Induction of the students in few numbers from Universities / colleges for carrying out short term project work in this laboratory will be made based on the requirement of R&D activities of the Institute on case to case basis. However, the number of such admissions which may vary from time to time, will be based only on the requirement of the scientists of R&D Division/Sections of the Institute followed by the merit.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Students doing the postgraduate courses such as M.Sc, M.Phil, M.Pharm, MCA, M.E. andM.Tech.in universities / colleges and interested to carry out the final year / semester projects as part of their curriculum can apply.
Application Procedure
Students satisfying the eligibility criteria can apply with following documents
Only the HARDCOPY of the applications with the above documents received at CSIR-NIIST before the deadline, would be considered and all the applications without any one of the above enclosures would be rejected and no correspondence will be made with respect to rejected applications.
Format for Recommendation / Introduction by the HOD/Principal of the college (14.0 KiB, 9,194 hits)
Period of Project work
Admissions to carry out project work would be held only 4 times in year, viz. 1 st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October of every year. All the students seeking permission to carry out project work in this laboratory may join to any one of the above quarter as mentioned above. CSIR-NIIST will not entertain the admission of any candidates during the period other than mentioned above. Minimum duration of the project is three months and maximum duration is twelve months.
Last date for application
The last date for the receipt of the applications requesting for permission to carry out the project work in the laboratory would be as below:
31st January – for admission to batch commencing from 1st April.
30th April – for admission to batch commencing from 1st July
31st July – for admission to batch commencing from 1st October
31st October – for admission to batch commencing from 1st January.
Selection Procedure
Only those applications completed in all respects and relevant enclosures and received by the Director and forwarded to APC before the last date mentioned above would be considered and short listed. The merit list prepared based on the marks obtained in the last semester/year of the PG course and based on UG marks would be prepared area wise and sent to respective divisions. Heads of the Divisions in consultation with the other scientists/technical officers , would recommend only those applications to APC based on the merit of the candidate and positions available with the supervisors. Selected students would be intimated through the CSIR-NIIST websitewith details of date ofjoining. No correspondence will be made in respect of applications not recommended for the admission.
Project Fee
All students admitted to the project work should pay the project fee of Rs. 5000/- per month. The payment should be made in the form of online transfer for the complete duration of the project at the time of admission.
Bank Details:
Name of the Account Holder | Director, NIIST (CSIR), Trivandrum |
Institution Account Name ( as per Bank Record) | (NIIST) Regional Research Laboratory |
Account Number | 67047723825 |
IFS Code | SBIN0070030 |
Bank Name | STATE BANK OF INDIA |
Branch Name | Industrial Estate Branch |
Complete Branch Address | Industrial Estate PO, Pappanamcode, Trivandrum , Kerala -695019 |
MICR No. | 695002943 |
The students of SC/ST/BPL category on production of valid certificates from the authorised government department/Head of institution will be given project fee waiver.
Declaration by the HOD/Principal
The candidate selected for the admission to carry out the project work should come in person and get admitted in CSIR-NIIST on the date and time fixed and intimated in the website. The student has to submit the declaration form given below dully filled in and signed by the HOD/Principal of the college/University of the student. Admission will not be made in the absence of the above.
Format for Recommendation / Introduction by the HOD/Principal of the college (14.0 KiB, 9,194 hits)
Forfeiture of Allotment
All the students selected for carrying out the project work and intimated for admission should come in person on the date and time fixed and intimated to them without fail. Candidates fail to join without prior approval from APC, on the above date would forfeit the offer of placement.
Terms and conditions
For more details,contact
Dr. Rajan T.P.D
Senior Principal Scientist & Chairman, APC
CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST)
Industrial Estate PO, Trivandrum – 695019, Kerala, India
Phone(Off) : 0471-2515327
Phone(mobile) : +91-9447035439
Email: tpdrajan[at]niist.res.in