JRF-SRF-RA

DIRECTORATE OF RICE RESEARCH (DRR Hyderabad)
(Indian Council of Agricultural Research)
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030

WALK-IN-INTERVIEW

Eligible candidates are invited to attend the walk-in-interview on 11.2.2010 between 9.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. for the temporary posts of Research Associate / Senior Research Fellow / Junior Research Fellow / Highly Skilled Technical Person & Technical Help to work under the research projects sanctioned to Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad.

1. NAIP sub project on “Development and Maintenance of Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP)”.

Duration: 1 year & extendable further.

Research Associate – Domain Expert (Content Aggregation) (1 post):

Essential Qualifications: Doctoral / Masters Degree in Agriculture / Plant Sciences / equivalent disciplines from a recognized and reputed university with proficiency in computers.

Desirable Qualifications: Proven ability in publishing, ICT usage, content search and content editing. Should have the ability to comprehend technical data and create content based on the meaningful interpretations. Ability to develop web based content on various platforms. Knowledge on rice related technologies.

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.18000/- p.m. plus HRA for Doctoral and Rs.17000/-p.m. plus HRA for Masters.

2. DBT sponsored project on “Development of Indica rice lines… Evaluation” Duration: 1 year & extendable further.

Research Associate (1 post)

Essential Qualifications: Master’s degree in Agriculture/Plant Sciences/Life Sciences/Biotechnology with 2 years research experience in plant breeding/plant biotechnology with specialization in marker-assisted selection/breeding

Desirable Qualifications: 3 years research experience in rice marker-assisted selection/breeding in rice

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.18000/- p.m. plus HRA for Doctoral and Rs.17000/-p.m. plus HRA for Masters.

3. ICAR funded Network project on “Gender issues in rice based production system and refinement of selected technologies in women perspective”. Duration: 1 year & extendable further.

Senior Research Fellow (1 post):

Essential Qualifications: : M.Sc. (Ag. Extension)/ M.Sc. (Ag. Economics) / any branch of Agricultural Sciences with knowledge in Computer application

Desirable Qualifications: Working experience in collecting the filled schedules, data feeding and analyzing

Emoluments: Rs.12,000/-p.m. plus HRA

4. DBT funded on “Promoter mining of novel regulatory elements of candidate genes in rice for biotic stresses”. Duration: Upto November, 2010

Sr. Research Fellow / Jr.Research Fellow (1 post)

Essential Qualifications for SRF: M.Sc.,(Agriculture-Biotechnology) or M.Sc. in any subject of life sciences.

Desirable Qualifications: for SRF: Basic Bioinformatics knowledge is required.

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.14,000/- p.m. plus HRA

Essential Qualifications: for JRF: Master’s degree in Agriculture/Plant Sciences/Life Sciences/Biotechnology.

Desirable Qualifications: One-year research experience in plant breeding/plant biotechnology with specialization in marker-assisted selection/breeding/plant tissue culture/plant genetic transformation/agricultural entomology/plant pathology.

Emoluments: Rs.12,000/-p.m. plus HRA for first two years & Rs/.14,000/-p.m.plus HRA from 3rd year onwards.

5. DBT funded project Functional Genomics of Rice Phase II – Sub Project 4A. Duration: 1 year & extendable further.

Senior Research Fellow / Junior Research Fellow (1 post):

Essential Qualifications: Master’s degree in Agriculture/Plant Sciences/Life Sciences/Biotechnology/Plant Breeding/Agricultural Entomology/Plant Pathology/Plant Biotechnology with specialization in marker- assisted selection/g/ gene expression/bio-informatics

Desirable Qualifications: 2 years research experience in above cited fields for SRF. Experience certificate and /publications are essential

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.14,000/-p.m. + HRA (for SRF) or Rs.12,000/- p.m. +HRA (for JRF)

6.DST funded project on “Silencing of Rice Tungro Virus through RNAi approach”. Duration: 1 year & extendable further.

Junior Research Fellow (1 post)

Essential Qualifications: M.Sc (Life Sciences / Biochemistry/Biotechnology)

Desirable Qualifications: 1.Working experience in molecular biology techniques and rice transformation, 2.Basic knowledge of bioinformatics tools.

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.12,000/-p.m. plus HRA

7.DST funded project on “Fine mapping of fertility restorer genes for WA-CMS system of rice and its application for identification of restorers”.

Duration: up to July 2010

Junior Research Fellow (1 post)

Essential Qualifications: M.Sc Biotechnology/Agriculture/Botany degree with specialization in Plant Breeding / Genetics / Biotechnology / Plant Molecular Biology / Plant Sciences / Life Sciences / Botany

Desirable Qualifications: 1-2 years research experience in crop genetics / breeding as evidenced by publications and / or reference letters. Work experience in rice biotechnology/breeding/genetics will be preferred.

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.12,000/-p.m. plus HRA

8.ICAR funded project on “Multi-location Evaluation of Rice Germplasm”. Duration: 1 year & extendable further.

Highly Skilled Technical Person (1 post-Pl.Breeding)

Essential Qualifications: B.Sc or M.Sc degree with Botany as one of the subjects or Diploma in Agriculture from any of the recognized universities in the Country.

Desirable Qualifications: Flair to work in rice fields, Experience in field experiments and knowledge of computer application

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.8, 000/- per month

Highly Skilled Technical Person (1 post-Entomology)

Essential Qualifications: B.Sc. or M.Sc in any branch of life sciences.

Desirable Qualifications: Experience in screening germplasm from insect resistance

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.8, 000/- per month

9.DBT funded project on “Establishment of National Rice Resource Data Base”. Duration: 3 years

Highly Skilled Technical Person (1 post)

Essential Qualifications: Bachelors degree in Botany or Diploma in Agriculture from any of the recognized universities in the country.

Desirable Qualifications:(a) Experience in field experiments (b) flair to work in the rice fields (c) knowledge of computer applications.

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.8,000/- per month

10. BMGF funded project on “Stress-tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa and South Asia”. Duration: 11 months

Technical Help (1 post)

Essential Qualifications: B.Sc (Agriculture) / B.Sc in Life Sciences

Desirable Qualifications: (1)M.Sc (Ag.) in Genetics / Plant Breeding or M.Sc in Life Sciences (2)Basic knowledge in computer applications for data base management.

Emoluments: Consolidated pay of Rs.8,000/- p.m.

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