Ph D (Integrated)Programmes

The Institute offers exciting opportunities to motivated and talented Bachelors degree holders with a keen
sense of scientific enquiry for pursuing advanced research in frontier areas of Biological, Chemical, Physical
and Mathematical Sciences leading to a Ph D degree. Experience shows that students entering this program
save nearly a year compared to those who go for a 2 years Master's degree program elsewhere and then
join the Institute for a Ph D program. Each year, the Institute admits 48 students (15 in Biological Sciences,
15 in Chemical Sciences, 10 to 15 in Physical Sciences and 8 to 15 in Mathematical Sciences ) under this
program. The program consists of flexible course work, an internship-type laboratory training (wherein
ample opportunities exist for the candidate to acquire basic experimental skills and familiarity with advanced
techniques for research), a research project to demonstrate attainment of a high degree of scientific ability
followed by advanced research leading to a Ph D thesis on a specific topic.
Eligibility
Candidates with a Bachelors degree in Biology/ Chemistry/ Physics/ Mathematics/ Pharmacy/
Veterinary Sciences/ Agriculture as applicable to individual discipline, under the 10+2+3/4 system, are
eligible to apply to this program. Candidates with BE/ B Tech degree are eligible to apply to the
Mathematical Sciences discipline ONLY.
Candidates who seek admission to the Ph D (Integrated) programmes at IISc should qualify in
JAM 2014 and submit the online application through JAM website giving IISc as their choice,
immediately after the JAM results.
Additional notes
(a) The minimum requirement for admission to the Integrated Ph D program is a FIRST CLASS or

equivalent Grade in the Bachelors degree (as declared by the University) as indicated against each
department.
(b) The minimum requirement of FIRST CLASS in the qualifying examination is relaxed to PASS CLASS

for SC/ST candidates.

(c) Some departments have specific requirements of subjects at the Bachelors or 10+2 levels .

Candidates have to ensure that they meet these requirements.

(d) Those in the final year of their qualifying examination and awaiting results are also eligible to apply.

However, they should have completed all the requirements for the award of the qualifying degree,
including all examinations, dissertation projects, viva-voce, etc., by the time of joining, i.e., by the
31st of July 2014.

Ph D (Integrated) Programmes The disciplines, minimum qualifications, areas of research are listed in
the table given below. Candidates can choose to apply for up to a maximum of 2 disciplines.

Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Department/Centre/Unit
Biochemistry, Centre for
Ecological Sciences,
Molecular Reproduction,
Development &
Genetics, Molecular
Biophysics, Microbiology
& Cell Biology, and
Centre for Neuroscience.

Basic Qualification
First Class in B Sc or an
equivalent degree in Physical,
Chemical or Biological
Sciences (including
Pharmaceutical, Veterinary
Sciences and Agricultural
Sciences).

Areas of Research
Biomembranes - Physical and Physiological Studies;
Structure-Function of Nucleic Acids; Gene Structure
and Function in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes; Microbial
and Human Genetics; Recombinant DNA Technology;
Molecular Virology and Mechanisms of Disease
Processes; Enzymology, Protein Chemistry and
Engineering; Cellular and Applied Immunology;
Molecular Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology;
Conformation of Biomolecules and Biopolymers;
Protein and Virus Crystallography; Structural Biology;
Mathematical Ecology; Human Ecology; Behaviour
and Sociobiology; Conservation Ecology; Plant
Molecular Biology and Development, Imprinting,
Molecular Oncology, Cell Biology. Neurobiology of
diseases, Nervous System Development, Stem Cell
Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computation in
visual and motor systems.

Chemical Sciences
Department/Centre/Unit
Organic Chemistry,
Inorganic & Physical
Chemistry, Solid State &
Structural Chemistry Unit
and Materials Research
Centre.

Basic Qualification
First Class in B Sc or an
equivalent degree with
Chemistry as one of the main
subjects with Mathematics at
the PUC or Plus 2 level.

