Recruitment for posts on funded projects
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram is a premier autonomous
Institution established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for
promotion of high quality science education and research in the country.
The Institute invites applications for the following positions on contract basis:
Senior Research Fellow
Project Targeted editing of potato genome to develop variety
specific True Potato Seed (TPS)
Funding agency National Agricultural Science Fund (NASF)- ICAR (Indian
Council of Agricultural Research)
Minimum Educational qualification
(as prescribed by the funding agency)
Senior Research Fellow
Ph.D. in any area of biological/life sciences.
OR
Master degree in any area of biological/life sciences with
4 years/5 years of Bachelor’s degree.
OR
Candidates having postgraduate degree in Basic Sciences
with 3 years Bachelor’s degree and 2 years Master degree
should have qualified NET* or equivalent
examination.
OR
The Master’s degree holders with the integrated degrees
(5 years) like B.Tech & M.Tech with specialization in
biological/life sciences
NET* - As regards, NET examination, the candidate
should have qualified any national level examination
conducted by the Central Govt. Departments/agencies for
admission to Ph.D. programme are considered as NET for
the purpose of RA/SRF. The following are some of the
NET examinations:
CSIR-CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test.
MHRD-Graduate
Aptitude Test in Engineering
admission.
DBT-Biotechnology Eligibility Test & Test conducted in
Bioinformatics by Bioinformatics National Consortium.
DAE-JEST & JGEEBILS, NBHM.
ICMR-JRF Entrance Examination.
ICAR-Test conducted by ICAR for admission to Ph.D.
programme.
DoP-GPAT.
Preference Academically excellent candidate with technical
proficiency in recombinant DNA(rDNA) technology
especially in cloning, designing and making gene
constructs. A minimum of 6 months of research experience
in rDNA technology like cloning, bacterial transformation
etc., is preferable but not mandatory. This may be
considered as a criteria for shortlisting if many applications
are received.
Fellowship amount Senior research fellow: Rs. 31,000 + HRA as applicable.
Tenure of the post 1 year, extendable based on performance till the duration of
the project approved.
Age SRF: 32 years with 3-5 years relaxation for
SC/ST/OBC/Women and Physically disabled as per
government norms
Last date 20 October 2019
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