Candidates must hold a Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science OR a Graduate/Post Graduate Degree in a Professional Course.
Additionally, applicants must have been selected through one of the following processes:
- National Eligibility Tests (NET) such as CSIR – UGC NET (including lectureship/Assistant Professorship) and GATE.
- National level examinations conducted by central Government departments, agencies, and institutions including DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR, IIT, IISc, IISER, etc.