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IUCAA Post-Doctoral Positions

IUCAA invites applications from highly motivated researchers for its Post-Doctoral Programme. [ click here for project details ]

Please click here to apply.

Important information:
  • The last date for receipt of applications is September 22, 2025
  • The last date for submitting referees' reports is September 24, 2025
  • Selected candidates will be informed before the end of October 2025.

Up to eight positions are available in selected research areas, the details of which can be accessed at the IUCAA website.

The institute offers three categories of Post-Doctoral positions:

Sr. No.   Name of Position  Tenure  Monthly Remuneration
(in INR)		  Contingency Grant
(in INR)
 1. Vaidya-Raychaudhury Post-Doctoral Positions:

A very limited number of Vaidya-Raychaudhury Postdoctoral fellowships are awarded every year to candidates with exceptional CV and proven track record.

The selected candidates are expected to carry out independent research of high quality, in area(s) of their interest.

Vaidya-Raychaudhury Post-Doctoral Fellows with excellent performance may also be considered for a tenured position at IUCAA, Pune.		 Five Years INR. 85,000/- during the first two years and INR. 95,000/- in the subsequent years INR. 2,00,000/- per year
 2. Regular Post-Doctoral Positions:

A few Regular Postdoctoral fellowships are awarded every year to candidates who are expected to carry out independent research of high quality, in area(s) of their interest.		 Two years* INR. 67,000/- INR. 40,000/- per year
 1. Project Post-Doctoral Positions:

These Postdoctoral fellows will be working closely with an IUCAA faculty member on a specific project/research problem.		 Two years* INR. 67,000/- INR. 40,000/- per year

*Extendable up to a maximum of three years based on performance.

 
Candidates who have submitted/defended their Ph.D. thesis and have excellent CVs are eligible to apply. to any or all of the above categories.

 

Included Benefits:
Rent-free accommodation is provided on campus, subject to availability. Alternatively, a House Rent Allowance (HRA) is paid as per the prevailing rules of the Institute/ funding agency. Postdoctoral fellows can also avail of medical and other benefits as per IUCAA/Government of India norms. IUCAA also provides other on-campus facilities such as recreation and sports centre, medical and counselling services as well as childcare facilities.

 

Facilities at IUCAA:
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 an 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 the 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. IUCAA is a major participant in space-based Indian astronomy missions AstroSat and Aditya-L1, as well as in future projects, including LIGO-India and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).

 

(IUCAA strives to provide a diverse and inclusive environment. Applications are encouraged from women and other underrepresented groups.)

Events at IUCAA 2023 - 24

  1. GW Open Data Workshop (ODW) by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration
    Date: April 18 - 20, 2024
    Coordinators: Apratim Ganguly | Sanjit Mitra
  2. Pune-Mumbai Cosmology Meeting at IUCAA
    Date: February 23 - 24, 2024
    Coordinators: Surhud More | Aseem Paranjape
  3. OSMU24 (Octonions, Standard Model, and Unification) [Online]
    Date: February 16 - December 13, 2024
    Coordinators:T. P. Singh | D. Tripathi
  4. Teacher Training Workshop, OAE, India
    Date: February 16 - 17, 2024
    Coordinators: Surhud More | Moupiya Maji
  5. Data Science Meeting
    Date: December 12 - 14, 2023
    Coordinators: S. More | A. Mahabal
  6. Radio Astronomy Winter School
    Date: December 11 - 22, 2023
    Coordinators: R. Dutta | D. J. Sakia
  7. Indo-French School (IFAS 8) on Spectroscopy and Spectrographs
    Date: November 06 - 12, 2023
    Coordinators: K. Saha
  8. Workshop on astronomy-themed experiments
    Date: August 08 - 12, 2023
    Coordinators: D. J. Saikia | V. Paliya

