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Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) invites application for admission to the PhD program (April 2019 session) in various domains of disease biology. RGCB is currently affiliated to the University of Kerala, Manipal University, Mahatma Gandhi University and Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS). Registration of the selected candidates will be as per the guidelines issued by these Universities for the award of PhD degrees.
All selected trainees will undergo the mandatory three-month course work from May 2019 to September 2019.
Eligibility:
- Candidates with a post-graduate degree in Life/ Chemical/ Agricultural/ Environmental/ Veterinary/ Pharmaceutical/ Medical Sciences or with an MCI certified MBBS degree are eligible to apply.
- Only candidates who have completed their qualifying degree in all respects will be considered.
- Applicants with UGC/CSIR/ICMR/DBT/DST-INSPIRE/KSCSTE/other fellowships must have a first class in their qualifying examination. These fellowships must be valid six months from the date of Advertisement.
- Applicants, who do not have any fellowship, should have a minimum of 70% mark (CGPA – 7.0) for the qualifying degree.
- SC/ST candidates should have a minimum of 55% marks (CGPA-5.5) for their qualifying degree.
- A limited number of institute stipends will be available for those selected candidates without a research fellowship. This conditional financial support will be a subsistence allowance for an initial period of
two-years during which they will be strongly encouraged to seek their own fellowships from external agencies so that the PhD program continues uninterrupted. - All eligible candidates, irrespective of their fellowship status, will have to appear for a qualifying entrance test which will be conducted at RGCB for
short listing candidates for the selection interview. - Upper age limit is 28 years as on April 01, 2019. Age limit will be relaxed for SC/ST/Physically challenged candidates as per Government of India regulations.
- Only candidates who pass the course work evaluation will be allowed to register for PhD. A maximum of two attempts only is permitted to pass the course work evaluation. Candidates who are not successful in both attempts will have to exit the PhD program
How to Apply
- Applications are to be submitted online. Application Fee (Rs. 1000) must be paid online using ‘SB Collect’ of State Bank of India through the URL given in the Payment Stage.
- SC/ST candidates are exempted from paying the processing fees. The last date for receiving completed applications is April 16, 2019.
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Important Dates
| Last date for submission of online application. | April 16, 2019 |
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