NIFTEM jobs for PhD Programmes in Sonipat. Last Date to apply: 30 Jun 2019
Job Description
PhD Admission Guidelines
NIFTEM offers PhD
programmes in the following departments and areas.
a) Agriculture and Environmental Sciences: (Post Harvest
Management and Processing of fruits and vegetables, Environmental issues in
Food Sector)
b) Basic and Applied Sciences : (Food Safety, Food
Microbiology, Food diagnostics, Lipid Oxidation, Food fortification,
Prebiotics, Biosensors, Active Packaging, Green Energy Technology, Smart
materials and nano-composites, Mathematical Biology, Queuing Theory, Studies
for setting up of MRL values for various toxicants in food products, Analytical
instrumentation & New Analytical method development & validation, Shelf
life studies, Risk Assessment studies for various toxicants in food products,
Packaging compatibility studies, Structure-Activity correlation,
Bio-availability & ADME studies, Nutraceuticals & Functional food,
Quality standardization, Harmonization of standards, Calibration for Quality
Assurance, Food Quality Systems, Food Regulation & Policies)
Note: All research work undertaken would be related to their
application in the Food Sector.
c) Food Engineering: (Static and Dynamic analysis of the
Components, Drying Technology, Energy and Energy analysis, Design and
development of processing equipments)
d) Food Business Management and Entrepreneurship
Development: (Agribusiness, Finance and Accounting, Marketing, Human Resource,
Operations, Decision Sciences, Entrepreneurship, Operations Management, Food
Supply Chain Management, etc.)
e) Food Science and Technology : (Food Technology, Waste
Utilization, value addition, New Product Development, in vitro and in vivo
safety evaluation, Nutraceuticals, etc.)
Eligibility : M. Tech. /Master Degree in a relevant
discipline with at least 55% marks at Masters. Candidates can apply ONLY IN ONE
DEPARTMENT. A relaxation of 5 % of marks (from 55% to 50%) shall be allowed for
the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy layers)/Differently-abled
category.
Number of seats and
fellowship matrix : 20
Scholarships and Financial
Support : The fellowships will be provided only to limited PhD candidates
as per the matrix placed.
Scholarship : Foreign Students admitted under direct
applicant category (refer description at Admission Procedure under this
section) are eligible to get ‘merit’ scholarship/‘earn-while-learn’
assistantship as per the prevailing norms.
Application Fee (Non
Refundable) :
SC/ ST : Rs. 500
General / OBC : Rs. 1000
Selection Process : Candidates will be admitted through PhD Research Entrance Test (RET) followed by interview. CSIR-UGC JRF or any other JRF holders shall be exempted from entrance test but need to appear in interview. RET to be organized by NIFTEM at NIFTEM campus, Kundli. As per entrance paper choice, the syllabus of the Entrance Test shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject specific. Qualifying marks is 50%. Syllabus for the entrance exam will be uploaded later in NIFTEM website.