Job Description
Opportunity for JRF/PA at NIPGR 2022. Applications are invited from suitable candidates for filling up the purely temporary positions of one Junior Research Fellow/Project Associate-I in the DBT Multi-institutional project “Characterization of chickpea germplasm resource to accelerate genomics-assisted crop improvement”, under mission programme of “Characterization of genetic resources”, under the supervision of Dr. Senthil-Kumar Muthappa, Scientist, NIPGR. Emoluments would be as per Institute/DST & DBT norms.
| Organization | National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) |
| Post Name | Junior Research Fellow/Project Associate-I |
| Total Vacancy | 01 |
| Job Location | New Delhi |
| Last Date | 01.09.2022 |
| Official Website | https://nipgr.ac.in/ |
Job Title/Position:
Junior Research Fellow/Project Associate-I
No. of Post(s):
01
Job Overview:
Job vacancy for Computational biology, Statistics, Mathematics, Agriculture, Life sciences
Job Location:
New Delhi
What are the Educational Qualification(s) for this position(s)?
Candidates having Master’s degree in c with at least 55% (or equivalent) marks can apply.
What is the Age Limit for this post?
The upper age limit for PA-I will be 35 years.
What are the Preferred Skills required for this Job/Position?
This project involves screening chickpea germplasm for dry root rot disease (DRR). The project work requires skills for RGB and hyper-spectral image analysis for disease detection/assessment (neural network/deep learning) and digital disease scoring (computer vision/machine learning/Python), and other related works.
Experience in database/online platform development (HTML/CSS scripting, MySQL/PHP/Javascript, R and fluency in linux) is preferred.
How to apply this Job?
For JRF/PA-I, candidates with NET and also those who qualify as per the criteria mentioned in the DST Office Memorandum number SR/S9/Z-08/2018 dated January 30, 2019 and SR/S9/Z-05/2019 dated July 10, 2020 are eligible to apply.
The above positions is completely on temporary basis and co-terminus with the project. The fellowship/emolument amount for the above positions are as sanctioned in the project and as per NIPGR/DBT/DST norms. The initial appointment will be for one year or till the tenability of the project whichever is earlier and the same can be curtailed/extended on the basis of assessment of the candidate’s performance and discretion of the Competent Authority.
NIPGR reserves the right to select the candidate against the above post depending upon the qualification and experience of the candidate. Reservation of posts shall be as per Govt. of India norms. The appointment may be terminated any time by giving one month notice by either side. The applicants will have no claim implicit or explicit for consideration against any regular position of NIPGR.
Eligible candidates for the above positions may send completed application on [email protected] in the given format with a cover letter showing interest and specifying the position (Applications for JRF or PA-I) along with attested copies of the certificates and proof of research experience. Incomplete application and lack of supporting educational/experience certificates will be rejected. The candidates must ascertain their eligibility before applying, as ineligible candidates will not be interviewed. Candidate may submit separate applications, if applying for both the positions.
Last date of application is on or before the 15 days after release of advertisement at NIPGR website. Interview link will only be sent to shortlisted candidates.
Note: ONLY soft copy of the application in the given format alongwith all certificates in a single PDF will be accepted. For any clarification candidates may contact Scientist incharge through e-mail only.
Related:
Opportunity 2022 for Research Assistant at AIIMS, Raipur
Detailed notice
https://nipgr.ac.in/careers/vacancies_latest.php
What is the Last Date for JRF/PA at NIPGR?
01.09.2022
