CSIR-CSIO

IDDP (Engg. Science)–January 2020 Session

SHORTLISTING CRITERIA:
An applicant must fulfill the criteria listed in the table below in order to be eligible for
appearing in the interview.

Criterion
Integrated Dual-Degree PhD (IDDP) Program
(i) A 4-year undergraduate degree in Engineering or Science (such as BE/BTech/BS), or a
five year degree in Science (such as MSc), or equivalent.
AND
(ii) At least one of the following
(a) Awarded a national-level fellowship (such as NET JRF) tenable at CSIR institutes
(b) Meeting all the conditions required for eligibility for the CSIR-GATE-JRF
(c) Meeting all the conditions for award of the INSPIRE fellowship (typically awarded to
students ranked first in the University)
(d) Meeting all the conditions stipulated by AcSIR for Project Assistants to register for a
PhD
(e) Meeting all the conditions stipulated by AcSIR for industry-sponsored* students.
* with endorsement from Industry, Academic or Research Institutes for required academic
leave and financial support during program.
These are only minimum quality yardsticks of eligibility for consideration for admission and
bear no relationship with financial assistance or scholarship. Any stipend, scholarship or
financial source for study would be the sole responsibility of the student. AcSIR itself does not
provide any such scholarship or have any rule in these matters.
Applicants qualifying their degree in percentage shall use the formula, CGPA=(Percentage + 5) /10.
Applicants with percentage ≥ 95%, shall fill 10 CGPA.

Project Assistants, Senior Research Fellows, Group-IV Scientists and Group-III Technical Staff
of CSIR are also eligible to apply (as per relevant AcSIR rules).

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 LIST OF SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR INTERVIEW

Date of
App.
S.N. Candidate’s Name Category Interview&Report ELIGIBILITY
No.
ing Time
1. 38285 Pankaj Kumar Verma% SC GATE
2. 38087 Raghav Sardana@ UR Project Assistant
3. 37860 Chitiikala Ramesh% OBC (NC) GATE
4. 37791 Vishal Yadav% OBC (NC) 27th November, GATE
5. 37558 Sunil Dilipkumar Lilhare% UR 2019 GATE
6. 37551 Abhradeep Das% UR (09:30 A.M.) GATE
7. 37464 Kuchipudi Naga Venkata SaiTeja% UR GATE
8. 37438 Devendra Singh% SC GATE
9. 37243 Utpal Raj% OBC (NC) GATE
10. 37201 Puja Banerjee@ UR Project Assistant
11. 37173 Surya Pratap Singh@ UR Project Assistant
12. 37140 Sourav Shukla% EWS GATE
13. 36509 Farukh Khan% OBC (NC) 27th November, GATE
14. 36143 P. Pavithra* OBC (NC) 2019 Inspire
Asit Bayen% (09:30 A.M.)
15. 36037 SC GATE
#- Document of Industry Sponsored $- Production of Valid Fellowship
@-NOC from the project/Department *-Production of *INSPIRE Certificate
%- Subject to production of GATE Score

Instructions/information for Short-listed Candidates:

1. Candidates must bring the signed copy of the Online Application form and Proof of eligibility and
Fellowship, which are mandatory for appearing in the interview (2 sets).
2. Candidates must confirm their attending the interview by sending a Statement of Purpose (SOP)
by email to [email protected] immediately not later than 19th November, 2019.
Template for SOP is attached as Appendix herewith.
3. No TA/DA shall be paid to the shortlisted candidates for attending the interview and they will have to
make their own arrangement for accommodation.
4. Candidates who have applied with CSIR-NET JRF/UGC-NET JRF/RGNF/DBT/ICMR-JRF/INSPIRE
fellowship must have a valid and tenable fellowship.
5. Any applicant who fulfills the short-listing criteria mentioned above but his/her name does not appear
in the list of short-listed candidates for interview may communicate to the Program Coordinator at the
following E-mail address: [email protected]. Such candidates are requested to appear for
the interview with valid documents on the date and time as in the Interview Schedule on AcSIR website.

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 Statement of Purpose(SOP) for IDDP under AcSIR-CSIO
Identified Research areas within the scope of CSIR-CSIO:
1.

2.

3.

Broad proposal or plan of work (within 250 words):

Date: Name of the Candidate & Signature

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