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SCHOLARSHIP
Purpose & Development Organisation, Indian Coun-
cil of Agricultural Research, Indian Coun-
Recognition of outstanding work in Biolog- cil of Medical Research, Directors of CSIR
ical Sciences & Technology. Laboratories, Bhabha Atomic Research Cen-
tre, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Eligibility: Secretaries of the Department of Scientific &
Industrial Research, Department of Biotech-
a) Any citizen of India engaged in research nology, etc. Member in-charge (Science) in
in Biological Sciences & Technology. Over- the Planning Commission and former Prof
seas citizen of India (OCI) and Persons of In- GNR Gold Medal Awardees. University Fac-
dian Origin (PIO) working in India are also ulties can recommend scientists working in
eligible. their institutions only and route nominations
b) The Award shall be bestowed on a per- through their respective Vice-Chancellors,
CSIR – G N Ramachandran son, who in the opinion of Advisory Commit- while the faculties in IITs are required to send
Gold Medal for Excellence tee constituted by CSIR, has made conspic- their nominations through their Directors. SERB International Travel
in Biological Sciences & uously important and excellent contributions Directors-General of the R & D Organisa- Support (ITS) Scheme –
to human knowledge and progress, funda- tions and Chairperson of Commissions may Official Notification
Technology 2018 mental or applied in the particular field of en- sponsor names of the scientists working in
deavor, which is his / her specialization. their respective organizations. The Directors
c) The award would be given on the basis of of CSIR laboratories can nominate candi-
CSIR – G N Ramachandran Gold Med- contributions made through work done pri- dates in disciplines of their interest irrespec- Interested and eligible candidates are
al for Excellence in Biological Sciences & marily in India during the ten years, preced- tive of the fact whether they are working in encouraged to apply online for a SERB
Technology 2018 official notification has ing the year of prize (For this purpose “pri- CSIR laboratories or outside. The recipients International Travel Support Scheme. In-
been announced. CSIR – G N Ramachan- marily” will mean “for the most part”). of Prof GNR Gold Medal can send nomina- ternational Travel Support Scheme SERB
dran Gold Medal for Excellence in Bio- tion of one person only for each year’s award. Govt of India Scheme. International Trav-
logical Sciences & Technology 2018 for in- Award: Nominations from other individuals spon- el Support (ITS) Scheme 2018 announce-
terested and eligible candidates as per the soring their own names or of other are not ment. Check out all of the details on the
details given below: The Award shall be given every year with acceptable. Each nomination should be ac- same below:
the approval of the Governing Body of CSIR companied by a detailed statements of work
Nominations are invited for G N Ram- on the recommendations of the Advisory and attainments of the nominee and a critical International Travel Support (ITS) Scheme
achandran Gold Medal for Excellence in Committee. assessment report (not more than 500 words) provides financial assistance to Indian re-
Biological Sciences and Technology 2018 bringing out the importance of significant re- searchers for presenting a research paper in
Advisory Committee: search and development contributions of the an international scientific event (conference,
The Council of Scientific & Industrial Re- nominee made during the ten years preceding seminar, workshop etc.) held abroad. In ad-
search (CSIR) invites nominations for the G a) The Advisory Committee for each year’s the year of the Prize. dition, support is also provided to young sci-
N Ramachandran Gold Medal for Excellence award would be constituted by DG, CSIR. b) A candidate, once nominated, would be entists (age limit below 35 years as on date
in Biological Sciences and Technology for The Committee would consist of a maximum considered for a total period of three years, if of start of the event) for attending training
the year 2018. The award is bestowed every of seven experts in broad areas. otherwise eligible. Once such a nomination programmes, Short-term schools and Work-
year to an outstanding Indian scientist, who b) On receipt of the nominations for a par- has been received, CSIR can correspond di- shops. Economy class air-fare by shortest
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Sciences and Technology. The award would all members of Advisory Committee. Presentation to the above support. Applications can be
be given for the work done primarily in In- c) Meeting of the Committee would be submitted within the window of 60-90 days
dia during ten years preceding the year of the convened by CSIR, in consultation with the a) The Award will be presented to the recip- in advance from the date of start of the event.
award. Chairperson for selecting the recipient of the ient on 26 September, the CSIR Foundation The system will not accept early or late sub-
“G N Ramachandran Award” and the recom- Day. mission of applications.
