ICMR-NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY, PUNE
20-A Dr. Ambedkar Road,
Pune- 411001, Maharashtra
Advt. No.01/NIV Project Cell/2021
National Institute of Virology (NIV) is an apex laboratory under the aegis of the Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR), Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
ICMR-National Institute of Virology intends to engage following Non-Institutional project human resource
positions, purely on temporary contract basis for its short-term research projects, being undertaken at ICMRNational Institute of Virology, Pune.
Details of Project Human Resource are given below:
Name of the post Project Research Scientist-V (PHR Code: 01)
Number of Posts 01 (UR)
Name of the Project Prevention & Control Diseases-Development of Tools to Prevent Outbreaks of
Epidemics to the VRDL.
Emoluments Rs.51,000/- p.m. + HRA
Essential Qualification
1. 1
st Class Masters Degree in Life science: Specialization required –
Microbiology / Biotechnology / Virology
2. Four years experience
OR
2
nd Class M.Sc. in above subjects + Ph.D Degree
Desirable
1. Doctorate Degree in Life Sciences : specialization in above subjects
2. Additional Post Doctoral Research/ teaching experience
Age limit 40 Years
Name of the post Project Research Scientist-I (PHR Code: 02)
Number of Posts 01 (UR)
Name of the Project Prevention & Control Diseases-Development of Tools to Prevent Outbreaks of
Epidemics to the VRDL
Emoluments Rs.61000/- p.m. + HRA
Essential Qualification MBBS Degree with one year Research / Teaching experience
OR
MD in Microbiology/Pathology/PSM
Age limit 35 Years
Name of the post Project Research Scientist-IV (PHR Code: 03)
Number of Posts 04 (UR)
Name of the Project
1. DRF- Diagnostic Reagent Facility – 02 post
2. Estimation of population immunity against Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and
associated risk factors in different epidemiological transition level (ETL)
states in India – 01 post
3. EQAS for VRDLS – 01 post
Emoluments Rs.48000/ p.m. +HRA
Essential Qualification
1. 1
st Class Masters Degree in Life Sciences : Specialization required –
Microbiology/ Biotechnology/Virology/ Bioinformatics
2. Two years experience in related field
OR
2
nd Class Masters Degree with Ph.D.in relevant subject
Desirable
1. Doctorate Degree in Life Sciences : specialization required in above subjects
2. Additional post Doctoral Research/ teaching experience in relevant subject.
3. Doctorate degree in epidemiology/Public Health
4. Masters Degree in epidemiology/Public Health with one year experience.
5. Willingness to work across India with willingness for extensive travel to
different states.
6. Ability to communicate with health official as well as common population with
different social/demographic characteristics.
Age limit 35 Years
Name of the post Project Senior Research Fellow (PHR Code: 04)
Number of Posts 02 (UR)
Name of the Project
1.Computational Drugs repurposing approaches for the development of
therapeutics against Hepatitis E Virus- 01 post
2. Assessment of prophylactic and therapeutic role of BCG against SARS CoV-2
infection : Study in hamster model- 01 post
Emoluments Rs.35000/- p.m. + 24% HRA
Essential Qualification
1. Post Graduate Degree in Bioinformatics/Biotechnology/Biophysics/
Microbiology/Zoology OR M.E./M.Tech. Degree in related subjects, selected
through a process described through any one of the following :
a) National Eligibility Tests – CSIR-UGC, NET, including lectureship
(Assistant Professorship) and GATE
b) National Level Examinations conducted by Central Government
Departments such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR,
ICMR, IIT, IISc, IISER etc.
2. Two years research experience
Desirable
1. Knowledge of computational tools for gene expression analysis, molecular
interaction networks, molecular structure modeling, drug docking etc.
2. Experience in laboratory work and handling molecular biology tools.
3. Knowledge of laboratory animal handling, sample collection from animals.
Age limit 35 Years
Name of the post Project Junior Research Fellow (PHR Code: 05)
Number of Posts 04 (UR)
Name of the Project
1. Comparative analysis of Host Immune Responses in Symptomatic and
Recovered cases of Kyasanur Forest Disease – 01 post
2. Computational Drugs repurposing approaches for the development of
therapeutics against Hepatitis E Virus – 01 post
3. Metagenomics analysis of mosquito viromes in India – 02 post
Emoluments Rs.31000/- p.m. + HRA
Essential Qualification Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science or Post Graduate Degree in Professional
Course selected through a process any of the following :
a) National Eligibility Tests – CSIR-UGC, NET, including lectureship
(Assistant Professorship) and GATE
b) National Level Examinations conducted by Central Government
Departments such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR,
ICMR, IIT, IISc, IISER etc.
Desirable
1. Research work experience in the areas of Immunology, Animal Cell Culture,
Molecular Biology, Cell Culture, Virology, Bioinformatics
2. Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests – CSIR-UGC,
NET, including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE.
3. 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.
