1. So You Want to be a Physicist
N. Meenakshi Sundaram
Assistant Professor of Physics
Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam West,
Madurai - 625234
May 4, 2020
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
2. Ways and Means
Route 1: XII (Stream - PCM)→B.Sc→M.Sc (+ M.Tech)
→Entrance Exams →Ph.D. · · · −→ Physicist
Route 2: XII (Stream - PCM) →JEE/NEST →Intd. M.Sc
→Ph.D · · · −→ Physicist
Route 3: XII (Stream - PCM)→B.Sc (JAM/JEST)→Intd.
Ph.D. · · · −→ Physicist
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
3. Institutions for Higher Education
Indian Institute of Science
Institutions of National Importance
(IITs/IISERs/NITs/NISER)
TIFR-Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education
Regional Institute of Education (NCERT)
Central Universities
State Universities
Deemed Universities (Public/Private)
State Private Universities
Affiliated-Autonomous/Non-Autonomous Colleges -
Aided/Unaided
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
4. Indian Institute of Technologies
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
5. National Institute of Technologies
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
8. UG to PG
National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) - MAT and SAT
National Standard Exam - Olympiads (National &
International)
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
Joint Admission Program for M.Sc (JAM)
Jagadish Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS)
scholars
Post Graduate Merit Scholarship Scheme For University Rank
Holders (UGC)
Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child
(UGC)
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
9. Fellowships from UGC for Pursuing Ph.D.
BSR (Basic Science Research) Fellowships in Sciences for
Students
Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Students with
Disabilities (OBC)
National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes
Maulana Azad National Fellowship For Minority Students
Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC Candidate
National Fellowship for Higher Education of ST Students
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
10. Fellowships Post Ph.D.
D. S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowships in Sciences
Post Doctoral Fellowship for SCs/STs
Post Doctoral Fellowship for Women (unemployed)
INST Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (Institute of Nano
Science Technology)
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
11. Summer Programs- During PG
1 INSA-IAS-NASI Summer Research Fellowships
2 Summer Research Programs/Visiting Research Programs
3 TNSCST Student Fellowships
4 INSPIRE - DST Programme
5 AcSIR Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Summer Training Program
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
12. INSPIRE : Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired
Research
SEATS : Scheme for early Attraction of Talent to Science -
INSPIRE - INTERNSHIP
Objective : Motivating talented youth to take-up research as a
personal understanding by rubbing shoulder with global icons
of science. It aims at providing a life long catalysing
experience for the 11th standard science stream students
SHE : Scholarship for Higher Education : for B. Sc. & M. Sc.
- Rs 80000/- p.a : (17-22 years)
AORC : Assured Opportunities for Research Careers
INSPIRE fellowship (22 - 27 years)
INSPIRE Faculty Scheme (27 - 32 years)
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
13. Ph.D. Entrance Exams
1 CSIR-NET/GATE/JEST/SLET
2 Institutional Fellowships (Entrance/Interview)
3 Project mode Fellowships (Funding Agencies such as DST,
DAE, DRDO, CSIR, etc.,)
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
14. Jobs after M.Sc/Ph.D.
1 BARC - Scientific Officers
2 DRDO - SET
3 DAE Traning School
4 ISRO
5 TIFR, HBCSE
6 Funding Agencies such as DST, DAE, DRDO, CSIR,
etc.(Technical Assistants/Officers or Scientific
Assistants/Officers)
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
18. Inter University Centre
The UGC establishes autonomous Inter-University Centres within
the university system under Clause 12(ccc) of the UGC Act. The
objectives for setting up these centres are:
To provide common advanced centralized facilities/services for
universities which are not able to invest heavily in
infrastructure and other inputs.
To play a vital role in offering the best expertise in each field
to teachers and researchers across the country.
To provide access for research and teaching community to the
state-of-the-art equipment and excellent library facilities which
are comparable to international standards.
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
19. Inter University Centre
Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC),New Delhi.
Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astro-Physics
(IUCAA),Pune.
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research
(UGC-DAE-CSR),Indore. (BARC-Mumbai, VECC-Kolkatta &
IGCAR- Kalpakkam)
Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET),Ahmedabad.
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
20. Deparment of Atomic Energy (DAE)
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
23. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Labs
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
24. Post-doctoral/Young Faculty
1 RA/PDF (CSIR/DST/DAE)
2 DST-BOYSCAT
3 Exchange Programmes (INSA/DST, etc)
4 DST Fast-Track for Young Scientists
5 INSA Visiting Fellowship
6 DAE Young Scientist Programme
7 UGC Minor & Major Research Projects
8 DST-INSPIRE faculty
9 UGC - faculty recharge programme
10 Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
25. Funding for Departments/Colleges
1 DST - FIST
2 AICTE
3 NBHM
4 U.G.C
5 Colleges of Excellence - U.G.C
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
26. Conclusions
Research is rewarding
Research is fulfilling
Research is economically viable
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I
seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and
diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a
prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all
undiscovered before me - I.... .....
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
27. There is no short cut to Success; However there
exists a shortest path to Success.
Thank You for your Patience!!!
N. Meenakshi Sundaram So You Want to be a Physicist
