Doctoral Program
PhD Admission Information Autumn 2025-26
Application process for admission in Ph.D. programme for the Autumn 2025-2026 session has commenced. Please check the IITB admissions website and the PhD information brochure for details.
The interview date for PhD admission is 14 – 15 May 2025. The interviews will be conducted in an in-person mode, at the Centre for Climate Studies, The Rahul Bajaj Technology Innovation Centre (RBTIC) conference rooms.
The interview will likely cover fundamental questions from the courses you have taken in your Bachelor’s or Master’s program and/or from the project work you did during your Bachelor’s or Master’s program and/or your research interests.
Candidates are advised to find the topics/research projects offered by the faculty members for the current round of intake. Candidates are required to submit a research proposal based on their research interests under “statement of purpose” in the application form. A research proposal template can be viewed here for reference.
Research interests of the Centre for Climate Studies faculty members interested in recruiting in this round of PhD admission are provided below. The candidates are encouraged to contact the faculty members based on their research interests.
Check the IITB Ph.D. Admission for application materials, application deadlines and advertisement for more information.
Eligibility criteria for students applying for PhD in Centre for Climate Studies
- M.Tech./M.E. or equivalent degree in Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Chemical Engineering, Civil/Construction Engineering, Computer Science Engineering/Information Technology, Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering, Energy Science & Engineering, Environmental Science/Engineering/Management, Mechanical Engineering, Resource Engineering, Geoinformatics, Agricultural Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mining Engineering, or any other related Engineering discipline. M.Des./M.Arch./M.Planning or equivalent degree. M.Phil (2-year) or equivalent degree in Social Sciences (Economics, Geography, Sociology, Planning etc.) M.Mgt./MBA or equivalent degree. Or,
- M.Sc/MA or equivalent degree in Atmospheric Science, Chemistry, Earth Science, Energy Science, Environmental Science, Geophysics, Physics, Social sciences (Economics, Geography, Sociology, Planning etc.) or any other related discipline with CSIR/UGC JRF or Minimum of 2 years of professional experience (acquired after obtaining the qualifying degree and completed before the starting of the semester in which admission is sought) or DST INSPIRE Fellowship or valid GATE score. Or,
- B.E./B.Tech. or equivalent degree in Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Chemical Engineering, Civil/Construction Engineering, Computer Science Engineering/Information Technology, Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering, Energy Science & Engineering, Environmental Science/Engineering/Management, Mechanical Engineering, Resource Engineering, Geoinformatics, Agricultural Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mining Engineering, or any other related Engineering discipline, with valid GATE score or Minimum of 2 years of professional experience (acquired after obtaining the qualifying degree and completed before the starting of the semester in which admission is sought).
Research interests of the Centre for Climate Studies faculty members interested in recruiting in this round of PhD admission are provided below.
| Name | Research Focus |
|---|---|
| Akshaya C. Nikumbh | Weather and Climate Extremes, large-scale atmospheric dynamics, global monsoons |
| Angshuman Modak | Impact of climate change patterns on Tropical rainfall via large-scale dynamics, Aerosol-Radiation-Cloud interactions and regional climate effects, Climate engineering and impacts, AI/ML for Climate |
| Anjali Sharma | Distributional impacts of low-carbon energy transitions on emissions, air quality, and jobs; Mitigation modelling for equitable climate mitigation; Energy access in a low-carbon world |
| Jaideep Joshi | Plant Ecophysiology, Vegetation modelling, Plant form and function, Numerical methods in population dynamics and evolutionary dynamics, Algorithms for drone-based forest monitoring |
| Karthikeyan Lanka | 1) Seasonal Agricultural Drought Prediction; 2) Early Warning Systems for Heatwaves in India |
| Manoranjan Sahu | Aerosol/Air Pollution, Aerosol-Climate interaction |
| Pradip Kalbar | Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for Cities |
| S. Ravichandran | Fluid Dynamics of the Earth system |
| Subhankar Karmakar | Analysis of Hydro-climatic Extremes, Vulnerability, Impacts and Risks, and Spatio-temporal Mapping; Environmental and Water Resources Systems; Uncertainty Modeling and Decision Science for Climate and Environmental Systems |
| Subimal Ghosh | 1. Early warning for renewable energy. 2. Climate and Health |
| Suyash Bire | Ocean Circulation, Numerical Ocean Modeling, Data-driven Methods in Ocean Modeling |
| Swatantra Pratap Singh | CCUS |
| Vishal Dixit | Hybrid Physics and Machine learning based modeling of Monsoon Convection |
Centre for Climate Studies address and interview venue-
Centre for Climate Studies, 3rd Floor, Rahul Bajaj Technology Innovation Centre (RBTIC), Next to Monash Building,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076 (Maharashtra), India
Please see the map for the location. Centre for Climate Studies is located in the same building as the Department of Economics.