Postdoctoral Fellowship in India: Various Indian universities offer Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) in India every year for researchers as well as for faculties. These fellowships are offered in different fields like Science, Biomedical, Engineering, Mathematics, and Social Sciences. Great institutes like IITs, IIMs, IIS, DST, SERB, and ISRO offer PDF.
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Postdoctoral Fellowships in India offered by Various Institutes
IDRBT Postdoctoral Fellowship (IPDF)
The IDRBT Post Doctoral Fellowship (IPDF) aims to widen the human resources base of researchers in Banking Technology by drawing candidates with a keen interest in carrying out research and resolving various technical issues related to Banking.
Eligibility: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Networks, Security and within three years of being awarded the Ph.D. degree or those who have submitted their Ph.D. thesis.
Not beyond 35 years of age.
Fellowship: Monthly Post Doctoral Fellowship of Rs. 54,000/- during the first year; Rs 57,000/- per month during the second year and Rs 60,000/- per month during the third year, provided the fellowship is extended beyond two years.
Duration: Two years and extendable by a maximum of one more year.
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology Post-doctoral Fellow Positions (DAIICT)
DAIICT has a vibrant research community in the field of Information and Communication Technology. The purpose of the post-doctoral positions is to allow highly motivated fresh PhD graduates to engage in research activities in collaboration with Institute faculty. The post-doctoral fellowships are not intended for PhD graduates of DAIICT.
Research areas: Wireless Communications and Embedded systems, AI and ML, and Information Security.
Fellowship: A consolidated fellowship of Rs 75,000 per month.
Eligibility:
- Candidates must have a PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or an allied discipline, from a reputed institution.
- Candidates should apply within 6 months of obtaining their PhD degree. Those candidates who have submitted their thesis, but not completed defense, can also be considered.
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TCS Postdoctoral Fellowship in India
The Institute welcomes applications for Post-doctoral fellowships in all areas of Computer Science, particularly in those of interest to the TCS faculty.
Research Area: concurrency, logic, algorithms, complexity theory, automata theory.
Time Duration: One Year.
Fellowship from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Applications are invited under the Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship Scheme, from Indian Nationals, Persons of Indian Origin (PIO), Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) and foreign nationals who have completed their Ph.D within last three years.
Fellowship: Rs. 50,000/- per month for the first year and Rs. 55,000/- per month for the second year, and Rs 60,000/ per month for the third year.
Eligibility: PhD.
SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship in India (N-PDF)
The Fellowship is aimed to identify motivated young researchers and provide them support for doing research in frontier areas of science and engineering. The fellows will work under a mentor, and it is hoped that this training will provide them a platform to develop as an independent researcher.
Eligibility:
- The applicant should be an Indian citizen.
- The applicant must have obtained Ph.D./M.D./M.S. degree from a recognized University. Those who have submitted their PhD/M.D/M.S thesis and are awaiting award of the degree are also eligible to apply.
- Upper Age Limit is 35 years.
Fellowship: Rs. 55,000.
IIT Delhi Post Doctoral Fellowship
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Delhi is actively seeking applications for Post-Doctoral Fellows.
Research Areas: high performance computation, computer systems and architecture, network systems and security, virtualization and cloud computing, data analytics, computer vision, virtual reality and human machine interfaces.
Minimum Eligibility:
- Ph.D with First class or equivalent grade in preceding degree in respective discipline, with a consistently good academic record.
- Maximum age is 32 years for male and 35 years for female candidates (to be relaxed by 5 years in case of persons with physical disability, SC and ST and 3 years in case of OBC-NCL).
IIT Jodhpur Postdoctoral Fellowship in India
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering invites applications from young Doctoral Degree holders (below the age of 35 years) to Post-Doctoral Positions in the Department.
Eligibility: PhD.
Fellowship: Rs 55000 per month.
Raman Post-Docs
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been recognised as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) by the Government of India. As a part of the IoE initiative, IISc has created the Raman Post-Doc Program, a highly selective Post-Doc program with 50 positions.
Departments/Centres
Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Sciences, Mechanical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Research, Other Interdisciplinary Centers.
Qualifications and Experience
Ph.D. with First Class or equivalent (in terms of grades, etc.) in the preceding degree and a good academic record throughout. Candidates who are expecting to submit the Ph.D. thesis shortly may also apply.
Age should be less than 32 years.
Duration: 2 years.
Fellowship: 1 lakh per month.
School of Technology and Computer Science Visiting Fellow (Postdoctoral) Positions
Applicants should have a strong research and publication record. Successful candidates will be responsible for conducting research independently as well as with members of the school. They may optionally help advise students, and help in designing and teaching courses. The candidate will join a team of researchers working in areas including algorithms, applied probability, automata, complexity, communications, control, formal verification, information theory, logic, machine learning and quantum computing. For details of faculty research interests, please see the respective webpages.
Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Research Fields: Agricultural Sciences; Anthropology; Bioengineering; Chemistry; Computer Science (including, but not limited to, cyber security, digital economy, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics); Economics; Education Policy and Planning; Energy Studies; Geography (including GIS and Geology); History; Language and Literature; Materials Science (with emphasis on environmental applications); Mathematical Sciences; Neurosciences; Performing Arts; Physics; Political Science (including, but not limited to, International Security and Strategic Studies); Public Health; Public Policy; Sociology; Urban and Regional Planning (with emphasis on smart cities and waste management); Visual Arts; and Women’s and Gender Studies.
Eligibility: the applicant must have a Ph.D. or a D.M. degree within the past four years. S/he must have obtained Ph.D. degree between July 15, 2017 and September 14, 2021.
UGC scheme for post-doctoral Fellowships
Eligibility: Ph. D degree or submitted their Ph. D thesis.
More Postdoctoral Fellowships in India
| Post Doctoral Fellowship | Link to Apply |
| IGIDR Post Doctoral Fellowship | Apply |
| IISER Pune | Apply |
| Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship (IPDF) IIT Guwahati | Apply |
| Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | Apply |
| Christ University Post Doctoral Fellowship | Apply |
| Microsoft Post Doc Fellowship | Apply |
| ICSSR Post-Doctoral Fellowship | Apply |
| TWAS-DBT Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme | Apply |
| SERB Indo-U.S Postdoctoral Fellowship for India Researchers | Apply |
| IIT Bombay Institute Post-doctoral (post-doc) fellowships | Apply |
| IIT Khargpur Post Doctoral Fellowships | Apply |
| IIT Bhubaneswar Post Doctoral Fellowships | Apply |
| Shiv Nadar University Post Doctoral Fellowship | Apply |
| University of Hyderabad Post Doctoral Fellowship | Apply |
| Post Doctoral Fellowship in ISRO | Apply |
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