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Applications are invited from suitable candidates for filling up the purely temporary positions of one Research Associate (RA) and three Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the DBT sub-project-1 entitled "Chickpea genome sequence analysis and its alignment to genetic map" of 'Next Generation Challenge programme on Chickpea Genomics' under the supervision of Dr. Mukesh Jain, Scientist, NIPGR.

Research Associate (one post): Emoluments as per DST/DBT norms & as sanctioned in the project.

Qualification: Candidates having Ph.D. degree or equivalent in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, or any other related field are eligible to apply. The candidate should have a good academic record and research experience as evidenced from published papers in standard refereed journals. Candidate having experience in the area of advanced molecular biology, genomics, transcriptomics, microarray data analysis etc. will be given preference.

Junior Research Fellow (three posts): Emoluments as per DST/DBT norms & as sanctioned in the project

Qualification: Candidates having M.Sc. degree or equivalent (with minimum of 55% marks) in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology or any other related field are eligible to apply. Candidate having experience in the area of advanced molecular biology, next generation sequencing, data analysis and molecular markers analysis will be given preference.

The positions are purely temporary and are co-terminus with the project. The initial appointment will be for one year, which can be extended/curtailed on the basis of assessment of the candidate's performance and discretion of the Competent Authority. NIPGR reserves the right to select the candidate against the above posts depending upon the qualification and experience of the candidate. Reservation of post shall be as per Govt. of India norms.

Eligible candidates may apply by sending their complete application in the given format. The attested copies of the certificates and proof of research experience are to be attached with the hard copy of application. The applications should reach at the address given below within 15 days from the date of advertisement. The envelope must be superscribed by "Application for the Post of RA/JRF in DBT NGCP Sub- Project-1".

Last date February 02, 2013
Application Format
Note: ONLY hard copy of the application in the given format will be accepted.
Dr. Mukesh Jain
Staff Scientist - III
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P.O. Box NO. 10531,
New Delhi – 110067