Human Resource Development Group
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
CSIR-Nehru Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an ensemble of 37 state-of-the art institutes, is amongst the foremost scientific and industrial research organizations. Over the years, this unique organization has helped India usher in a scientific milieu, creating and
nurturing talent in a wide variety of S&T domains, spawned many organizations, many disciplines and most importantly has served as a nursery and training ground for most of India’s
talented scientists and technologists. CSIR annually publishes over 3800 papers in science journals and holds over 3000 patents.
“CSIR-Nehru Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme” has been instituted to foster high quality research opportunities to promising fresh PhD holders in the cutting edge areas of
Basic Science, Engineering, Medical and Agriculture at CSIR laboratories. Special focus will be for fundamental research in the inter-phase areas of science and technology. CSIR intends to
offer one hundred (100) such fellowships every year for working in CSIR laboratories with stateof-art R&D facilities.
Eligiblity: Fresh PhDs within one year of doing PhD and also those who have submitted PhD thesis.
Though CSIR Nehru Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship is open to Indian nationals and Persons of Indian Origin, a certain number (upto 20%) of fellowships may be offered to foreign
nationals.
Tenure: Two years and extendable for maximum one more year based on outstanding performance and recommendation from the Director of the CSIR lab where working.
Maximum Age Limit: 32 years , relaxable upto 5 years in case of SC/ST/OBC/Physically handicapped and women candidates, as on last date of application.
Remuneration: CSIR Nehru Science Postdoctoral Fellows will be paid a consolidated fellowship of Indian Rs. 35,000/- per month plus House Rent Allowance (HRA) as admissible and a contingency grant of Rs. 3.0 lakh per annum. 25% of the contingency grant can be used for
domestic and international travel including per diem expenses.
Mode of selection: Selections to the “CSIR-Nehru Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowships”
will be made through interview of short listed candidates by specially constituted Committees.
Eligible candidates must route their application through the sponsoring CSIR laboratory.
Applicants from abroad may also be considered in absentia, if eligible. Selection of foreign nationals will be subjected to clearance by ISTADS, CSIR.
For more details: http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/
Researched by Maninder