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1 BBD/SBS/59 (NEW) Advertisement for Senior Research fellow position in School of Biological Sciences at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS). 2026-09-23 2026-10-01 Date of interview: Online interview will be held on 01.10.2026 at 1.00 P.M. in Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS). The shortlisted candidates will be call for online interview. Document

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1 DKS/SMCS/36 Advertisement for the post of JRF in ANRF-ARG sponsored project ANRF/ARG/2025/006559/ENS titled “In-Context Learning and Multimodal Reasoning in Large Language Models: Foundations and Applications in Scholarly Information Access” 2026-07-23 2026-08-10 The selected candidate is Mr. Sayan Neogy Document

2 Acad/ PhD/Autumn Sem-2026 Applications are invited for regular full-time PhD students to the PhD Program in Autumn Semester of 2026 under different Schools, namely Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Material Sciences, Mathematical and Computational Sciences and Physical Sciences, of IACS (A deemed to be University). 2026-03-12 2026-05-07 Last Date of Submission of Applications: April 30, 2026. is extended to 07th May

The interviews for the shortlisted candidates in PhD program in School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) will be held on 18-19 May, 2026. The shortlisted candidates for interview will be intimated separately in due course.

The interviews for the shortlisted candidates in PhD program in School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SAIS) will be held on 18-19 May, 2026. The shortlisted candidates for interview will be intimated separately in due course.

Provisional list (2nd list) of Candidates for Admission to PhD program(NEW)



Provisional list of Candidates for Admission to PhD program



Shortlisted candidates called for Interview of School of Materials Science (SMS)



Shortlisted candidates called for Interview of School of Biological Sciences (SBS)



Shortlisted candidates called for Interview of School of Chemical Sciences (SCS)



Shortlisted candidates called for Interview of School of Physical Sciences (SPS).



Shortlisted candidates called for Interview of School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SAIS)



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3 BBD/SBS/069 Advertisement for Senior Research fellow position in School of Biological Sciences at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS). 2025-12-19 2025-12-30 Date of interview:Online interview will be held on 30th December 2025 at 12:00 PM. Document

4 BBD/SBS/063 Senior Research fellow positions funded by Project-ANRF_SUPRA 2025-10-13 2025-10-24 Date of interview: Online interview will be held on 24.10.2025 at 1.00 P.M. in Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS). The shortlisted candidates will be call for online interview. Document

5 Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2026 Applications are invited for regular full-time PhD students to the PhD Program in Spring Semester of 2026 under different Schools, namely Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Material Sciences, Mathematical and Computational Sciences and Physical Sciences, of IACS (A deemed to be University). 2025-09-25 2025-11-16 Last Date of Submission of Applications: November 10, 2025 November 16, 2025

Provisional list (2nd list) of Candidates for Admission to PhD program in Spring 2026



Provisional list of Candidates for Admission to PhD program in Spring 2026



List of short listed candidates for interview in SBS for PhD admission (Spring 2026)



Shortlisted candidates for interview for the PhD position in SAIS.



Shortlisted candidates for interview in School of Chemical Sciences(SCS)



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6 MM/SPS/048 Applications are invited from Indian citizens for the “Junior Research Fellow” position in the School of Physical Sciences. 2025-08-08 2025-08-29 Applicant may send their application containing complete bio-date including publication list to Dr. Mintu Mondal, School of Physical Sciences, IACS, via e-mail: sspmm4@iacs.res.in with cc to mintumondal.iacs@gmail.com latest by 29th August, 2025. Document

7 DKS/SMCS/036 Advertisement for the post of JRF in DST-SERB sponsored project CRG/2021/000803 titled “Extraction, Organization and Query of Scholarly Information”. 2025-07-03 2025-07-11 Interested candidates should send the soft copy of their application to Dr. Debarshi Kumar Sanyal (debarshi.sanyal@iacs.res.in) on or before 11th July, 2025. Interview Result


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8 BD/SMCS/030 Recruitment of one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under National Quantum Mission. 2025-06-18 2025-07-10 The interested candidates can send their application and CV along with a copy of their M.Sc./M.S. mark sheet and NET/Gate/JEST certificate by email latest by July 10, 2025. Document

