National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR)

The National Institute of Plant Genome Research (formerly known as National Centre for Plant Genome Research) is an autonomous institution of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. This Institute has already placed India among the major contributors to plant genomics. Genomics research is providing bridges between different branches of natural sciences and as a result it has seen logarithmic growth over last two decades.

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for filling up the purely temporary positions of one Research Associate (RA) and three Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the DBT sub-project-1 entitled “Chickpea genome sequence analysis and its alignment to genetic map” of ‘Next Generation Challenge programme on Chickpea Genomics’ under the supervision of Dr. Mukesh Jain, Scientist, NIPGR.

Research Associate
No. of Vacancies : 01 Post
Emoluments : Emoluments as per DST/DBT norms & as sanctioned in the project.
Qualifications : Candidates having Ph.D. degree or equivalent in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, or any other related field are eligible to apply. The candidate should have a good academic record and research experience as evidenced from published papers in standard refereed journals. Candidate having experience in the area of advanced molecular biology, genomics, transcriptomics, microarray data analysis etc. will be given preference.

Junior Research Fellow
No. of Vacancies : 03 Posts
Emoluments : Emoluments as per DST/DBT norms & as sanctioned in the project.
Qualifications : Candidates having M.Sc. degree or equivalent (with minimum of 55% marks) in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology or any other related field are eligible to apply. Candidate having experience in the area of advanced molecular biology, next generation sequencing, data analysis and molecular markers analysis will be given preference.

How to apply:
Eligible candidates may apply by sending their complete application in the given format. The attested copies of the certificates and proof of research experience are to be attached with the hard copy of application. The applications should reach at the address given below on or before 2nd February 2013. The envelope must be superscribed by “Application for the Post of RA/JRF in DBT NGCP Sub- Project-1?.

Dr. Mukesh Jain
Staff Scientist – III
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P.O. Box NO. 10531,
New Delhi – 110067

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