Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships at NIAS
- National Institute of Advanced Studies(NIAS) -

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am forwarding an important mail (alongwith an attachment) regarding doctoral and post doctoral research in one of the the country's most esteemed institutions. I thought I should make the news reach interested friends in the e-pao community. please do the needful.

Regards,
Joyshree Chanam
Ph.D student
Centre for Ecological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, India

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Dear friends,

A new research programme will be starting at the School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, in January 2010. The programme is entitled 'Provincial Globalisation: The Impact of Reverse Transnational Flows in India's Regional Towns'. This is an international collaborative programme with the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR), University of Amsterdam (UvA), and NIAS, directed by Prof. Mario Rutten (ASSR) and Dr. Carol Upadhya (NIAS).

The attached flyer is a pre-announcement of research positions that we will soon be advertising under the programme -- two Ph.D. fellowships in sociology/ social anthropology and one Post-Doctoral Fellowship in economics.

We would be very grateful if you could circulate this information widely among your colleagues and students to help us attract good applications for these positions.

Also kindly print out the flyer and place it prominently on your bulletin board, if possible. If you have any students who would potentially be interested in the Ph.D. positions, please do ask them to write to me. You can also tell them informally that if they join this programme, we may be able to offer registration for the Ph.D. degree with the University of Amsterdam.

Thanks and best regards,

Carol

*Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships
National Institute of Advanced Studies(NIAS) *

The National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) is a multidisciplinary research institute located in Bangalore. We are searching for two Ph.D. Students and one Post-Doctoral Fellow to work in a new research programme of the School of Social Sciences, entitled 'Provincial Globalisation: The Impact of Reverse Transnational Flows in India's Regional Towns'. This is an international collaborative programme of the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR), University of Amsterdam (UvA), and NIAS, beginning in January 2010.

The doctoral fellowships will be for four years beginning in August 2010 and the post-doc position for two years beginning in May 2010.

*Eligibility for doctoral fellowships:*

The fellowships are open to those who have completed / are completing (by July 2010) a Master's degree in in sociology, social anthropology, geography, or related social sciences, with at least 55 % marks. Candidates with M.Phil. degrees or relevant research experience will be preferred.

Selected candidates should have excellent writing skills in English and a good knowledge of Kannada or Telugu (spoken and The selected candidates will undergo a year of coursework and research training prior to fieldwork, half of which will be conducted at NIAS and the other half at ASSR, Amsterdam. The fellowships will provide four years of support as well as funding for research and other expenses related to the programme.

*Required qualifications for the post-doctoral fellowship:*

The post-doctoral fellow will design and carry out an independent project on the economics of transnational migration and resource flows. Candidates should have finished a Ph.D. degree in economics, preferably with specialization in migration studies. The successful candidate will have strong quantitative and analytical skills and an ability to utilise diverse data sources. This is a full-time two-year position The deadline for applications is December 31, 2009. Short-listed candidates will be invited to NIAS for an interview in mid-February 2010.

*Interested candidates should write to *

[email protected], or check the NIAS website, for further details on the research programme and application process. Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae including the names and addresses of three referees, copies of relevant degree certificates, a writing sample, and a short statement of purpose (3-5 pages) based on the outline of the research programme (posted on the NIAS website, http://www.nias.res.in/), to:

Dr. Carol Upadhya
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus
Bangalore 560012 India
Email: [email protected]
office: +91 80 2218 5000/ 5141 (ext)
cell: +91(0) 97408 50141
[email protected]
[email protected]

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This Education announcement was sent to e-pao.net by Joyshree Chanam (Ph.D student at IISC) . You can contact the sender at joy(at)ces(dot)iisc(dot)ernet(dot)in
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