PhD in Earth and Climate Science
(Special Call for December 2024 CSIR-UGC-NET qualified candidates)
The Department of Earth and Climate Science (ECS), IISER Pune invites applications from
highly-motivated students for admissions to Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program for the session
August–2025.
Members of ECS are engaged in cutting-edge research across diverse domains of Climate
science (climate modelling, Monsoons, climate extremes, convective systems, Himalayan glaciers and rivers, …), Geology (weathering and erosion, isotope geochemistry, paleobiology and marine ecology, paleoclimate, Marine Geosciences, …), and Geophysics (theoretical seismology, seismic tomography, geophysical inverse modelling, computational geodynamics, crustal studies and basin modelling, …), employing state-of-the-art lab instruments, theoretical models, and field techniques. For more details on our research, publications, and the faculty, visit our webpage. Feel free to contact any faculty member for further queries.
Minimum Eligibility:
1. Students with minimum 60% marks in aggregate (overall percentage; not only in majoring
subject) or a CGPA 6 out of 10 point scale (55% in aggregate or equivalent CGPA for SC/ST
and PD candidates) in Master’s (or BS-MS) degree in Geology/ Applied Geology/Physics/
Mathematics/Atmospheric Science/Climate Science/Engineering/Biology/Environmental
Science, or related subjects. BE/BTech students may also apply.
2. Applicants must have qualified CSIR-JRF/UGC-JRF or CSIR–LS/UGC–LS
examinations held in December 2024 (The candidates who have already been interviewed on
13/14/16th May, 2025 are not eligible to apply).
Selection procedure: Selection will be based on interviews of the short-listed candidates.
Note: Only online application will be accepted.
Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for interview. The
department may use additional criteria in order to shortlist candidates for interviews depending
on the number of applications received.
For any admission related query please contact ecsphdselection@iiserpune.ac.in