.

Kindly check this website for periodic updates.

In case of any application-related specific queries, please contact the respective departments with your application number mentioned in the subject at the following email addresses:

• bioadmissions@labs.iisertirupati.ac.in
• chemphdselection@iisertirupati.ac.in
• physphdselection@iisertirupati.ac.in
• mathphdselection@iisertirupati.ac.in
• earthphdselection@iisertirupati.ac.in
• hssphdselection@iisertirupati.ac.in

Age Relaxation:

Preferably not more than 30 years at the time of joining. Age relaxation of 3 years will be given for OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) and 5 years for SC/ST/PWD/Female candidates as per GOI norms. Candidates belonging to the reserved category will have to submit relevant certificates if selected. Relaxation may also be given whenever suitable candidates are not available, in exceptional circumstances.