Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS)

Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) at IISER Kolkata invites applications for the regular Ph.D. programme in the Spring semester, 2025 in the disciplines of Information Retrieval, Text processing, Knowledge Graphs and Knowledge Bases, Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Causal Reasoning in Intelligent Systems.

Minimum Eligibility criteria:

Bright and motivated candidates with a Master's degree with minimum 55% marks (or equivalent) or 4 Years bachelor's degree with 75% marks (or equivalent) in any field of Computer Science. Besides satisfying minimal eligibility criteria, the candidates are expected to have CSIR/UGC-NET JRF, INSPIRE fellowship or other equivalent fellowships.

* A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non- creamy layer)/Differently-Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates asper UGC norms.

* Candidates with INSPIRE fellowship should have provisional certificate at the time of application.

** Please note that fulfilling the minimum essential criteria does not ensure that a candidate will be called for the interview. Additional short listing criteria might be set by the department based on academic records, experience and research interest of the candidates.

Candidates are expected to have CSIR/UGC-NET JRF, INSPIRE fellowship or other equivalent fellowships.

*** Reservations for SC/ST/OBC/Divyang candidates are applicable as per Government of India rules.

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