Recruitment for the Posts of Project Scientist D, Project Scientist C, Project Scientist B, Section Officer and Upper Division Clerk in Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

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1.		00,666/-,	1	50
2.		00,666/-,	4	40
3.	( 01, 00)	00,666/-,	3	35
4.		44,900/-,	1	35
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http://www.tropment.res.in/Careers

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY (IITM),

Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008

ADVERTISEMENT NO. PER/11/2018

RECRUITMENT OF PROJECT SCIENTISTS/SECTION OFFICER/UDC

PURELY ON SHORT TERM CONTRACT BASIS

The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) is an autonomous research organization fully funded by Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi. It is a premier Institute of national and international repute, devoted to research in various aspects of atmospheric sciences with emphasis on tropical meteorology, particularly on the Climate Change and Indian Monsoon.

It is proposed to recruit for the following posts as detailed below:

Sr. No.	Name of the post	Emoluments	Total Posts	Max. Age

1.	Project Scientist D	Rs. 68,000/- + HRA	01	50 years
2.	Project Scientist C	Rs. 58,000/- + HRA	04	40 years
3.	Project Scientist B (For SC- 1, ST - 1)	Rs. 49,000/- + HRA	03	35 years
4.	Section Officer	Rs. 44,900/- + HRA	01	35 years
5.	UDC	Rs. 25,500/- + HRA	02	28 years

The appointment is purely on temporary on contractual basis for a period of one year initially and later extendable (further up to two more years) depending on Performance.

Upper age limit is relaxed for SC/ST, OBC, Physical handicapped/ ex-servicemen as per Government of India norms.

Aspiring candidates may submit their applications along with their CV online only: http://www.tropment.res.in/Careers

Hard copy of the applications will not be accepted.

Other relevant details about the posts are available under www.tropmet.res.in/Careers

Facility for submitting online applications will commence on 14th November 2018 (15:00 hours) and close on 30th November 2018.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. The last date of submission of online application is 30-11-2018. The last date is the cut of date for all purposes including age/qualification/experience etc.

2. Only Indian Nationals are eligible to apply.

3. Mere possession of required qualification will not entitle the candidates to be selected for interview. If the number of applications received in response to advertisement is large, it will not be convenient or possible for the selection Board to interview or conduct written test for all those candidates. So, the centre may restrict the number of candidates to be called for interview/ written test to a reasonable limit of desirable qualification and/or on the record of academic performance and/or relevant experience for the post prescribed in the advertisement as per the specific requirement of the centre and/or any other benchmark decided by a committee constituted to screen the applications. No correspondence will be entertained with candidates who are not called for Interview/written examination.

4. Age limit

For the post of Scientist D 50 years

For the post of Scientist C 40 years

For the post of Scientist B 35 years

For the post of Upper Division Clerk 28 years

Section Officer 35 years

Upper age limit is relaxed for SC/ST/ OBC/Physically Handicapped persons/Ex-servicemen as per Government of India norms.

5. Experience shall mean the experience in the relevant field acquired from Government/ Semi Govt. / PSU/ Autonomous/ Research/ Reputed Organization after obtaining the minimum educational qualification asked for in the said category.

Experience claim should be supported by valid documentation.

6. The selection for the posts of UDC shall be on the basis of performance of the screened in candidates in the written test. And for the remaining posts selection will be on the basis of performance of the screened in candidates, in the interview.

7. Candidates must produce all original documents as proof of details furnished in the application and photocopy of each, at the time of interview for verification. Any discrepancies found in the certificate will attract the disqualification of applications. Non production of the original certificates at the time of interview/ written test will also make the candidate disqualified.

8. Selected candidate may have to join the post immediately, on being found fit by Medical Authority.

9. Essential qualification, experience and age limit can be relaxed at the discretion of the appointing authority in exceptional cases.

10. Director, IITM reserves the right to fill-up or not to fill up the post advertised without assigning any reasons thereof.

