30 January 2014

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Visiting Student Research Programme 2014

The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics:

The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR), Pune, is a leading centre of research in a wide range of areas in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 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 most powerful radio telescope in the world at low radio frequencies.


The Visiting Student Research Programme (VSRP-2014):

Applications for the Visiting Student Research Programme (VSRP-2014), which will be held from Monday, May 5, to Friday, July 4, 2014, at NCRA-TIFR. The VSRP-2014 will consist of a research project on astronomy and astrophysics, either theoretical, observational or computational, depending on project availability and student preferences.

Eligibility Criteria:

Applications are invited for this programme from academically outstanding and highly motivated students with an interest in physics and astronomy, and who will complete their B.Sc./M.Sc. degrees (in Physics/Astronomy/Applied Mathematics/Electronics) or B.Tech./B.E. degrees in 2015. Students who will complete their B.Sc. degrees in 2014 may also apply, as well as those completing the third or fourth years of an integrated M.Sc. course in 2014. Based on their performance in the research project, the project seminar and subsequent interviews, outstanding students will be offered a research scholarship towards a Ph.D. at NCRA, to be taken up on completion of the qualifying degree.

Students selected for the VSRP-2014 will be paid a stipend of Rs. 7000/- per month and will be provided with hostel accomodation on the NCRA-TIFR campus during the programme. They will also be paid 1.33 times the second-class return railway fare between the place of their residence or education and Pune.

How to apply?

The VSRP-2014 website will be open for applications from January 21, 2014, and. Selected students will be informed by e-mail by Monday, March 3, 2014; a list of selected candidates will also be put up on the VSRP-2014 web page. 

Last date to receive the online application forms is February 21, 2014

Applications for the VSRP - 2014 should be made online, at http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in:8080/VSRP2014/.

Note that only online applications will be accepted

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