School of Natural Sciences
Department of Life Sciences
Ph.D. in Life Sciences / Ph.D. in Bioinformatics
(ONLY FOR CANDIDATES HOLDING - JGEEBILS 2025 score)
Shortlisted candidates based on JGEEBILS 2025 score
Based on performance in the JGEEBILS exam held on 8th December 2024, the following candidates are invited to submit a full application for further evaluation. The Department of Life Sciences (DLS), Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (SNIoE/SNU) (Deemed to be University) will use this application to shortlist candidates for interviews.
Interview Process
- First Round (Online Interview):
- Shortlisting for the first round of online interviews is based on written test scoresand details submitted in the full application form.
- Second Round (On-Campus Interview):
- Candidates shortlisted from the online interview will be invited for a face-to-face interview at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Gautam Budh Nagar (UP).
- The second-round shortlisting will consider online interview performance.
Application Submission Guidelines
- Applications must be submitted online—offline submissions will not be accepted.
- Incomplete applications or those missing Statement of purpose, Referee Reports or any other required documents will not be processed.
Shortlisted candidates will receive a call letter from SNIoE, which will include the interview schedule and further instructions.
For any clarifications, please contact [email protected].
Application Submission Deadline: 13th April 2025
List of Candidates Shorlisted in the GS 2025 Entrance Exam (JGEEBILS 2025) : Entrance Exam held on 8th December, 2024
Research areas in Department of Life Sciences
Research in the Department of Life Sciences is multifaceted, with a major focus on the areas of
- Cancer Biology
- Virology
- Cell Signaling
- Epigenetics
- Neuroscience
- Bioinformatics
- Plant Biology
- Bacterial Morphogenesis and Biofilms
- Protein Folding and Stress Response
- Chromatin remodeling factors and nuclear receptor signaling
- Protein Structure Biology
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Noncoding RNA & gene regulation
- Developmental Biology
- Regeneration Biology
- Vascular development, Lymphatic transdifferentiation
- Immunology
- Animal Behavior
Many of our research projects are interdisciplinary, involving collaborations with other Departments/Schools/Centers of the University. Detailed descriptions of the research areas of each faculty member can be found at https://snu.edu.in/departments/department-of-life-sciences/
Application Instructions:
All interested applicants should apply online by clicking the “Apply Now” button at the bottom of this page. Please follow the instructions carefully.
- Fill all the mandatory fields
- Upload the following documents online:
- Passport size color photograph
- Current CV
- All Mark sheets/Degree Certificates (Bachelors and Masters)
- Standardized Examination/Fellowship Certificate - JGEEBILS, CSIR, UGC, INSPIRE, ICMR, etc. (if applicable)
- A Statement of Purpose
Please make provision for at least one reference letter in support of your application.
Candidate may note that the University reserves the right to accept or reject any application based on its departmental screening criteria; hence, not all applications may be shortlisted for interview.
Financial Support& Research Grants for Ph.D. Scholars
All full-time Ph.D. scholars admitted to the program will receive a doctoral award (teaching and research assistantship), which includes a monthly stipend of ₹45,000 for the first two years and ₹50,000 for the next three years, subject to benchmarked performance. The continuation of this award depends on satisfactory performance in the program, which is continuously evaluated, and compliance with all university regulations. Additionally, all full-time Ph.D. scholars will receive an annual tuition waiver of ₹60,000 and an annual hostel fee subsidy of ₹60,000. Deserving Ph.D. students will also be eligible for a travel research grant of ₹1,50,000 to support conference travel (only for Scopus-indexed conferences), both domestic and international, during the five-year Ph.D. program.
Detailed information about the fee structure and the nature of assistantships is available on the SNIoE admission website.
For any queries related to the application and admission, you may contact:
Mr. Anil Kumar Shukla, Senior Administrative Assistant, Department of Life Sciences.
Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0120-7170100 Extn: 654
Please note that the application will only be considered with all the necessary prescribed documents. For any application and admission process queries, write to the above-given Email ID.
About Life Sciences Department:
Many of our research projects are interdisciplinary, involving collaborations across the globe. Detailed descriptions of the research interests of our faculty and other information is provided on the Departmental websites: https://snu.edu.in/departments/department-of-life-sciences/ ; https://lsci.snu.edu.in/research/laboratories
Research Infrastructure: The laboratories of the Department of Life Sciences and School of Natural Sciences are well equipped with state-of-the-art research facilities and equipment, including a Next Generation Sequencing facilities, Flow cytometer and sorter, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope, Spinning disk microscope, Real-Time PCR, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopes including live imaging, Culture facilities (BSL-2) for Mammalian cells, Parasites and Viruses, BSL-3 laboratory, and a central instrumentation facility comprising LC-MS, XRD, AFM, CD-Spectrophotometer, MST, Raman spectrometer, Luminometer, ultracentrifuge, etc. A state-of-the-art SPF animal facility was inaugurated in January 2024. This facility will house multiple animal models and is equipped for generating genome-edited animals. The computational facilities include a high-performance IBM cluster (“Magus”) consisting of 57 compute nodes (8064 cores) with a total capacity of 320 TFlops of Theoretical Peak Performance. Additionally, several stand-alone Linux workstations are used for teaching and research. Several Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics analysis software are also available. Center for Excellence in Epigenetics is affiliated with the Department of Life Sciences, which houses state-of-the-art facilities for epigenetics, genomics, proteomics, and drug discovery studies.
About Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi-NCR
Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi-NCR, is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, research-focused, and student-centric institution bringing a paradigm shift in higher education in India through its innovative curriculum, interdisciplinary focus, and cross-disciplinary thinking across various disciplines. The University is building an eco-system of knowledge to promote recognition of the interconnectedness of ideas, systems, and environments in the world inside the campus and outside it. The University has 5 Schools, 24 Departments, and 8 Research Centers engaged in teaching, practice, and research in disciplines as diverse as Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management, Natural Sciences, Art, Design, Performing Arts, Communication, and Extended Education and Professional Development. The schools offer Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees along with a multidisciplinary curriculum to enable students to explore subjects and disciplines that may be widely different from their chosen Majors.
The University has been selected as one of the ten private “Institutions of Eminence” by the Government. In the NIRF (Government’s National Institutional Ranking Framework), SNIoE is the youngest institution on the ‘top 100’ overall list, and our score has risen steadily. In NIRF-2021, SNIoE ranked 56 in the ‘University’ category. We are also among a selected group of green-field institutions in the country that was awarded the prestigious Atal Incubation Center grant by the Niti Aayog, Government of India, in the first round in 2017.