Age Limit 28 Years
Name of the post Project Research Associate (PHR Code: 06)
Number of Posts 01 (UR)
Name of the Project Metagenomics analysis of mosquito viromes in India – 01 post
Emoluments Rs.47000/- p.m. + HRA
Essential Qualification
Ph.D/MS (Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology) or equivalent degree or having 3 years
of research, teaching and design and development experience after
MSc/ME/M.Tech (Bioinformatics/ Biotechnology) with at least one research
paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal.
Desirable
Ph.D/MS (Bioinformatics) and Research experience in Next Generation
sequencing platforms, genome assembly pipelines and bioinformatics analysis.
Candidates with Publication in the area of Genomics/Metagenomics will be
preferred.
Age Limit 40 Years
Name of the post Project Technical Support-III (PHR Code: 09)
Number of Posts 05 (UR-2; OBC-1; SC-1; ST-1 Backlog)
Name of the Project
1. Diagnostic Reagent Facility – 03 post
2. Estimation of population immunity against Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and
associated risk factors in different epidemiological transition level (ETL)
states in India – 02 posts
Emoluments Rs.32000/- p.m.
Essential Qualification
1. Graduate in Life Sciences – specialization required in Microbiology /
Biotechnology / Virology / Anthropology
2. Five years work experience
OR
Masters Degree in above subjects / Statistics / Biostatistics / Mathematics / Social
work
Desirable
1. Laboratory experience in Molecular Biology/Tissue culture techniques/Bioinformatics/Virological Techniques / Serology, handling infectious agents and
fieldwork.
2. Willingness to work in field.
3. Knowledge of computer applications and data management
4. Experience of working in field in varied conditions.
5. Willingness to travel to different states of India with different atmospheric
conditions with considerable duration of stay in each state.
6. Ability to lead a team of field worker in different states.
Age limit 30 Years
Name of the post Project Technical Support-II (PHR Code: 10)
Number of Posts 20 (UR-10; OBC-5; SC-2; ST-1; OBC-1 Backlog; ST-1 Backlog)
Name of the Project
1. DRF- Diagnostic Reagent Facility – 03 posts
2. Development of Serodiagnostic Assays for Nipah Virus – 01 post
3. Seroepidemiology, maternal immune status and missed diagnosis of
pertussis among young infants in India: A multi-centric study – 01 post
4. Congenital Rubella Syndrome Surveillance in India – 02 posts
5. Validation IgM kits – 02 posts
6. Prevention & Control Diseases-Development of Tools to Prevent
Outbreaks of Epidemics to the VRDL – 01 post
7. Cohort study of Zika virus infection in India- 01 post
8. Impact of measles rubella (MR) vaccination campaign on population
immunity in India – 01 post
9. Surveillance for zika virus infection in human India – 01 post
10. Influenza Surveillance – 02 posts
11. EQAS for VRDLS – 01 post
12. SARS CoV-2 Genome Sequencing – 02 posts
13. Establishment of ten ICMR-Biorepositories for COVID-19 – 01 post
14. Establishment of serology platform for Respiratory syncytial virus – 01
post
Emoluments Rs.31000/- p.m.
Essential Qualification
1. Graduate in Life Science – Specialization required in Microbiology /
Biotechnology/Biochemistry/Virology
2. Three years work experience
OR
Master’s Degree in the above subject
Desirable Qualification
1. Laboratory experience in Molecular Biology/ Tissue Culture
Techniques/Bio-informatics, Virological Techniques, Serology, handling
infectious agents and fieldwork.
2. Knowledge of computer applications and data management.
3. Experience in Phlebotomy/Blood Collection.
Age limit 30 Years
Name of the post Project Technical Support-I (PHR Code: 11)
Number of Posts 11 (UR-3, OBC-2, SC-1, OBC-3 backlog, SC-1 backlog, ST-1 backlog)
Name of the Project
1. Development of Serodiagnostic Assays for Nipah Virus – 01 post
2. Prospective Investigation of transmission of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic
fever (CCHF) among close contacts of confirmed CCHF cases – 01 post
3. Seroepidemiology, maternal immune status and missed diagnosis of
pertussis among young infants in India: A multi-centric study – 01 post
4. Congenital Rubella Syndrome Surveillance in India – 01 post
5. Prevention & Control Diseases-Development of Tools to Prevent
Outbreaks of Epidemics to the VRDL – 02 posts
6. Cohort study of Zika virus infection in India – 01 post
7. Establishment of ten ICMR-Biorepositories for COVID-19 – 02 posts
8. EQAS for VRDLS – 02 posts
Emoluments
Rs.18000/- p.m.
Essential Qualification
1. 12th pass in Science subjects
2. Two years diploma in Medical Laboratory Technician OR one year DMLT
plus one year experience OR two years field/laboratory experience*
* B.Sc. degree shall be treated as 3 years experience
Desirable
1. B.Sc. / M.Sc in Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ MLT
2. Work experience in diagnostic laboratory/Cell Culture/ ELISA/PCR/
Sequencing
3. Knowledge of computer application/ report preparation
4. Work Experience in sample & data collection in field studies.
Age limit 30 Years
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