JOINT ENTRANCE SCREENING TEST-2017For Ph. D. Programmes in

Physics / Theoretical Computer Science / NeuroscienceSunday, February 19, 2017, from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m

Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Aligarh, Bangalore, Bardhaman, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati,Indore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Kochi, Madurai, Mumbai, Nainital, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Roorkee,

Sambalpur, Silchar, Siliguri, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, and Visakhapatnam.

Apply online through https://www.jest.org.in from November 15 to December 16, 2016.

The Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) (statutory body established through an Act of Parliament) recognized JEST as a National Eligibility Test for theirsponsored programmes/projects vide their Office Memo No. SB/S9/Z-01/2015. Qualifying in JEST does not entitle an applicant to get a Research Fellowship. Using

the JEST results, each institute will call a limited number of candidates for further selection depending on their requirements.

Aryabhatta ResearchInstitute ofObservationalSciences, Nainital:Astronomy and Astrophysics,Atmospheric Physics.

Homi BhabhaNational Institute,Mumbai:A Deemed University.

Harish-ChandraResearchInstitute,Allahabad:Theoretical Physics &Astrophysics

Indian Institute ofAstrophysics,Bangalore:Astronomy & Astrophysics,Astronomical Instrumenta-tion, Atomic Physics.

The Institute ofMathematicalSciences, Chennai:Theoretical Physics, Theo-retical Computer Science &Computational Biology.

In. ternational Centrefor TheoreticalSciences, TIFRBangalore:Astrophysical Relativity,Data Assimilation & Dy-namical Systems, StatisticalPhysics & Turbulence, Stringtheory & Quantum Gravity.

Institute ofPhysics,Bhubaneswar:Physics (CondensedMatter, Nuclear andHigh Energy Physics)& Accelerator-basedResearch.

Institute for PlasmaResearch,Gandhinagar:Theoretical & Expt.Plasma Phy, Fusionrelated Phy. & IndustrialPlasma Phy.

Inter-UniversityCentre forAstronomy andAstrophysics,Pune:Physics, Astronomy &Astrophysics.

Indira Gandhi Centre for Ato. micResearch, Kalpakkam:Solid State Phase transformations, Supercon-ductivity, Structure & dynamics of soft con-densed matter, Band structure studies, Accel-erators based Irradiation induced phenom-ena, Low-dim systems, Phy of interfaces,Nano-materials, Thin films tech & Theoreticalphysics

Indian Institute ofScience, Bangalore:Condensed Matter Physics(Experiments & Theory),Astronomy & Astrophysics(Theoretical), Atomic & Op-tical Physics (Experimental),Bio-crystallography & Bioinfor-matics, & High Energy Physics(Theoretical).

Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research,Bhopal:Condensed Matter Physics (Theory andExperiment), Soft Matter Physics(Theory),Biophysics, Laser Plasma Interactions, Ul-trafast Physics(Experiment), Astrophysicsand Cosmology, High Energy Physics(Theory,Phenomenology,Experiment),Nonlinear optics.

Indian Institute of Science Educa-tion and Research, Kolkata:Condensed Matter Physics, Field Theory,Classical & Quantum Gravity, Cosmology,Solar Science, High Energy Physics, Non-linear dynamics, Stat. Physics, Soft Matter,Optics & Spectroscopy, Atomic physics, Bio-photonics, Spintronics, Nanoscience, NMR,Quantum Info, Biological Physics & ComplexSystems.

Indian Institute of Science Edu-cation and Research. , Mohali:Quantum Information (Experiment & The-ory), Complex systems & Networks, The-oretical Astrophysics & Cosmology, Stringtheory, Statistical physics, Quantum ther-modynamics, Condensed Matter (Theory &Experiment) NMR-Methodology, Ultra-fastPhysics, Low temperature physics.

Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research,Pune:Condensed Matter Physics, Compu-tational Material Science, Nanotech-nology, Atomic Physics & QuantumOptics, Non-linear Dynamics, Astro-physics, Particle Physics & Field The-ory, Solar & Plasma Physics, QuantumInformation Processing, Soft Matter.

Indian Institute of Science Edu-cation and Research,Thiruvananthapuram:Experimental: Magnetism, Superconduc-tivity, Nanoscience, Photonics, Semicon-ductor Physics, Surface Sciences, Nano-scale Plasmonics, Ultrafast Spectroscopy,Nonlinear Optics; Theory: Cosmology,Gravitational Waves, Quantum Informa-tion, Statistical Physics, Condensed Mat-ter and String Theory.