Preamble: mendations of the Committee would be sub- b) In all matters of award of “G N Ram-
mitted to DG, CSIR for approval. achandran Gold Medal for Excellence in Bio- Scope :
a) The Award is named after Prof. G N Ra- d) The composition of Advisory Commit- logical Sciences & Technology” the decision
machandran and will be known as the “ G N tee, the information submitted for their scru- of CSIR shall be final. The ITS scheme is to provide financial as-
Ramachandran Gold Medal for Excellence in tiny, the proceedings of the meeting and the sistance for presenting a original research
Biological Sciences & Technology”. procedure for consideration of the nomina- How to Apply : paper or chairing a session or delivering a
tions, other than as detailed herein would be keynote address in an international scientif-
b) The Award is given each year for out- kept confidential. Nominations addressed to Scientist In- ic event held abroad (conference/seminar/
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& Technology. Nominations: velopment Group, CSIR Complex, Library support to young researchers (Age<35 years
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for presenting an original scientific documents within 90 days from the last The selection would be made among students
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the case of young scientists attending • The host institute/Applicant shall en- stitution to carry out research in chosen areas
training programmes such as short term sure that the fund released is used ex- of interest to India. The applicants belonging
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• The scientific event should be of an should inform SERB immediately, and to undertake research visit to the following
international character. Invitation of the grant released, if any, should be re-
Official Notification Universities to whom SERB had signed MoU
personal nature such as for carrying out funded back by the Institute to SERB should apply directly to the University:
post-doctoral work, informal training immediately by means of DD drawn in
programmes/courses, internship, ob- favour of “Fund for Science and Engi- Golden opportunity for Indian nationals • Purdue University, West Lafayette,
server-ship etc. will not be eligible for neering Research”. only via SERB Overseas Visiting Doctor- USA
support. • If the results of research are to be legal- al Fellowship that has been announced. Contact Person: Mrs. Heidi Arola (harola@
ly protected, the results should not be Candidates that are interested and eligible purdue.edu), Managing Director for Global
Nature of Support: presented in international fora without check for all of the details on the Overseas Partnerships.
action being taken to secure legal pro- Visiting Doctoral Fellowship – SERB. that More Details available at: http://www.pur-
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class air fare by the shortest route, airport tax • If any candidate found to have fur-
and visa fees for attending the specific event. nished incorrect / misleading informa- Objective: • University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Registration fees is also provided to young tion at any stage, his/her candidature Canada
scientists (Age<35 on the date of start of will be cancelled and no reimburse- Application for support to undertake re- Contact Person: Mr. Dan Fredrick (dan.
event) in addition to the above support. The ment will be made. The candidate will search training during the doctoral research fredrick@ualberta.ca), Manager, Sponsored
support is provided on reimbursement basis also be debarred for next three years for in overseas countries on a competitive mode Student Program
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institute. 5 & 5A, Lower Ground Floor, • To provide opportunity to performing fellowship amount equivalent to US $ 2000,
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presenting paper (oral/poster) by the Sector-B, Pocket-5, Vasant Kunj sure and access to top class research ances of Rs. 60,000/- to cover visa fee, air-
organizers. New Delhi-110070 facilities in academia and labs across port transfer charges, medical insurance etc.
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be presented. Please be sure to include 40000321 • To create opportunities to build long- shortest route economy class air fare from
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ated institutions with full address and with accomplished scientists and tech- the host institute and back. One additional to
title of the abstract. For security reasons, IP addresses of the ap- nologists from around the world. and fro travel cost would also be provided to
• Biodata with complete list of Scientific plicant’s computers are being recorded dur- • To tap the expertise gained by these the fellow, if the period of stay is one year
/ Technical publications and Patents, if ing the usage. young scientists to strengthen/initiate or more. Students should make their own ar-
any. national programmes in their domain rangement for accommodation etc.
