Recruitment for the position of Young Professional – I

Job Title
Young Professional-I (Basic Sciences) and Young Professional-II (Information Technology)

Number of Posts
One (01) for each position

Location
ICMR TB Research Accelerator, Division of Communicable Diseases, ICMR Headquarters, New Delhi

Salary

• Young Professional-I: Rs. 35,000/- per month
• Young Professional-II: Rs. 42,000/- per month
• No House Rent Allowance will be paid for either position.

Eligibility: Young Professional-I (Basic Sciences)

• Essential: Graduate degree in Life Sciences or an allied basic-science discipline relevant to biomedical research from a recognized university or institution. Disciplines may include Biology, Botany, Zoology, Microbiology, Genetics, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, Immunology, Toxicology, Virology, Nutrition, Entomology, or another relevant life-science discipline.
• Desirable: Postgraduate qualification in a relevant life-science or biomedical discipline; at least one year of relevant experience in biomedical, laboratory, public-health, clinical, or health-research work; experience in literature searching, scientific evidence synthesis, data extraction, research documentation, and preparation of technical reports or presentations; working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, scientific databases, and reference-management software; experience in tuberculosis, infectious-disease, or communicable-disease research.

Eligibility: Young Professional-II (Information Technology)

• Essential: Postgraduate degree with at least 55% marks in Computer Applications, Information Technology, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, or Computer Graphics from a recognized university or institution, with a minimum of three years of post-qualification experience in the relevant field. Experience must include hands-on development, deployment, administration, and maintenance of interactive dashboards or management information systems. Candidates must be able to manage structured research data and use statistical software or programming tools for data cleaning, analysis, visualization, and reproducible reporting.
• Desirable: Proficiency in dashboard platforms (Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Metabase, Apache Superset, Qlik, or equivalent); strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Microsoft SQL Server); proficiency in R or Python and statistical packages (Stata, SPSS, or SAS); experience in data integration, extract-transform-load workflows, application programming interfaces, automated reporting, and version control using Git; experience with electronic data-capture or health-information systems (REDCap, ODK, or equivalent); knowledge of role-based access, audit trails, data security, backup, recovery, and deployment; prior experience with tuberculosis, infectious-disease, biomedical, clinical, public-health, or multicentre research data.

Age Limit

• Young Professional-I: 30 years as on the last date for receipt of applications.
• Young Professional-II: 35 years as on the last date for receipt of applications.
• Age relaxation will be as per rules.

Last Date
21.10.2026

How to Apply
Submit the prescribed application via email to icmr.trac@gmail.com. Applications must include a recent photograph and self-attested copies of proof of date of birth, educational qualifications, relevant post-qualification experience, identity, and category certificate.