11. Minimum of 60% marks in the qualifying degree level are required to be eligible for the Scientific posts mentioned.

12. Doctorate Degree will count as 3 years of experience

13. M.Tech. degree will be counted as 1 year experience

14. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview/written examination. For SC/ST candidates admissible TA/DA shall be considered as per Government of India orders.

15. CGPA grading is to be converted in the percentage.

16. Total number of posts may vary.

Post Code DESK/2018-001

Post Name - Project Scientist D ( 1 post) (For Air Quality, Modeling, MoES-UCAR joint Project on data assimilation)

Essential Qualification:

M.Tech. (Atmospheric Science/ Climate Science/ Earth Science System and Technology/ Environmental Sciences) with at least 60% marks from recognized University / Institute OR

Masters degree in Physics/Mathematics/ Atmospheric Sciences/ Environmental Sciences / Geophysics (Meteorology) with at least 60% marks from recognized University / Institute

Minimum 7 years of experience in Atmospheric regional/global chemistry transport modeling, satellite data analysis relevant to air quality modeling as evidenced by publication relevant field as evidenced by publications.

Desirable Qualification:

Ph.D. in any of the above subjects.

Experience in running air quality forecasting models (like WRF-Chem or CMAQ) and global models (like MOZART etc.) Experience in development of systemsoftware, tools and applications used in high performance computing environment.

Experience in using Programming languages (like FORTRAN-90, IDL, C/C++ etc.) Shell scripting, Meteorological data analysis tools (like (GrADS, FERRET, ARCGIS, NCL, NCO, CDO etc.)

Handling of large volume of satellite data like Net CDF, HDF, GRIB etc.

Job Responsibilities:

Selected candidate has to develop chemical data assimilation system using satellite and surface data for improving chemical initial conditions and run the global and city-scale air quality forecasting system.

Selected candidate is expected to engage in teaching and R & D activities of DESK Program at IITM.

Post Code DESK/2018-002

Post Name - Project Scientist C ( 1 post) (For Ecosystem Modeling with linkage to Fisheries )

Essential Qualification:

M.Sc. with at least 60% marks in Fishery Oceanography / Fishery Sciences / MFSc/ Industrial Fisheries/ marine Biology from a recognized University / Institute.

Minimum of 3 years of experience in relevant field as evidenced by publications.

Desirable Qualification:

Ph.D. in any of the above subjects.

Experience in Indian Ocean costal fisheries, Fishery resource management, Potential fishing grounds, observations, interpretation OR computer based techniques to identify potential fishery resources of Indian coastal waters, fish landing, treads and climate change impacts.

Research experience supported by publications in relevant topic in good impact journals.

Very good knowledge in Computer programming using FORTRAN and data analysis softwares such as NCL, FERRET and CDO

Teaching experience in relevant field of ocean biogeochemistry, ocean ecosystem and fisheries.

Job Responsibilities:

Work with scientists to couple dynamical ecosystem prediction model to fish and fisheries for potential fishery zone prediction around Indian coastal waters.

Provide inputs and develop research to identify relation between trends in Indian Ocean fisheries and climate change and its impacts.

Selected candidate is expected to engage in teaching and R & D activities of DESK Program at IITM.

Post Code DESK/2018-003

Post Name - Project Scientist C ( 1 post) (For Short Term Climate Variability, Predictability and Applications)

Essential Qualification:

B.E./B.Tech./M.Sc. (Physics/Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology/RS-GIS/ Statistics/ Computer Applications/Applied Mathematics) from recognized University/ Institution with at least 60% marks.

A minimum 3 years of experience in the field of climate variability and teleconnections, Monsoon research; analysis of climate model outputs etc. as evidenced by published research

Desirable Qualification:

M.Tech. (Atmospheric Science/Climate Science) with 60% marks or Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science / Statistics.

Research experience supported by publications in relevant topic in good impact journals would be an added advantage.

Knowledge of operating systems like LINUX and WINDOWS, Expertise in R &/ PYTHON and analysis and visualization softwares like xmgrace, GrADS, MATLAB, CDO, NCL etc.

Experience in handling large volume of climate model outputs ; data formats like NETCDF, HDF and meteorological data, especially rainfall and temperature data sets.