If any candidate found to have furnished knowledge. While formulating the proposal, the host
Application Stage: incorrect / misleading information at any overseas scientist should clearly mention the
stage, his/her application for support will Eligibility: level of fees that their Institute charge for un-
• Endorsement by the Head of the Insti- be cancelled and no reimbursement will be dertaking the research training of the student.
tution made. The candidate will also be debarred • The scheme is open to Indian nationals If necessary, a nominal grant is provided as
• Certificate by the Applicant including for next three years for availing support only. Bench fee / tuition fee / consumable cost /
Event Benefits under this scheme. • The applicant should have registered overhead charge to the overseas host institu-
• Bio-data of the Applicant for full-time Ph.D. Degree in any of the tion.
• Acceptance Letter from the Organizer recognized Institutions / Universities One visit, each by the Indian supervisor to
• Abstract(s) of the paper(s) to be pre- in India in Science, Technology, En- the Overseas Institution where the student is
sented gineering and Mathematics (including working and overseas faculty to the host Indi-
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• Date of Birth Certificate • Should have received an offer letter Scheme. The following provisions are made
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• Financial Support from Other Sources carry out research for a specified dura-
tion. The host supervisor should pro- Travel:
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• Claim Form od of stay and other requirements. round-trip economy class air fare not ex-
• Bank Account Details Air/Rail/Bus/ • Part-time and sponsored students are ceeding Rs. 1.5 lakh per round trip from their
Others tickets not considered under the Program. Also place of work to the city of host institute and
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• Boarding Passes sis for award of the Degree of Ph.D. are borne by the visitors.
• Visa Charges not eligible to apply.
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other sources Applications are invited from Ph.D. stu-
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Documents required :
NEWS
CRISPR Facilitates
Successful Red Blood Cell
Transfusion
Popular simplification of blood groups es for blood transfusion services across the
while collection of blood at hospitals and world to match.
centres has led to the misrepresentation of The ability to generate RBCs with be-
the complexity of RBC surface antigens that spoke phenotypes for individuals with rare
influence donor–recipient compatibility with blood types together with a “more universal”
36 blood group systems and more than 350 source of RBCs designed to minimise allo-
different antigens recognised by the Interna- immunisation in SCD patients and to meet
tional Society of Blood Transfusion. the transfusion needs of existing patients for
Mismatch of any blood group antigen has whom alloimmunisation has reduced the suit-
By Disha Padmanabha
the potential to cause alloimmunisation (gen- able donor pool would have obvious clinical
eration of antibodies to non‐self RBC anti- benefits.
gens). Across all transfusion recipients, this The desire to improve RBC compatibility Dr. Ashley Toye Director of the Bristol use of gene editing in combination with lab-
occurs in approximately 2–5% of cases; how- for transfusion is not a new concept. Now, NIHR BTRU said: “Blood made using ge- oratory culture of red blood cells to generate
ever, in chronically transfused sickle‐cell dis- scientists at the U.K.-based NIHR Blood and netically edited cells could one day provide rare or customized red blood cells for patients
ease (SCD) patients, RBC alloimmunisation Transplant Research Unit (NIHR BTRU) in compatible transfusions for a group of pa- with specific needs. While the authors stress
occurs in approximately 30% of cases. red cell products, BrisSynBio Center, and tients for whom blood matching is difficult or the many challenging technical obstacles that
Whilst alloimmunisation of chronically NHS Blood and Transplant in Bristol have impossible to achieve within the donor pop- must be overcome before this approach could
transfused patients increases the difficulty in developed individual cell lines in which spe- ulation. However, much more work will still be translated to a clinical product, they be-
obtaining suitably matched donations, indi- cific blood group genes were altered using be needed to produce blood cells suitable for lieve their work does provide a window into
viduals exist with non‐pathological but par- CRISPR to prevent the expression of blood patient use.” the possible applications of red blood cells
ticularly rare naturally occurring blood group group proteins that can cause immune reac- produced from gene-edited cell lines.
