JRF at NIPGR

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for filling up the purely temporary positions of one Research Associate, two Junior Research Fellow and one Lab/field Assistant in DBT Part-B Sub-project-1 & 2 entitled “Transcriptome and epigenome diversity analysis during seed development for discovery of molecular markers and gene regulatory mechanism in chickpea” of Seed Biology 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 (awarded) in Life Sciences/Molecular Biology/Bioinformatics or related field are eligible to apply. Candidates having experience in the area of protein biochemistry, advanced molecular biology and genomics techniques will be preferred. The candidate should have good academic record and relevant research experience as evidenced from published papers in standard refereed journals.

Junior Research Fellow (two post): Emoluments as per DST/DBT norms & as sanctioned in the project.

Qualification: Candidates having M.Sc. degree or equivalent (with minimum 55% marks) in Life Sciences, Biotechnolgy, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology or any other related field are eligible to apply. The Candidate having computer skills (Linux, Perl, Java, MySQL) and/or experience in advanced molecular biology, next generation sequencing data analysis and molecular markers analysis, will be given preference.
Lab Attendant (one post): . 8000/- fixed consolidated emolument.

Qualification: Matriculate with experience of working in research laboratories.

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 post 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 (if any) 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.

Last date January 02, 2014

The envelope must be superscribed by "Application for the Post of RA/JRF/Lab/Field Assistant in Seed Biology Project of Dr. Mukesh Jain, Scientist, NIPGR.

Note: ONLY hard copy of the application in the given format will be accepted.

Dr. Mukesh Jain
Staff Scientist
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P.O. Box NO. 10531,
New Delhi - 110067