INSTITUTE OF NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

(An Autonomous Research Institute of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India)

Habitat Centre, Sector-64, Phase-X, Mohali-160062, Punjab

No. 3(2)/2018-INST Dated: 9th March, 2018

RECRUITMENT

A unique opportunity for research careers in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Mohali (Punjab) is an autonomous research institution focusing on R&D of specific areas in Nano Science and Technology leading to new phenomena, processes, products and devices.

INST invites applications from persons with excellent credentials, having innovative mind and an inner urge to deliver, for the following position to be filled up on direct recruitment basis:

S.No.	Post	Pay	Number of Posts
1	Scientist-B	Level: 10, Basic : Rs. 56100/- + allowances	01 (UR)

Qualifications, Experience and Age limits:

Sr. No.	Post	Essential / Desirable Qualifications	Experience	Upper Age Limit as on the closing date of the receipt of application
1.	Scientist B	Essential: Masters Degree in Natural / Agriculture Sciences, Nano Science and Technology or Bachelors degree in Engineering / Technology / Medicine from a recognized University or equivalent	Experience of two years in Research and Development in Industrial and Academic Institutions and / or Science and Technology Organizations	35 years

Application Fee:

An application fee of Rs. 500/- (non-refundable) shall be submitted by each candidate in the shape of RTGS/NEFT or by Demand Draft/Indian Postal Order drawn in favor of Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali (payable either at Mohali or at Chandigarh) along with application in the prescribed form. No other mode of application fee is acceptable.

Women candidates, persons belonging to SC/ST and Persons with Disabilities will be exempted from the payment of application fee.

For RTGS / NEFT : the bank details of the Institute is as under:

Name : Director, INST Mohali

Bank Name : Canara Bank

Bank Address : Sector 34-A, Chandigarh-160022

Type of A/c : Current Account

A/c No. : 2452201001102

IFSC : CNRB0002452

MICR : 160015003

Swift Code : CNRBINBBFFC

Important Instructions:

1. The upper age limit in respect of the Scheduled Caste, The Scheduled Tribe, The Ex-servicemen, Other Backward Classes and Persons with Disabilities shall be relaxed in accordance with the orders issued by the Government of India from time to time in this regard.

2. Director, INST reserves the right to relax the upper age limit for all categories of S&T posts in case of highly experienced candidates in specialized scientific areas.

3. The crucial date for determining the age limit shall be the closing date for receipt of applications.

4. Against the vacancies to be filled up on direct recruitment basis, appointments shall be made initially on temporary basis and the confirmation of the appointee to the post shall be considered only after his/her satisfactory clearance of prescribed probation period.

5. Officers appointed, after due process of selection, shall be liable to serve anywhere in India and outside.

6. Whosoever does not have the knowledge of Hindi, he/she shall be required to acquire the same during his/her period of probation.

7. (i) Application Form must be accompanied by requisite application fee and self-attested copies of all certificates regarding Date of Birth, Educational and Professional Qualifications, Experience, Caste/Tribe/OBC/PWD/Ex-serviceman (in case claiming reservation or any relaxation).

(ii) Certificate in respect of OBCs must indicate OBC status and non-creamy layer status in GoI format.

(iii) Application form and copies of testimonials should be on A4-size paper duly stapled or tagged but not bound (spiral/plastic strips etc). The enclosures should be placed in the same order as depicted in column 24 of the application form.

8. Incomplete applications, applications not in the prescribed format, applications received without self-attested testimonials of qualifications, experience, caste etc. and the application fee, if applicable, and those received after the due date shall not be considered and will be rejected without assigning any reason and no claim for refund of fee shall be entertained, in any case.

9. Fulfilment of qualifications, experience etc. shall not entitle any candidate to be called for further process of recruitment/interview. INST reserves the right to short-list applicants by

adopting such a criteria as may be considered appropriate. No reason for rejection shall be communicated.

10. Travelling Allowance by sleeper class train fare / govt. bus (non-AC) fare shall be payable only to the candidates belonging to SC/ST categories, for attending the interview, on production of tickets.

11. Persons in employment in Government Departments, Autonomous Bodies/other Govt. funded institutions should apply Through Proper Channel or produce No Objection Certificate from their employer at the time of Interview.

12. Application form is separately linked. Candidates may fill up the prescribed application form along with relevant details by downloading it from INSTs website http://www.inst.ac.in /careers.html

(i) Application form, duly filled in, accompanied by a demand draft of Rs. 500/- drawn in favour of Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali (payable either at Mohali or at Chandigarh) or mentioning Transaction No. on the Application Form, in case of online bank transfer, wherever applicable, and self-attested photocopies of testimonials should be submitted at the above address latest by 25th April, 2018. (The last date of receipt of applications from candidates in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Ladakh Division of Jammu and Kashmir State Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep will be 10th May, 2018)

13. Applications received after this date shall not be entertained in any case.

(ii) Separately, a soft copy of duly typed SYNOPSIS (in prescribed excel format) must be sent by 10th April, 2018 by e-mail at instrectt2015@gmail.com . In addition, a hard-copy of synopsis must be attached with application form.

(iii) Incomplete Application forms and non submission of soft copy of Synopsis will lead to rejection of application.

14. The envelope containing application must be superscribed as Application for the Post of Scientist-B

15. At any stage of scrutiny of applications or at any later stage or even after appointment, if a candidate is found to have submitted false information, his/her candidature would be rejected/or services terminated forthwith.

16. Interim enquiries regarding recruitment shall not be entertained.

CFAO, INST

Enclosures: 1) Application form

All in separate links.

2) Synopsis (in excel format)