GENERAL:

• Mere fulfilling of the minimum advertised qualification and experience requirements DOES NOT automatically entitle an applicant to be called for interview.

• All the applications received within the due date in response to this advertisement shall be considered for short-listing by a Screening Committee and ONLY the candidates recommended by the Screening Committee will be called for interview. The decision of the Institute on short-listing of the candidates will be final and the Institute will not entertain any correspondence in this respect.
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• The Institute reserves the right not to fill up the post, if it so decides.
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• Persons working in Central/State Government/Public Sector Undertaking/ Autonomous Bodies should submit their applications through proper channel within due date.
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• Qualifications and other requirements for the post may be relaxed at the discretion of the appointing authority in respect of candidates otherwise well qualified.
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• There is no application fee for SC/ST/PH candidates. Other candidates are required to pay Non-refundable application fee of Rs. 100/-in favour of Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow through DEMAND DRAFT ONLY drawn on any Nationalized Bank payable at Lucknow. NO OTHER mode of payment of application fee is acceptable.
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• Crucial date for determining the age limit shall be the closing date for the receipt of applications from the candidates i.e. 10.08.2017; provided that the age limit is relaxable by five years in respect of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories, three years for candidates belonging to OBC category and 10 years for physically handicapped persons; provided that in case of applicants already in service in any of the funded Institutions under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, the relaxation of age limit upto a maximum of 5 years shall be admissible.
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• Persons working in Central/State Government/Public Sector Undertakings/ Autonomous Bodies should submit their applications through proper channel. Advance copies of applications are to be submitted within due date.
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• The appointing authority will satisfy itself that the character and antecedents of the persons proposed to be appointed are such as not to render them unsuitable for appointment.
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• If at any time before or after the selection of a candidate, it is found that any information is suppressed or false; his selection will be liable to be rejected or cancelled.
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• Usual allowances as per rules of the Institute, which are on the Government of India pattern, are admissible for the post.

  HOW TO APPLY:

  Interested candidates should submit their application ONLY in the prescribed proforma along with attested copies of mark sheets, certificates, degrees, testimonials, etc., to theREGISTRAR, BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOSCIENCES, 53, UNIVERSITY ROAD, LUCKNOW 226007, U.P. (INDIA) latest by August 10, 2017. Detailed advertisement and application proforma are available at the Institutes website www.bsip.res.in. Incomplete applications, applications not in the prescribed proforma or applications NOT received within the due date will NOT be considered. Canvassing in any form will be treated as disqualification. Interim enquiries will NOT be entertained.