AI/ML Applications in Biology | NII Delhi Project Openings

BRIC-NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY 

NEW DELHI 

Applications are invited for the one position of Junior Research Fellow (Project)/Project Associate-I for the following time-bound sponsored projects as per the details given below: 

Name of the project “Whole Genome Sequencing of MTB Clinical Strains for Determining Drug Resistance and Strain lineage in India: A structured Nationwide approach” funded by DBT 

 Tenable till – 05.10.2026 

Junior Research Fellow/Project Associate-I (One position only) 

Dr. Debasisa Mohanty Director, NII mompcoe@nii.ac.in 

Applicants must write “Application for MTBC Project” and name of the post applied for in the subject line of the e-mail 

Educational Qualifications: M.Sc. (Bioinformatics/Biophysics/Biochemistry/Biotechnology) or Master’s degree in any other stream of biological/physical/computational sciences or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technology or Medicine or Equivalent. 

Must have qualified GATE or NET JRF or equivalent national level fellowship examination for JRF position. Candidates without GATE or NET-JRF will be recruited as PROJECT ASSOCIATE-I as per DST scale. 

Job Description: Installation/support of public domain softwares for AI/ML applications in biology in LINUX environment. Development of dashboards and portals. Development of Indian Tuberculosis Genome Sequencing/Surveillance (InTGS) web portal frontend and backend database/script development in LINUX environment using open-source resources. Integration of web portal with public domain dashboard tools and Application Program Interface (API) tools. 

Desirable: Work experience in the area of Bioinformatics/IT/Computer Applications. Strong computer programming skills (in PERL/Python or C++ or object-oriented database management systems like MySQL etc. or scripting languages under LINUX/UNIX environment). Candidates with experience in development of LLM, RAG, ChatBot etc. are encouraged to apply. 

Emoluments: The selected candidates will draw consolidated emoluments as per Institute rules, depending upon qualifications & experience: JRF : Rs 37,000/- consolidated p.m. plus 27% HRA (As per DST OM dated 26.06.2023) PA-I : Rs 25,000/- consolidated p.m. plus 27% HRA (As per DST OM dated 10.07.2020) 

LAST DATE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 12th March, 2026 

More Info: 

https://nii.res.in/sites/default/files/announcement/events/MTBC%20%28JRF_PA%29%20March%2026.pdf

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