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Harish-Chandra Research Institute


M.Sc./Ph.D. Admissions 2021


Please Note
  • The list of candidates and their interview schedule can be found at the bottom of this page.
  • Please read the instructions given below carefully.

Instructions for Candidates regarding the Interview
  1. Your interview slot is mentioned in the tables above. Please be prepared accordingly, you might be called for the interview before your slot in case there are cancellations. Note that the interview can continue beyond the time mentioned in the slot.
  2. The interviews will be held on Zoom. You shall be sent a log in id and a password before the interview. The interview shall be recorded.
  3. Please keep your mobile/laptop/smartphone charged and on charger because video streaming drains battery.
  4. If you have a headphone/earphone with microphone, then please use it.
  5. During the interview, be in a room whose door is closed and you are alone. When the interview starts, you will be required to show the camera around the room.
  6. Keep a photo id with you, with a clear identifiable picture of you, for verification by showing it to the camera.
  7. Keep a notebook and pen/pencil near by to do calculations or make a figure. You may be required to show your calculations to the camera, so consider writing clearly and in a big font size. Please do not have any other material such as books, notes, etc. in your vicinity during the interview.
  8. In case the connectivity is poor and the interview committee is unable to assess you based on the interactions, you shall be given another slot for the online interview.

Round 1 (August 23, 2021)


Interview Committee 1
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Chiranjeev Rao 9:45-10:20 MSc
2. Akshaykumar Manikrao Vidhate 10:20-10:55 MSc
3. Sayari Bhattacharya 10:55-11:30 MSc
4. Sayak Guin 11:30-12:05 MSc
5. Pradipta Sankar Pathak 12:05-12:40 MSc
6. Ravi Singh Adhikari 12:40-13:15 MSc
7. Arghya Dutta 14:00-14:35 MSc
8. Deepanshu Chaudhary 14:35-15:10 MSc
9. Aaryan Mehra 15:10-15:45 MSc
10. Gourang Gehlot 15:45-16:20 MSc
11. Bhanu Chauhan 16:20-16:55 MSc
12. Kishan Bajpai 16:55-17:30 MSc
13. Shuvajit Khatua 17:30-18:05 MSc
14. Eeshita Arora 18:05-18:40 MSc
15. Soumya Satpathi 18:40-19:15 MSc
16. Joshi Sachinkumar Jayantibhai 19:15-19:50 MSc
Interview Committee 2
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Shubhashis Mallik 9:45-10:20 MSc
2. Prerak Gupta 10:20-10:55 MSc
3. Akash Indoria 10:55-11:30 MSc
4. Basudha Roy 11:30-12:05 MSc
5. Ritesh Das 12:05-12:40 MSc
6. Rishabh Kumar Srivastav 12:40-13:15 MSc
7. Varun Bhat 14:00-14:35 MSc
8. Tanmoy Pati 14:35-15:10 MSc
9. Satyam Das 15:10-15:45 MSc
10. Soumitra Kolya 15:45-16:20 MSc
11. Gopinath Guin 16:20-16:55 MSc
12. Saptarshi Mandal 16:55-17:30 MSc
13. Sejal Ahuja 17:30-18:05 MSc
14. Sarthak Girdhar 18:05-18:40 MSc
15. Manoj Ghosh 18:40-19:15 MSc
16. Alok Kumar 19:15-20:00 PhD
Interview Committee 3
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Nilachal Chakrabarti 9:45-10:20 MSc
2. Uddipan Pal 10:20-10:55 MSc
3. Himanshu Sahu 10:55-11:30 MSc
4. Souvik Paul 11:30-12:05 MSc
5. Shneha Biswas 12:05-12:40 MSc
6. Rahul Metya 12:40-13:15 MSc
7. Rohan Mathew 14:00-14:35 MSc
8. Padmanabha Bose 14:35-15:10 MSc
9. Subhajit Paul 15:10-15:45 MSc
10. Aiswarya Rath 15:45-16:20 MSc
11. Utsav Atta 16:20-16:55 MSc
12. Sarbartha Sengupta 16:55-17:30 MSc
13. Amrit Dutta 17:30-18:05 MSc
14. Shruti Sahu 18:05-18:40 MSc
15. Sandip Sahoo 18:40-19:15 MSc
16. Soumya Kanti Pal 19:15-19:50 MSc


Round 1 (August 24, 2021)


