WALK-IN INTERVIEW ON 28^th December, 2017

The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) is an autonomous academic national institution of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India dedicated to research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Allied Sciences & Technology. The Institute has its main campus in Koramangala, Bangalore and CREST Campus at Hosakote, Bangalore. It operates field stations at Kavalur & Kodaikanal in Tamilnadu, Gauribidanur in Karnataka, and Leh/Hanle in Jammu & Kashmir.

Eligible young, bright and highly motivated individuals are invited to attend Walk-in interview on 28^th December, 2017 at the Institute Campus, 2^nd Block, Koramangala, Bangalore between 09.00 AM and 05.00 PM for the following positions to work for the UVIT Project:

Name of the position	:	RESEARCH TRAINEE
No. of position	:	One
Essential Qualification	:	M.Sc in Physics / Astrophysics with a recommended minimum of 55% marks from a recognized University/Institution. Candidates should have good knowledge of Python programming language, knowledge and/or experience in handling data from astronomical instruments.
Age limit	:	26 years.
Remuneration	:	Rs. 20,000/- per month (inclusive of all)
Place of work	:	Bangalore
Scope of work	:	To provide software development support for specialized analysis of data coming from UVIT onboard AstroSat, support to routine reduction of UVIT data using the UL2P and transfer to ISSDC and other pipeline related tasks that are of use to the UVIT user community and extraction of science using data from UVIT.

Candidates attending the walk-in interview should come with duly filled in prescribed application attached with this advertisement with a passport size photograph pasted on the top of the application along with original certificates related to their qualification and experience and also one set of self certified xerox copies. The candidates should register their name between 09.00 AM and 10.00 AM on the date of Walk-ininterview and the candidates coming beyond this time will not entertained.

Terms & Conditions :

1) The appointment is purely temporary on contract basis and does not entitle any privileges or benefits of regular employment. No claim whatsoever for regular employment in the Institute shall be entertained.

2) The tenure of appointment is initially for a period of one year and extendable for further period subject to satisfactory performance of the candidate and requirement of the Institute.

3) The date for determining the upper age limit, qualifications and experience shall be the date of walk-in interview.

4) It is open to the Institute to conduct written test to shortlist the candidates for interview in case the attendance of candidates is more.

5) Age relaxation is permissible to SC, ST & OBC candidates and also to physically handicapped candidates as notified by Govt. of India from time to time.

6) The Institute reserves the right to cancel the entire recruitment process at any time without assigning any reasons whatsoever.

7) No correspondence will be entertained with the candidates not selected for interview / appointment. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.

8) Misrepresentation or falsification of facts detected at any stage of the selection process or instances of misconduct/misbehaviour at any stage during selection process shall result in cancellation of candidature without any notice and no correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.

Sr. Administrative Officer

APPLICATION FORMAT

1.Post Applied for :

1. Full Name ( in block letters) :
   
   
2. Fathers/Spouse name :
   
   
3. Date of Birth :
   
   
   1. Address
      
      
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(c)Telephone/Mobile No. :

(d) E-mail id :

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1. Whether belongs to SC/ST/OBC/ : PH/ General
   
   
2. Details of educational qualifications:
   
   
3. Computer knowledge:
   
   
4. Details of Experience, if any:
   
   
5. Additional information, if any:
   
   

Declaration

I hereby declare that all the particulars furnished above are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. In the event of any information being found false or incorrect, my candidature may be cancelled without any notice at any stage of recruitment and thereafter.

Date: Signature of the candidate Place: Bangalore