ANNOUNCEMENT
Recruitment of Research Personnel
ADVT. NO.: WII/RES/RSCHRS-Selection’2019(1)/A.3.21
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is a premier autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Environment, Forest &
Climate Change, Government of India, in the field of wildlife research, teaching and training. The Institute invites
application from the Indian nationals for the following research personnel, through a Qualifying test followed by
Interview(s). Details of the positions along with essential and desirable qualifications, brief description of work are
given in Annexure-1.
Age criteria and monthly fellowship, etc. of the advertised positions are as follows:
Requirement of Research Personnel
Developing a
collaborative
management strategy
for conservation of
tigers in North East
India, Component
1:
Status and
Conservation of Tigers
and Their Habitats in
Hill Ranges of North
East India with special
reference to Mishmi
Hills, Manipur and
Nagaland
Project Fellow
(06 nos.)
Four Years
Rs.25000
+HRA (as
admissible)
EQ: Masters’ Degree in Wildlife Science/ Botany/
Zoology/ Forestry/ Life Science/ Social Science/
Environmental Sciences/ Statistics/Anthropology from
a recognized University and
minimum one year work experience in similar field.
DQ: Preferably having experience/interest in: natural
history of north-east India, wildlife surveys, camera
trapping, socio-cultural surveys, quantitative
methods, R, GIS-RS and most importantly keen
desire to carryout arduous field work in the remote
and rugged landscape of north east India under
extreme cold or rainy conditions with minimal logistic
support.
Work involves conducting ecological studies on tigers
and their prey species in selected remote areas of
Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland.
Dibang Valley District (2 nos) Lower Dibang Valley
(1 no) Kamlang TR (1 no) Manipur & Nagaland (1
no) Sociocultural aspects (1 no)
Project Assistant (03 nos.)
Four Years
Rs.20000
(Consolidated)
EQ: Bachelors’ Degree in any discipline from a
recognized university.
DQ: Good command over written and spoken English,
Interest to carry out both desk based and field based
research.
Work involves surveying for tigers and their prey
species in selected areas of Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur and Nagaland.
Assist the project team in day-to-day activities and
functioning of the project.
An integrated
approach for
conservation of Takin
(Budorcas taxicolor) in
North East India:
Linking species
ecology and
traditional ecological
knowledge
Junior Research
Fellow
(01 no.)
Three
Years
Rs.31000
+HRA (as
admissible) (for
first 2 years)
35000+HRA (for
3
rd year subject to
satisfactory
performance)
EQ: Masters’ Degree in Wildlife Science/ Botany/
Zoology/ Forestry/ Life Science/ Social Science/
Environmental Sciences/ Statistics/ Anthropology with
a minimum of 60% aggregate marks from a recognized
University.
DQ: Preferably having experience/interest in: natural
history of north-east India, wildlife surveys, camera
trapping, movement ecology, socio-cultural surveys,
quantitative methods, R, GIS-RS and most importantly
keen desire to carryout arduous field work in the
Work involves ecological study on Takin in selected
areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
Research
Assistant
(01 no.)
Three
Years
Rs.22000
(consolidated)
EQ: Bachelors’ Degree in any discipline related to
Biological Science/Life Science/Ecological Sciences
from a recognized university.
DQ: Good command over written and spoken English,
Interest to carry out both desk based and field based
research.
Work involves ecological study on Takin in selected
areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
Assist the project team in day-to-day activities and
functioning of the project in the field.
Atlas of colonial
nesting waterbirds in
the east coast states
of India
Junior Technical
Assistant
(01 no.)
One Year
Rs.16000
+HRA (as
admissible)
EQ: Bachelors’ Degree in any discipline related to
Biological Science/Life Science/Ecological Sciences
from a recognized university.
DQ: Good command over written and spoken English,
Interest to carry out both desk based and field based
research.
The study involves carrying out a survey for colonial
nesting birds and heronries in east coast states.
Assist the project team in day-to-day activities and
functioning of the project both at Headquarters and in
the field.
Biogeography of
Eastern Borderland in
India: Evidence from
Ectotherms
Junior Research
Fellow
(01 no.)
Three
Years
Rs.31000
+HRA (as
admissible) (for
first 2 years)
Rs.35000
+HRA (for 3rd year
subject to
satisfactory
performance
EQ: Master’s degree in Wildlife Biology / Zoology/
Molecular Biology/ Environmental Science/Life
Sciences with 60% aggregate marks and above from
a recognized university.
DQ:
1. CSIR-JRF. UGC-NET cleared Candidates
2. Field Experience in Herpetological research and
handling herpetofauna.
3. Keen desire to carryout fieldwork in remote
Northeast India with minimum logistics.
Wildlife Forensics and
Conservation
Genetics Cell
Forensic
Researchers
(01 no.)
Two
Years
Rs.25,000
+HRA (as
admissible)
EQ- M.Sc. in Biotechnology/Genetics/Animal
Genetics/ Life Sciences from recognized university
with 60% aggregate marks and above.