Knowledge of simple statistical tools.

Job Responsibilities:

Analysis of observed rainfall and temperature data, prepare various plots and maps and develop website.

Extraction and analysis of high resolution regional climate models and dissemination of data to impact assessment groups.

Selected candidate is expected to engage in teaching and R & D activities of DESK Program at IITM.

Post Code DESK/2018-004

Post Name - Project Scientist C ( 1 post) ( For Development of Decadal Prediction System)

Essential Qualification:

A Masters Degree or equivalent in Atmospheric Science/ Meteorology/ Oceanography/ Physics/Mathematics/ Geophysics from a recognized University/ Institution with at least 60% marks at Post Graduation.

A minimum of 3 years of experience of research (after Masters degree) in coupled ocean atmosphere modelling or ocean modelling as evidenced by published papers. .

Desirable Qualification:

Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science or Physical Oceanography

M.Tech. in Atmospheric Science or Physical Oceanography

Good track record of peer reviewed publications in high impact journals

Working knowledge in Coupled Ocean Atmosphere General Circulation Models and/or Ocean General Circulation Models.

Experience in Programming languages (like FORTRAN-90, C/C++ etc.), Shell scripting,; Meteorological data analysis tools (like GrADS, FERRET, NCL, NCO, CDO etc.)

Handling of large volume of data and conversant with data format like NetCDF, HDF, GRIB etc.

Job Responsibilities:

To develop a decadal prediction system.

Selected candidates are expected to engage in teaching activities of Training Program at IITM.

Post Code - CAIPEEX2018-001

Post Name - Project Scientist C ( 1 post) (For Flare testing laboratory)

Essential Qualification:

Masters degree (M.Sc./ M.Tech.) with at least 60% marks in Physics/Chemistry/Applied Chemistry / Material Sciences/Atmospheric Sciences/ Meteorology /Geophysics(Meteorology) from a recognized university/Institute

Minimum of 3 years research experience in laboratory/field measurements of aerosol as evidenced by publications

Desirable Qualification:

M.Tech. in Atmospheric science/Material Science with 60% marks or Ph.D. in any of the above subjects would be a desirable qualification .

Experience and demonstrated ability with laboratory/field studies on the Aerosol/CCN/IN activation characteristics and microphysical processes

Demonstrated experience in using SEM/TEM, Aerosol Mass Spectrometer etc. would be desirable

Research experience supported by publications in relevant topics.

Job Responsibilities:

Flare testing laboratory : setup a laboratory for the seeding material characterization and aerosol-CCN activation studies

Take part in the field campaigns and make quality observations of aerosol-chemical and physical properties and CCN activation

Maintain flare testing laboratory with high quality instruments, including AMS, calibrated for ready use

Post Code CAIPEEX/2018-002

Post Name - Project Scientist B ( 1 post) (For Winter Fog Field Experiment)

Essential Qualification:

M.Sc. in Environmental Science/ Atmospheric Sciences/ Physics/ Geophysics (Meteorology) with minimum 60% marks from a recognized University / Institute.

Minimum 2 years of experience in operating relevant atmospheric instrumentation, maintenance of instruments and data acquisition evidenced by publications/ report or field experience.

Desirable Qualification:

Candidate should be ready to work in field campaign anywhere in India.

Basic experience in numerical model (like WRF/WRF-Chem), meteorological data analysis tools (like GrADS, etc.)

Handling of large volume of data like text, NetCDF, HDF, GRIB etc.

Job Responsibilities:

Selected Candidate has to participate in field campaign, data collection, calibration & upkeep of Instruments, analysis of data, run fog forecasting model, prepare forecasting reports.

Post Code CAIPEEX2018-003

Post Name - Project Scientist B ( 1 post) (For RADAR operations)

Essential Qualification:

B.E./B. Tech. with at least 60% of marks in Civil/Mechanical/Electronics / Electronics and Telecommunication from a recognized university/Institute.

