NATIONAL AGRI-FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

(Deptt. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India)

Knowledge City, Sector 81, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali 140306, Punjab, INDIA

Website: www.nabi.res.in

(Advt. No. NABI-GAP-02/2017-1)

Banana Biofortification Project Based Research Position

National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, is an autonomous R&D Institute under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. NABI has received BIRAC sponsored joint research project with Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia and applications are invited for the following position under externally funded project Transfer and Evaluation of Indian Banana with Pro-Vitamin A (PVA) Constructs:-

Name of the position: Project/Field Assistant - I

Number of Positions: One

Area: Plant Tissue Culture, Genetic Transformation and Research Farm related activities

Essential Qualification: B.Sc. or equivalent degree/diploma with minimum 55%

Desirable qualification: a) Prior knowledge/experience in plant tissue culture, genetic transformation and maintenance of transgenic plant materials under in-vitro and containment conditions.

b) Prior knowledge/experience for performing various farm related operations and field experiments.

c) Basic knowledge of computer such as MS Office, Excel, Power-point, Internet etc.

Job Responsibility: a) To assist scientists and research scholars in experiments

b) Maintenance of records of experiments, instruments and consumables

c) Any other scientific responsibilities assign by in-charge scientist

Age limit: 28 years* as on the last date of receipt of application.

Remuneration: Fellowship @ Rs.15,000/- + 20% HRA per month as per CSIR OM no. 4/CMG/2016-PPD dated 4th July 2016 and NABI rules.

* Relaxable upto 5 years for statutory groups /Women Candidates.

The interested candidates may appear for a Walk-In-Interview on 10th April 2017 by the prescribed application form available on the website www.nabi.res.in. The duly filled application form must be submitted at the time of registration from 0900 hrs to 1100 hrs on 10th April 2017. The candidates must ascertain their eligibility before applying, as ineligible candidates would not be interviewed.

The project is a part of the Multi-Institutional Core Project entitled Development and Transfer of Technology from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia to India for Bio-fortification and Disease Resistance in Banana. Project duration is up to November 2019 but in no case shall exceed the duration of the project.

NABI may or may not select candidate against above mentioned research position, depending upon the suitability of the candidate to carry out high quality research. One month notice will be given by either party for the termination of engagement. The engagement is for the specific project as mentioned above

and shall give no right whatsoever for automatic consideration against any other position/opportunity at NABI.

For more information on the above position please contact Dr. Siddharth Tiwari, Scientist-D, NABI; Email: siddharth@nabi.res.in; siddharthdna@gmail.com and/or visit our website www.nabi.res.in.