Advt. No. YVJ/WII/T. CELL/AITE 2021-22
Contractual Engagement of 74 Project Personnel at the Wildlife Institute of
India, Dehradun
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun is a premier national autonomous Institute of the
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India in the
field of teaching, training and research in the area of wildlife conservation and Protected Area
management.The Institute wishes to advertise for contractual engagement of manpower for
various positions for the following three projects and Tiger Cell:
1 Senior
Biologist
5 No.
M.Sc. in Wildlife Sciences/Zoology/Botany/Life
Sciences/Forestry/Forest
Management/Environmental
Science/Environmental
Management/Conservation Biology/Veterinary
Sciences/Agricultural Sciences/Statistics
Genetics/ Biotechnology/Biochemistry/ Molecular
Biology/Microbiology/Biosciences/ with a
minimum of 50% aggregate marks in M.Sc. from a
recognized University with at least 2 years of
research experience in wildlife science or
conservation.
Candidates with
prior experience in
sampling design and
animal abundance
estimation,
knowledge of
software like MARK,
DISTANCE, R,
SECR and MAXENT,
able to do field work
in harsh condition
will be given
preference.
Proficiency in using
computers and
good writing skill in
English language.
40 yrs
Rs. 35,000/-
Analysis of large scale data on
animal abundance and indices,
field supervision and training,
report writing. Work will be
both at HQ in Dehradun with
several field visits. The job
requires extensive traveling to
forest interiors, wildlife areas
and arduous terrains across
India for longer durations.
2 Research
Biologist
(field
component)
48 No.
B.E./B. Tech./B.Sc. or M.Sc. in
WildlifeScience/Botany/Zoology/Forestry/Forest
Management/ Life Sciences/Environmental
Sciences /Environmental Management/
Agricultural Sciences/Veterinary
Sciences/Biotechnology/Genetics/Conservation
Biology/Statistics/ with aminimum of 50%
aggregate marksfrom a recognized University.
Candidate(s) with
prior experience in
sampling design and
animal abundance
estimation will be
preferred. Able to do
field work in harsh
condition.
28 yrs
(for B.Sc) 32 yrs
(for
others)
Rs. 25,000/-
(for B.Sc) Rs. 31,000/-
(for others)
Populationestimation
using camera traps,
markrecapture,
distancesampling and
occupancy analysis.
Habitatevaluation
andhumandisturbance
assessment.The research work
will becarried out in
differentparts of India. Work
will be primarily at
fieldsiteswithoccasional visits
to the HQ at Dehradun.
3 Research
Biologist
(Genetics
component) 5 No.
M.Sc. in
Genetics/Biotechnology/Biochemistry/Molecular
Biology/ Microbiology/Biosciences/ Botany/Zoolog
y/Life Sciences/Forestry/Wildlife Science with a
minimum of 55% aggregate marksfrom a
recognized University.
Candidate(s) with
priorexperience in
DNAextraction, PCR
analysis, analysis of
genetic
dataespeciallyseque
nce
andmicrosatellite
will begiven
preference.
32 yrs
Rs. 31,000/-
Developing a geneticdatabase
of largecarnivores to
understandpopulation
structure andgene flow. Work
will beprimarily atDehradun
labbased with some fieldvisits
for samplecollections.Active
participation and assistance in
routine molecular biology
laboratory work.
4 Research
Biologist (GIS
component)
3 No.
M.Sc. in Wildlife Science/ Life Sciences/Forestry/
Environmental Science/ Environmental
Management/Applied Science/Remote Sensing
and GIS/Geo-informatics/Biological Sciences with
a minimum of 50% aggregate marks from a
recognized university.
OR
Post Graduate/Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS
with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks from a
recognized university.
Experience in
Remote Sensing and
GIS, competency in
Arc GIS, ERDAS
IMAGINE and other
Open Source
Software (Q GIS etc.)
shall be given
preference.
32 yrs
Rs. 31,000/-
The job primarily involves
handling, processing and
analyses of large scale spatial
data with data processing,
digitization, feature extraction,
and analysis within GIS
platform.Maintenance of
spatial data, end user support.
Generation of maps and
providing other GIS reports
and information.Work will be
primarily at WII with some
fieldvisits for ground
validations (if required).
6 Project
Fellow
8 No.
M.Sc. in
WildlifeScience/Botany/Zoology/Forestry/Forest
Management/ Life Sciences/Environmental
Sciences /Environmental Management/
Agricultural Sciences/Veterinary
Sciences/Biotechnology/Genetics/Conservation
Biology/Statistics/ with aminimum of 50%
aggregate marksfrom a recognized University.
Candidate(s) with
prior experience in
sampling design and
animal abundance
estimation will be
preferred. Able to do
field work in harsh
condition.
32 yrs
Rs. 31,000/- +
HRA as
admissible
Train and handhold forest staff
for using and implementing
MSTrIPES, testing apps and
desktop versions and
providing online services.
Candidate will be involved
periodically in
populationestimation
using camera traps,
markrecapture,
distancesampling and
occupancy analysis.
Habitatevaluation
andhumandisturbance
assessment.The research work
will becarried out in
differentparts of India. Work
will be primarily at
fieldsiteswithoccasional visits
to the HQ at Dehradun.
Project :Identification of tiger corridor in and around Palamau tiger reserve
7 Project
Fellow
2 No.
M.Sc. in
WildlifeScience/Botany/Zoology/Forestry/Forest
Management/ Life Sciences/Environmental
Sciences /Environmental Management/
Agricultural Sciences/ Conservation Biology with
aminimum of 50% aggregate marksfrom a
recognized University.
Candidate(s) with
prior experience in
wildlife sampling
design in humandominated landscape,
and animal
abundance
estimation will be
preferred. Basic
knowledge of remote
sensing and GIS. Able
to do field work in
harsh condition.
32 yrs
Rs. 31,000/- +
HRA as
admissible
Train and handhold forest
department staff for camera
trapping, and animal surveys
(using M-STrIPES). Candidate
will be involved in
populationestimation of wild
animals using markrecapture,
distancesampling and
occupancy analysis, and
habitatevaluation
andhumandisturbance
assessment.
The research work
will becarried out in and
around Palamau TR. Work will
be primarily at
fieldsitewithoccasional visits
to the HQ at Dehradun.
Project : Tiger Cell
SL.
8 Database
manager
1 No.
Master’s or Ph.D.Degree in Wildlife Science/
Forestry/Environmental Science/Bio Sciences/Life
Sciences/Zoology/Veterinary Scienceswith a
minimum of 50% aggregate marks in M.Sc.
Experience: Candidates with Master’s Degree
should have aminimum of 02(two) years research
experience after Master’s degree and candidates
having Ph.D.degree should haveexperience of at
least one year in thefield of conservation or wildliferesearch after award of Ph.D. Candidate
should have a minimum of 03 (three) years of
experience in working with animal image
recognition softwares/programs and animal
individual identification software/program. They
should have experience in maintaining large and
multiple year dataset.
Experienced
candidates in the
field of carnivore
ecology and
management will be
given preference and
competency in
ecological software
are desirable.
42 yrs
Rs. 40,500
Maintaining tiger and leopard
photo-database. Processing
Phase IV data of Tiger
Reserves. Supervising tiger
and leopard identification
during the All India Tiger
Estimation exercise. Work will
be both at HQ in Dehradunand
HQ in New Delhi. with severalfield visits.
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