Organisation : National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
Announcement : IUCA-ANCRA Admission Test INAT 2015
Notification : http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/
Home Page : http://ncra.tifr.res.in/ncra
INAT-2015 :
IUCAA and NCRA-TIFR:
The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune (an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission), and the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR), Pune, are two leading centres of research in a wide range of areas in Physics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. IUCAA and NCRA-TIFR are located on neighbouring campuses in the Pune University Campus.
IUCAA offers challenging opportunities to young researchers in theory, observation, and instrumentation in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recently, IUCAA has acquired a share in the 10-m Southern African Large Telescope; it also operates the IUCAA Girawali Observatory with a 2-m optical telescope. Both these telescopes have imaging, spectroscopic and polarimetric capabilities. IUCAA also has a high-performance computational facility and a good library.
NCRA-TIFR offers exciting opportunities for research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, and instrumentation, with an emphasis on Radio Astronomy. NCRA-TIFR has built and operates the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, which is located near Pune, and is the biggest and most powerful radio telescope in the world at low radio frequencies. NCRA-TIFR also operates the Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT), which is located near Udhagamandalam. Both GMRT and ORT have yielded several significant discoveries. NCRA-TIFR has modern computing facilities and an excellent library.
IUCAA-NCRA Admission Test (INAT-2015):
The IUCAA-NCRA Admission Test (INAT-2015) is being conducted to select candidates for a research scholarship towards a Ph.D. at either IUCAA or NCRA-TIFR.
Contact Us :
Hemant Lokhande
Academic Co-ordinator
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR),
Pune University campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, Maharashtra, INDIA.
E-mail: hemant@ncra.tifr.res.in
Phone no.: (020) 2571 9296.
Last date to apply online : Wednesday, 15 September 2015
The Admission (written) test will be held on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at 9:00 a.m..
Venue :
Chandrasekhar Auditorium, IUCAA,
Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind,
Pune 411007, Maharashtra
Short-listed candidates will be interviewed on Thursday and Friday, December 10 and 11, 2015, at NCRA-TIFR.
INSTRUCTIONS :
Eligibility :
** Applications are invited from students who expect to complete their M.Sc., Integrated M.Sc. or B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech. degrees by July 2016 with 55% marks or more.
** Students in any branch of the B.E., B.Tech., M.E. or M.Tech. degrees, or in the Physics, Electronics, Astronomy or Applied Mathematics branches of the B.Sc. or M.Sc. degrees, are eligible to apply for INAT-2015.
** Students who have already completed any of the above degrees are also eligible.
** In addition, talented final-year B.Sc., 1st year M.Sc., 4th year Integrated M.Sc. and 2nd/3rd year B.E./B.Tech. students may also apply to be pre-selected for the Ph.D. programme at IUCAA.
** Students who complete their M.Sc./Integrated M.Sc./M.E./M.Tech. degrees by July 2016 will be eligible for selection to the Ph.D. programme of both IUCAA and NCRA-TIFR.
** Students who complete their B.E./B.Tech. degrees by July 2016 are eligible for selection to the Ph.D. programme at IUCAA and to the Integrated Ph.D. programme at NCRA-TIFR (except for Engineering Physics students, who will be eligible for selection to the Ph.D. programme at NCRA-TIFR).
** Students who complete their B.Sc. degrees by July 2016 will be eligible for selection to the Integrated Ph.D. programme at NCRA-TIFR and for pre-selection to the Ph.D. programme at IUCAA.
Selection Procedure:
** We are looking for highly motivated students with a consistently good academic record.
** While we strongly encourage students from engineering backgrounds to apply for INAT-2015, we emphasize that we are looking for students who are interested in carrying out doctoral research in Physics, or Astronomy and Astrophysics.
** We hence expect prospective candidates to have a good understanding of basic Physics.
** Based on the applications and referee assessments, a subset of the candidates will be short-listed and invited to take the written test, to be held in Pune on Thursday, December 10, 2015.
** Candidates with 55% or more marks in the qualifying examination may walk-in for the written test by producing a valid photo identification and a copy of their most recent marksheet.
** They should report at the Chandrasekhar Auditorium, IUCAA by 9:00 a.m. for verification of these documents, to ensure that there are no logistical problems.
** The final selection to the research scholarship will be based on the results of the written test (on Thursday, December 10, 2015) and two interviews (on Thursday, December 10, and/or Friday, December 11, 2015), both to be held in Pune.
** Note that, for both IUCAA and NCRA-TIFR, the selection through INAT is in addition to the selection through the Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST)