JNU New Delhi Project Recruiments 2026 August

School of Biotechnology, 
JNU

Applications are invited for a temporary position of Project Assistant (ONE Post) in a project on developing AI tools/methods with biological data. The details are provided below.

Essential Qualification    Bachelor Degree in Sciences or 3 years Diploma in Engineering & Technology.

Preference    B.Tech. and/or Master’s in analytical sciences is preferred with experience with data, preferably with biological data

Desirable     Candidate should be familiar with, and be passionate about Data Science and Biological Data. It is not required for the candidate to understand Biology or be someone with a background/degree in Biology/Biotechnology/ Life Science/related area but the candidate needs to be analytical minded, and should be willing to work independently and with biological data. 
Prior experience in using data (any data), analytical tools and working with data-related methods and AI tools and framework is required. Those without prior experience with data will not be short-listed. 
The position does not require conducting experiments in the lab.

Consolidated fixed emoluments per month    20,000/- + HRA as per Govt. rule.

Age Limit    50 years

No of position    1

Duration of appointment    Till 7th Nov 2026 and extended further with proper approval.

Nature of appointment    Temporary and co-terminus with the project.

Mode of selection    Candidates will be shortlisted based on qualification and prior experience on data science followed by personal interview online. Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated via e-mail to appear in the online interview.

Applications received till    6 PM of 05 Sept 2026.

Date & Time of interview    Exact time of the interview will be communicated at a later stage only to the shortlisted candidates.

How to apply?    Send an email to Professor Binay Panda, School of Biotechnology, JNU at binaypanda[at]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in with current CV and contact number. If you are a currently enrolled/working in an institution, it is recommended that you use the institutional email ID to send the email. If you are not currently enrolled/working, use an email ID that can be authenticated. 


School of Life Sciences, 
Jawaharlal Nehru University, 
New Delhi-110067

Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Project Research Scientist-I position in ICMR project in time bound research project, purely on contractual basis as per the following details.


Position Project - Research Scientist-I

Number of Vacancy - One

Project Title - Structure based development of key antimalarial inhibitors/drugs against Plasmodium metacaspases and validation in vitro and in vivo systems

Project Tenure - 3 years

Job Description - Proficiency in Gene cloning, Site directed mutagensis, Protein expression in E. coli & Yeast system, protein refolding & purification, Crystallization & X-ray structure analysis, Modeling & Dynamics simulation work and Invivo analysis. Candidate with prior strong experience in these techniques will be given preference.

Essential Qualification - As per ICMR Guidelines for Research Scheme
Essential qualification: Ph.D. in Life Science/Structural biology
Desirable qualification: Proficiency in Gene cloning, Site directed mutagenesis, Protein expression in E. coli & Yeast system, protein refolding & purification, Crystallization & X-ray structure analysis, Modeling & Dynamics simulation work and invivo experiments. Candidate with prior strong experience in these techniques will be given preference.

Age Limit - Upto 35 years

Age relaxation -  The upper age limit is relaxable upto 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to scheduled castes/tribes/ OBC, women and physically handicap candidates.

Fellowship - Project Scientist-I (Non-medical)-one post: @Rs. 56,0000/- +HRA 30% @Rs. 16,800 based on satisfactory performance every three months.

The hard/soft copy of the applications along with the copy of biodata, prior publication should reach to Prof. Ajay K. Saxena, Rm-403/440, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi- 110067, INDIA. Email: ajaysaxena[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, Ph-+91-11-26704155

Application deadline (strictly): 2nd September, 2026

General Terms and conditions
1. These positions are meant for temporary projects and co-terminus with the project.
2. The rates of emoluments/stipend shown in this advertisement are project specific and may vary according to sanction of the funding agency of the Project.
3. Cut-off date for age limit will be as on the date of interview
4. Age relaxation will be as per the guidelines of ICMR.
7. Allotment of project to the successful candidates will be decided by the competent authority at its discretion.
8. Qualification & experience should be in relevant discipline/field and from an Institution of repute. Experience should have been gained after acquiring the minimum essential qualification.
9. Mere fulfilling the essential qualification does not guarantee the selection.
10. Persons already in regular time scale service under any Government Department / Organizations are not eligible to apply.
11. The eligible candidates will be called for personal discussion virtually/ physically to SLS, JNU on the date and time which will be announced later on.
12. No TA/DA will be paid to attend interview / personal discussion and candidates have to arrange transport/accommodation themselves.
13. Submission of wrong or false information during the process of selection shall disqualify the candidature at any stage.
14. Leave shall be as per the ICMR’s policy for project human resource positions.
15. Candidate should submit his/her duly filled in application form in the prescribed format with a recent passport size color photograph along with a detailed biodata/C.V. and all relevant documents; duly self-attested; in proof of his/her educational qualifications [all certificates and mark-sheets from 10 Std. onwards], working experience, age, caste and photo id [Aadhar Card/Indian Passport/PAN Card/Driving License] etc. ICMR reserves the right to cancel/modify the process at any time, at its discretion.
16. The decision of the Competent Authority will be final and binding.
17. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.


School of Biotechnology
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi – 110 067

Post: Project Technician

Applications are invited for the aforementioned post on purely temporary basis under ICMR funded project entitled “Development of peptide-based therapeutics to target influenza A virus nucleoprotein (NP) and host cell nucleolin (NCL) interaction” (ICMR/SBT/SMR/2024) in the laboratory of undersigned. The project is set to continue until 17 Jan 2027. The desired qualifications and emoluments are as follows:

Essential qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in science  

Desirable qualifications: Prior experience working in a laboratory preferably with molecular biology experience. 

Emoluments: As per the norms of the funding agency

Application on a plain paper along with CV (hard copies) should reach the undersigned on or before September 2, 2026.

Dr. S M Rajala
School of Biotechnology
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi – 110 067
msrajala[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in 
Ph.011-2673 8752

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