Vaidya-Raychaudhuri Post-Doctoral Positions at IUCAA, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Designation/Position- Vaidya-Raychaudhuri Post-Doctoral Positions

IUCAA), Pune, Maharashtra invites application for Vaidya-Raychaudhuri Post-Doctoral Positions from eligible and interested candidates

About- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is inviting applications for ONE Research Associate at level III (RA-III) position to work on the “Optical clock based accurate time stamping in quantum communication” project at its Precision & Quantum Measurement lab (PQM-lab: https://pqmlab.iucaa.in/). This project is funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India for three years under their flagship Quantum Enabled Science and Technology (QuEST) program.

Research/Job Area- Physics / Electronics / Instrumentation / Optical engineering/ nano Fabrication / other related areas

Research areas at IUCAA:

• Classical and Quantum Gravity
• Cosmic Magnetic Fields
• Cosmic Microwave Background
• Cosmology and Large Scale Structure
• Dark Matter and Dark Energy
• Diffuse Matter in Space
• Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy
• Gravitational Waves
• High Energy Astrophysics
• Instrumentation for Astronomy
• Interstellar Medium
• Observational Astronomy (Optical, UV, X-ray, and Radio
• Solar Physics
• Solar System and Stellar Physics

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Location- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA),  Pune, Maharashtra 

Eligibility/Qualification–

• Ph. D. in Physics / Electronics / Instrumentation / Optical engineering/ nano Fabrication / other related areas. Candidates who have submitted/ defended their PhD thesis and are waiting for final degree can also apply.
• Or, ME/ M. Tech in Physics / Electronics / Instrumentation / Optical engineering/ other related areas with minimum three years’ experience and having at-least one original research paper in SCI journals. 
• Desirable experience in C, C++, Python, Matlab/ Mathematica / VHDL/ LabVIEW/ Solidworks / COMSOL/ ANSYS/ digital & analog electronics/ optics/ fabrication will be useful. 

Applications are encouraged from those who have prior expertise in some of the mentioned areas together with good knowledge of Physics, Optics and Electronics.  Highly motivated candidates who are willing to take up new challenges and are interested to learn new topics are encouraged to apply. The candidates have to fully engage themselves to deliver fruitful work in a collaborative manner. The selected candidate will have ample opportunity to work with other national and international collaborators. For any further query or discussion about the project, interested candidates may feel free to contact Prof. Subhadeep De (subhadeep@iuc

Job/Position Description- 

• Applications are invited from researchers with outstanding track record for a newly constituted Vaidya-Raychaudhuri Post-doctoral Fellowship in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
• The duration of the fellowship is typically for two to three years, but is extendable up to a maximum period of five years based on performance.
• The fellowship will carry a remuneration of Indian Rs. 70,000/- per month for the first two years and Indian Rs.80,000/- per month in the subsequent years.
• There will be a contingency grant of Indian Rs.2,00,000/- per year throughout the tenure.
• The fellowship also includes rent free accommodation on campus as well as medical and other benefits.
• Facilities required for research are provided institutionally.
• A post-doctoral fellow with excellent performance will be considered for a tenured position.

Facilities at IUCAA include a network of state-of-the-art computers, high performance computing clusters, high speed internet connections, mirror sites of important databases, a very well equipped instrumentation laboratory, and a library with exhaustive collection of books and periodicals.

IUCAA operates a 2 m optical telescope, IUCAA Girawali Observatory (IGO), at Girawali which is about 80 km from IUCAA campus. IUCAA is a partner in the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), which is a 10m class telescope suited for imaging and spectroscopic observations of faint and distant objects. Support is also available for guest observing from other international facilities. Further information can be obtained from the IUCAA website.

How to Apply- 

Interested applicants may apply online at: http://www.iucaa.in/pdf

ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The last date for submission of applications is November 30, 2021. Candidates will be informed of the result by the end of March 2022. Successful candidates are normally expected to commence their fellowship by August 2022.

Last Date for Apply– 30 November 2021

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