Summer Student Programmes

Drivers of plant community assembly in a tropical savanna

Department
Biology
Supervisor
Ashish Nerlekar
Apply before
20 Feb, 2026 05:00 pm
 
Category
Computational
Duration
two months

This internship will help the students get a flavour of the diverse approaches that our lab utilizes to understnad plant community ecology. This includes extracting data from secondary sources, conducting preliminary analyses of existing filed-datasets, assisting for preparing herbarium sheets for selected species and potentially some fieldwork to set up experimental plots in the savannas of Maharashtra. Please check out the lab website (https://sites.google.com/view/nerlekar) before applying to see if your interests match.  

Required knowledge

Interest in plants and ecology is a must and prioir fieldwork experience is preferred but not necessary.

Required skills

Ability to focus on given tasks for an extended period of time (>attention span).


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IISER Pune invites applications from research oriented students to participate in its Summer Student Programmes. Successful applicants will have an opportunity to participate in the research programmes of IISER-Pune faculty. Research activities in IISER-Pune span both theory and experiment in Biology, Chemistry, Data Science, Earth and Climate Science, Mathematics, Humanities, Physics and Earth Sciences with a strong focus on interdisciplinary research. These summer projects are also an opportunity for students to evaluate the suitability of various programmes at IISER-Pune (Integrated PhD and PhD) for future career choice.

This application form is meant for non-IISER Pune students.
This web registration process is not meant for Summer fellows selected for IISER-Pune through other fellowship programmes like IASc and JNCASR.


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