phenotypes that also present major challeng- tions. The study is the first that demonstrate the
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to Bolster Antimalarial
CHROMOSOMAL INTERACTIONS
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Fungus-Fighting
3D-Printed Dental
Prostheses Developed
The significant incidence of fungal infec- The researchers 3D printed the dentures
tions in dental prostheses that has a major with acrylamide, which is the current go-to
impact on quality of oral and overall general material for dentures. The study looked to
health remains to be adequately addressed. determine whether the 3D printed dentures
Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. denture-wear- were as strong as conventional ones, and if
ing population suffer frequent fungal infec- they could effectively release the medication.
tions that cause inflammation, redness and To test the dentures’ strength, the research-
swelling in the mouth. ers used a flexural strength testing machine
Therefore, researchers at the University of to bend them and test their breaking point.
Buffalo, have now invented 3-D printed den- Conventional lab-fabricated dentures were
tures that can fight denture-related fungal in- used as a control. Although the 3D printed
fections. To achieve this, the scientists filled dentures’ strength was found to be 35 percent
the prosthetic devices with microscopic Am- less than the conventional ones, they never
photericin B-releasing capsules. broke.
Amphotericin B is a polyene antifungal an- The scientists then tested the ability of the
tibiotic commonly used in the treatment of dentures to release Amphotericin B. The
denture-related stomatitis. Incorporating the teeth were tested with one, five and ten lay-
antibiotic in dentures can help deter and treat ers of the medication, to see if more could
fungal infections. be held within the teeth without impeding its
ability to be released. The researchers found
“The antifungal application could prove that sets of teeth with five and ten layers were
invaluable among those highly susceptible impermeable, preventing the medicine from
to infection, such as the elderly, hospitalized being released, but that Amphotericin B was
or disabled patients,” said Praveen Arany, easily released by dentures with a single po-
DDS, PhD, the study’s senior author and an rous layer.
assistant professor in the Department of Oral Future research aims to reinforce the me-
Biology in the UB School of Dental Med- chanical strength of 3-D printed dentures
icine. “The major impact of this innovative with glass fibers and carbon nanotubes, and
3-D printing system is its potential impact on focus on denture relining. – the readjustment
By Disha Padmanabha
saving cost and time.” of dentures to maintain proper fit.
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Researchers Map
Telomerase in More Detail
than Ever Before
Why do we get old? It is, on the face of it, (TERT) and conserved motifs of telomerase
a puzzle. Cells can effect repairs, and divide RNA (hTR), and an H/ACA ribonucleopro-
to make new copies of themselves – they’ve tein (RNP).
been doing it for four billion years, give or Telomerase was discovered in 1997, but it’s
take. So why do the cells in our bodies wear so complicated that researchers have been
out? Why, after a few short decades, do they unable to determine what it looked like un-
stop working? til now. The researchers used a new imaging By Disha Padmanabha
The search for the key to ageing – and a technique called cryo-electron microscopy
means of slowing or reversing it – is far older (cryo-EM), which involves cryogenically and had made some advances before now, in- together.’”
than anything we’d call science. In ancient freezing a sample before looking at it with cluding discovering and characterising many
China around 200 bc, a Qin emperor sent an an electron microscope. This technique can of the proteins in the enzyme, as well as the Nguyen was able to isolate the active en-
alchemist Xu Fu to the eastern seas to find illuminate structures too sensitive for normal broken-up hairpin structure of the RNA back- zyme and purify it much better than anyone
the elixir of life; medieval alchemists sought electron microscopes. bone of telomerase. had before, and employed a new, state-of-
the “philosopher’s stone” which, as well as Telomerase has an exceptionally complex The newly revealed structure still lacks fine the-art cryoelectron microscope to determine
transmuting base metals into gold, was said structure, with an RNA backbone decorated detail, but combined with knowledge of the the structure of the active telomerase unam-
to prolong the life of anyone who ate a piece by six types of protein that move around as gene sequence of human telomerase, it pro- biguously. Cryo-EM is a technique for deter-
of it. A more scientific version of this quest is they add DNA to the ends of chromosomes. vides enough information to start thinking mining molecular structures of compounds
still going on. With the complex structure comes com- about potential targets for drugs, said first that cannot be crystallized and imaged with
For years now, it’s been said that telomeres plex questions, such as whether the enzyme author Thi Hoang Duong “Kelly” Nguyen, X-rays, and its developers won the 2017 No-
– the tips of your chromosomes – are the key operates singly or as conjoined twins, and a Miller Institute postdoctoral fellow at UC bel Prize in Chemistry.
