Post-Doctoral Application Procedure :



External IPDFs / NPDFs Application :

Instruction for the prospective External IPDF / NPDF candidates :

Please note the following :

  1. We consider applications from candidates who have either obtained their Ph. D. degree in the last two years or submitted their Ph. D. thesis and are awaiting the defense. Your application will not be considered if you have defended your thesis more than two years ago.
  2. Minimum eligibility criterion for candidates to be considered is to have at least three publications in journals with impact factor of 2.0 or more. The candidate must be a first author/ joint first author/ corresponding author in at least one of these papers. Exceptions may be made for candidates with a paper in a journal of impact factor of more than 5.5.
  3. Before filling this form, please contact faculty members of our department whose work interests you. Make sure that one of the faculty member is interested in hosting you as a postdoctoral fellow. Without this, your application will not be considered.


Things required to fill out the IPDF / NPDF application forms :
  1. An updated CV.
  2. Consent letter from the prospective supervisor from department of Chemistry, IITB.
If you fulfill all the above conditions, and have the necessary data along with you as per requirement, then please fill out the following two forms to complete your IPDF / NPDF application :

  1. Form-1
  2. Link to upload Form-1

    3. For more related information about the IPDF position, please visit the webpage.

Internal IPDFs Application :

Instruction for the prospective Internal IPDF candidates :

Things required to fill out the IPDF application forms :

  1. An updated CV.

If you fulfill all the above conditions, and have the necessary data along with you as per requirement, then please fill out the following two forms to complete your IPDF application :

Please remember, filling out both the forms (1 and 2) are mandatory for full consideration.

  1. Form-1

    2. Once complete, please send this application directly to Head, department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay (at hod@chem.iitb.ac.in ).
    For more related information about the IPDF position, please visit the webpage.

  2. Form-2

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