Areas of Research
Ultrafast Chemical Dynamics; Theoretical Chemistry;
Surface Chemistry and Catalysis; Chemical Kinetics;
Solid State Materials Chemistry; Amorphous Materials;
Ceramics, Super-Conductors; Synthetic Organic,
Physical Organic and Organometallic Chemistry;
Chemistry of Transition & Non-Transition Metals;
Bioinorganic Chemistry; Bioorganic Chemistry,
Chemical Biology; Biomaterials and Biological
Proceses at Materials Interface; Supermolecular
Chemistry; Chemistry of Polymers; Electrochemistry:
Principles, Electrochemical Energy Storage and
Generation, Electrochemical Devices; Molecular and
Van der Walls Spectroscopy; Development of NMR
Methodologies and Applications.

Basic Qualification
First Class in B Sc or an
equivalent degree with Physics
as one of the main subjects.

Areas of Research
(A) Experimental Studies: (I) Condensed Matter
Physics (Ii) Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, and
(Iii) X-Ray Crystallography of Bio-Molecular Structures.
Specific Areas Include: Raman and Other
Spectroscopies; Fast Ionic Conductivity; Manipulation
of Matter By Light, Laser Cooling and Trapping of
Atoms, Ion Trapping, Precision Laser Spectroscopy;
Magnetism, Spintronics, Magnetic Thin Films,
Magnetotransport; Quantum Transport in LowDimensional and Disordered Materials, The MetalInsulator Transition; Magnetic Resonance Phenomena;
NMR Spectroscopy; Nanoscience and Nanomaterials;
Superconductivity in Bulk as well as Thin Films;
Semiconductors; Ferroelectricity, Crystal Growth
Studies, Nonlinear Optical Materials, Multiferroics;
Phase Transition Studies, High Pressure and Low
Temperature Studies, Study of Low Dimensional
Materials, Amorphous Materials, Novel Glasses and
Nanocomposites; Soft Condensed Matter: Colloids,
Surfactants and Biological Material;

Physical Sciences
Department/Centre/Unit
Physics and
Centre for High Energy
Physics.

Department
Continued

Basic Qualification

Areas of Research
Peptide and Protein Crystallography, Complexation
Studies and Drug-Nucleic Acid Interactions, Molecular
Modeling, Database Analysis; Polymer Physics,
Surface X-Ray Scattering, Surface Phase Transitions.
(B)Theoretical Studies On a Variety of Aspects of
Condensed Matter Physics, in Particular: Strongly
Correlated Systems, Quantum Many-Body Theory and
Magnetism, Exotic Order and Quantum Criticality;
Phase Transitions, Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium
Statistical Physics; Disordered and Amorphous
Systems, The Glass Transition, Neural Networks;
Spatiotemporal Chaos and Turbulence in Fluids,
Plasmas and Cardiac Tissue; Soft Condensed Matter:
Colloids, Surfactants, Membranes, Liquid Crystals,
Vortex Lattices; Biological Physics: The Mechanics of
Living Matter; Molecular Modeling of Soft and BioMaterials.
(C) High Energy Physics: Quantum Field Theory, The
Standard Model of Particle Physics and Beyond,
Physics of and At High Energy Particle Colliders, Field
Theory in Non-Commutative Space Time, Quantum
Computation, Applications of Quantum Field Theory To
Condensed Matter Systems, String Theory.
(D) Theoretical Astrophysics: Cosmology, Dark
Energy. Physics Around Black Holes, Nuclear
Astrophysics, Galactic Astronomy, Interstellar Matter.
Plasma Astrophysics, Solar Physics.

Mathematical Sciences
Department
Mathematics

Basic Qualification
First Class in B Sc or
equivalent degree with
Mathematics as one of the
subjects or
BE/ B Tech or equivalent
degree.

Areas of Research
Numerical Analysis, Partial Differential Equations,
Controllability, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos,
Probability Theory, Random Matrix Theory and
Random Analytic Functions, Applied Probability and
Stochastic Processes, Stochastic Control, Stochastic
Dynamic Games, Stochastic Geometry, Interacting
Particle Systems,, Time Series Analysis with
Applications to Neuroscience, Mathematical Finance,
Functional Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, Several
Complex Variables, Operator Theory, Algebraic
Topology, Geometric Topology, Combinatorial
Topology, Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry,
Differential Geometry, Representation Theory, Noncommutative Geometry, Combinatorics, Mathematical
Physics, Experimental Mathematics, Modular Forms,
Analytic Number Theory.