9 Acad/ PhD/Autumn Sem-2025 Applications are invited for regular full-time PhD students to the PhD Programme in Autumn Semester of 2025 under different Schools, namely Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Material Sciences, Mathematical and Computational Sciences and Physical Sciences, of IACS (A deemed to be University). 2025-03-20 2025-06-22 Last Date of Submission of Applications via email is : April 14, 2025 April 30, 2025 May 06, 2025 May 12, 2025. Provisional Waiting List of Candidates for Admission to PhD program in Autumn Sem-2025


Provisional list of selected Candidates for Admission to PhD program in Autumn Sem-2025



shortlisted candidates interview of School of Materials Sciences (SMS)



shortlisted candidates interview of School of Chemical Sciences(SCS)


Interview Schedule of School of Physical Sciences



Interview Schedule of school of Biological Sciences


Interview Schedule of School of Applied & Interdisciplinary Sciences



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10 AB/MS/004 Junior Research Fellow in the School of Materials Sciences under the supervision of Professor Asim Bhaumik in a collaboration research project with Tata Steel. 2025-02-04 2025-02-17 Last Date of receipt of application at IACS: February 17, 2025 Document

11 SG/SPS/002 Recruitment of One Research Fellow for BRNS (BRE) sponsored Research Project. 2025-01-15 2025-01-31 The deadline of receiving the applications is 31/01/2025. Document

12 SCS/TKM/01 Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in the SERB, DST project entitled “Ionically Functionalized Polypeptides and Amino Acid-based Acryl/Styryl Polymer for Various Applications Including Antifouling 2025-01-15 2025-01-29 Interested candidates may send their application along with a complete resume to Prof. Tarun K. Mandal (psutkm@iacs.res.in.) latest by 29.01.2025. Document

13 SS/SAIS/057 Walk-in Interview for a Project Assistant (1 post) in an ICMR sponsored research project entitled “Novel cell penetrating Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligomer based therapy for IBD targeting sphingosine kinase1”. 2024-12-04 2024-12-13 Date of Walk-in Interview: December 13, 2024 at 2.00 pm in the School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Room Number 147, Main Building, 1st Floor, IACS. Document

14 DKS/SMCS/056 Advertisement for the post of JRF in DST-SERB sponsored project CRG/2021/000803 titled “Extraction, Organization and Query of Scholarly Information” 2024-11-29 2024-12-31 The deadline of receiving applications is 10th December, 2024 15th December, 2024 31st December, 2024 Document

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15 SC/SPS/054 JRF position in the School of Physical Sciences, IACS 2024-11-22 2024-12-13 The deadline of receiving applications will be 21 days from the date of publishing the advertisement. Document

16 SS/SAIS/051 SRF position in School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences on a project entitled "Exploration of Guanidinium linked morpholino (GMO) units in siRNA to develop GMO-RNA chimera as a self-penetrating gene silencing agents for in vitro and in vivo applications: A potential to replace siRNA technology 2024-11-08 2024-11-28 Last date for the submission of application is 20th November 2024 by 5 pm28th November 2024 by 5 pm.
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17 DM/SPS/050 Advertisement for the recruitment of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) (2 posts) in the School of Physical Sciences under the supervision of Dr. Devajyoti Mukherjee in Indo-Russian Joint Research project entitled “Utilizing antiferroelectric effects in multi-field caloric materials for eco-friendly solid state cooling applications”. 2024-10-21 2024-11-18 Last Date of receipt of application at IACS : November 18, 2024. Document

18 Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2025 Applications are invited for regular full-time PhD students to the PhD Programme in Spring Semester of 2025 under different Schools, namely Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Material Sciences, Mathematical and Computational Sciences and Physical Sciences, of IACS (A deemed to be University). 2024-10-07 2024-11-17 Last Date of Submission of Applications: November 17, 2024 Document


Provisional list of candidates for admission to PhD programme in SCS



Waiting list of PhD admission Spring 2025



Provisional list of Candidates for Admission to PhD program in IACS



list of candidates shortlisted for an interview in PhD Program in SCS



List of candidates shortlisted for an interview in PhD Program in SBS

List of candidates shortlisted for an interview in PhD Program in SAIS

List of candidates shortlisted for an interview in PhD Program in SMCS

Shortlisted candidates for Interview of School of Physical Sciences (SPS)



19 AB/SMS/043. Junior Research Fellow in the School of Materials Sciences under the supervision of Professor Asim Bhaumik in a collaboration research project with Tata Steel. 2024-08-19 2024-09-03 Last Date of receipt of application at IACS: September 03, 2024. Document

