Eligibilty for M.S.(Engg.) or M.S.(Research):

Candidates with an M Sc., B E, B Tech, M E, M Tech or MBBS are eligible to apply; the specific requirements for each Unit are listed below. They should have at least 50% in their highest University examination, and should also have qualified in either the GATE / JEST or UGC or CSIR - NET-JRF/ ICMR - JRF / DBT-JRF/ INSPIRE-JRF.

The award certificate of such test should be within the validity period for seeking admission to research programme as on the first working day of the beginning of the academic session/semester(1 January or 1 August).

M.S. ( Research) YOUR  DEGREE DEPARTMENTS IN JNCASR

THAT YOU CAN APPLY 

EOBU MBGU

M.B.B.S. Yes Yes

B.E . / B.Tech. (any biology related area)

Yes -

 

M.S. (Engg.)YOUR  DEGREE DEPARTMENTS IN JNCASR THAT

YOU CAN APPLY TO

CPMU EMU TSU NCU

M.Sc. (Chemistry)  Yes - Yes Yes

M.Sc. (Electronics) Yes - Yes  

M.Sc. (Materials Science) Yes - Yes Yes

M.Sc. (Maths) Yes Yes    

M.Sc. (Physics) Yes Yes Yes  

B.E . / B.Tech. (Aerospace) - Yes Yes  

B.E . / B.Tech. (Chemical) Yes Yes Yes  

B.E . / B.Tech. (Mechanical) - Yes Yes  

B.E. / B.Tech. (Electronics) Yes - Yes  

B.E. / B.Tech. (Polymer) Yes -    

M.E. /M.Tech. (Aerospace) - Yes Yes  

M.E. /M.Tech. (Chemical) Yes Yes Yes  

M.E. /M.Tech. (Mechanical) - Yes Yes  

M.E. /M.Tech.  (Electronics) Yes - Yes  

M.E. /M.Tech.  (Polymer) Yes -    

Scholarships and grants

M S (Research)/ M S (Engg.) students receive scholarships of Rs. 25,000. Students are automatically enrolled in a Group Insurance Scheme and a comprehensive medical scheme and have access to an on-campus doctors, as well as to medical facilities elsewhere.

A student grant of upto Rs 40000 is provided for funding for travel to national and  international conferences .

Engineering Mechanics Unit

For more details follow the link (EMU)

Researchers at the Engineering Mechanics Unit are now occupied in one or more of these absorbing research activities: Observing in our wind tunnel how an insect flies and why this is different from the flight of an aircraft; Analysing how different flows undergo a transition from laminar to turbulence, and why small changes in some quantities have a huge effect on the answers. We address this problem in aerospace, chemical (non-Newtonian, multiphase) and biological (e.g. blood) flows; Asking why certain rocks have particular formation patterns; Computing micro and nanoscale flows, to find out why they are different from the flows we see everyday; Understanding more about vortex dynamics, nonlinear dynamics and chaos; Finding out how flows of particulate matter (such as sand) are different from the flow of liquids; Understanding air-flow and temperature patterns in the Earth's atmosphere near the ground and their effect on weather; Seeking patterns or order that may be present in India's monsoon rainfall, or other atmospheric variables; Exploring whether the development of turbulent shear flows is governed by stability considerations; computing how radiation and turbulence may interact with each other in the lowest layers of the atmosphere at night.

A prospective student has a choice of these areas as a future research topic, or even suggest one of his/her own, if feasible.

Theoretical Sciences Unit

For more details follow the link (TSU)

Statistical Mechanics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science

Condensed matter systems present many challenging problems of both fundamental and technological interest. The research in the Theoretical Sciences Unit employs a combination of approaches to tackle these problems, including quantum many body theory, electronic structure calculations, and statistical mechanics. We combine analytical calculations with extensive state-

of-the-art computation, using both ab initio and empirical models.

The topics that we are currently studying include: surface physics; ferroelectrics and multi-ferroics; structural phase transitions; dilute magnetic semiconductors; stability, atomic and electronic structure of nanoclusters and nano-wires; slow dynamics in supercooled liquids, the glass transition, liquid-liquid transitions, kinetics of phase transformation, kinetics and thermodynamics of biomolecular systems; nonlinear optics; quantum magnetism in low dimensions; electrical transport in nanostructures and electron and proton transfer in biological systems.

Engineering Mechanics Unit

The Engineering Mechanics Unit pursues research on a variety of problems of fundamental and applied interest in fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, heat transfer and solid mechanics using a wide range of analytical, numerical and experimental techniques. Fluid mechanics research conducted in the Unit spans a wide range of topics, from understanding flows on geo- and astro-physical scales to those at the nanoscale. Research in non-linear dynamics includes solar system dynamics, vortex dynamics, and geometric interpretation of the ideal fluid equations. Radiative and convective heat transfer, especially in the atmosphere, is another area of active research.

We work on mechanical and real swimmers and fliers, including bacteria, insects, aircraft and submarines. We examine flows of microstructured complex fluids and stratified fluids. Examples of the former include clay suspensions, aerosols, emulsions, granular media and polymer solutions, while the atmosphere, the oceans and volcanic flows are excellent examples of stratified systems occurring in nature.

The emphasis in all cases is on a fundamental understanding of the physical mechanisms operating at both large and small scales. We also work on complex flows of a simple fluid such as water arising as a consequence of an instability. The idea is then to understand how a flow or a system becomes unstable and goes to a new, possibly chaotic or turbulence-like state. The choice of problems is often inspired by potential applications, in understanding nature or in developing technology.

