IISER MOHALI

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) of IISER Mohali is conducting a walk-in interview for PhD admission in January 2025 session.

Date: 4th January, 2025 (Saturday)

Time: 9:30 AM onwards (Reporting time: 9:00 AM)

Venue: IISER Mohali (in-person/offline mode only)

Eligibility/ criterion:

i) Applicants should have an M.A. / M.Sc. / M.Phil / B.Arch / M.Arch degree (minimum 55% for General and OBC category, minimum 50% for SC/ST/PD.) in one or more of the following subject areas: Modern Indian History / Archaeology or its sub-disciplines / Anthropology / Ancient Indian History / Ancient History. 

ii) Applicants should have a valid national-level qualifying exam such as GATE, UGC (NET/JRF/LS) etc.

iii) Candidates from SC/ST background and women who do not have external fellowships are encouraged to apply: total number of vacancies on institute fellowship is 3  (1 in Archaeology or its sub-disciplines, e.g. Anthropology, Ancient Indian History, Ancient History and 2 in Modern Indian History).

iv) Apart from the walk-in interview, an applicant must send a SoP (statement of proposed research) (minimum 1500 words) to the following email address by December 31, 2024:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., mentioning the broad subject area (History, Literature, Archaeology, etc.) as the subject of the email, failing which the application/interview will not be considered. This email address is meant ONLY for sending the statement of the proposed research for Humanities and Social Sciences. In addition to the interview and SoP, there will be a one-hour-long writing session to assess the candidate’s general knowledge of their subject area(s) of interest.

(v) Candidate must bring their original examination qualifying certificates, award letter, Date of Birth certificate, Government recognized photo ID, SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwD certificate (if applicable) and two copies of recent passport sized photographs.

(vi) Please also bring self-attested photocopies of all the certificates. The original certificates will be returned to you immediately after verification while the self-attested photocopies will be retained by the admission committee.

N.B. (i) Queries related to interview can be raised by writing email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

(ii) The reservation rules will apply as per GoI guidelines.

(iii) The candidates will have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation.

(iv) The candidate may find the details of the department in the following link:

https://web.iisermohali.ac.in/dept/hss/

Salient features of the PhD program at IISER Mohali:

1. Cutting-edge research in six major subjects – Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics – and a large number of their sub disciplines.

2. Subject-specific as well as interdisciplinary areas of research.

3. Research teams with a unique mix of PhD fellows working with undergraduate and postgraduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

4. Opportunities for training, tutoring, and teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.

5. A number of institute fellowships are offered to students who have qualified for a national exam but could not secure a fellowship.

6. Yearly contingency to students with institute fellowships (similar to the students with external fellowships).

7. Financial support (partial) to well-performing PhD fellows after completing the tenure of regular PhD fellowships.

8. Financial support to present research at international conferences.

9. On-campus hostel accommodation for all PhD students. 

Selection will be done following the provisions of The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 and its amendments.