Indian Institute of Space Sci-ence and Technology,Thiruvananthapuram:Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmo-spheric Sciences, Applied and Adap-tive Optics, Atomic and MolecularPhysics, Condensed Matter Physics,Nanotechnology, Nonlinear Dynamics,Photonics, Quantum Information andStatistical Physics.

National Institute of ScienceEducation and Research,Bhubaneswar:String theory, Lattice QCD, Expt. HighEnergy Physics, Soft Condensed Mat-ter Physics, Electronic structure, Statisti-cal Mechanics, Superconductivity & Mag-netism, Nano-science, Non-linear Op-tics, Ultracold Atoms, Quantum Optics &Quantum Information.

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for AdvancedScient.ific Research, Bangalore:Experimental & Theoretical Condensed MatterPhysics, Biophysics, Advanced Electron Microscopyand Spectroscopy, Statistical Mechanics, MaterialsScience and Soft Condensed Matter

National Brain ResearchCentre, Gurgaon:Neurosciences: Systems, computa-tional, cognitive & molecular. Neu-rocomputing, neuroinformatics &neuroimaging.

National Centre for Ra-dio Astrophysics,TIFR, Pune:Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Raman Research Institute,Bangalore:Astronomy & Astrophysics, Light &Matter Physics, Soft Condensed MatterPhysics (Liquid Crystals, Physics in Bi-ology), & Theoretical Physics.

Phy. sical ResearchLaboratory,Ahmedabad:Theoretical Physics, Astron-omy & Astrophysics, SolarPhysics, Space & AtmosphericSciences, Planetary Science &Geo-Sciences.

Raja Ramanna Centre forAdvanced Technology, Indore:Lasers & their Applications, Laser PlasmaInteraction, Cold Atom Physics, Con-densed Matter Physics (Superconduc-tivity & Magnetism, Crystals & ThinFilms), Nanomaterials & Applications,Non-linear & Ultrafast Optical Studies,Beam Physics, & Free Electron Laser

Satyendra Nath Bose NationalCentre for Basic Sciences,Kolkata:Astrophysics & Cosmology, Chemical &Biological Physics, Condensed MatterPhysics & Material Science, High EnergyPhysics & Quantum Field Theory, Math-ematical Physics, Nanosciences, QuantumOptics & Quantum Information, StatisticalPhysics, Complex Systems.

Saha Institute ofNuclear Physics, Kolkata:Condensed Matter Physics (Theory &Expt.), Nuclear Physics (Theory & Expt.),High Energy Physics (Theory & Expt),Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions & QCDPhase Transition (Theory & Expt.), As-troparticle Physics, Cosmology, Quan-tum Gravity, String Theory, MathematicalPhysics, Surface Science & Plasma Physics

TIFR Centre forInterdiscip. linary Sciences,Hyderabad:Condensed Matter Physics & Ma-terials Science of Nonequilibrium,Soft & Living matter, Fluid Dynam-ics, Intense Laser-matter interac-tions, Computational Physics, Sta-tistical physics, NMR of Biophysical& other systems

Tata Institute ofFundamental Research,Mumbai:Astronomy & Astrophysics, Con-densed Matter Physics & MaterialScience, High Energy Physics, Nu-clear & Atomic Physics, TheoreticalPhysics

UGC-DAE Consortium forScientific Research,Indore:Thin Films, X-ray, Optical & Elec-tron Spectroscopies Elec, Mag. &Thermal Properties at Low Temp.& High Magnetic Fields, NeutronDiffraction; Positron Annihilation,Mossbauer, γ Ray Spectroscopies;Expt. Nuclear Phy

Variable Energy CyclotronCentre, Kolkata:Accelerator Physics, Condensed Mat-ter Physics & Materials Science, Nu-clear Physics (Experiments and The-ory), Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions& QCD Phase Transition (Experiments,Theory), & Physics of Neutrinos (Ex-periments).

Eligibility CriteriaIntegrated Ph.D.: B.Sc. in physics/mathematics; Regular Ph.D.: M.Sc. in physics/applied-physics;

B.Tech./B.E./M.E./M.Tech./4 year B.S./M.C.A. may also be considered for integrated and regular Ph.D programmes in some institutes.Please check the websites of individual institutions for further details. Students in the final year of these courses are also eligible to appear for JEST 2017.

Application through email or by post will not be accepted.Application Fee : |300/- (|150/- for SC/ST)

For further information please visit JEST website: https://www.jest.org.in