The Unit’s technologically oriented studies primarily focus on aerospace and chemical applications. For example, studies on flow stability and transitions between laminar and turbulent states in a wide variety of situations have direct relevance to aerospace and chemical technologies. New insights into the action of polymers on turbulent flows – as well as the nature of transition on swept wings – have been obtained from such work. Another area of special interest is computational fluid dynamics, chiefly in problems connected with aerospace technology. Research on the dynamics of granular media explores fundamental scientific problems and also have direct applications in chemical and other technologies.

Biological problems and natural phenomena – from insect flight to the fluid dynamics of clouds – are being investigated by employing both theoretical and experimental methods. Using wavelets as a tool, faculty members in the Unit have analysed the temporal structure of monsoon rainfall, revealing a possible link to

solar activity at vastly higher levels of statistical significance than had previously been possible. Another area of research, chiefly of geophysical interest, is double diffusive convection, which is being investigated through experiments as well as numerical simulations. Research on insect flight – which involves both experiments in a wind tunnel using particle image velocimetry techniques and also computer simulations with discrete vortices – is shedding light on the underlying mechanisms of flight. This work is also relevant to the design of micro air vehicles, which is now an area of considerable technological interest. Additionally, since clouds exhibit unusual characteristics in entrainment of ambient air, current research in the Unit explores this interesting phenomenon.

The Unit’s faculty members are engaged in extensive collaborations with scientists located elsewhere in India and abroad. Examples of recent collaborations within India have been with National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and IISc Bangalore; international collaborations include those with Queen Mary and Westfield College (UK), QinetiQ (UK), Boeing Research Centre (USA), the Weizmann Institute (Israel) and the University of Stuttgart (Germany). In a collaborative project with scientists at the NAL, it has been shown that a Navier-Stokes code properly optimized for a parallel computer (the Flosolver built at NAL) has led to super linear speed-up, giving a factor of 11 on 8 processors.

The EMU’s on-site facilities support the faculty members’ broad experimental and theoretical research interests. Experimental facilities include a low-speed wind tunnel, which has a transparent test section of 2 m length and 0.6 m x 0.6 m cross-section. This tunnel can be operated with uniform velocities from 1m/s up to 10 m/s. An Nd-Yag laser (10 Hz, 120 mJ/pulse) is part of a Particle Image Velocimeter that yields instantaneous velocities in a plane. Computing facilities of the Unit include a computer centre with several PCs, an eight-node Flo-solver Mk6 system, and a six-node Xeon processor cluster.

Theoretical Sciences Unit

For more details follow the link (TSU)

Statistical Mechanics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science

Condensed matter systems present many challenging problems of both fundamental and technological interest. The research in the Theoretical Sciences Unit employs a combination of approaches to tackle these problems, including quantum many body theory, electronic structure calculations, and statistical mechanics. We combine analytical calculations with extensive state-of-the-art computation, using both ab initio and empirical models.

The topics that we are currently studying include: surface physics; ferroelectrics and multi-ferroics; structural phase transitions; dilute magnetic semiconductors; stability, atomic and electronic structure of nanoclusters and nano-wires; slow dynamics in supercooled liquids, the glass transition, liquid-liquid transitions, kinetics of phase transformation, kinetics and thermodynamics of biomolecular systems; nonlinear optics; quantum magnetism in low dimensions; electrical transport in nanostructures and electron and proton transfer in biological systems.

Minimum eligibility to apply to the Ph.D Programme

Candidates with an M Sc., B E, B Tech, M E, M Tech or MBBS are eligible to apply.  They should have at least 50% in their highest University examination, and should also have qualified in the GATE / JEST or  UGC -/ CSIR - NET-JRF/ / ICMR - JRF / DBT-JRF/ INSPIRE-JRF. The award certificate of such test should have the validity period for seeking admission to research programme as on the first working day of the beginning of the session/semester(1 January or 1 August) . Generally ME/M.Tech students are required to qualify one of the exams mentioned above, however exceptional candidates without these exams may also be considered.

Units in JNCASR that you can apply with the following educational qualification    

Your degree CPMU EMU EOBU MBGU NCU NSU TSUM.Sc.(Chemistry) Yes Yes Yes Yes YesM.Sc.(Electronics) Yes Yes YesM.Sc. (Maths) Yes Yes Yes YesM.Sc. (Physics) Yes Yes Yes YesM.Sc.(Materials Science) Yes Yes YesM.Sc. (Botany) Yes Yes Yes M.Sc. (Zoology) Yes Yes Yes M.Sc. (Biotechnology) Yes Yes Yes Yes M.Sc. (Biochemistry) Yes Yes Yes Yes M.Sc.(Statistics) Yes M.Sc.(Life Sciences) Yes Yes Yes M.B.B.S.., M.D. Yes Yes Yes B.E./ B.Tech. (Aerospace) Yes B.Tech. (Biotechnology) Yes Yes Yes B.E./ B.Tech. (Chemical) Yes YesB.E./ B.Tech. (Mechanical) Yes YesB.E./ B.Tech. (Eelectrical) Yes Yes YesB.E./ B.Tech. (Metallurgy) Yes Yes YesM.E./ M.Tech. (Aerospace) Yes M.Sc./M.Tech. (Bioinformatics) Yes Yes Yes M.E./ M.Tech. (Chemical) Yes Yes YesM.E./M.Tech.(Electronics) Yes Yes YesM.E./ M.Tech. (Mechanical) Yes Yes

M.E./ M.Tech. (Electrical) Yes Yes Yes

Scholarshipsand travel grants:Ph D students receive scholarships of Rs. 25,000-28,000.  Students are automatically enrolled in a Group Insurance Scheme and a comprehensive medical scheme and have access to an on-campus doctor, as well as to medical facilities elsewhere. One lac funding for travel to international/national conferences is also available. Our students have attend conferences in countries such as Korea, Iran, France, Singapore, the United States of America, Japan, Sweden, and Italy, Israel etc.