Postdocs Positions

PRL invites Post-Doctoral applications throughout the year but are processed every three months. Details on the PRL's Post-Doctoral program, requirement, and benefits can be found at www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/pdf. In addition, PRL also encourages interested candidates to be a part of PRL's research program through independent fellowships such as National Post Doctoral Fellowship and D. S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship.

Ph.D holders with research experience on topics such as star formation, star clusters, young stars, and interstellar medium related to star formation are encouraged to contact me in well advance before applying for these positions. If selected, he or she is expected to work on astronomical data related to the above topics, so familiarity with data reduction methods and analysis tools is essential in addition to the knowledge on the subject of interest. Candidates familiar with data mining and numerical simulation codes are highly encouraged to apply.

PRL owns and operates the Mount Abu Observatory, which includes a 1.0-m telescope and several other small-size telescopes. A new 2.5-m telescope at the Mount Abu site is also expected to be operational towards the end of 2021. PRL also owns a highly scientific computing facility, the Vikram - 100 HPC Cluster. The Post-Doc will have access to all these facilities during his/her tenure like any other faculty member of the PRL. During his/her tenure the Post-doc is expected to discuss his/her progress on regular basis, plan new scientific programs,, write new observing proposals, train younger students, and publish results.

PhD Positions

Every year, the Physical Physical Research Laboratory invites application from MSc students for its Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) program leading to Ph.D in various research fields including Astronomy and Astrophysics. The Astronomy and Astrophysics division of PRL owns and operates the Mount Abu Observatory, which includes a 1.0-m telescope and several other small-size telescopes. A new 2.5-m telescope at the Mount Abu site is also expected to be operational towards the end of 2021. PRL also wons a powerful scientific computing facility, the Vikram - 100 HPC Cluster .

MSc students interested in pursuing carrier in Astronomy and Astrophysics can enquire about  PRL's PhD program and its requirements at  https://www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/phd . If selected, the JRF joins the Ph.D. program after the successful completion of the one-year course work. The total tenure of the fellowship is limited to five years, including the course work. During the course work, students also need to do several projects with the faculty members of the PRL along with sloving assignments and appearing semester exams. I encourage PRL students interested in pursing star formation and star cluster as their research topics to do short-term projects with me.

Engineering/Master Thesis

Each year, I spend some time working on a couple of engineering/master thesis. MSc/BTech/MTech students can contact me for their final year engineering/master thesis. The Physical Research Laboratory offers scope for such students for a period of 05 to 06 months to work at PRL. Details about the program can be found at https://www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/ept. Those students having knowledge of astronomy or data mining or scientific computing are encouraged to contact me to avail such scopes.  Selected students will work with on research topics related to star formation and star clusters using astronomical data, and at the end of the project submit their thesis to PRL.  

Internships

The Physical Research Laboratory runs its summer intern program for 10-12 weeks (nearly) in every summer between May to July. Details on the PRL's summer intern program and its requirements can be found at https://www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/summer_internship. Students who are interested in star formation and have a background in astronomy, physics, engineering, and computer science are encouraged to apply to work with me. If selected, he or she will work on astronomy related research problems depending his/her strength. At the end of the summer, the student is expected to present their research results as a short talk and submit a written report to PRL.