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Post-Doctoral Fellowships @ IIT Gandhinagar

Application Form

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar seeks to appoint post-doctoral fellows (PDFs) in different disciplines of engineering, sciences and humanities. The terms and conditions of PDFs at IITGn are listed below.

Terms and Conditions

1. Minimum Qualifications: PhD or Waiting for thesis defense after submission of thesis.
2. Reimbursement of travel expenses and accommodation at the time of interview: Candidates called for interview would be provided accommodation and would be eligible for reimbursement of train fare by II A.C.
3. Discipline of Research: In all areas of engineering, sciences and humanities subject to the interest of the concerned faculty.
4. Duration of the appointment: Initially for one year and may be extended on mutual requirement and availability. Duration cannot exceed three years.
5. Contingency Grant: The PDF is primarily targeted to do full-time research in conjunction with a faculty at IIT Gandhinagar along with upto 10 hours of teaching/ tutorials/ laboratoryinstructions per week. Reasonable contingency grant will be made available based on research requirements. IIT also may provide funding in an effort to develop specific research facilities deemed necessary for the research.
6. Fellowship amount: The consolidated Fellowship amount and House Rent Allowance (HRA) are given in the table below. Note: at present, on-campus housing is not available, but private accommodation is available near the institute. An additional fellowship of upto Rs 15,000/- per month may be considered through endowment fund based on the recommendation of the selection committee and availability of funds.

Year	Consolidated amount per month	HRA (In lieu of on-campus housing)
1st year	Rs 30,000/-	Rs. 10,000/-
2nd year	Rs 32,000/-	Rs. 11,000/-
3rd year	Rs 34,000/-	Rs. 12,000/-

7. Medical Benefits: The medical benefits for PDFs will be at par with those provided to the PhD research scholars at IIT Gandhinagar.
8. Leave: 30 days of leave per year

Positions currently available are:

Sl. No.	Discipline	Faculty Mentor at IIT Gandhinagar	Area of Research	Number of PDF positions available
1.	Physics	Dr. Ambarish Kunwar	Theoretical/Computational Biophysics	2
2.	Physics	Dr. Anand Sengupta	Gravitational-Wave Physics	2

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