20 IDG/SPs/037 SRF position in the SERB Project entitled Search for Novel spin liquid phases in low dimensional quantum magnets: experiment and theory. 2024-07-11 2024-07-20 Applications by e-mail should reach within ten days from the date of publishing the advertisement. Document

21 NP/SMS/Proj-Asst/29 Applications are invited from Indian Nationals for the post of Project Assistant under the project Technical Research Centre (TRC), IACS, Kolkata. 2024-06-10 2024-06-24 Last date for receiving applications: 24-June-2024 (11 AM) Document

22 Corrigendum to Advertisement No. Acad/ PhD/Autumn Sem-2024 Date: 15.03.2024 Ph.D Admission in Autumn Semester 2024 2024-03-15 2024-04-21 Last Date of Submission of Applications: April 14, 2024 April 21, 2024 Corrigendum

23 Acad/ PhD/Autumn Sem-2024 Ph.D Admission in Autumn Semester 2024 2024-03-15 2024-04-21 Last Date of Submission of Applications: April 14, 2024 April 21, 2024

Provisional list (2nd list) of Candidates for Admission to PhD program in Autumn 2024



Provisional list of selected Candidates for School of Physical Sciences



Provisional list of selected Candidates for School of Materials Sciences




Provisional list of selected Candidates for School of Chemical Sciences




Provisional list of selected Candidates for School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences




Shortlisted candidates for Interview of School of Physical Sciences (SPS)



Shortlisted candidates for Interview of School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS)



Shortlisted candidates for Interview of School of Chemical Sciences (SCS)





Shortlisted candidates for Interview of School of Biological Sciences (SBS)





Shortlisted candidates for Interview of School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SAIS)



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24 Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2024 Additional requirement for admission to PhD Program (Spring 2024-1) 2023-10-19 2023-11-19 All other contents of Advertisement No. Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2024 Date: 19.10.2023 remains unchanged. Document

25 Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2024 Applications are invited for regular full-time PhD students to the PhD Program in the Spring Semester of 2024 under different Schools, namely Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Material Sciences, Mathematical and Computational Sciences and Physical Sciences, of IACS (A deemed to be University). A candidate may apply to maximum two Schools by making appropriate selection in the Application Form. 2023-10-19 2023-11-19 Tentative date of interview: 28 November, 2023 to 15 December, 2023 which is subject to change according to the decision of IACS.

Provisional list of Candidates for Admission to PhD program




Shortlisted Candidates for School of Biological Sciences




Shortlisted Candidates for School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS)




Shortlisted Candidates for School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences





Shortlisted Candidates for School of Chemical Sciences





Shortlisted Candidates for School of Physical Sciences



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26 No.JD/SCS/066 Applications are invited for one Senior Research Fellow (SRF) post in DBT project (Welcome Trust/DBT/IA/S/18/2/503986) in the group of Prof. Jyotirmayee Dash, in the School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. 2023-09-26 2023-10-06 Applicants may send their applications containing complete bio-data including publications list to Dr. Jyotirmayee Dash, Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, IACS, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032 or e-mail: ocjd@iacs.res.in latest by 24th October 2022. Walk-in/online interview on 25th October 2022 at 3-00 p.m. Document

27 Acad/ PhD/ Autumn Sem-2023-1. The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, is inviting PhD applications, primarily in the area of Computer Science. 2023-08-16 2023-08-22 Deadline for submitting application: 22nd August, 2023. Document

28 Acad/ PhD/Autumn Sem-2023-1 Additional requirement for admission to PhD Program (Autumn-2023-1) 2023-08-02 2023-08-13 Last Date of Submission of Application: August 13, 2023. Tentative date of interview: August 17–25, 2023 which is subject to change according to the decision of IACS. Document

29 Acad/ PhD/Autumn Sem-2023-1 Applications are invited for regular full-time PhD students to the PhD Program in Autumn Semester of 2023 under different Schools, namely Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Material Sciences and Physical Sciences, of IACS (A deemed to be University). 2023-08-02 2023-08-13 Last Date of Submission of Application: August 13, 2023.
Tentative date of interview: August 17–25, 2023 which is subject to change according to the decision of IACS.

