Advt. No. PhD-I-2025 - GUIDELINES FOR FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION

Interested candidates are advised to go through the entire advertisement, detailed terms and conditions and below given guidelines carefully before filling the online application.

Candidates should apply through this Online Recruitment Portal only. Candidates are requested to make sure that they are using javascript enabled browser for filling the application. For documentation on how to enable javascript in various browsers, please Click here.
Registration Process:
  1. Candidates have to first register by clicking on the "New Registration" button in the login section. Candidates have to create a password during registration and preserve it for future logins application submission / downloading.
  2. Upon successful registration, a confirmation message with Registration ID in the format RSP-I-R20XXXXXXi and details of the post applied for will be displayed. The candidate is advised to save this information carefully in the form of printout / screenshot. No separate email / SMS confirmation will be sent regarding successful completion of the application or about the Registration ID.”
Candidates may note that the Registration ID along with the created password for accessing Online Application Form are important till the completion of the recruitment process.
Candidates should register with a valid email address as the same would be considered throughout this recruitment process for correspondence and no postal correspondence would be made or entertained.
Documents required to submit the application:
Before starting the process of filling the application, the candidate should keep ready, the following details/ documents:
  1. Valid E-mail ID & Mobile Number.
  2. Scanned copy of the recent passport size color Photograph (not older than 3 months). Dimensions of the photograph should be 300px width, 400px height (3:4 ratio) and maximum 100kb size in .jpg/.jpeg format
  3. Clearly visible scanned signature with image dimensions: 160px width X 40px height (4:1 ratio) and maximum size 100kb in .jpg/.jpeg format
  4. Scanned certificate copies of Proof of Date of birth, SSC, Inter, Bachelors, Post Graduate Degree certificates, Project training certificates (all combined as a single pdf file).
  5. Qualifying Exam certificate / hall ticket (if results awaited) as a pdf file.
  6. Scanned copies of Category Certificates (OBC/SC/ST/EWS/Ex-Service Persons/Divyang], if applicable as a pdf file.
  7. Other documents, if any as a pdf file.
  8. File type and maximum file size of the Documents accepted
    1. Photograph : jpg, jpeg / 100KB
    2. Signature : jpg, jpeg / 100KB
    3. Memos / certificates : pdf / 5MB
    4. Qualifying Exam certificate / hall ticket: pdf / 500KB
    5. Category certificates (OBC/SC/ST/EWS/Ex-Service Persons/Divyang] : pdf / 500KB
    6. Other Documents, if any : pdf / 500KB
Candidates to ensure that the same photograph, mobile Number and E-mail ID are used throughout this recruitment process.
Application filling and submission:
  1. Login to the portal using Registration ID and Password to access the application form and fill-in the information.
  2. Candidates should ensure that they are filling the correct information in the form and will be held responsible for any typographical or other errors in data feeding. Later no request will be entertained for correction.
  3. Candidates can Login any number of times and navigate across the pages to fill / edit the information. Information can be saved by clicking "Save".
  4. [Please note that if "Upload Documents" button is clicked without filling any of the mandatory columns, the same will be indicated by 3 red astriks (***) in the tab headings and also such columns are marked in red.]
  5. After filling the required information under all the tab headings, please click the "Upload Documents" button to proceed for uploading the required documents.
  6. Once uploading the required documents, candidates may click "Submit" button to submit the application.
  7. Upon successful submission of the application an Application ID in the format RSP-I-A20XXXXXX is generated. A confirmation message with Application ID and the link to download the application will also be displayed.
  8. Candidates may note that they can login to the portal even after submission of the application to view/download their submitted application.
Candidates may please note that once the Application ID is generated, there is no provision to edit the Application Form in the portal. Hence, candidates have to ensure that they complete the application form in all respects with correct details and verify it before submitting.

However, Candidates can login to the portal to view / download the submitted application till the completion of the recruitment process.
Candidates are once again advised to go through the entire advertisement and the detailed terms and conditions carefully before filling the online application.

1. For advertisement queries please contact: rsp<at>cdfd.org.in with "PhD-I-2025" in the subject.
2. For any technical problems while submitting the form please contact: webmaster<at>cdfd.org.in with "PhD-I-2025" in the subject.