National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI)
(Dept. of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
Sector-81, Knowledge City, Manauli P.O,
S.A.S. Nagar-140306, Punjab
Temporary Positions of Research Associates, Senior Research Fellow & Junior
Research Fellows
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) is an autonomous Institute under
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. NABI aims at catalysing the
transformation of Agri-food sector in India by being a nodal organization for knowledge
generation and translational science leading to value-added products based on Agri-Food
biotech innovations for improved household nutritional security. Since its inception in 2010,
NABI is involved in research activities for the Bio fortification, development of designer
crops for improved nutrition, providing sustainable and novel solutions towards quality food
and nutrition, and development of evidence based functional foods to counter malnutrition.
Food and nutritional Biotechnology division at NABI requires following research
personnel purely on temporary basis.
1. Research Associate for Improvement of nutritional and processing quality in
Wheat (01 Position)
Job Profile:-
1. RA will be responsible for nutritional enhancement of wheat by Bio fortification based
strategies.
2. RA will be responsible for biochemical and agronomic studies on colored wheat.
3. RA will be responsible for outreach activities and public awareness generation.
Essential Qualifications:- PhD/MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree in Life Sciences or
having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience after MVSc/
M.Pharm/ME/M.Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation Index (SCI)
journal. (Eligibility criteria as DST OM No.SR/S9/Z-09/2012 dated 21.10.2014).
Desirable qualifications:- Research experience in plant breeding, crop, storage and
extension activities or proximate analysis of food products. Experience in outreach activities.
Emoluments:- The RA will be hired as per the emoluments’ guidelines and service
conditions notified by DST (DST OM No.SR/S9/Z-09/2012 dated 21.10.2014).
Age Limit:- The age limit of applicants for RA will be 40 years (Relaxation is admissible in
case of SC/ST/OBC/women as per government of India instructions).
Project Investigator:- Dr. Monika Garg, Scientist-E.
Duration for RA position: - The appointment will be initially for a period of one year.
Further extension from 01st Year to 2nd Year will be subject to submission of progress report
submitted by selected candidate and satisfactory assessment remarks given by the reporting
officer.
* FOR RA Candidates who have submitted Ph.D. thesis and are waiting for viva voce
may also apply (For such candidates, fellowship amount will be that of an SRF until
he/she submit completion of PhD certificate.
2. Project Title: Characterization of rice genes for their involvement for their
involvement in system acquired resistance.
Principle Investigator: Dr. Gulshan Kumar, Inspire Faculty
Sponsoring agency: DST, Government of India.
Position Available: Research Associate-I (01-position).
Duration:The appointment will be till March-2022.
Essential qualifications:
PhD/MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree or having three years of research, teaching and
design and development experience after MVSc/M.Pharma/ME/M.Tech with at least one
research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal.
Desirable: Experience in plant and agricultural biotechnology, genomics and functional
genomics, NGS data analysis and gene expression analysis.
Age Limit: The age limit of applicants for RA will be 40 years. (Relaxation is admissible in
case of SC/ST/OBC/women/physically disabled as per government of India instructions).
Emoluments: The RA-I will be hired as per the emoluments’ guidelines and service
conditions notified by DST (OM No.SR/S9/Z-08/2018 dated 30.01.2019) (Rs. 47,000/month
+ HRA).
* FOR RA Candidates who have submitted Ph.D. thesis and are waiting for viva voce
may also apply (For such candidates, fellowship amount will be that of an SRF until
he/she submit completion of PhD certificate.
3. Project Title: Studying the Iron uptake, translocation, and regulation in crop plants.
Principle Investigator: Dr. Ajay K Pandey, Scientist F
Position Available: Research Associate-I (01-position).
Duration: The appointment will be initially for a period of one year. Further extension from
01st Year to 2nd Year will be subject to submission of progress report submitted by selected
candidate and satisfactory assessment remarks given by the reporting officer.
Essential qualifications:
PhD/MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree or having three years of research, teaching and
design and development experience after MVSc/M.Pharma/ME/M.Tech with at least one
research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal.
Desirable: Motivated and exceptional candidates are encouraged to have a prior experience
with complex crop genomics. The candidate should be able to handle different tools and
techniques of bioinformatics.
Age Limit: The age limit of applicants for RA will be 40 years. (Relaxation is admissible in
case of SC/ST/OBC/women/physically disabled as per government of India instructions).
Emoluments: The RA-I will be hired as per the emoluments’ guidelines and service
conditions notified by DST (OM No.SR/S9/Z-08/2018 dated 30.01.2019) (Rs. 47,000/month
+ HRA).
* FOR RA Candidates who have submitted Ph.D. thesis and are waiting for viva voce
may also apply (For such candidates, fellowship amount will be that of an SRF until
he/she submit completion of PhD certificate.
4. Name of project:- “Developing sheath blight tolerance in rice using Genome editing”
(Project Grant GAP-32)
Investigator:- Dr. Humira Sonah, Ramalingaswami Fellow
Research Positions (Temporary):- Research Associate-I
Duration:- Till 26th June, 2022
Essential qualification:- PhD/MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree in Life Sciences or
having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience after
MVSc/ M.Pharm/ME/M.Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation
Index (SCI) journal. (Eligibility criteria as DST OM No.SR/S9/Z-08/2018 dated
30.01.2019
Desired Experience Experience in plant or agricultural biotechnology, plant tissue
culture, rice or any other crop plant transformation, genome editing,
genomics/bioinformatics.
Emoluments:- Rs. 47000/- per month plus 8% HRA. (As per DST OM No. SR/s9/Z08/2018 dated 30.01.2019)
Responsibilities:- Maintaining fungal cultures, Genome editing, tissue culture,
transformation, molecular biology
Age limit: - 40 Years. (Relaxation is admissible in case of SC/ST/OBC/PD as per
GOI Instructions)
* FOR RA Candidates who have submitted Ph.D. thesis and are waiting for viva voce
may also apply (For such candidates, fellowship amount will be that of an SRF until
he/she submit completion of PhD certificate.