Interview Committee 1
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Manan Singh Kachhawaha 9:45-10:20 MSc
2. Rohit Deb 10:20-10:55 MSc
3. Saurabh Kadawla 10:55-11:30 MSc
4. Shashank Sharma 11:30-12:05 MSc
5. Narendra Kumar 12:05-12:40 MSc
6. Narendra S 12:40-13:15 MSc
7. Akshika Jangid 14:00-14:35 MSc
8. Manish Jain 14:35-15:10 MSc
9. Debendra Meher 15:10-15:45 MSc
10. Manish Kumar Tamta 15:45-16:20 MSc
11. Swarup Tarafder 16:20-16:55 MSc
12. Manas Dogra 16:55-17:30 MSc
13. Pradeep Kumar 17:30-18:05 MSc
14. Vinod Viswambharan Pisharody 18:05-18:40 MSc
15. Nirmal Ghorai 18:40-19:15 MSc
16. Bappaditya Mondal 19:15-19:50 MSc
Interview Committee 2
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Kunal Kumar 9:45-10:20 MSc
2. Kanad Sengupta 10:20-10:55 MSc
3. Krishanu Sengupta 10:55-11:30 MSc
4. Sumanta Ghosh 11:30-12:05 MSc
5. Reetanshu Kumar Pandey 12:05-12:40 MSc
6. Debraj Dutta 12:40-13:15 MSc
7. Hrithik Dagar 14:00-14:35 MSc
8. Subhashis Ghosh 14:35-15:10 MSc
9. Kiran M R 15:10-15:45 MSc
10. Seema Chahal 15:45-16:20 MSc
11. Rashmi Ranjan Bhutia 16:20-16:55 MSc
12. Aparna Trivedi 16:55-17:30 MSc
13. Swagatam Tah 17:30-18:05 MSc
14. Shuva Mondal 18:05-18:40 MSc
15. Abhik Dutta 18:40-19:15 MSc
16. Sankarshan Sahu 19:15-19:50 MSc
17. Shrabasti Banerjee 19:50-20:25 MSc
Interview Committee 3
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Sayantan Datta 9:45-10:20 MSc
2. Hritik Khandelwal 10:20-10:55 MSc
3. Jay Pandey 10:55-11:30 MSc
4. Subhasis Jena 11:30-12:05 MSc
5. Subhadip Ghara 12:05-12:40 MSc
6. Srimanta Das 12:40-13:15 MSc
7. Anjan Banerjee 14:00-14:35 MSc
8. Rajesh Kumar Dash 14:35-15:10 MSc
9. Krittika Roy 15:10-15:45 MSc
10. Sidarth S 15:45-16:20 MSc
11. Tanya Dhama 16:20-16:55 MSc
12. Yash Koushal 16:55-17:30 MSc
13. Ramya Tripathi 17:30-18:05 MSc
14. Paranjoy Chaki 18:05-18:40 MSc
15. Sk Anisur 18:40-19:15 MSc
16. Jay Desai 19:15-19:50 MSc


Round 1 (August 26, 2021)


