The Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences is administered by the IISc Mathematics Initiative (IMI). The programme provides a unique opportunity for students to work in areas spanning mathematics, biology, physics and engineering. Students can work in any of the interdisciplinary research areas.

Each selected student will work with two research supervisors (from two different Departments). Like, one can have supervisors from Mathematics and an Engineering Department or Biology and an Engineering Department or Physics and Mathematics Departments.

Eligibility Criteria:

• M Sc or equivalent degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

or
• ME/M Tech or equivalent degree in Engineering discipline

or
• BE/B Tech or equivalent degree in Engineering discipline

Research Areas:

System biology; computational neuroscience; computational biophysics; computational biology; evolutionary biology; theoretical biology; viral dynamics; constrained biomolecular dynamics; mathematical immunology; numerical analysis, computational fluid dynamics and scientific computation; wireless communication and sensor networks; stochastic optimal control; mathematical finance; partial differential (algebraic) equations; optimization; computational geometry and topology; computational geometry and data visualization; inverse boundary value problem in the context of imaging; coding theory and techniques; game theory.

Application Procedure

If one is interested in this programme, one needs to select preference department as Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences Programme in the online application form.

MSc candidate should choose the branch/specialization as explained below Branch/Specialization: If one has studied branch in:

Any of the biological science fields like biology, microbiology, zoology, genetics, biotechnology etc. should select "Biological Sciences" as one’s branch.

Any of the chemical science fields like organic chemistry, applied chemistry, inorganic chemistry, chemistry etc., should select "Chemical Sciences" as one’s branch.

Any of the physical science fields like applied physics; radio physics, geophysics, physics etc. should select "Physical Sciences" as one’s branch.

Any of the mathematical science fields like applied mathematics, statistics, mathematics etc., should select "Mathematical Sciences" as one’s branch.