Research Associate - 1 Fresher's job

Project Title : Towards improving abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants.

Principal Investigator : Prof. Ashwani Pareek, Executive Director.

Duration: The appointment will be initially for a period of one-year, further extension from 1st year to 2nd year will be subject to submission of progress report submitted by selected candidate and satisfactory assessment remarks given by the reporting officer.

Essential Qualification: -PhD/MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree having three years of research, teaching and design and development experience after MVSc/M Pharma/ ME/M Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal.

Desired Experience: - Working knowledge with molecular biology, especially in genome editing tools with good research publications in reputed journals. Knowledge in crop breeding tools will also be appreciated.

Emoluments: - The RA will be hired as per emoluments’ guidelines and service conditions notified by DST (OM No. SR/S9/Z-08/2018 dated Rs 47000/ month + HRA)

Age Limit: - The age limit of applicants for RA will be 40 years. (Relaxation is admissible in case of SC/ST/OBC/women/physically disabled as per government of India instructions).

National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) is an autonomous Institute under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. NABI aims at catalysing the transformation of Agri-food sector in India by being a nodal organization for knowledge generation and translational science leading to value-added products based on Agri-Food biotech innovations for improved household nutritional security.