HBCSE Ph.D in Science Education 2014

HBCSE Ph.D in Science Education 2014

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education- NBCSE Ph.D. Programme in Science Education

HBCSE carries out research and development in education in science, technology and mathematics from primary school up to undergraduate level. This research is informed by current perspectives in cognitive science, developmental psychology, history and philosophy of science and socio-cultural aspects of science and education. Pre-Ph.D. programs in these areas serve to orient students who may enter with varied backgrounds.


Science and maths teachers and educators are welcome to apply. They would spend a minimum of two years at HBCSE to complete their course work and initiate their research work.



Areas of research :

Development of scientific and mathematical thinking in children

Design and technology in the school curriculum

Visual and spatial modes in learning

Socio-cultural and gender factors in learning

Structure and dynamics of knowledge

Environment education

Innovative curricula, laboratories and teaching methods



Eligibility : M.Sc. (in any subject), M.S.W., M.A. (in Cognitive Science, Psychology, Education) or B.Tech./B.E./ M.B.B.S. or equivalent.


Important Dates :

Submission deadline: March 31, 2014

Written test: May 17, 2014

Interview: June 3rd week, 2014

For more information visit : http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/

JNCASR Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2014

JNCASR Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2014

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research- JNCASR invites applications for its Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2014, for motivated and talented Indian students in Science and Engineering.

The Centre offers summer fellowships for two months to bright undergraduate and MSc students (renewable for a second year for selected students). This programme has proved to be popular and competitive; each year, about 5000 students from all over India apply for the 120 fellowships awarded. Fifty fellowships are supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, fifteen by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, and the rest by the Centre. Students are placed with research groups at the Centre or with scientists elsewhere in India. They are paid travel expenses and a monthly stipend of Rs. 6000. Selected students get the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research, and several summer projects have led to publications in leading journals. Many of the summer students of past years have gone on to pursue graduate studies and a research career, at the JNCASR or at another leading university.

Detailed information and application form is available on http://www.jncasr.ac.in/fe/srfp.php website. Application form can also be obtained by writing to the address mentioned below with a self-addressed envelope of 16x25 cms with stamp of Rs. 10/- .

Coordinator,
Summer Research Fellowship Programme,
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,
Jakkur P.O.,
Bangalore 560 064.

For more information visit : http://www.jncasr.ac.in/fe/srfp.php

JNU Direct Ph.D Admissions 2013

JNU Direct Ph.D Admissions 2013

Jawaharlal Nehru University admits a limited number of candidates directly to Ph.D.
programme either on the basis of viva-voce or on the written examination and viva-voce, as may be decided both in Monsoon and Winter Semesters in various areas of research in the following subjects :
* School of International Studies
* School of Social Sciences
* School of Language,Literature and Culture Studies
* School of Computer & Systems Sciences
* School of Physical Sciences
* School of Environmental Sciences
* School of Life Sciences
* School of Arts and Aesthetics
* School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
* School of Biotechnology
* Centre for the Study of Law & Governance
* Centre for Molecular Medicine and
* Centre for Sanskrit Studies.
Candidates are required to check the availability of seats in each Centre/School before applying for admission in Winter Semester.

Eligibility: Candidates are requested to refer to the eligibility requirements for direct admission to Ph.D. programme for each School/Special Centre in the "Instructions for completing the Application Form" which are available on JNU website along with this Application Form.

To Apply : Application Forms along with eligibility requirements and Instructions for completing the Application Form can be downloaded from the website of the University (www.jnu.ac.in) and submitted to the Section Officer (Admissions), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi - 110067 duly filled in all respects enclosing therewith the required documents and a Demand Draft of the required amount drawn in favour of "Jawaharlal Nehru University" payable at New Delhi as detailed in the Instructions
for completing the Application Form.

Last date for receipt of completed Application Form along with all documents is 15th January, 2013.

For more information visit : http://www.jnu.ac.in/

JNCASR Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2013

JNCASR Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2013

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research-JNCASR invites applications for its Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2013, for motivated and talented Indian students in Science and Engineering.

The Centre offers summer fellowships for two months to bright undergraduate and MSc students (renewable for a second year for selected students). This programme has proved to be popular and competitive; each year, about 5000 students from all over India apply for the 120 fellowships awarded. Fifty fellowships are supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, fifteen by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, and the rest by the Centre. Students are placed with research groups at the Centre or with scientists elsewhere in India. They are paid travel expenses and a monthly stipend of Rs. 6000. Selected students get the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research, and several summer projects have led to publications in leading journals. Many of the summer students of past years have gone on to pursue graduate studies and a research career, at the JNCASR or at another leading university.

