Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Your next chapter in fundamental research could start here.

Applications are now open for TIFR Graduate School GS-2027, the nationwide entrance examination for PhD and Integrated MSc-PhD programmes at TIFR centres across India.

From understanding living systems to exploring the laws of nature, building intelligent systems and advancing mathematical sciences, GS-2027 offers research opportunities across a wide range of disciplines.

Programmes include:
Biology | Chemistry | Computer Science | Learning, Information & Data Sciences (LIDS) | Mathematics | Physics | Applied Computational Math | Physics of Life | Science Education

📝 Exam on 13 Dec 2026
🗓️ Apply by 25 Oct, 11 PM
Fee Waiver Deadline: Oct 11, 11 PM

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Some questions take years to answer. They’re worth pursuing.

Ready to take the next step in research? TIFR Graduate School 2027 offers opportunities for aspiring students to pursue graduate studies across disciplines in the sciences and mathematics.

Explore research opportunities at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), discover programmes relevant to your interests, and find the eligibility criteria and application details for GS-2027.

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Your research journey could start with a question. Find out where it could take you.

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"One of the most exciting aspects of science is the possibility of unexpected discoveries."

What does it take to pursue those discoveries?

Somnath Biswas, faculty at TIFR's Department of Chemical Sciences, shares his research, outlook and advice for aspiring scientists in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters’ special issue featuring Future Leaders in Physical Chemistry.

Explore his insights into ultrafast science, scientific curiosity and the value of persistence: tifr.link/cf8hc2

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#PhDinPerspective (1/2) How do protons and neutrons, and the nuclei they form, emerge from the fundamental physics of quarks and gluons?

This is one of the challenges at the intersection of nuclear physics and quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Although QCD describes the strong interaction, calculating the properties of multi-particle nuclear systems directly from the theory is computationally demanding.

In his PhD at TIFR’s Department of Theoretical Physics, Debsubhra Chakraborty, supervised by Prof. Nilmani Mathur, developed and explored computational methods to make these calculations more efficient and their results more reliable.

His work tackles several connected challenges: reducing the enormous number of repeated calculations in lattice QCD, extracting energy levels from noisy simulation data, and using wavelet methods to organise spatial information more efficiently.

In one benchmark, an optimised algorithm reduced the time needed for a specific nuclear correlation-function calculation by nearly 28× compared with the original method.

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Ankona Datta, faculty at the Department of Chemical Sciences @tifrscience has been awarded the James Hoeschele AsBIC Award, which recognises outstanding mid-career researchers in biological inorganic chemistry across the Asia-Pacific region.

The award recognises Ankona's work in pushing the frontiers of molecular imaging and metal ion sensing by strategic and elegant employment of bio-mimetic and coordination chemistry, acheiving research excellence in the field.

Prof. Datta will be honoured at the 12th AsBIC Conference in Jaipur, where she will also deliver an award lecture.