Comparing Methods of Assigning Causes of Death

National Institute of Medical Statistics, ICMR, New Delhi is undertaking a study entitled Comparing methods of assigning causes of death with collaborative funding from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and World Health Organization with the objectives to field test the implementation of WHO harmonised international standard verbal autopsy (VA) questionnaires in the Indian context; to assess and compare the validity of different techniques (PCVA and CCVA) for assigning causes of death from WHO harmonised VA questionnaires, using the medical record based diagnoses for the select hospital deaths as reference values for validation of VA diagnoses for the same deaths from each of the different techniques; and to conduct VA and assign COD in select rural areas with the help of existing health infrastructure and recommend a suitable methodology for a routine national VA programme to ascertain causes of death in India.

Walk-in Interview for Multi Tasking Staff (MTS), as detailed below, will be conducted on 25^th May 2018 at 10:00 A.M at National Institute of Medical Statistics, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Near AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029.

Eligible candidates may appear in the interview along with the Application form, attached, duly filled and signed. Candidates may bring their original certificates along with photocopy of documents.

General terms & conditions for the posts are as follows:-

Since the post is purely temporary, the incumbents selected will have no claim for regular appointment under ICMR or continuation of his/her services in any other project.

1. The appointment is terminable with one month notice period from either side without assigning any reason and the tenure would be reviewed periodically on the basis of performance and suitability.
   
   
2. No other allowance/facilities other than consolidated salary shall be extended during the entire period of the project.
   
   
3. Age relaxation is admissible in respect of SC/ST/OBC candidates, Retrenched Government Employees, Departmental Candidates (including project), and Ex-servicemen in accordance with the instructions issued by the Central Government time to time. Age concession to the extent of service rendered in other research projects will also be admissible for experienced and skilled persons.
   
   
4. Leave shall be as per Institutional policy for project staff.
   
   
5. Reservation for SC/ST/OBC will be as per Govt. of India norms.
   
   
6. No TA/DA etc. will be given to attend the written test/interview.
   
   
7. Qualification and experience should be from a recognised university/organization/ institution.
   
   
8. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification and the decision of the Selection Committee will be final.
   
   
9. Experience should have been gained after acquiring the minimum essential qualification.
   
   
10. Mere fulfilling the essential qualification does not guarantee the selection.
    
    
11. Director, NIMS, reserves the right to consider or reject any application/candidature.
    
    
12. Submission of wrong or false information during the process of selection shall disqualify the candidature at any stage.
    
    
13. The Written test will be conducted only if the number of eligible candidates are more than
    
    

30. The written test will be followed by Personal Discussion. In case, the number of candidates who appear are less than 30, only Personal Discussion will be conducted.

Interested candidates possessing the requisite qualification and experience may attend the Walk-in Interview on 25^th May 2018 for Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) at National Institute of Medical Statistics, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Near AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029. The candidate are requested to report at 10:00 AM along with all original documents & one set of self-attested copies.

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National Institute of Medical Statistics

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL STATISTICS (Indian Council of Medical Research) Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029

Name of the Project: Comparing Methods of Assigning Causes of Death