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JOINT ENTRANCE SCREENING TEST-2015For Ph. D. Programmes in

Physics / Theoretical Computer Science / NeuroscienceSunday, February 15, 2015, 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 http://www.jest.org.in From: November 01, 2014 To: December 08, 2014

Qualifying in JEST does not entitle an applicant to get a Research Fellowship. Using the JEST results, each institute will call a limitednumber of candidates for further selection depending on their requirements.

Aryabhatta Re-search Instituteof ObservationalSciences, Naini-tal:Astronomy and Astro-physics, AtmosphericPhysics.

Homi Bhabha Na-tional Institute,Mumbai:a Deemed University.

Harish-ChandraResearch Insti-tute, Allahabad:Theoretical Physics &Astrophysics

Indian Instituteof Astrophysics,Bangalore:Astronomy & Astro-physics, AstronomicalInstrumentation,Atomic Physics.

The Institute ofMathematical Sci-ences, Chennai:Theoretical Physics, &Theoretical ComputerScience.

In. ternational Centre forTheoretical Sciences, TIFRBangalore:Astrophysical Relativity, Data As-similation & Dynamical Systems,Statistical Physics & Turbulence,String theory & Quantum Gravity.

Institute of Physics,Bhubaneswar:Physics (Condensed Matter,Nuclear and High Energy Physics)& Accelerator-based Research.

Institute for Plasma Re-search, Gandhinagar:Theoretical & Expt. Plasma Phy,Fusion related Phy. & IndustrialPlasma Phy.

Inter-University Centrefor Astronomy and Astro-physics, Pune:Physics, Astronomy & Astro-physics.

Indira Gandhi Centrefor Ato. mic Research,Kalpakkam:Solid State Phase transformations,Superconductivity, Structure &dynamics of soft condensed matter,Band structure studies, Acceler-ators based Irradiation inducedphenomena, Low-dim systems,Phy of interfaces, Nano-materials,Thin films tech & Theoreticalphysics

Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore:Condensed Matter Physics (Exper-iments & Theory), Astronomy &Astrophysics (Theoretical), Atomic& Optical Physics (Experimental),Bio-crystallography & Bioinformat-ics, & High Energy Physics (Theo-retical).

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

Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research,Kolkata:Condensed Matter Physics, FieldTheory, Classical & Quantum Grav-ity, Cosmology, Solar Science, HighEnergy Physics, Non-linear dy-namics, Stat. Physics, Soft Mat-ter, Optics & Spectroscopy, Atomicphysics, Biophotonics, Spintronics,Nanoscience, NMR, Quantum Info.

Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research. ,Mohali:Quantum Information (Experiment& Theory), Complex systems& Networks, Theoretical Astro-physics & Cosmology, Stringtheory, Statistical physics, Quan-tum thermodynamics, CondensedMatter (Theory & Experiment)NMR-Methodology , Ultra-fastPhysics, Low temperature physics.

Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research,Pune:Condensed Matter Physics,Computational Material Science,Nanotechnology, Atomic Physics& Quantum Optics, Non-linearDynamics, Astrophysics, ParticlePhysics & Field Theory, Solar& Plasma Physics, QuantumInformation Processing, SoftMatter.

Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research,Thiruvananthapuram:Experimental: Magnetism, Super-conductivity, Nanoscience, Photon-ics, Semiconductor Physics, Sur-face Sciences, Nano-scale Plasmon-ics, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Non-linear Optics; Theory: Cosmology,Gravitational Waves, Quantum In-formation, Statistical Physics, Con-densed Matter and String Theory.

National Institute ofScience Education andResearch, Bhubaneswar:String theory, Lattice QCD, Expt.High Energy Physics, Soft Con-densed Matter Physics, Electronicstructure, Statistical Mechanics,Superconductivity & Magnetism,Nano-science, Non-linear Optics,Ultracold Atoms, Quantum Optics& Quantum Information.

Jawaharlal Nehru Centrefor Advanced Scient.ificResearch, Bangalore:Experimental & Theoretical Con-densed Matter Physics, Biophysics,Advanced Electron Microscopyand Spectroscopy, StatisticalMechanics, Materials Science andSoft Condensed Matter

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

National Centre for RadioAstrophysics, TIFR, Pune:Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Raman Research Institute,Bangalore:Astronomy & Astrophysics, Light& Matter Physics, Soft CondensedMatter Physics (Liquid Crystals,Physics in Biology), & TheoreticalPhysics.

Phy. sical Research Labora-tory, Ahmedabad:Theoretical Physics, Astronomy &Astrophysics, Solar Physics, Space& Atmospheric Sciences, PlanetaryScience & Geo-Sciences.

Raja Ramanna Centre forAdvanced Technology, In-dore:Lasers & their Applications, LaserPlasma Interaction, Cold AtomPhysics, Condensed Matter Physics(Superconductivity & Magnetism,Crystals & Thin Films), Nanoma-terials & Applications, Non-linear& Ultrafast Optical Studies, BeamPhysics, & Free Electron Laser

Satyendra Nath Bose Na-tional Centre for Basic Sci-ences, Kolkata:Astrophysics & Cosmology, Chem-ical & Biological Physics, Con-densed Matter Physics & MaterialScience, High Energy Physics &Quantum Field Theory, Mathemat-ical Physics, Nanosciences, Quan-tum Optics & Quantum Informa-tion, Statistical Physics, ComplexSystems.

Saha Institute of NuclearPhysics, Kolkata:Condensed Matter Physics, NuclearPhysics, High Energy Physics, As-troparticle Physics, Quantum Grav-ity, String Theory, MathematicalPhysics, Surface Science & PlasmaPhysics

TIFR Centre forInterdiscip. linary Sci-ences, Hyderabad:Condensed Matter Physics &Materials Science of Nonequilib-rium, Soft & Living matter, FluidDynamics, Intense Laser-matterinteractions, ComputationalPhysics, Statistical physics, NMR ofBiophysical & other systems

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

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

Variable Energy CyclotronCentre, Kolkata:Accelerator Physics, CondensedMatter Physics & Materials Science,Nuclear Physics (Experiments andTheory), Relativistic Heavy IonCollisions & QCD Phase Transition(Experiments, Theory), & Physicsof Neutrinos (Experiments).

Eligibility CriteriaThe eligibility criteria is BSc. for Integrated Phd. and MSc. for Phd. programmes. Students in the final year of these courses are also eligible to appear for JEST 2015. Addi-tionally in some institutions B.Tech./B.E/M.E/M.Tech/4 year B.S. may also be eligible for Phd/Int-Phd programmes. Please check the websites of individual institutionsfor further details.

Other forms(email or postal) of applications are not accepted.Application Fee : |300/- (|150/- for SC/ST)

For further information please visit JEST website (http://www.jest.org.in)