• Admission (2025-26 Session)

Announcements

Selection Process

Only online applications will be accepted at https://i3cbricphd.rcb.ac.in/, which includes payment of an application fee of Rs. 500/-, if applicable. SC/ST/PwBD/EWS candidates are exempted from payment of the application fee. The selection process is likely to be as per the following schedule:

Application deadline June 15, 2025
Intimation to shortlisted candidates for 1st interview (online)June 19, 2025
First interview (online)June 25-26, 2025
Announcement of results for candidates selected for 2nd interviewJune 28, 2025
Second interview (at RCB, in person) July 14-15, 2025
Interaction of selected and waitlisted candidates with iBRIC+ institutions (in person at RCB) July 16-18, 2025
Declaration of final results July 18, 2025
Deadline for selected candidates to accept offer by email and pay fees online July 22, 2025
Offers sent to waitlisted candidates July 23, 2025
Deadline for waitlisted candidates to accept offer by email and pay fees online (one day each for subsequent WLs until all seats are filled) July 26, 2025 onward (TBA)
Registration, enrolment and fellowship activation of all scholars who have accepted the offer (at the allotted iBRIC+ institutions) July 23-31, 2025
All scholars report to RCB for orientation and commencement of the coursework August 1, 2025

The selected students will be required to activate their respective Ph.D. fellowships directly through their respective parent iBRIC+ institutions. During the scholars' stay at RCB in the first semester, RCB will provide the monthly attendance record to the respective institutions to facilitate fellowship disbursement from the funding agencies. Selected students will be housed at RCB-administered accommodation for the first semester, during which all campus facilities available to RCB students will be made available. These include twin shared, off- campus leased accommodation, transport to and from the campus, meal facilities, access to campus medical and counselling facilities, and access to library, IT, and sports facilities.

i3c Project at a Glance(2025-26)

