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.
Interest in plants and ecology is a must and prioir fieldwork experience is preferred but not necessary.
Ability to focus on given tasks for an extended period of time (>attention span).
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.
Applications are not open