PhD at SJRI through Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
SJRI is currently recognized as a Research Centre for the doctoral program by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE).
Enrolled candidates will be guided by supervisors registered as guides under MAHE. While students will have to conform to the rules and regulations of MAHE, SJRI aims to ensure the highest quality and uniformity in academic standards for all admitted students. To fulfill this aim, students pursuing their doctoral program at SJRI need to follow the Institute’s guidelines.
Interested students can view the prospectus HERE.
The calendar of events for admission into the doctoral program:
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Events |
Date and Time |
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Prospectus and online application available on SJRI website |
5th May 2023 |
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Last date for submitting online application |
31st May 2023 |
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Notification of short-listed candidates for Interview |
5th June 2023 |
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| Entrance exam (Syllabus) | Between 10th June and 15th June 2023 | |
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20th June 2023 | |
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Interview |
22nd June and 25th June 2023 |
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Announcement of selected candidates on website |
30th June 2023 |
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Joining the doctoral program and fee payment |
17th July 2023 |
To apply, candidates require a certificate of the eligible degree completed.
Vacancies are available for the Doctoral Programme at SJRI for students with UGC-CSIR-NET JRF / ICMR-JRF / DBT-JRF Category 1 Fellowship (with a stipend for a period of 5 years).
Candidates with JRF can apply throughout the year. These admissions are dependent on available positions with faculty with periodic interviews held.
Details of available PhD seats:
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Name of guides |
Area of research and details |
Number of students who have qualified for junior research fellowship with stipend (UGC-CSIR NET/DBT/ICMR) or equivalent |
Number of students without fellowship |
Total number of proposed students (Fellowship+ Non fellowship) |
Eligibility (Qualifying degree) restrictions if any due to nature of proposed research |
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Biostatistics
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Dr. Tinku Thomas |
Survey data Analysis and Multilevel Modelling |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Master’s/MPhil in Statistics or Biostatistics |
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Dr. Santu Ghosh |
Quantitative Methods for Public Health Nutrition. |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Epidemiology and Population Health |
Dr. Prem Mony |
Epidemiology – Maternal & Child Health (or) Non-communicable diseases Public Health – Preventive Medicine, Health systems research |
1 |
0 |
1 |
MD (Community Medicine or any other specialization); or MBBS+MPH |
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Health and Humanities |
Dr. Manjulika Vaz |
Public engagement and Biomedical Research, Public Health Ethics, Health and Humanities. |
2 |
0 |
2 |
MD in Community Medicine/General Medicine. Master’s or MPhil in Public Health, Sociology, Psychology, Public Policy, Anthropology, Social Work, Nursing, Bioethics, Law |
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Nutrition |
Dr. Rebecca Kuriyan Raj |
Public Health Nutrition |
1 |
1 |
2
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Master’s in life sciences Master’s or MPhil in Food Science and Nutrition/ Public health and epidemiology |
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Dr. Arpita Mukhopadhyay |
Biological Sciences in Public Health (Molecular metabolism, Molecular and cell biology, Molecular nutrition, Molecular physiology) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Master’s degrees (MSc/MPhil/MPH/MTech) in Natural Sciences including but not restricted to: Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Bioinformatics; Biochemistry, Medical biochemistry; Genetics, Molecular Biology; Chemistry) Master’s degrees (MSc/MPhil/MPH): Foods and Nutrition; Public Health and Epidemiology |
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Dr. Pratibha Dwarakanath |
Human Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, Mother and child nutrition |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Master’s in life sciences Master’s or MPhil in Food Science and Nutrition/ Public health and epidemiology |
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Mental health and Neurosciences |
Dr. Susan Thomas |
Mental Health, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neurosciences |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Master's/M Phil in Clinical Psychology/Psychology/ Social Work/ Psychiatric Nursing/areas related to Rehabilitation and interested to work in the domain of mental health |
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Molecular Biology and Genetics |
Dr. Sweta Srivastava |
Molecular Biology of Diseases-Molecular characterisation of myeloproliferative neoplasms. |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Master’s degrees (MSc/MPhil/MTech/MD in any stream of life sciences (Biology/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ Biochemistry/ Medical biochemistry/ Genetics/ Health Sciences) with a minimum of 1-year hands-on work experience in molecular techniques. |
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Molecular Medicine |
Dr. Jyothi S Prabhu |
Cancer, Biological pathways, Hormonal regulation of cancer, Molecular oncology, Cell biology |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Masters in Life sciences involving Biological science |
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Dr. Neha Vyas |
Cancer Biology or Neural development |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Masters in any area under biology or life sciences disciplines. Other candidates with training and experience in other scientific areas and keen in applying a multidisciplinary approach to understand biological processes will be considered too. |
For any further queries, please do write to admissions@sjri.res.in
PS: Applications may be rejected without assigning any reasons thereof.