Provisional list of selected Candidates



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30 TC/SCS/025 Applications are invited for the post of a Project Assistant to work in an Industrial project for a period of six months under the supervision of Prof. Tapas Chakraborty in the School of Chemical Sciences. 2023-04-25 2023-05-04 Document

31 Acad/ PhD/Autumn Sem-2023 Applications are invited for regular full-time PhD students to the PhD Programme in Autumn Semester of 2023 2023-03-22 2023-04-30 Last Date of Submission:15-April-2023 24-April-2023 (5.00 PM) 30-April-2023
Date of interview : 08 May, 09 May, 10 May, 11 May, 12 May 2023.
For further information in this regard, please contact Academic Office (Phone: 24734971; Extn: 2215, Email: phdcell_iacs@iacs.res.in)

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Waiting list Candidates



Provisional list of Selected Candidates



Interview Schedule of School of Mathematical & Computational Sciences

Interview Schedule of School of Biological Sciences

Interview Schedule of School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences

Interview Schedule of School of Chemical Sciences

Interview Schedule of School of Physical Sciences

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32 Acad/PhD/Spring Sem-2023 Provisional list of Candidates selected for Admission to PhD program at IACS for the Spring Semester 2023 2022-12-22 2022-12-29 Offer letter with relevant information such as name of PhD supervisor, mode of payment of admission fees, etc will be communicated to the individual candidates to their registered email id. Last date of payment of admission fees and sending acceptance is 29/12/2022. Tentative date of admission is January 2 – 5, 2023 and date of commencement of PhD program for Spring Semester is 16th January 2023. Document

33 Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2023 Extension of last date in submission of forms at Advertisement no. Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2023 2022-10-18 2022-11-30 Document

34 Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2023 Addendum to Advertisement no. Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2023 2022-10-18 2022-11-18 Document

35 Acad/ PhD/Spring Sem-2023 Applications are invited for regular full-time PhD students to the PhD Program in the Spring Semester of 2023 under different Schools, namely Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Material Sciences, Mathematical and Computational Sciences and Physical Sciences, of IACS (A deemed to be University). 2022-10-18 2022-11-18 Tentative date of interview: 28 November, 2022 to 09 December, 2022 which is subject to change according to the decision of IACS. Document

36 No. SAcharya/SAIS/049 Senior Research Fellow (SRF) position in the School of Applied & Interdisciplinary Sciences 2022-08-11 2022-08-25 Applicants will be shortlisted on the basis of merit. Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated via email and called for an interview for the final selection Document

37 No.DG/SCS/047 Recruitment of one SRF/Bridge-Fellow 2022-08-02 2022-08-18 The post is purely temporary for six months. Interested candidates with the above qualifications and experiences are requested to submit an application along with a CV in the e-mail: pcdg@iacs.res.in (PI: Professor Debashree Ghosh) Document

38 SDD/SPS/033 Applications are invited for recruitment of one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) for the project (SERB, DST, GoI) entitled 2022-05-27 2022-07-03 Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated via email and called for an interview for the final selection. Document

39 No.JD/SCS/58 Applications are invited for one senior research fellow (SRF) post in Wellcome Trust DBT project 2021-10-21 2021-11-01 Applicants may send their applications containing complete bio-data including publications list to Dr. Jyotirmayee Dash Professor School of Chemical Sciences IACS Jadavpur Kolkata-700 032 or e-mail: ocjd@iacs.res.in latest by November 01 2021 Document

40 SS/SAIS/ 033 SRF position in School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences on a project entitled 2021-07-14 2021-07-18 The desire candidate should submit their signed application along with their scanned copies of Bachelor degree onwards certificates and relevant experiences to ocss5@iacs.res.in (Dr. Surajit Sinha) within 5 days of the publication of the advertisement. Document

41 No.SRF/TRC/FEBRUARY/2021/02, Applications are invited for the post (one post) of SRF in the TRC Project : Technical Research Centre for Molecules and Materials at IACS. 2021-02-15 2021-02-19 Interested candidates should send their resume by email to dofficeab@iacs.res.in latest by February 19, 2021 Document

42 No.PA/TRC/FEBRUARY/2021/01 Applications are invited through e-mail for the appointment of Project Assistant in TRC 2021-02-05 2021-02-22 Interested candidates may send their resume email to dofficeab@iacs.res.in latest by February 22, 2021 Document

43 No.SRF/TRC/NOVEMBER/2020/02 Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in the TRC Project : Technical Research Centre for Molecules and Materials at IACS 2020-11-11 2020-11-23 Applications are invited through e-mail by November 23, 2020. Document