S. No Title of the Program Program Coordinator Ph.D. Supervisors
1 Epigenetic landscape and nucleo-cytoplasmic transport upon metabolic reprogramming and replication stress: implication in glioma progression and chemoresistance Dr. Devyani Haldar, BRIC-CDFD Dr. Devyani Haldar, BRIC-CDFD
Dr. Ellora Sen, BRIC-NBRC
2 Ethnopharmacology for the development of phytopharmaceuticals from bioresources of Northeastern Region Dr. Nanaocha Sharma, BRIC-IBSD Dr. Nanaocha Sharma, BRIC-IBSD
Dr. Mayanglambam Dhruba Singh, BRIC-NBRC
Dr. Pardeep K Bhardwaj, BRIC-IBSD
Dr. Seema Pradhan, BRIC-ILS
Dr. K. Jeyaram, BRIC-IBSD
Dr. Asif Mohmmed, ICGEB
Dr. S. Indira Devi, BRIC-IBSD
Dr. Huidoram Sunitibala, BRIC-IBSD
3 Sustainable production of Jet-fuel from food and agricultural waste using engineered organisms Dr. Shireesh Srivastava, ICGEB, New Delhi Dr. Shireesh Srivastava, ICGEB
Dr. Syed Shams Yazdani, ICGEB
Dr. Shashi Kumar, ICGEB
Dr. Naseem Gaur, ICGEB
Dr. Naveen C. Bisht, BRIC-NIPGR
Dr. Meena Krishania, BRIC-NABI
Dr. Pavan Jutur, ICGEB
4 Next Generation Therapeutics for Infectious Diseases Dr. Asif Mohmmed, ICGEB, New Delhi Dr. Dhiraj Kumar, ICGEB;
Dr. Asif Mohmmed, ICGEB;
Dr. Manjula Kalia, RCB;
Dr. Minhaj Sirajuddin, BRIC-inStem
5 Cardiovascular Disease Therapeutics: Preclinical Drug Development Targeting oxLDL Receptor LOX-1 Dr. Arockiasamy Arulandu, ICGEB, New Delhi Dr. Arockiasamy Arulandu, ICGEB;
Dr. Gopalan, BRIC-NII;
Dr. Ranjan Nanda, ICGEB
6 Stem Cell-Derived model of Early Human Neural development to Uncover Progenitor Dynamics and Disease Mechanisms Dr. Bhavana Muralidharan, BRIC-inStem Dr. Bhavana Muralidharan, BRIC-inStem;
Prof. Maneesha Inamdar, BRIC-inStem;
Prof. Pankaj Seth, BRIC-NBRC
7 Cardio Genomics, stem cells/organoids and precision medicine Dr. Dhandapany Perundurai, BRIC-inStem Dr. Dhandapany Perundurai, BRIC-inStem;
Dr. Sudarshan Gadadhar, BRIC-inStem;
Dr. Minhajuddin Sirajuddin, BRIC-inStem;
Dr. Rakesh S Laishram, BRIC-RGCB
8 Exploring miRNAs for Biofortification and Stress Resilience in Banana Dr. Siddharth Tiwari, BRIC-NABI Dr. Sanjana Negi, BRIC-NABI;
Dr. Ashutosh Pandey, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Panneerselvam K. Murthy, BRIC-NABI;
Dr. Siddharth Tiwari, BRIC-NABI
9 Sustainable Biomanufacturing: Enzyme engineering for low-calorie sweeteners using industrial starch wastes Dr. Koushik Mazumder, BRIC-NABI Dr. Koushik Mazumder, BRIC-NABI;
Dr. Sasikumar Elumalai, BRIC-NABI;
Dr. Sandeep Kumar, BRIC-NABI
10 Uncovering the role of placental factors in cognitive-deficits associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) Prof. Sourav Banerjee, BRIC-NBRC Dr. Dhananjay Huilgol, BRIC-NBRC;
Prof. Sourav Banerjee, BRIC-NBRC;
Dr. Dasaradhi Palakodeti, BRIC-InStem
11 Molecular investigations of cancer-mediated cachexia to mitigate effects and improve patients life Dr. Sharmila Bapat, BRIC-NCCS Dr. Manas Kumar Santra, BRIC-NCCS;
Dr. Srikanth Rapole, BRIC-NCCS;
Dr. Srikanta Goswami, BRIC-NIBMG;
Dr. Minhaj Sirajuddin, BRIC-inStem;
Dr. Vidisha Tripathi, BRIC-NCCS
12 Understanding protein trafficking pathways: Integrative cellular and structural biology approaches Dr. Radha Chauhan, BRIC-NCCS Dr. Radha Chauhan, BRIC-NCCS;
Dr. Santosh Kumar, BRIC-NCCS;
Dr. Ananthalakshmy Sundararaman, BRIC-RGCB
13 Exploring the role of key non-coding RNAs in regulating the immune response in Indian chicken breeds Dr. Shailesh Sharma, BRIC-NIAB Dr. Shailesh Sharma, BRIC-NIAB
14 Leveraging genomic resources to unravel the climatic and genetic heritage of Indian goat breeds to strengthen goat breeding programs in India Dr. Sandeep Kumar Kushwaha, BRIC-NIAB Dr. Sandeep Kumar Kushwaha, BRIC-NIAB;
Dr. Shailesh Kumar, BRIC-NIPGR
15 Novel eQTL functionalization Dr. Analabha Basu, BRIC-NIBMG Dr. Analabha Basu, BRIC-NIBMG;
Dr. Nidhan K Biswas, BRIC-NIBMG;
Dr. Priyadarshi Basu, BRIC-NIBMG;
Dr. Sunil K. Raghav, BRIC-ILS
16 Artificial Intelligence guided (AI) design of novel proteins for improving health and nutrition Dr. Shrikant S. Mantri, BRIC-NABI Dr. Narendra Kumar, BRIC-NII;
Dr. Shailesh Kumar, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Dinesh Gupta, ICGEB;
Dr. Shrikant S. Mantri, BRIC-NABI
17 SynCarbon: AI guided search of novel Synthetic scaffolds for atmospheric Carbon Capture Dr. Gitanjali Yadav, BRIC-NIPGR Dr. Gitanjali Yadav, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Narendra Kumar, BRIC-NII;
Dr. CL Meena, BRIC-NII
18 Augmenting Symbiosis for Sustainable Agriculture Dr. Senjuti Sinharoy, BRIC-NIPGR Dr. Senjuti Sinharoy, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Divya Chandran, RCB;
Dr. Vineet Gaur, BRIC-NIPGR
19 Developing climate smart cereal crops by modulating phytohormone and endogenous peptides signaling Dr. Ashverya Laxmi, BRIC-NIPGR Dr. Ashverya Laxmi, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Amarjeet Singh, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Pawan Kumar Jewaria, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Jyothilakshmi Vadassery, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Rita Sharma, BRIC-NABI