to cancer and aging. The shorter they are, the how and just how many proteins decorate the Berkeley.
worse off you are – so the story goes. But RNA backbone. The team is ecstatic to finally have a de-
what do we really know about them? Without answers to these questions, it has “The best previous images of human tel- finitive structure for telomerase and looks
Now, in the most detailed map of telomeres proven difficult to design a drug to target the omerase had a resolution of only 30 Ång- forward to learning more about the intricate
yet, researchers at UC Berkeley have present- molecular machine and either destroy tel- stroms; we were able to get about 7 to 8 assembly process of one of the most complex
ed the cryo-electron microscopy structure of omerase activity, or indeed restart telomer- Ångstroms resolution using cryoelectron enzymes in the body: a polymerase as com-
the substrate-bound human telomerase holo- ase, such as to boost cell division after a bone microscopy,” Kelly said. “When I got to the plicated as the ribosome, which reads RNA to
enzyme at subnanometre resolution, showing marrow transplant. point where I could see all the subunits – we produce proteins.
two flexibly RNA-tethered lobes: the catalyt- The Berkeley lab has been trying to deter- had 11 protein subunits in total – it was a mo-
ic core with telomerase reverse transcriptase mine the structure of telomerase for 20 years ment of, ‘Wow, wow, this is how they all fit
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• Molecular Medicine
• Plant Biology The S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic 3. Date of Interview: 18th June – 20th
• III. Integrative Biology Sciences invites students with consistently June 2018
good academic record (First Division/Class)
Visit our website http://www.icgeb.org/ to apply for admission into the Ph.D Pro- 4. Age Limit: None. However, the last
research-groups-Delhi.html for more de- gramme in Physical, Chemical & Biological qualifying University examination (M.Sc/
tails on the research interest of above PIs. Sciences 2018. The students who apply are Masters.)
expected to be motivated to make a career in should have been taken not earlier than
Minimum Qualification: Research. The programme is fully residential 2016.
and the students are offered on-campus ac-
(A) First class (60% or equivalent grade) commodations and boarding facilities. The 5. Fellowship:
M.Sc. in any branch of Science (e.g. Phys- Centre charges no fee for the programmes.
ics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics etc) or All students joining the centre get contin- As JRF – Rs. 25,000/- (per month)
M.Tech. or M.B.B.S. or M.V.Sc. or M.Pharm. gency grants to meet research contingency As SRF – Rs. 28,000/-(per month)
or equivalent qualification recognized by expenses that include expenses for attending The programme is strictly residential and all
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New conferences and training programmes in In- students will be provided on campus accom-
Delhi, is required. Candidates appearing for dia. The students also get generous support modation.
the qualifying examination this year may also to attend International Conferences outside
apply; they will be admitted provisionally India. 6. Online Application: Starts on 5th May
pending satisfactory fulfilment of the above The Centre is a premier autonomous re- 2018 and Closes on 31st May 2018.
requirements at the time of joining (1st July search institute under the Department of Sci-
2018). ence and Technology, Government of India. Only online applications will be accepted.
(B) The applicant should have cleared any In addition, the Centre receives extramural Please log on to http://www.bose.res.in for
one of the following examinations: CSIR, funding from various funding agencies of further details. In matters of admission, the
UGC, ICMR, DBT (I), DST-INSPIRE, BINC India and abroad for its different research decision of the Director of the Centre is final
or any other equivalent JRF examination. programmes. The Centre has extensive col- and binding.
