From its campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai, BITS Pilani offers formal education and re- search programmes in Physical Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Social Sciences and Management. With a view to establish itself as one of India’s top research-led universities and be amongst the leading technical universities in the world, BITS Pilani has embarked upon an aggressive plan to expand its PG and Ph.D. research programmes, while consolidating its UG programmes.
Applications are invited for a JRF/ SRF position in the Department of Chemistry at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, Goa for a CSIR Funded Project entitled “Preparation of Magnetically Separable, Mesoporous TiO2 Catalysts and Study of their Catalytic Properties”.
Post: Junior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow
Principal Investigator: Dr. Narendra Nath Ghosh
Broad area of research: Nanostructuted materials, advanced catalysts and organic reactions.
Duration of the project: 3 yrs
Position Available: 1 JRF or 1 SRF (Depending upon qualification of the candidate)
Last date of application: 07th December 2013.
Address to Apply: Interested candidates should apply directly to the PI (Dr. Narendra Nath Ghosh) with copy of their C.V. and research experience of the project by email: naren70@yahoo.com
Eligibility:
For JRF@12000/- pm plus HRA/MA: Possessing MSc / BE or B Tech (Chemical, Materials Science or related area) or equivalent degree with minimum 55% marks (but desirable 60% marks) and passing of NET/ GATE test. Age Maximum 28 Yrs.
For SRF@14000/- pm plus HRA/MA: Possessing (i) MSc / BE or B Tech (Chemical, Materials Science or related area) or equivalent and at least 2 years of post MSc/ BE or B Tech research/ teaching experience, (ii) ME/ M.Tech (Applied Chemistry, Chemical, Materials Science or related area), (iii) M.Pharma or equivalent. Age limit maximum 30 yrs.
Selected candidate will get a chance to apply for PhD degree at BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus (rules of PhD program for BITS Pilani are applicable).
About Principal Investigator:
Dr. Narendra Nath Ghosh, Associate Professor of Chemistry at BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus, has received his MSc (1994) and PhD (1999) in Chemistry from IIT Kharagpur. He is former Post doctoral fellow of Univ. of Delaware (USA), Univ. of Tennessee- Knoxville (USA), University of Kentucky- Lexington (USA) and Visiting Research Professor of Drexel University (USA). His area of research interests are
(i) Synthesis of nanostructured materials,
(ii) advanced catalysis,
(iii) polymer- ceramic nanocomposites.
As of 2013 Dr. Ghosh and his colleagues have published more than 70 research papers in international journals, book chapters and international conference proceedings. He is associate editor of two International journals and reviewer of more than 30 international journals. Under his guidance 3 students have received PhD degree and two are pursuing their PhD program. Dr Ghosh is Principal investigator of number of sponsored research projects sponsored by DRDO, DST, BRNS, DST-UKIERI (Indo UN project), Royal Academy of Engineering, UK etc. He collaborates with the scientists from various reputed national universities and research organizations as well as international universities. For details please visit: universe.bits-pilani.ac.in/goa/nghosh/profile
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