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Which are the top universities for PhD in Chemistry in India? How much stipend do PhD students get in India?

 


In 2022, which are the top universities for PhD in Chemistry in India?

At this stage, I hope you are already thinking about doing research in Chemistry and you have done your M.Sc./M.Phil./M.Tech./Integrated MSc. or in the final year of those programmes. In addition, you have qualified CSIR-UGC NET or GATE (only for admission in IITs) or possess JEST or INSPIRE kind of fellowships. 

Below are the top institutions which you should prefer for doing PhD in Chemistry in India - (*This list is a preference order of mine - someone may have a different opinion) -


1. IISc Bangalore

2. TIFR

3. IISER Mohali

    IISER Pune

4. IIT Kanpur

    NCL Pune

5. IIT Madras

    JNCASR

    CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow

6. IIT Guwahati

7. IIT Bombay

    University of Hyderabad

8. Indian Institute of Cultivation of Science

9. Raman Research Institute

    IIT (BHU) Varanasi

    IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

10. IIT Kgp

11. IIT Roorkee

12. IIT Delhi

13. IISER Kolkata

       Bose Institute, Kolkata

       Delhi University

        Aligarh Muslim University

        Jadavpur University

14. IIT Hyderabad

        NISER Bhubaneshwar

15. IIT Gandhinagar

       IISER TVM

        Pondicherry University

        VIT Vellore

        VNIT Nagpur

        BITS Pilani

        NIT Rourkella


This list is based on their Chemistry department (or research field) and only based on information available to me at this point in time. Someone may have a different opinion than me. I welcome them. Please let me know in the comment box. In most of the above institutions, I have already given PhD interviews, and during interview days, I could learn many new things. BUT, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING - apply for all, attend interviews for as many as you can, but 1st and foremost thing is that you should not just see the institution and get admission - the most important thing is choosing a field of research and more than that, your potential PhD supervisor. Read this post in my blog (What advice would you give to someone who is about to start a PhD program? (chemistrycomputerscricket.blogspot.com) where I have explained in detail.


Now coming to the salary part. For the first 2 years as a junior research fellow (JRF), you will be getting a non-taxable stipend of Rs.31,000/- and if you are from CSIR fellowship, your stipend would be delayed in most scenarios, whereas if you are getting an institute fellowships or HTRA (Half Time Research Assistantship) fellowships, your stipend would be credited within the 1st day of the month. When you become a senior research fellow (SRF) after completion of 2 years, you will start getting Rs. 35,000/- per month. If you have CSIR/UGC/INSPIRE fellowship, you would have contingency which you can spend for buying chemicals, electronic items and others for lab and yourself too. You have to give 6 monthly progress report to institute and fellowship committees for a continuation of fellowship and no need to worry about these formalities if your guide approves them. And finally, if you are a PMRF, you would be getting nearly Rs. 75,000/- per month! So welcome to PhD.


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