JRF /Project Associate jobs in Delhi at NIPGR

Candidates are invited to appear before selection committee in the walk-in-interview for filling up the purely temporary positions in the following projects/schemes under the supervision of Dr. Shailesh Kumar, Scientist, NIPGR.

JRF /Project Associate

1.Junior Research Fellow - (1 Post)

Emoluments as per DST/DBT norms and as sanctioned in the project.

SERB project entitled “Genome-wide identification and characterization of fusion events in different plant species”.

Eligibility: Candidates selected through National Eligibility Tests as mentioned in the DST Office Memorandum number SR/S9/Z-08/2018 dated January 30, 2019 and having M.Sc. degree/M.Tech degree (with minimum 60% marks) in Life Sciences/Biotechnology/Biochemistry or equivalent are eligible to appear for interview.

Candidates having prior research experience in plant molecular biology or Bioinformatics will be given preference.

2.Junior Research Fellow – (1 Post)

Emoluments as per DST/DBT norms and as sanctioned in the project.

SERB project entitled “Genome-wide identification and characterization of transfer RNA derived fragments (tRFs) in chickpea”.

Eligibility: Candidates selected through National Eligibility Tests as mentioned in the DST Office Memorandum number SR/S9/Z-08/2018 dated January 30, 2019 and having M.Sc. degree/M.Tech degree (with minimum 60% marks) in Life Sciences/Biotechnology/Biochemistry or equivalent are eligible to appear for interview. Candidates having prior research experience in plant molecular biology or Bioinformatics will be given preference.

3.Project Associate -I (01 post)

Emoluments as per DST Office Memorandum number SR/S9/Z-05/2019 dated

"Short-Term Research Fellowship" programme of NIPGR.

Eligibility: Candidate having a M.Sc./M.Tech. degree (with minimum of 60% marks overall) or equivalent in Bioinformatics/Biotechnology/Life Sciences or any other related field are eligible for interview. Candidates having prior experience in the area of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis, database and web-servers, Machine learning and big data analysis will be preferred.

Project Associate -II (One post)

Emoluments as per DST Office Memorandum number SR/S9/Z-05/2019 dated August 21, 2019

"Short-Term Research Fellowship" programme of NIPGR.

Eligibility: Candidate having a M.Sc./M.Tech. degree (with minimum of 60% marks overall) or equivalent in Bioinformatics/Biotechnology/Life Sciences or any other related field with two years post M.Sc./M.Tech. experience are eligible for interview. Candidates having prior experience in the area of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis, database and web-servers, Machine learning and big data analysis will be preferred.

The fellowship amount for the above positions is at par with the similar fellowships by DST/DBT or as sanctioned in the project.

The National Institute of Plant Genome Research (formerly known as National Centre for Plant Genome Research) is an autonomous institution of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. The Institute has been established to coincide with the 50th anniversary of India's independence as well as birth anniversary of Prof. (Dr.) J. C. Bose. The formal announcement was made on November 30th 1997. This Institute has already placed India among the major contributors to plant genomics.