Center of Excellence in Space Sciences, India
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PhD and Postdoctoral Opportunities Available
ABOUT CESSI
The Center of Excellence in Space Sciences, India (CESSI) is a multi-institutional Center of Excellence hosted by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata and has been established through funding from the Ministry of Human Resource Development. CESSI aims to explore the Sun's activity, generate the understanding necessary for space weather forecasting, hunt for gravitational waves, support national space science initiatives, participate in international capacity building activities and pursue public-private partnerships in space science research. The Center will take advantage of high-performance computing facilities, cloud computing and the high-speed National Knowledge Network grid to achieve its goals. CESSI faculty are drawn from IISER Kolkata, IISER Pune, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore), Udaipur Solar Observatory-Physical Research Laboratory (Udaipur) and the Indian Space Research Organization (Bangalore), have wide-ranging interests in the astrophysical space sciences, and have the experience of handling international and national space science projects.
FACULTY
Dipankar Banerjee (Co-Investigator, IIA Bangalore)
Dibyendu
Nandi (Principal Investigator and Center Coordinator, IISER Kolkata)
Rajesh Nayak (Co-Investigator, IISER Kolkata)
Paul
Rajaguru (Co-Investigator, IIA Bangalore)
K. Sankarasubramanian
(Co-Investigator, ISRO Bangalore)
Nandita Srivastava (Co-Investigator, USO-PRL Udaipur)
Prasad Subramanian (Co-Investigator, IISER Pune)
APPLY
We seek applications for PhD
positions from qualified and highly motivated candidates for our PhD program (for
the session beginning Spring 2014). The application
portal is below.
Short listed candiates for PhD Interview 2014
We seek applications for Postdoctoral Fellows from highly motivated candidates who hold a PhD degree or who have recently submitted their PhD thesis. Follow the link below for eligibility and application information.
Apply for Postdoctoral Fellow Positions
CONTACT
Coordinator, CESSI
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
cessi at iiserkol dot ac dot in (Replace with appropriate symbols)