Post-doctoral Positions and Fellowships

Sr. No. Position and duration Monthly fellowship Annual Contingency Remarks 1.

Vaidya-Raychaudhuri Post-doctoral positions

(Duration: 5 years)

70,000/-* during the first 2 years, 80,000/-*  in the subsequent years 2,00,000/-* Refer to "Included Benefits" below. 2

Regular Post-doctoral positions

(Duraton: 2 years, extendable to a maximum of 3 years based on performance)

54,000/-* 40,000/-* - do -

*All amounts in Indian Rupees

Facilities at IUCAA include a network of state-of-the-art computers, high performance computing clusters, high speed internet connections, a very well equipped instrumentation laboratory, and a library containing an excellent collection of books and periodicals.

IUCAA operates a 2-m optical telescope at IUCAA Girawali Observatory (IGO) located 80 kms away from Pune. IUCAA is also a partner in the 10-m class Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) meant for imaging and spectroscopic observations of faint and distant objects. IUCAA is a major participant in space-based Indian Astronomy missions AstroSat (current) and Aditya - L1 (upcoming), as well as in future large projects including LIGO-India and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).

In addition to the regular post-doctoral positions, a few positions are available in selected research areas. Please check the IUCAA web site for the list of research areas in which additional post-doctoral positions are available in a given year. (This number is periodically updated and the candidate is free to apply to multiple subject areas.)

Successful candidates will normally be expected to commence their fellowship during August 2021.

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
• Observational Astronomy (Optical, UV, X-ray, and Radio)
• Solar Physics
• Solar System and Stellar Physics