Events Outside IUCAA 2023 - 24

  1. Conference on Blazars and Restless Active Galactic Nuclei (COBRA): A High Energy View
    Date: July 24 - 26, 2024
    Place: Presidency University, Kolkata
    Coordinators: Ritaban Chatterjee (Presidency) | Vaidehi Paliya (IUCAA)
  2. Introductory Workshop on Active Galactic Nuclei and Blazars
    Date: July 22 - 23, 2024
    Place: Presidency University, Kolkata
    Coordinators: Ritaban Chatterjee (Presidency) | Vaidehi Paliya (IUCAA)
  3. Workshop on Relativistic Cosmology: Theoretical and Data Analysis Techniques
    Date: July 15 - 17, 2024
    Place: Center of Excellence for Astrophysics and Cosmology (CEAC), G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur
    Coordinators: Praveen Kumar Dhankar (GH Raisoni College) | Surhud More (IUCAA)
  4. Summer School in Theoretical (Astro) Physics
    Date: June 03 - 08, 2024
    Place: St. Xavier's College, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad
    Coordinators:Gurudatt Gaur (CUHP) | Sanjit Mitra (IUCAA)
  5. High Performance Computing in Science
    Date: May 22 - 24, 2024
    Place: University of Kashmir, Srinagar
    Coordinators: Manzoor Malik (University of Kashmir) | Sanjit Mitra (IUCAA)
  6. Introductory workshop on Astrophysics and Cosmology
    Date: May 02 - 04, 2024
    Place: Department of Physics, Integral University Lucknow, UP
    Coordinators: M. Shahalam | A. Paranjape
  7. Frontiers in Physics XVIIth
    Date: *March 2024
    Place: Fergusson College, Pune
    Coordinators: R. Dhabade | D. Tripathi
  8. Workshop on Advancement in AGN, Galaxy, Cluster and IGM Research
    Date: March 29 - 31, 2024
    Place: Dharamshala Campus of Central University of Himachal Pradesh Dharamshala, H.P.
    Coordinators: H. Chand | S. Muzahid
  9. Workshop on Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
    Date:March 18 - 20, 2024
    Place: Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh
    Coordinators: J. Yadav (CUH), A. Paranjape (IUCAA)
  10. Workshop on ‘Gravity, Cosmology and Raychaudhuri’s Equation’
    Date: March 13 - 14, 2023
    Place: Jadavpur University, Kolkata
    Coordinators: A. Mukherjee | S. Mondal | R. Misra
  11. Workshop on SUIT Science and Data Analysis
    Date: March 06 - 07, 2024
    Place: Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam
    Coordinators: G. Ahmed | J. Sarkar | D. Tripathi
  12. Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology
    Date: February 29 - March 01, 2024
    Place: Malda College, Malda, W. Bengal
    Coordinators: D. Das | B. Paul | R. Misra
  13. X-ray workshop -- Astrosat and XpoSat
    Date: February 26 - March 01, 2024
    Place: Department of Physics, Providence Women's College, Malaparamba, Kozhikode
    Coordinators:  Gireesh V. | Jeena K | R. Misra
  14. Two-day Exhibition: Evolution of Astronomy
    Date: *January 2024
    Place: Fergusson College, Pune
    Coordinators: R. Dhabade | D. Tripathi
  15. RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES - RAM-IX
    Date: January 04 - 10, 2024
    Place: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
    Coordinators: D. Bhattacharya | R. Misra
  16. Pedagogic workshop on Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology: A Faculty Enrichment Programme
    Date: January 04 - 10, 2024
    Place: Gauhati University
    Coordinators: S. Kalita | S. Muzahid | D. J. Sakia
  17. Workshop titled “Gravitation: Theory and observation”
    Date: January 03, 2024
    Place: Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, Cooch Behar
    Coordinators: R. Sharma | K. Saha
  18. Beginning Astronomy v3: Start a Data-driven Journey
    Date: December 11 - 13, 2023
    Place: IIT Hyderabad, Telangana
    Coordinators: Mayukh Pahari | Shantanu Desai | Ranjeev Misra | Souradeep Bhattacharya | Chayan Mondal | Megha Anand
  19. Meghnad Saha Memorial Workshop on Solar Astronomy Focused on “Aditya -L1 Mission”
    Date: December 04 -06, 2023
    Place: Allahabad University, Allahabad
    Coordinators: V. K. Tiwari | U. Kushwaha | D. Tripathi
  20. Workshop on GRAVITATIONAL WAVES and LIGO INDIA
    Date: November 27 - December 01, 2023
    Place: Goa University, Goa
    Coordinators: R. R. Raut | S. Mitra | A. Ganguly
  21. North-East Meet of Astronomers (NEMA)-IX
    Date: *November 20 - 22, 2023
    Place: Mizoram University, Mizoram
    Coordinators: Lalthakimi Zadeng | R. Misra
  22. Pedagogic workshop on Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
    Date: *November 06 - 10, 2023
    Place: St. Stephen's College, Delhi
    Coordinators: G. Sethi | V. Paliya | D. J. Sakia
  23. Seminar on “Radio Astronomy Fundamentals for Engineering Students”
    Date: October 28, 2023
    Place:RSET, Kakkanad, Kerala
    Coordinators: R. Jacob | J. Jacob | N. Gupta
  24. Statistical techniques in Astrophysics and Cosmology Using Python
    Date: *October 16 - 23, 2023
    Place: Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
    Coordinators: T. R. Seshadri | V. Madhurima | P. Muruganadam
  25. INDO-SOUTH AFRICA WORKSHOP ON ASTROPHYSICS
    Date: *September 27 - 29, 2023
    Place: CTP, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA
    Coordinators: Sushant Ghosh | Tabish Qureshi
  26. Himalayan Meet of Astronomers
    Date: *September 25 - 26, 2023
    Place: Kashmir University, Srinagar
    Coordinators: N. Iqbal | Hum Chand
* Dates yet to be finalised

Tributes



Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar
(July 19, 1938 - May 20, 2025)

Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar		        Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan
(March 10, 1957 - September 17, 2021)

Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan