The Visiting Students Research Program is intended to orient students towards research in Mathematics. The programme is for students currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's programme and not for PhD students or faculty members in colleges or Universities.

Students doing a Masters degree with a good academic record and motivation for research are selected for the program. Exceptionally good and motivated students from BSc/BTech are also accepted.

Students selected under the programme are guided through an advanced Reading Course (or other appropriate project). This will afford students an opportunity to interact with leading mathematicians of the country. Special lectures aimed at introducing the students to advanced areas of mathematics are also organised.

VSRP 2026

Download VSRP2026 poster here.

The School of Mathematics will host a Visiting Student Research Programme in 2026. The Programme will run from May 18, 2026 to June 18, 2026 and is on campus. You need to be on campus for the entire duration.

Application start date: February 06, 2026

Application deadline: March 06, 2026

Deadline for receiving referee letters: March 06, 2026

Students are required to apply online. Please click on the following link to apply:

For the online registration process, please keep the following ready :

a) Scanned photo (.jpg file of size not exceeding 200kb) of your passport size photograph.

b) A write-up of up to 400 words, describing your interest in the most preferred field of study has to be provided in the appropriate box. The write up should not contain special characters. In particular, use of equations in write-ups is strongly discouraged.

c) Names, Affiliation, Designation, Contact address (both e-mail and physical address) and contact phone numbers of two referees who would be filling referee reports for you. They should be teachers or persons with whom you have interacted academically.

The link for filling up the Referee Report Form online will be sent by email to both Referees after completing the registration process.

Results will be declared on 15 March 2026

Accommodation and Honorarium

Suitable accommodation will be provided only for the selected candidates and an honorarium of Rs. 9000/- will be given as per existing norms.

Please direct questions to the Coordinators:

vsrp "at" math.tifr.res.in [math.tifr.res.in]

Organising Committee: Amitava Bhattacharya, Srimathy Srinivasan