ADMISSIONS-ENTRANCE TESTS BA/B.Com/B.Sc/B.Tech/B.E./B.Arch/B.Pharm/LL.B./BBA/BCA/B.Lib & I.Sc/MA/M.Com/M.Sc/M.E./M.Tech/M.Pharm/MS/MD/M.Arch/LL.M./MB

The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune, invites applications for a one-year Post-Graduate internship program in radio astronomy, beginning in August, 2011. This program has the aim of orienting bright and motivated students with a B.E. or a B.Tech degree towards a research career in astronomy, particularly at radio wavelengths where NCRA operates the world's larges radio interferometer, the GIANT METREWAVE RADIO TELESCOPE.



The program consists of a year of course in basic physics (classical & quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics & electrodynamics) at the Master's level, allied with exposure to computation, data analysis, astrophysics and radio astronomy. After successful completion of the first year, the interns will be required to pass an entrance examination and interview. Students passing these qualifiers will be eligible to join NCRA as research scholars and work towards a Ph.D degree.

While equipping engineering students with a healthy knowledge of basic physics to allow them entry into the NCRA Ph.D program is the primary goal of the internship program, the skills and experience that the students will acquire have broader applicability in other branches of astronomy and physics.

Students who expects to complete their B.E./B.Tech degree requirements by August, 2011 are eligible to apply for the internship programme.

APPLICATION FORM: Online apply www.ncra.tifr.res.in/~intern/index.htm

LAST DATE FOR ONLINE APPLICATION FORM SUBMISSION: October 1, 2010

INTERVIEW DATE: 22 or 23 December, 2010