Selected candidate will need to assist the Project
Investigator in the lab for the analysis of wildlife crime
cases and undertake the other related assigned task.
DQ- Candidate with the experience of working in a
genetics lab is desirable for this position. A candidate
with CSIR/UGC fellowship would be preferred.
Research
Associate-I
(01 no.)
Two
Years
Rs.47,000
+HRA (as
admissible)
EQ- Ph.D. Degree in the field of Biotechnology/
Genetics/ Animal Genetics
DQ- Candidate with the experience of working in a
genetics lab is desirable for this position.
Selected candidate will need to assist the Project
Investigator in the lab for the analysis of wildlife
crime cases and undertake the other related
assigned task.
Status Survey and
Genetic Study of
eastern Hog Deer
(Axis porcinus
annamiticus)
populations in
northeast India
Junior Research
Fellow-
(Genetics
Component)
(01 no.)
Three
Years
Rs.31,000
+ HRA (as
admissible)
EQ- M.Sc. in Biotechnology/Genetics/Animal
Genetics/ Life Sciences from recognized university
with 60% aggregate marks and above.
DQ- Candidate with the experience of working in a
genetics lab is desirable for this position. A candidate
with CSIR/UGC fellowship would be preferred.
Selected candidate will need to visit the Northeast
States (Assam/Manipur/ Tripura/Mizoram etc.) for
the execution of the project and fieldwork and will
need to perform the genetic experiment of the
project and other project related assigned task.
Junior Research
Fellow Ecology
Component
(01 no.)
Three
Years
Rs.31000
+HRA (as
admissible)
EQ- M.Sc. in Zoology/ Life Sciences from recognized
university with 60% aggregate marks and above.
DQ- Candidate with the experience of working in an
animal ecological study related project is desirable for
this position. A candidate from
Manipur/Tripura/Mizoram state will be preferred. A
candidate with CSIR/UGC fellowship would be given
preference.
Selected candidate will need to visit the Northeast
States (Assam/Manipur/ Tripura/Mizoram etc.) for
the execution of the project and fieldwork and other
project related assigned task.
Promoting community
participation in
conservation and conflict
resolution in the fringe
villages of Kaziranga
Tiger Reserve through
Eco development.
Project Fellow
(Human
dimension) (02 nos.)
Three
years
Rs.25000
+HRA (as
admissible)
EQ: Masters’ Degree in Wildlife Science/ Forestry/ Life
Science/ Environmental Sciences or management/
Ecology, Environment and Sustainable Development/
Political sciences/ Statistics/ Anthropology/ Sociology/
Social Science/ Economics or related subjects from a
recognized university and
minimum one year work experience in similar field.
The study involves in examining the patterns of
interaction between the local communities and the
protected areas with reference to resource
dependency and human wildlife conflict so as to
develop site-specific strategies for aligning local
peoples’ livelihood with conservation priorities of
Kaziranga Tiger Reserve.
DQ: >1 year experience of working on community
participation in natural resource management,
protected area – people interface, socioeconomic
surveys or any aspects of human dimension in wildlife
conservation.
Connecting the dots:
finding dispersal
corridors for tiger in
Kaziranga – Karbi
Anglong landscape.
Project Fellow
(Ecology)
(02 nos.)
Four
years
Rs.25000
+HRA (as
admissible)
EQ: Masters’ Degree in Wildlife Science/ Botany/
Zoology/ Forestry/ Life Science/ Environmental
Sciences or management/ Biodiversity conservation
from a recognized university and
minimum one year work experience in similar field.
DQ: >1 year experience of wildlife surveys, camera
trapping, habitat assessment.
Work on the corridor ecology in Kaziranga - Karbi
Anglong Landscape and Identify critical points along
the corridors with high probability of negative humanwildlife interaction for developing conservation
strategy for tiger in Northeast India.
Project Fellow
(Spatial analyst)
(01 no.)
Four Years
Rs.25000
+HRA (as
admissible)
EQ: Master's degree in Wildlife Sciences/
Environmental Science or management / Geoinformatics / M.Tech. in Remote Sensing & GIS or
related subjects from a recognized university and
minimum one year work experience in similar field.
DQ: Experience of working on application of GIS and
Remote Sensing technology in the assessment of
wildlife habitat.
Work on the corridor ecology in Kaziranga - Karbi
Anglong Landscape and delineate possible corridors
linking Kazrianga Tiger Reserve with surrounding
landscape and examine the functionality of these
corridors through fieldwork and spatial analysis.
Project Fellow
(Conservation
genetics)
(01 no.)
Four Years Rs.25000
+HRA (as
admissible)
EQ: Masters’ Degree in Wildlife Science/ Zoology/ Life
Science/ Biotechnology/ Environmental Sciences or
management from a recognized university and
minimum one year work experience in similar field.
DQ: >1 year experience of working on the population
genetics of large mammals using various molecular
markers, having experience of handling microsatellite
markers and large genomes.
Examine the pattern of gene flow among large
mammals in Kaziranga - Karbi Anglong Landscape.
Note: Candidates appearing for final exam of Master's in current year will not be eligible for the test/interview.
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