Doctoral Fellowships

Revised Advt. No. 02/CPDDAM/DF/2019-20, dated 10 March,2020

Objective

The RUSA 2.0 Doctoral Fellowship of MHRD-RUSA 2.0 at Centre for Product Design, Development and Additive Management – a Centre of Excellence established under MHRD-RUSA 2.0 in Osmania University aims to identify motivated post-graduate students to undertake research to fulfil the various objectives of the Centre and contribute to enrich the field of Additive Manufacturing..

Responsibilities

The Doctoral Fellows at the Centre will be responsible for conducting research in the area of Additive Manufacturing in collaboration with industries leading to publications in reputed journals like scopus indexed/elesveir/springer etc and also for getting patents. The main focus of the research will be in developing innovative applications in the area of Additive Manufacturing (AM) that cater to the needs of the R & D organisations, industry. It is also proposed to encourage research in multidisciplinary applications of AM in fields like Health care, Agricultural and other sectors which help in serving the needs of the society.

The selected doctoral fellows will be offered admission to Ph.D. programme in the Department of Mechanical Engineering as per University norms. If required co-supervisor from any other allied departments may be assigned. Their research project for Ph.D. programmes shall be similar to the works being conducted at the Centre. It is expected the Doctoral Fellows conduct research at the Centre that will lead to the award of Ph.D. degree. Doctoral Fellows will also help in conduct of education awareness programmes, workshops, seminars, and other academic and research activities that the Centre will take up from time to time.

Eligibility

• • The application is open for both Indian and international applicants.


• • The applicant must have obtained PG degree (M.Tech. / M.E.) from a recognized University.


• • The Indian applicant must have cleared the CSIR or UGC NET / GATE in the last three years.


• • International applicants who have obtained their post graduate degree from any one of the top 200 World Ranking University as per the Times Higher Education or QS world ranking 2019 are only eligible to apply.


• • The upper age limit for the fellowship is 33 years at the time of the submission of application. Age relaxation of 5 (five) years will be given to SC/ST/OBC/Physically Challenged/ Women candidates.


• • Applicants with prior research experience in related field will be preferred.

Nature & Duration of Support

• • The fellowship is purely a temporary assignment, and is tenable initially for a period of one year, extendable for further two years (one year at a time, based on performance).


• • The fellows will be entitled to receive Rs. 35,000/- per month (consolidated).


• • The fellows are required to work on full time basis at the Centre, and are not eligible to receive any other fellowship from any Government or Non-Governmental source during the tenure of the fellowship.

Details of the positions & requirements

Documents required to be attached

• • Age Proof Certificate


• • M.E./ M.Tech. (PG) Degree Certificate and Marks Statement/Memorandum of Marks


• • Category Certificate (in case of Age Relaxation)


• • Copies of the other educational and experience certificates


• • Detailed CV or bio data


• • Any other document/s that is deemed necessary

Note: Candidates are advised to upload all required documents through online mode; however they are also advised to bundle all necessary documents along with full CV or bio data, publications copies (if applicable), and other relevant documents in to one PDF (as .pdf) and send it to director.cpddam@osmania.ac.in

Termination

The Director, Centre for Product Design, Development and Additive Management reserves the right to terminate the RUSA 2.0 fellowship at any stage if it is convinced that appropriate progress is not being made or the fellow has not been performing duties optimally.

Leave

The RUSA 2.0 Doctoral Fellows are entitled to one day casual leave per month (which can be accumulated). Any leaves beyond that will be with proportionate deduction in fellowship. Participation in scientific workshops held in India with prior approval will be treated as 'on duty'.

Mode of Selection

The selection will be based on screening, written and oral interview, and the recommendations of an Expert Committee that will be constituted by the Board of Directors of OU Idea Labs Foundation managing RUSA 2.0 project.

Last date of Application

Open till suitable candidates are available at the earliest.

Important note

Shortlisted candidates for interview and the date of interview will be notified through email and SMS.

No TA/DA will be provided for shortlisted candidates appearing for interview.

Application Processing Fee

Rupees 100/- only, pay while registering.

Mode of Application

Online mode.