ICAR-IARI’s Regional Research Centre,
Dharwad-580005
Advt No: IARI/RRC_Dharwad/2026/01 Dated 21th May 2026
Applications are invited for two posts of Junior Research Fellow purely on contractual basis, time
bound and non-regular nature under the ANRF-funded projects at IARI’s Regional Research Centre,
Dharwad, Karnataka.
The application deadline is 12
th June 2026 and the short listed candidates will be
informed about the details of the online interview (Date and Time) by email. The interview will be held
at IARI’s Regional Research Centre, Opp. UAS Campus, PB. Road Dharwad, Karnataka.
The eligible
candidates are requested to send their application in the enclosed proforma (Annexure-I) and
declaration form (Annexure-II) along with the scanned copies of the original documents in a single
PDF file to the email address bp.mallikarjuna09@gmail.com with a copy to
mallikarjuna@iari.res.in on or before 12.06.2026, 05.30 PM.
Candidates should clearly mention the name of the project in Annexure-I under which they are
applying. Candidates wishing to apply for both projects must submit separate applications along with
the requisite documents for each project. After screening the applications, the eligible candidates will
be informed about the details of the online interview (Date and Time) by email. Original documents
will be verified at the time of interview. Therefore, shortlisted candidates will be required to carry their
recent bio-data in the enclosed formats along with original copies of the relevant documents besides
the copy of M.Sc/M.Tech Thesis. If any candidate is found to have submitted false claims during
screening or at later stage, their candidature will be summarily rejected.
The details of the posts are as follows:
ANRF-Advanced
Research Grant
(ARG) funded
project titled
“Enhancing Soybean
Rust Resistance in
DSb23 through
Gene Pyramiding
and Early
Generation MarkerAssisted Selection”.
Junior
Researc
h
Fellow
(JRF)
One
Rs. 37,000 +
20% HRA pm for
1
st and 2nd year
and
SRF @ 42,000/-
+ 20% HRA for
3
rd year.
ANRF-Core Research Grant (CRG) funded project titled “Mapping and Fine Mapping of Genomic Regions Associated with Dry Root Rot Disease Resistance in Chickpea”
Junior Researc h Fellow (JRF)
Rs. 37,000 + 20% HRA pm for 1 st and 2nd year and SRF @ 42,000/- + 20% HRA for 3 rd year.
Essential Qualification:
Post Graduate Degree in Basic
Science OR Graduate/Post
Graduate Degree in Professional
Course (Master’s degree in Plant
Pathology/Genetics and Plant
Breeding) selected through a
process described through any one
of the following:
1. Scholars who are selected
through National Eligibility
Tests - CSIR-UGC NET
including lectureship (Assistant
Professorship) and GATE.
2. The selection process through
National level examinations
conducted by Central
Government Departments and
their Agencies and Institutions
such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS,
DRDO, MoE, ICAR, ICMR,
IIT, IISc, IISER, NISER etc.
Desirable Qualification:
Candidates having experience in disease screening of field crops and
knowledge of pathogen isolation,
inoculation, and disease scoring will
be preferred. Experience in
molecular marker genotyping will be
an added advantage
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