5. Senior Research Fellow (One Position)
Essential Qualifications: -
Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science OR Graduate /Post Graduate Degree in
professional course selected through a process described through any one of the
following: -
Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests-CSIR-UGC-NET
including Lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE
The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by central
government departments and their agencies and institutions such as
DST,DBT,DAE,DOS,DRDO,MHRD,ICAR,ICMR,IIT,IISc,IISER etc.
Essential Qualifications: - Qualifications Prescribed for JRF with two years of
research experience.
Principal Investigator: - Dr. Vikas Rishi, Scientist F
Desired Experience: - Candidate should have expertise in biochemistry with
specialisation in imaging including confocal, SEM and TEM.
Responsibilities: - Selected scholar will be responsible for our ongoing project
dealing with effect of plant-derived exosomes on cell differentiation.
Emoluments: - Rs. 35000/- per month plus HRA (As per DST OM No.SR/S9/Z08/2018 dated 30.01.2019)
Age limit:- 32 Years (Relaxation is admissible in case of SC/ST/OBC/PD as per GOI
Instructions)
6. Junior Research Fellow (Own Fellowship) (One Position)
Essential Qualifications: -
Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science OR Graduate /Post Graduate Degree in
professional course selected through a process described through any one of the
following: -
Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests-CSIR-UGC-NET
including Lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE
The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by central
government departments and their agencies and institutions such as
DST,DBT,DAE,DOS,DRDO,MHRD,ICAR, ICMR, IIT,IISc, IISER etc.
Principal Investigator: - Dr. Koushik Mazumder, Scientist E
Desired Experience: - Experience with food science/technology, chemical and
analytical techniques.
Emoluments: - As per fellowship granting agency.
Responsibilities: - Conducting isolation, purification and characterization of
polysaccharides from cereal/agri-biomass. Further, the JRF will work on application
of the polysaccharides for the development of functional food products.
Age limit:- 28 Years (Relaxation is admissible in case of SC/ST/OBC/PD as per GOI
Instructions)
7. Junior Research Fellow (Project Grant GAP-43) (One Position)
Project Title:- Mining nonhost resistance (NHR) genes for engineering Alternaria
Blight resistance in Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea)”
Principal Investigator:- Dr. Sivasubramanian, Inspire Faculty, NABI
Duration of Project: Till 15th March, 2024
Project Summary:
The project focusses on discovering non-host resistance genes against a major
necrotrophic pathogen of the oilseed Brassicas, Alternaria brassicae. The project
involves identification and characterisation of effectors in the culture filtrate of A.
brassicae. Some of the characterised effectors would be used as baits to identify host
and non-host interacting proteins in Brassica juncea and Nicotiana benthamiana. The
identified interacting partner(s) would be validated using immunoprecipitation and
BiFC assays. Further, the candidate interacting partner(s) would be functionally
validated by overexpressing it in Arabidopsis thaliana, followed by disease bioassays
on the overexpression lines. This project involves handling fungal cultures, molecular
cloning, mass spectrometry, and other protein-protein interactions assays.
Essential Qualifications:-
Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science OR Graduate /Post Graduate Degree in
professional course selected through a process described through any one of the
following:-
Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests-CSIR-UGC-NET
including Lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE
The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by central
government departments and their agencies and institutions such as
DST,DBT,DAE,DOS,DRDO,MHRD,ICAR,ICMR,IIT,IISc,IISER etc.
Desirable qualifications: -
Proven experience in microbiology/plant pathology, mass spectrometry, and proteinprotein interaction studies would be considered as a plus.
Emoluments :- Rs. 31,000/- per month plus 8% HRA.
Age limit:- 28 Years (Relaxation is admissible in case of SC/ST/OBC/PD as per GOI
Instructions)
Application Procedure
All interested eligible candidates should send completely filled application form (Single
adobe pdf file) available on institute website through email till 10th May, 2021 on email id.
recttscholarnabi@gmail.com
Kindly note the following important points :- (Application and Selection process)
1. Kindly do not send the hard copy of the application form.
2. Incomplete application form and applications that are not in proper format may be
summarily rejected.
3. The applications should be submitted strictly as per prescribed format that can be
downloaded from the NABI website.
4. Candidates are also required to sent filled synopsis sheet in excel format as
available on website to email id mentioned above. recttscholarnabi@gmail.com
Kindly note that synopsis sheet in excel format is mandatory as per prescribed
format.
5. Candidates applying for more than one position can give their preference in the same
application by ✓ multiple positions. No need to submit separate application form for
each position.
6. Kindly send complete filled application form (Single adobe pdf file) through email
only.
7. Kindly do not send any documents with application form. Candidates will be
provisionally shortlisted on the basis of information given in the application form. All
the documents related to eligibility i.e. Age, educational qualification, Net/Gate,
Experience etc(in-original) will be verified at later stage before issuing offer/award
letter.
8. No application form will be accepted after due date i.e. 10th May, 2021
9. Eligible candidates will be informed via email for interview schedule.
10. Candidates should ensure that information mentioned in application form is
accurate. Once the application form is submitted no further request regarding any
changes/ information in the application form will be considered.
11. Eligible candidates will be interviewed through video conferencing mode by duly
constituted selection committee.
12. Qualifications, Age and experience will be reckoned as on the last date for the submission of
application form through email i.e. 10th May, 2021.
13. Any changes in last date for submission of application forms, procedure for selection,
important points etc shall be available only in NABI website. Interested candidates
may kindly see the NABI website before applying for the same.
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