Division of Plant Pathology
ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi - 110012
Applications are invited for the recruitment of contractual positions of Research Associate (RA) (2 no.),
Young Professional-II (4 no.) and Lab Assistant (2 no.) under the project ‘Clean Plant Programme
(CPP)-IARI’ in the Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
- 110012. The positions are unreserved, temporary and co-terminus with the project. The institution reserves
the right to modify the number of vacancies.
The eligible candidates may appear for the walk-in-interview on 20 Dec 2024 at 09:30 AM along with
their complete bio-data in a prescribed Application Format (Annexure-I).
The interested candidates may
also send their duly filled application in the enclosed format (Annexure-I) along with a copy of scanned
documents and CV (single merged pdf file only) through email to cpp.iari@gmail.com with a copy to
viromeacpv@gmail.com latest by 15 December 2024.
1. Research
Associate
(RA)
02
Rs. 67,000/-
per month
(Consolidated)
for Ph.D.
and
Rs. 61,000/-
per month
(Consolidated)
for Masters
degree holders
Essential:
with Doctoral degree: Ph.D. in Plant
Pathology/Virology/Molecular Biology/
Biotechnology/Bioinformatics/ any relevant
discipline of life sciences with desirable experience
OR
with master’s degree holders: Master's degree in
Plant Pathology/Virology/Molecular Biology
/Biotechnology /Bioinformatics/ any relevant
discipline of life sciences with 4/5 years of
Bachelor's degree having lst division or 60% marks
or equivalent overall grade point average with at
least three years of research experience as evidenced
from Fellowship/ Associateship/Training/other
engagements as circulated vide F. No. 2-9/20l2-
HRD dated 25.04.2014 and one research paper in
Science Citation Index (SCI) / NAAS rated (≥4.0)
Journal as per OM SR/S9/Z-09/2018 of' DST dated
30.01.2019
Desirable:
(i) Research experience in Plant Virology/Virus
Diagnostics/Molecular Biology & Biotechnology with knowledge of Ubuntu Linux, CLC Genomics
workbench, OmicsBox and bioinformatics, HTS
data analysis, virome analysis and scientific writing;
as evident from publications in scientific journals
with high impact factor.
(ii) Candidates having >2 research papers on virome
/HTS analysis/bioinformatics published in peerreviewed journals with high impact factor will be
preferred.
2. Young
Professional-II
(YP-II)
04
Rs. 42,000/-
per month
(Consolidated)
Essential:
M.Sc. in Plant Pathology/Virology/Molecular
Biology/Biotechnology/Bioinformatics/ / any
relevant discipline of life sciences.
Desirable: Research experience in Plant
Virology/Virus Diagnostics/Molecular Biology &
Biotechnology with knowledge of Computer and
bioinformatics, NGS data analysis.
3. Lab Assistant
(LA)
02
30,000/-
per month
(Consolidated)
Essential:
(i) Graduate degree in any discipline from a
recognized university/Institute and
(ii) Minimum
one year experience in working with research
laboratory dealing with plants and knowledge of
plant maintenance under experimental conditions
(controlled plant growth chambers), computer,
research data recording and maintenance.
Desirable:
(i) Efficient in working with MS Office,
MS Excel, periodic maintenance of research data and
analysis
(ii) Plant growth media preparation,
laboratory media preparation & autoclaving and lab
maintenance
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