Alagappa University is located at Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu is accessible from Madurai and Tiruchirappalli airports within two hours. The 440 acre green and lush campus houses all the academic activities. This University has emerged from the galaxy of institutions initially founded by the great philanthropist and educationist Dr. RM. Alagappa Chettiar. Alagappa University was brought into existence by a Special Act of the Government of Tamil Nadu in May 1985 with the objective of fostering research, development and dissemination of knowledge in various branches of learning. Alagappa University is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India.

Senior Post Doctoral Fellowship
Eligibility & Duration
Indian Citizen with PhD Degree from a recognized University with excellent academic record and minimum two years experience from reputed Foreign Universities. The upper age limit is 40 years at the time of Interview. Relaxation of 5 years will be given to Women candidates and Reserved Category. (Age limit can be relaxed for highly meritorious candidates). Senior Post Doctoral Fellowship will be offered for a period of one year, Extendable up to four more years based on performance assessment every year.

Fellowship : Rs. 1,00,000/- per month (consolidated)

Contingency : A contingency grant of Rs. 1, 50,000/- per annum will be provided for research purposes.

Post Doctoral Fellowship
Eligibility & Duration
Indian Citizen with PhD Degree from a recognized University with excellent academic record. The upper age limit is 40 years at the time of Interview. Relaxation of 5 years will be given to Women candidates and Reserved Category. (Age limit can be relaxed for highly meritorious candidates). Post Doctoral Fellowship will be offered initially for a period of one year, Extendable up to four more years based on performance assessment every year.

Fellowship : Rs. 75,000/- per month (consolidated)

Contingency : A contingency grant of Rs. 1, 00,000/- per annum will be provided for research purposes.

Biological Sciences: Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and Plant Systems
Research Area
Biotechnology : Translational Health Research for Human and Plant Systems
Microbiology : Health Perspectives, Bioenergy and Bioremediation for the Human Welfare
Bioinformatics : Experimental and Computational Drug Discovery Studies for Life Threatening Diseases
Botany : Biosynthesis and Phyto-Chemical Analytics for cancer and other diseases
Biomedical Sciences : Exploration of novel leads for Biomedicines from Bio-resources

Other information:
1. The Fellowship shall be a full time engagement for research work and cannot be combined with any other full time or part-time work.
2. The University does not protect pay of any candidate selected and they are eligible for fellowship grant only on full time award.
3. The selection and award of SPDF/PDF will be through a ten minutes presentation followed by Interview to be held at Alagappa University. No TA/DA is permissible for attending the interview.
4. Interview for foreign candidates applying for SPDF/PDF will be conducted through SKYPE / Video Conferencing based on request by the candidate. The candidates should send their filled-in application form and power point presentation to rusa.alucoordinator@alagappauniversity.ac.in five days before the date interview to arrange the Skype interview smoothly. (Presentation consists of Past achievements and future research plan in above mentioned theme, Max. 15 slides). Candidates are also requested to send their SKYPE Id and phone number for communication.

Walk-in-Interview Date and Time
11.07.2019 at 10.00 a.m.
Venue: Conference Hall in Central Library, Adjacent to Administrative Building, Alagappa University, Karaikudi.