Minimum 2 years of experience after B.E. / B.Tech. for meteorological field campaign / RADAR meteorological data, and operation of RADAR

Desirable Qualification:

M. Tech. with at least 60% of marks in (Electronics / Electronics and Telecommunication ) from a recognized university/Institute.

Demonstrated experience with radar operations, GIS applications for hydrological products generation, TITAN or other product development tools, etc.

Job Responsibilities:

RADAR Engineer to operate and maintain the C-band radar onsite and ensure continuous operation for cloud seeding experiment, Coordination during the seeding missions

Participate in field campaign and contribute to the RADAR calibration, data collection, calibration, upkeep and analysis of data

Post Code CAIPEEX2017-004

Post Name - Project Scientist B ( 1 post) (for Aerosol observational studies)

Essential Qualification:

M.Sc. with 60% of marks in Physics/Chemistry/Atmospheric Science/ Meteorology/ Geophysics(Meteorology) or B.E /B Tech Mechanical/Material science with at least 60% of marks from a recognized university/Institute

Minimum 2 years of experience after obtaining degree in atmospheric aerosol observational or laboratory studies

Desirable Qualification:

M. Tech in atmospheric/Climate Science/Material Science with 60% marks

Minimum 2 years experience in aerosol physical and chemical characterization studies and related analysis techniques and modelling as evidenced by publications

Experience in handling aerosol observations with aethalometer, PILS, filter samples, aerosol analysis, modelling, etc.

Physical and chemical characterization of samples collected from airborne observations and from ground based samples

Job Responsibilities:

To participate in field campaign to collect samples and to analyse samples with collaborating institutions

Carryout physical and chemical characterization of aerosol samples collected with airborne and surface observations after SEM/TEM analysis

Participate in field campaign and contribute to the data collection, calibration, upkeep and analysis of data

Post Code DESK/2018-005

Post Name - Section Officer ( 1 post) (Administration / Finance/ Purchase)

No. of posts - 1 post

Essential Qualification:

Bachelor degree from recognized University

Operational Computer knowledge

Five years of experience preferably in Government Department / Autonomous Bodies / PSU of which at least 3 years should be in a supervisory grade

Desirable Qualification:

Masters / Post Graduate Diploma 3 years duration) in Human Resource Management / Personnel Management/ Labor Management or MSW from recognized University / Institute.

Having 3 years of experience in handling Administration / Establishment/ Purchase/ General Administration preferably in Government Department PSU/Autonomous Bodies in PB-02 with GP 4200 (Level 6 as per 7th CPC)

Job Responsibilities:

To assist DESK program office (Administration) and to look after the Administration Section.

Post Code DESK/2018-006

Post Name Upper Division Clerk ( 2 posts) (for Front Desk / Event Coordination/ Computer Data Operation)

Essential Qualification:

Bachelor degree with minimum 2 years of experience in event coordination or Scientific Administration in Government/ Semi-Government / NGO/ PSU or any reputed private firms.

Desirable Qualification:

BCA/ BSc. Computer Science/ B.E.- B.Tech. in Computer Science/ B.Com/ B.A. Mass Communication / B.A. English / BBA

Diploma / Post Graduate Diploma in Event Management (DEM/ PGDEM)

Minimum 2 years of experience in web site designing, web site maintenance, website administrator or data-base management, design of posters/ banners.

Excellent communication skill (Oral and Written) in English and Hindi

Proven experience of ability to coordinate National/ International workshops / symposia/ seminars

Knowledge of various forms of Government letters, administrative orders, government financial rules and employment code and conduct rules.

Job Responsibilities:

Coordinate National / International workshops/ symposia/ seminars / conferences at DESK, IITM.

Design online application for workshop/ symposia/ conference/ seminars at IITM.

Coordinate among various sections (Accounts, Transport and Guest House etc.) of IITM for DESK Workshops/ symposia. Seminars/ conferences etc.)

Important Dates

	Start Date	End Date
Applications	14-Nov-2018	30-Nov-2018

Notification Issued By

Organization : Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Organization City, State : , maharashtra
Organization Website : http://www.tropmet.res.in