Indian Institute Of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM)

Indian Institute Of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM) is dedicated to scientific research and science education of international standards. Established in 2008 by the Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), based on the recommendation of Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, IISER-TVM is an autonomous institution awarding five year integrated MS degree in addition to Ph.D degrees in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and inter-disciplinary areas. The emphasis will be to develop a spirit of research cutting across disciplines from the beginning itself.

Applications are invited for Indian nationals for the position of “JRF” in a DBT sponsored project entitled “Interplay between patterning regulators and polar auxin transport to control lateral organ polarity in Arabidopsis”. The lab exploits state of the art techniques in molecular biology, genetics, cell biology and computational modeling.

Junior Research Fellow
No. of Vacancies : 02 Posts
Fellowship : Rs 12,000/p.m. + 20 % HRA for 1st and 2ndyear and @ Rs. 14,000/-pm +20% HRA for 3rdyear (as per DST guidelines),
Qualifications :  For JRF- Master’s degree in any area of Biological Sciences with minimum of 55% marks. Qualified NET-JRF/LS or GATE (valid qualified score) candidates are preferred.
Experience: Familiarity with techniques in molecular biology, genetics and microspcopy is preferred. Some experience with working on plants is a plus.
Age limit: 28 yrs for JRF. A relaxation of 3-5 yrs will be applicable to SC/ST/OBC.

How to apply:
Application should contain a detail resume, contact details including phone number, email and postal address, a photograph, photocopies of educational/professional qualifications, reprints of papers etc. Apllications should be supported by letters from at least 2 referees. Referees should directly send the email to Kalika Prasad (email: kalika@iisertvm.ac.in).  Candidates should bring originals of the certificate for the qualifying degrees, age and National Examinations as well as the category certificate if applicable during the interview. Applications failed to meet minimum criteria will not be considered. Completed applications should reach Dr. Kalika Prasad both through email (email: kalika@iisertvm.ac.in) and as hard copies, Principal Investigator, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram, CET campus, Engineering College P.O. Thiruvananthapuram- 695016, Kerala by June 3rd 2013. No TA/DA will be paid for appearing for the interview.

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Application Form : http://iisertvm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mdstaf.docx

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