20 Cross-regulation of flagellar motility, biofilm and anti-microbial resistance in bacterial pathogens: Mechanism and Inhibition Prof. Deepti Jain, RCB Prof. Deepti Jain, RCB
21 Identifying novel modulators for therapeutic targeting of autophagy in human pathophysiology Dr. Rajender Motiani, RCB Dr. Rajender Motiani, RCB;
Dr. Shailendra Asthana, BRIC-THSTI;
Dr. Manjula Kalia, RCB
22 Infectious Disease Biology & Therapeutics Dr. John B. Johnson, BRIC-RGCB Dr. John B. Johnson, BRIC-RGCB;
Dr. Anil Thakur, RCB;
Dr. Jomon Joseph, BRIC-NCCS
23 Polyphosphate signalling in regulation of microbial pathogenesis, inflammation, and immunity Rashna Bhandari, BRIC-CDFD Rashna Bhandari, BRIC-CDFD;
Ramandeep Singh, BRIC-THSTI
24 Advanced Biomaterials For Carbon Capture Dr. Jayeeta Bhaumik, BRIC-NABI Dr. Jayeeta Bhaumik, BRIC-NABI;
Dr. Ambadas Rode, BRIC-RCB
25 Integrative multi-omics approaches for unveiling the host-pathogen interplay in invasive Candida infections Dr. Rupinder Kaur, BRIC-CDFD Dr. Narottam Acharya, BRIC-ILS;
Dr. Yathish J. Achar, BRIC-CDFD;
Dr. Ajay Kumar Mahato, BRIC-CDFD;
Dr. Ullas Kolthur-Seetharam, BRIC-CDFD
26 MULTI Rice – Maximizing utilization of natural traits for increased rice yield efficiency Dr. Alok Krishna Sinha, BRIC-NIPGR Dr. Alok Krishna Sinha, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Pinky Agarwal, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Manoj Majee, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Hasthi Ram, BRIC-NIPGR
Dr. Prafull Salvi, NABI
27 Brain Diseases and Therapeutics Intervention Dr. Ellora Sen, BRIC-NBRC Dr. Gaurav Das, BRIC-NCCS;
Dr. Moulinath Acharya, BRIC-NIBMG;
Dr. Vidhya Munnamalai, BRIC-NBRC
28 Cancer Genomics, Chemoresistance, and Therapy Dr. Sagar Sengupta, NIBMG and Dr. Avinash Bajaj, RCB Dr. Avinash Bajaj, RCB;
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Yadav, BRIC-NII, New Delhi;
Prof. Arindam Maitra, BRIC-NIBMG;
Dr. Shantibhusan Senapati, BRIC-ILS;
Dr. Dilip Kumar, BRIC-NIBMG
29 Infectious Disease Biology & Therapeutics Dr. Mahendran K.R, RGCB Dr. Dileep Vasudevan, RGCB;
Dr. G Senthil Kumar, BRIC-NII;
Dr. Tushar Kant Beuria, ILS;
Dr. Debanjan Bhowmik, RGCB;
Dr. Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, RGCB
30 Host Pathogen Interaction w.r.t. Mycobacterium Dr. Dhiraj Kumar, ICGEB Dr. Nisheeth Agarwal, THSTI;
Dr. Bichitra Kumar Biswal, BRIC-NII;
Dr. Bhaswati Pandit, NIBMG;
Dr. Karthika Rajeeve, RGCB;
Dr. Bappaditya Dey, NIAB;
Dr. Ranjan Nanda, ICGEB
31 Generating human monoclonal antibodies for Chandipura virus - from basic biology to proof of concept for therapeutic avenues Dr. Anmol Chandele, ICGEB Dr. Arockiasamy Arulandu, ICGEB;
Dr. Veena Patil, BRIC-NII
32 Development of direct-seeded rice for climate-smart agriculture Dr. Jitendra K. Thakur, ICGEB Dr. Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek, ICGEB;
Dr. Jagadis Gupta Kapuganti, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Tanushri Kaul, ICGEB;
Dr. Neeti Sanan Mishra, ICGEB
33 A novel fungal-based platform for high-level extracellular enzymes and enzyme-catalyzed products Dr. Syed Shams Yazdani, ICGEB Dr. S. Sarvanamurugan, NABI
34 Program on mitochondrial biology in regeneration Dr. Arvind Ramananathan, BRIC-inStem Dr. Vinod Kumar, NIAB
35 Organokines/ inter-organ communication for diagnosis and therapeutics Dr. Praveen Kumar Vemula, inStem Dr. G. Aneeshkumar Arimbasseri, BRIC-NII;
Dr. Sam J Mathew, RCB;
Dr. HBD. Prasada Rao, NIAB
36 Bioengineering the NUTRICE Prof. Ashwani Pareek, NABI Prof. Ashwani Pareek, NABI;
Dr. Moumita Srivastava, RGCB
37 Development of multi-scale whole brain connectome platforms for disease, mapping & therapeutics Dr. Arpan Banerjee, NBRC Dr. Arpan Banerjee, NBRC
38 Understanding the role of RNAs, RNA-binding proteins and nucleo-cytoplasmic transport in regulation of neurodegenerative disease Dr. Amitabha Majumdar, NCCS Dr. Amitabha Majumdar, NCCS;
Dr. Sourav Banerjee, NBRC
39 Understanding the molecular mechanisms triggering anemia in cancer patients following chemotherapy Dr. Sharmila Bapat, NCCS Dr. Nikhil Ghate, NCCS;
Dr. Pankaj Sharma, NCCS
40 Oleaginous Yeast for functional feed Dr. Yash Pal, NIAB Dr. Yash Pal, NIAB;
Dr. Sanjay Singh, NIAB;
Dr. Naseem Gaur, ICGEB
41 Understanding the correlates of vaccine-induced antibody response: an Indian cohort study involving HPV vaccines Dr. Soumen Basak, BRIC-NII Dr. Amit Awasthi, THSTI;
Dr. Devasena A, RGCB
42 Targeting plant translational machinery for improved disease resistance in crops Dr. Saikat Bhattacharjee, RCB Dr. Saikat Bhattacharjee, RCB;
Dr. Ramu S Vemanna, RCB;
Dr. Senthil Kumar Muthappa, BRIC-NIPGR;
Dr. Moumita Srivastava, RGCB
43 Anti-Viral Drug Development against Arboviruses Dr. Soma Chattopadhyay, ILS Dr. Amol R. Suryawanshi, ILS;
Dr. Sujatha Sunil, ICGEB
44 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Dr. Bhabatosh Das, THSTI Dr. Bhabatosh Das, THSTI