Applicant should be a Post Graduatie in Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Veterinary Sciences and medicine graduates.

Applicants must have a consistently First class academic track record (no less than 60% aggregates) and a valid research fellowship from UGC, CSIR, ICMR and DBT or eligibility to apply for INSPIRE. Candidates with other fellowships are advised to contact the Dean to confirm eligibility.

Candidates awaiting final exam results can also apply. However only those candidates with a valid pass certificate will be allowed to appear for the selection interview.

Candidates without valid fellowships need not apply.

Selection Process: General category applicants must have First Class or above throughout and a valid Research Fellowship from UGC/CSIR/ICMR/DBT/DST-INSPIRE and should be less than 28 years of age.

SC/ST candidates with a valid fellowship need to have only 50% marks.

They will be eligible for age relaxation as per rules, and are exempted from paying processing fees.