The fellowship must be valid for at least four laborative programmes with other premier
years. GATE and DBT(II) are not accepted. institutions in India and abroad through For any academic/official query, please
bi-lateral exchanges in which the PhD re- write to: admission@bose.res.in
Application Procedure: search scholars take active part. The Centre
is fully equipped with the state-of-the art in- For any technical query, please write to:
(A) Applications MUST be filled online frastructure (experimental and computation- admission-help@bose.res.in
(click the link at the bottom) al) including a digital library for advanced re-
(B) Before starting online application pre- search in chosen areas of Physical, Chemical, Important Dates
pare demand draft of Rs 600/- in favour of Biological and Mathematical Sciences. The
“ICGEB, New Delhi”, payable at New Delhi research programme in biological sciences • Publication of advertisement in News-
as you are required to fill the demand draft focuses on the areas of overlap with chemical papers : 30th April, 2018
details online. and biophysical problems. For research pro-
(C) Scan recent colour passport size photo. files of the members of the Faculty and for
Size of photo should be less than 2 MB. the facilities available, please visit the
(D) Print the online receipt and the admit
card in COLOUR, generated after the suc- URL: www.bose.res.in.
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• Online application system starts on : al Centre of Biotechnology, Faridabad, after (CET-2018) for admission in the following Credit Card/Debit Cardi Net Banking/ Chal-
5th May, 2018 completion of course work and any addition- UG and PG courses being offered at Its Uni- lan in SBI.
• Online application system closes on : al requirements. versity Teaching Departments for the session The online (Computer based) entrance
31st May, 2018 2018-19: test will be held at Indore, Dewas, Bhopal,
Eligibility and Selection Criteria: Jabalpur, Gwalior, Ujjain, Sagar, Satna,
Interview Programme Courses After 10+2 : Rewa, Mandsaur, Khandwa, Ranchi, Patna,
Individuals desirous of seeking admission Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Rai-
Integrated Ph.D : 13-15 June, 2018 must have a Master’s degree in any branch of Group D : LL.M. (Business Law)/M.Sc. pur, Bilaspur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Kota,
Ph.D : 18-20 June, 2018 Life Science (M.Sc., M.V.Sc., or M.Pharm) (Life Sciences/Industrial Microbiology/ Vadodara, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata,
or B.Tech / M.Tech in any branch of Life Biochemistry)/ M.Sc. (Electronics/Elec- Kochi, Bhuvneshwarcities. University has
Online Application Interface for Admis- Science. Candidates must also have secured tronics & Commun-2 Yrs/M.Sc.[Genetic the right to change the cities for entrance test.
sion 2018 [Commencement of online appli- CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR/INSPIRE NET JRF/ Eng./Binformatics / Biotechnology indus- After entrance test, counseling will be in of-
cation: Sat, May 05, 2018 at 12:00:00 AM UGC-RGNF or any other national research try sponsored) fline (manual) mode at Indore only.
IST fellowship for 5 years. Applications will also Last date of online submission of appli-
be accepted from candidates who have se- How to Apply: cation form is Thursday, 10th May, 2018.
cured a fellowship and have completed or are The details of eligibility, number of seats,
likely to complete the required courses in the Applyonline only through http://www. fee structure, dates for counseling etc. are in
academic year 2018-19. Having a fellowship dauniv.ac.in. The Computer based entrance CET-2018 brochure available on our website
is mandatory for consideration. The terms test for group A, B, C and D will be held www.dauniv.ac.in. All the Notices will be put
and conditions, fellowship amount etc. will on May 22,2018 (in two shifts; Groups A & on the University Website only.
be governed by the awarding funding agency C-10.00 to 11.30 AM, Groups B & D-2.00 to
subject to the Rules and conventions of the 3.30 PM). The application fee is Rs. 1550/·. Helpline: cetdauniversity@gmail.com
Institute. The application fee can be paid either by
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