Opportunities

Academic

• Faculty Openings

• Post-doctoral Fellowships

  We are now stop accepting the applications for Post-Doctoral Positions.

  We are currently accepting applications for the following Post-Doctoral Positions.
  

  • Cosmology with Gravitational lensing
  • Disk‐Jet Connection in Jetted Active Galactic Nuclei
  • IUCAA Rubin LSST
  • Optical fiber based distributed sensing

  
  

  We have now stop accepting applications for Post-Doctoral Positions.

  Important information:
  

  • The Extended last date for receipt of applications is September 07, 2023
  • The last date for submitting referees' reports is September 11, 2023
  • The selected candidates will be informed by the end of September 2023.
  >> Post-Doctoral Fellow under CEFIPRA
  

  A post-doctoral position is available starting immediately or soon after to work on a project titled “Investigation of the Origin of Switchbacks in the Solar Corona via interchange reconnection – A Statistical and Multi–instruments Approach Including Machine Learning”.

  Application Deadline: September 15, 2023.

  Please Click Here for more details

   

• Research Scholars

  • IUCAA National Admission Test (INAT)
  • Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST)
  • CSIR-UGC NET for JRF (Physics)

  >> Junior Research Fellowship at IUCAA (Primarily for LIGO-India related activities) The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is a prestigious megascience project in the US which made the first direct detection of Gravitational Waves (GW). The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is the key science stakeholder of the planned LIGO-India project. Our primary responsibilities include commissioning and operating an advanced LIGO detector and providing relevant training to build a team for the same. IUCAA is also actively engaged in gravitational wave data analysis and has well established computing facilities to support these activities. IUCAA is inviting applications for FOUR Junior Research Fellow (JRF) positions, each focussing on three different aspects of the commissioning efforts. Designing, fabrication, and characterisation of a complete Extended Cavity Diode Laser (ECDL) system Search and parameter estimation of gravitational-wave signals Detector characterisation Seismic Isolation in Gravitational Wave detectors Application Deadline: June 28, 2023. Please Click Here to apply

  >> Junior Research Fellowship at PQM-Lab, IUCAA Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is inviting applications for ONE Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position to work on the “Sub-micron Resolution Imaging System to Detect Individual Ions/ Atoms”. Please click here for the details. Application Deadline: July 10, 2023

• SPPU-IUCAA joint M.Sc. Physics (Astrophysics) programme

 Scientific / Technical / Administrative / Project Staff

• IUCAA Creche Coordinator [Please click here for the details].

  >> Interested candidates can apply for this position by sending their resume to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [ Deadline for submission: September 30, 2023 ]

• Administrative Officer (Personnel) [Please click here for the details].

  >> Apply Online [ Deadline for submission: September 07, 2023 ]

• Administrative Officer (Purchase) [Please click here for the details].

  >> Apply Online [ Deadline for submission: September 07, 2023 ]

• IUCAA Creche Assistant Coordinator (On Contract) [Please click here for the details].

  >> To apply, send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [ Extended Deadline for submission: May 19, 2023 ]

• Project Engineer I (Electronics) [Please click here for the details].

  >> [ Deadline for submission: April 15, 2023 ]

• IUCAA Creche Coordinator (On Contract) [Please click here for the details].

  >> To apply, send e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [ Deadline for submission: April 10, 2023 ]

• IUCAA Creche Assistant Coordinator (On Contract) [Please click here for the details].

  >> To apply, send e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [ Deadline for submission: April 10, 2023 ]

• LI-EPO - Senior Outreach Coordinator (Stationed at IUCAA) [Please click here for the details].

  >> Apply Online [ Deadline for submission: July 05, 2023 ]

• LI-EPO - Junior Outreach Coordinator (Stationed at IUCAA) [Please click here for the details].

  >> Apply Online [ Deadline for submission: July 05, 2023 ]

• LI-EPO - Junior Outreach Coordinator (Stationed at LIGO-India site) [Please click here for the details].

  >> Apply Online [ Deadline for submission: July 05, 2023 ]

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