Updated : August 2026

I. Collaborations and long-term lab exchanges:

We welcome collaborative and exchange visits from other research institutions. These are typically initiated by PIs who would like to send over students or post-docs on collaborative projects. We look forward especially to long-term visits involving projects of mutual interest.

II. Project positions:

The Bhalla lab is currently focussing on completion of several ongoing projects, and therefore does not expect to open JRF positions for 2026. We have filled the JRF position on the CALM-Brain project. We appreciate the interest of many students for such positions, but at present we are not able to take even very talented applicants for those positions. We encourage such applicants to also consider the work of other researchers at NCBS. Strong quantitative skills are desirable in many areas of biology.

III. Summer student and short-term trainees:

 We are open to two applications through the Indian Academy of Sciences summer student programme for 2027. Any people interested for the next year should apply through next year's Indian Academy of Sciences programme directly which has its own student assignment process. For 2026, we won't be hosting any further summer or winter or other seasonal short-term students.

IV. Internships:

We understand that many students have internship requirements for degree programmes. Our experience is that these are not productive unless they involve a substantial, full-time, on-site project for at least nine months to a year. For the present and coming year (2026-2027) we are already hosting two interns on the Ultrasound and Synaptic Atlas projects respectively.  Therefore we will not be hosting any further summer students or trainees for this year (2026) and up to mid-2027. 

V. On-line projects and lab experience:

We do not host on-line projects.