44 No.PA/TRC/NOVEMBER/2020/01, Appointment of Project Assistant in TRC project : Technical Research Centre for Molecules and Materials at IACS 2020-11-11 2020-11-23 Applications are invited through e-mail by November 23, 2020. Document

45 No.CS/JD/032, Senior Research Fellow in Wellcome Trust DBT project 2020-07-28 2020-08-07 Walk-in/online interview will be held on 7th August, 2020 at 12 Noon Document

46 No.MS/AB/023, Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under the supervision of Prof. Asim Bhaumik 2020-06-26 2020-07-10 Short-listed candidates will be informed by email and called for an interview (via online video call Google Meet) Document

47 No.CS/JD/016, Junior Research Fellow in Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance project 2020-02-24 2020-03-12 Walk-in interview on 12th March, 2020 at 3-00 p.m. Document

48 No.CS/JD/006, Senior Research Fellows (2 posts) in Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance project 2020-01-23 2020-02-05 Walk-in interview on 5th Feb, 2020 at 3-00 p.m. Document

49 No.AIS/SM/053, Junior Research Fellow funded by the SERB-DST project in School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences under the supervision of Dr. Sudip Malik 2019-12-19 2019-12-31 Date of walk-in Interview: December 31, 2019 at 3.30 pm Document

50 No.PA/SB/SAIS/DECEMBER/2019, Project Assistant in a project under the supervision of Professor Santanu Bhattacharya in the School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences 2019-12-16 2020-01-19 Date Extended. Last date is January 19, 2020 Document

51 No.SPS/IDG/046, Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under DST-SERB (EMR) project 2019-11-19 2019-12-09 Document

52 No.MCS/RR/043, JRF position under DST (SERB) Funded Project 2019-11-08 2019-11-30 Document

53 No.CS/TC/033, Research Assistant to work in a Photochemistry Project 2019-09-09 2019-09-16 walk-in interview will be held on September 16,2019 at 11 a.m. Document

54 No.MS/PK/032, Project Assistant Selection Under DST Project in the School of Materials Sciences 2019-09-05 2019-09-16 Date of Walk-in Interview: 16th Sep 2019 at 10.00 am in the School of Materials Sciences Document

55 No.ADV12/1990, One SRF/RA-1 in the department of Physical Chemistry 2019-09-05 2019-09-30 Document

56 No.PS/ID/017, Recruitment of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under DST-SERB (EMR) project 2019-05-20 2019-06-08 Last Date of receipt application at IACS : 08/07/2019 Document

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57 No.MS/PK/016, JRF Selection in the Department of Materials Science 2019-05-19 2019-05-27 Date of Walk-in Interview: 27th June 2019 at 10.00 am Document

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58 No.SMS/APR/2019/PA/01, Project Assistant Selection in the School of Materials Science 2019-03-30 2019-04-10 Date of Walk-in Interview: 10th April 2019 at 10.00 am Document

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59 No.MS/SKD/SERB/JRF Recruitment of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under DST-SERB (EMR) project 2018-05-25 2018-06-26 Document

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60 No.SSP/ID/SERB/JRF, Recruitment of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under DST-SERB (EMR) project 2018-05-11 2018-06-08 Please see the details for the list of shortlisted candidates for interview. Document

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61 No.JRF/DST-SERB/SSG/TP/MAY/2018, Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position in the Department of Theoretical Physics 2018-05-07 2018-05-26 Last date May 26, 2018. Document

62 No.SSP/ID/SERB/JRF , Recruitment of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under DST-SERB (EMR) project 2017-12-07 2017-12-27 Last Date of receipt application at IACS 27 December 2017 Document

63 No.MS/SKD/SERB/JRF Recruitment of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under DST-SERB (EMR) project 2017-11-21 2017-12-18 Document

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64 JRF/SSP/2017 , Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position in the Department of Solid State Physics 2017-10-26 2017-11-24 Revised schedule of Interview List uploaded. See the adv details.
65 No.JRF/SSP/2017, Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position in the Department of Solid State Physics 2017-04-27 2017-05-26 Provisional list of qualifying candidates for entrance test and interview updated. Entrance test: June 5, 2017 Interview: June 5 - June 7, 2017 Venue: IACS, Kolkata, List of eligible candidates for the written test Published Document

66 No.JRF/TP/APRIL/2017, Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position in the Department of Theoretical Physics 2017-03-24 2017-04-14 Document