Research Areas :

Life Sciences: Infectious and non-infectious diseases, bioinformatics, developmental biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, life-history evolution, immunology, circadian biology, animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, evolutionary genetics, experimental evolution, life-history evolution, population dynamics, phylogeography, behavioural neurobiology and behavioural genetics.

Material Sciences: Including nano sciences, energy and green materials.

Chemical Sciences: Solid state chemistry, theoretical and computational chemistry, organic, physical, inorganic chemistry, organic and asymmetric synthesis, medicinal and bio-organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and chemistry of nanomaterials.

Physical Sciences: Condensed matter theory and experiment, statistical physics, semiconductor materials physics, biophysics, nano physics, polymer physics, organic electronics, computational material science, soft matter, semiconductor interfaces, heterostructures, physical metallurgy and transmission electron microscopy.

Engineering Sciences: Theoretical and computational fluid dynamics, flow of complex fluids, granular media, experimental fluid mechanics, thermal science, chemical engineering and non-linear dynamics.

Mathematics

Atmospheric Sciences: Atmospheric boundary layer, near-surface environment, radiation, solar-terrestrial relations, monsoon dynamics, modelling.

For more information visit : http://www.jncasr.ac.in/

IITM Research in Earth System and Climate Sciences

IITM Research in Earth System and Climate Sciences

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology -IITM

Opportunities for BTech/BE/MTech/ME/MS MSc graduates for Research Centre in Earth system and climate sciences

The Centre for Advanced training in earth system sciences and Climate (CAT - ESSC) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences hosted by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) is looking for scientist trainees with outstanding academic background. IITM is committed to develop world class research expertise for understanding and exploring unresolved scientific issues on climate science. The other institutions under the Ministry of Earth Sciences such as IMD, NCMRWF, INCOIS, NIOT, ICMAM, CMLRE and NCAOR also specialize in different areas of earth system sciences and technology. The main objective of CAT - ESSC is to generate a large pool of trained and dedicated earth and earth system scientists with in-depth hands-on expertise on individual physical processes of the land, ocean, atmosphere, biosphere and cryosphere with special emphasis on climate modeling. For the motivated candidates, the training will offer considerable scope to realize their full potential in this highly challenging field. The candidates recruited will be provided this induction training extending to 18 months and on successful completion they will be placed in any one of the Institutes of the Ministry of Earth Science as Scientists in suitable grades (Scientist B/C) based on their basic qualifications and performance. There is option for pursuing MTech or / and PhD Program before or after placement with facilities for career enhancement.

The candidates applying for the training should possess M.Sc/MS/MTech degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Oceanography, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Physics any areas of Earth Sciences or any equivalent disciplines, with Physics and Maths at the B.Sc level or B.Tehc / B.E / M.tech/ M.E in Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, Electronics or electrical Engg with 60% or more marks at both the graduate and post graduate level. The candidates should be CSIR National Eligibility Test (NET) or the IIT-Graduate Admission Test in Engineering (GATE) qualified. Those who are appearing for the final exams for the qualifying degree or NET/GATE may also apply subject to the condition that they produce the final certificates if and when called for the interview. The applicants should be of Indian origin and the upper age limit is fixed as 28 years (30 for MTechs) as on 31st march, 2011 with relaxation as per eligibility.

The applications recd will be screened and the candidates to be called for the interview will be shortlisted based on their overall merit. The interviews will be held in Pune in July 2011, Candidates called for interview will be paid sleeper class train fare. The selected candidates inducted in the training program will be paid a consolidated remuneration of Rs.25,000/- per month. Hostel facilities will be available to the trainees. The no. of trainees in the first batch is tentatively fixed as Twenty. The training programme for the selected candidates is scheduled to start by early Aug, 2011.

The applications be submitted in the prescribed pro-forma with detailed CV and other relevant documents to the Administrative Officer, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune - 411 008 by 31st March, 2011.

For more information visit-: http://www.tropmet.res.in/

IISER Bhopal Ph.D Admissions 2010

IISER Bhopal Ph.D Admissions 2010

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal-IISERB

Notice for Admission to Ph.D Programme

Applications are invited from Indian citizens for the semester commencing from December 27, 2010 in the following disciplines :

Areas : Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics and Physics.

Min. Qualifications : M.Sc Degree (minimum 55% of marks) with a valid GATE / UGC / CSIR / JEST / ICMR / DBT/ NBHM score.

Fellowships : Financial aid (Assistantship / Scholarship) will be provided.

Reservation : According to Central Government norms.

How to Apply : Detailed information along with the application form can be downloaded via http://www.iiserbhopal.ac.in/doaa_admissions.htm

Last date for receipt of completed applications : October 20, 2010