Interview Committee 1
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Mrinal Jyoti Powdel 9:45-10:20 MSc
2. Uddhav Sen 10:20-10:55 MSc
3. Anish Chaudhuri 10:55-11:30 MSc
4. Sanchayan Banerjee 11:30-12:05 MSc
5. Nilay Halder 12:05-12:40 MSc
6. Thakkar Jahaan Parthbhai 12:40-13:15 MSc
7. Praveen Thalore 14:00-14:35 MSc
8. Gourab Bhattacharya 14:35-15:10 MSc
9. Anik Mandal 15:10-15:45 MSc
10. Arghya Ghosh 15:45-16:20 MSc
11. Yash Agarwal 16:20-16:55 MSc
12. Mohit Dilipbhai Rohida 16:55-17:40 PhD
13. Rashmi Ranjan Sahu 17:40-18:25 PhD
14. Akhil Deswal 18:25-19:10 PhD
15. Vishwajeet Kumar 19:10-19:55 PhD
Interview Committee 2
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Saurabh Singh 9:45-10:20 MSc
2. Gokul Venkat 10:20-10:55 MSc
3. Nayan Mondal 10:55-11:30 MSc
4. Manoj Negi 11:30-12:05 MSc
5. Mrinmoy Samanta 12:05-12:40 MSc
6. Priyabrata Patra 12:40-13:15 MSc
7. Rupam Samanta 14:00-14:35 MSc
8. Soumadip Pakrashi 14:35-15:10 MSc
9. Aishee Chakraborty 15:10-15:45 MSc
10. Ayush Sharma 15:45-16:20 MSc
11. Ashik H 16:20-17:05 PhD
12. Avi Wadhwa 17:05-17:50 PhD
13. Kuldeep Gangwar 17:50-18:35 PhD
14. Nevin Noble 18:35-19:20 PhD
15. Saurav Goyal 18:20-20:05 PhD
Interview Committee 3
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Ardra Slal 9:45-10:20 MSc
2. Dhruv Jain 10:20-10:55 MSc
3. Sonakshi Saha 10:55-11:30 MSc
4. Deep Maity 11:30-12:05 MSc
5. Ayan Hatui 12:05-12:40 MSc
6. Neeraj Vijay 12:40-13:15 MSc
7. Abhibrata Ganguly 14:00-14:35 MSc
8. Naman Kesharwani 14:35-15:10 MSc
9. Parmeshwar Dewangan 15:10-15:45 MSc
10. Debashish Dutta 15:45-16:20 MSc
11. Md Sk Sahidulla 16:20-16:55 MSc
12. Aman Chauhan 16:55-17:40 PhD
13. Keshav Das Agarwal 17:40-18:25 PhD
14. Ayan Sahoo 18:25-19:10 PhD
15. Abhijeet Singh 19:10-19:55 PhD


Round 1 (August 27, 2021)


Interview Committee 1
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Sayan Mondal 9:30-10:15 PhD
2. Rajat Raj 10:15-11:00 PhD
3. Sourabh Saha 11:00-11:45 PhD
4. Shipra Das 11:45-12:30 PhD
5. Subhransu Sekhar Mishra 12:30-13:15 PhD
6. Rahul Sharma 13:15-14:00 PhD
7. Preeti Yadav 14:00-14:45 PhD
8. Rohit Kumar 14:45-15:30 PhD
9. Suvam Pal 15:30-16:15 PhD
10. Saheli Mukherjee 16:15-17:00 PhD
11. Writasree Maitra 17:00-17:45 PhD
12. Ritwik Mukherjee 17:45-18:30 PhD
13. Debargha Sarkar 18:30-19:15 PhD
14. Ashish Rawat 19:15-20:00 PhD
15. Pravesh Awasthi 20:00-20:45 PhD
Interview Committee 2
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Abhirup Bhattacharya 9:30-10:15 PhD
2. Yogendar Singh 10:15-11:00 PhD
3. Sudip Manna 11:00-11:45 PhD
4. Ishita Modak 11:45-12:30 PhD
5. Sambhav Antriksh 12:30-13:15 PhD
6. Manojit Das 13:15-14:00 PhD
7. Soujanya Datta 14:00-14:45 PhD
8. Sitaram Maity 14:45-15:30 PhD
9. Ahamadullah Khan 15:30-16:15 PhD
10. Banshi Lal 16:15-17:00 PhD
11. Vijay Kumar 17:00-17:45 PhD
12. Deepanshu Srivastava 17:45-18:30 PhD
13. Kaushal Tiwari 18:30-19:15 PhD
14. Priyanshi Tiwari 19:15-20:00 PhD
15. Arnab Paul 20:00-20:45 PhD
Interview Committee 3
No. Name Interview Time MSc/PhD
1. Astha Khandelwal 9:30-10:15 PhD
2. Mayusree Das 10:15-11:00 PhD
3. Avinash Tiwari 11:00-11:45 PhD
4. Sayantan Ghosh 11:45-12:30 PhD
5. Indra Banerjee 12:30-13:15 PhD
6. Aman Upadhyay 13:15-14:00 PhD
7. Shashank Mishra 14:00-14:45 PhD
8. Vipul Kumar 14:45-15:30 PhD
9. Sharad Mishra 15:30-16:15 PhD
10. Palemkota Maithresh 16:15-17:00 PhD
11. Shubham Raghuvanshi 17:00-17:45 PhD
12. Aditya Mehta 17:45-18:30 PhD
13. Tarun Kumar 18:30-19:15 PhD
14. Debarupa Saha 19:15-20:00 PhD
15. Rinkesh Kumar 20:00-20:45 PhD

For further information, contact

Convener, Physics Graduate Committee
Harish-Chandra Research Institute
Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Allahabad 211 019

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