Young Professional II position for a project titled “Enhancing climate resilience and ensuring food security with genome editing tools”

Job Title
Young Professional II

Number of Posts
1

Project Details

• Project PI: Dr. Tushar Kanti Dutta
• Project Detail: Genome editing of Rice for nematode resistance
• Project Code: 12-197-K

Salary

• 42,000 per month (Fixed)

Location
Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012

Age Limit

• Minimum: 21 years
• Maximum: 45 years

Essential Qualifications

• Postgraduates in Nematology/ Molecular Biology/ Biotechnology/ Genetics & Plant Breeding/ Botany/ any relevant discipline of life sciences
• OR Graduate degree holders in relevant Agricultural Sciences/ Engineering/ Technology

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience in basic molecular techniques (nucleic acid isolation, PCR, plasmid isolation, restriction, ligation, molecular marker etc)
• Molecular cloning and recombinant vector development
• Genetic transformation of crops (preferably rice)
• Development and analysis of transgenic plants
• Genome editing of plants
• Plant tissue culture
• Nematode culturing
• Scientific writing; as evident from publications

Terms of Engagement

• Purely on contractual basis, time bound, non-regular & co-terminus with the project.
• Initial tenure up to 12 months from the date of engagement or term of the project, whichever is earlier.

Last Date to Apply
21 days from publication in the ICAR-IARI Contractual Job Web Portal (https://iari.res.in/bms/announcements/jobs.php).

How to Apply

• Apply using the annexed Application Proforma, together with relevant enclosures as mentioned in the proforma.
• The signed Application Proforma and scanned enclosures should be merged in single pdf document of appropriate size.
• Email the merged PDF document to tkdutta@iari.res.in.
• If space is insufficient, the Application Proforma could be typed neatly or additional information could be provided in Annexures, duly signed.
• Only shortlisted candidates shall be informed about the screening results via email and shall be invited to attend online/ in person interview in Delhi.