PhD and postdoctoral opportunities in India

This page lists PhD admissions and postdoctoral positions only. It is not a general research-jobs page: JRF, SRF, project associate, project assistant and similar contract research roles are published under the jobs category, so they are not collected here.

Doctoral and postdoctoral openings are advertised differently from other roles. A PhD admission call is tied to an intake cycle and an entrance route; a postdoctoral position usually follows a specific grant and a specific principal investigator.

Read the funding line carefully. Indian doctoral and postdoctoral positions vary in whether a fellowship is attached, whether NET or GATE qualification is required, and whether the advertised start date depends on a sanctioned grant.