34 research opportunities for Pharma, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Life sciences candidates at CDRI

CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow is a premier institute functioning under the aegis of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an autonomous body functioning under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Engagement of Project Staff under different Projects.

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Part-I Mode of engagement: - Online Mode Interview
Position Code : 001
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 04 Positions
Essential qualifications : M.Pharm./M.S (Pharm) with GPAT qualified
Desirable qualifications : Experience in formulation development, pharmaceutical analysis, pharmacokinetic studies.
Stipend : Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 1.2 “Preclinical Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacokinetic studies of CDRI Candidate drugs, formulations and phytopharmaceuticals.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 002
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Pharm with GPAT qualified
Desirable qualifications: Hands-on experience in HPLC
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 1.2 “Preclinical Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacokinetic studies of CDRI Candidate drugs, formulations and phytopharmaceuticals.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Part-II : Mode of engagement : - Walk-ln-lnterview

Position Code : 001
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Master degree in Chemical Sciences/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Medicinal Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Chemistry) and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE or GAT OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: Experience in Organic Synthesis
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR (MMP0035203) “Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for Affordable Health Care” Tenure upto: 31.03.2028

Position Code : 002
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Master degree in Chemical Sciences/Chemical Sciences/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Medicinal Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
Desirable qualifications: Experience in Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry
Stipend: Rs. 25,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 3.1 “Development of High-Throughput Affinity Selection Mass Spectrometry (HT-ASMS) Based Assay for Target Based (KdrP inhibitor) Hit Identification.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 003
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Master’s/Integrated Master’s in Chemical Sciences/Chemistry and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE or those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: Experience in Organic Synthesis
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR (MMP075202) “A Comprehensive Approach to Address Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 004
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 02 Positions
Essential qualifications: M.Sc. in Chemistry or M.Pharm in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: Experience in Organic Synthesis
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR (FBR030411) “Accessing Medicinal Relevant Scaffolds via Electrochemical Diversification of Alkenes and Alkynes.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2028

Position Code : 005
Name & Number of Positions : Project Technical Support-III — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc. in Chemistry or M. Pharm in Chemistry
Desirable qualifications: Experience in Organic Synthesis, peptides
Stipend: Rs. 28,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: ICMR (GAP0491) “Targeting Nav1.7 channels for the treatment of chronic pain” Tenure upto: 12.01.2027

Position Code : 006
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc. in Chemistry/Chemical Sciences/Pharmaceutical Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Sciences
Desirable qualifications: Experience in Organic Synthesis
Stipend: Rs. 25,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 8.7 “EGFR-EZH2 inhibitor for cancer.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 007
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Master’s degree in Chemical Sciences and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: Research Experience in Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 4.7 “S-011-1793 (Anti-malarial Synthesis).” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 008
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc. (Chemistry) or M.Pharm (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: Research experience in organic synthesis or ≥55% marks in M.Sc. (Organic chemistry/Chemistry with Organic major) or equivalent
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 4.9 “S-019-0277, a promising anti-filarial molecule.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 009
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Pharm or M.S. Pharm (Pharmacology) with GPAT qualified
Desirable qualifications: Experience in in-vivo studies, molecular techniques
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 6.4 “B-Adrenergic receptor agonist for obesity.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 010
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate-I — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Pharm
Desirable qualifications: Hands-on experience on HPLC
Stipend: Rs. 30,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 50 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: ANRF (GAP0522) “Development of Antibody Drug Enriched Conjugate (ADeC)” Tenure upto: 12.01.2027

Position Code : 011
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 03 Positions
Essential qualifications: Masters in any stream of Life Sciences qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: Experience in wet lab research, especially handling of clinical samples and data entry (DEO-type work) in a clinical setting
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR (FTT070603) “Non-invasive Early Diagnostic Test for Cervical Cancer (FTT)” (in collaboration with AIIMS, Delhi) Tenure upto: 31.03.2028

Position Code : 012
Name & Number of Positions : Senior-PAT — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Doctoral Degree in any stream of Life Sciences
Desirable qualifications: Experience in wet lab molecular biology, especially clinical diagnostics
Stipend: Rs. 42,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 40 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR (FTT070603) “Non-invasive Early Diagnostic Test for Cervical Cancer (FTT)” (in collaboration with AIIMS, Delhi) Tenure upto: 31.03.2028

Position Code : 013
Name & Number of Positions : Research Associate-I — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Ph.D./MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree OR having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience after MSc/M.Pharm/M.E./M.Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal.
Desirable qualifications: 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience after MSc/M.Pharm/M.E./M.Tech
Stipend: Rs. 58,000 + 18% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 40 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: DBT (GAP0519) “Role of Specific Protein-1 (SP1) associated with post-lactational miRNA(s) in process of bone formation.” Tenure upto: 14.02.2029

Position Code : 014
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Master degree in Life Sciences
Desirable qualifications: Experience in animal handling, dosing, blood collection, histopathology. The candidate should also have expertise in animal genotyping.
Stipend: Rs. 25,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-FIRST (FIR070405) “Delineating the role of host porinsome in regulating intra-organellar cholesterol shuttling during Salmonella infection.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2028

Position Code : 015
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate-I — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Master degree in any branch of Life Sciences
Desirable qualifications: Expertise in metabolomics data analysis
Stipend: Rs. 25,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), (GAP0500) “Towards Discovery and Development of Novel Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (Deep Ocean Mission)” Tenure upto: 26.01.2027

Position Code : 016
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc in Biological Sciences
Desirable qualifications: 2–4 years of research experience in biology work as per CSIR guidelines
Stipend: Rs. 25,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 8.4 “Discovery and Development of Novel SOS1 Inhibitors against KRAS-Driven Cancers.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 017
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate-I — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc./Integrated M.Sc. (Bioinformatics)
Desirable qualifications: Knowledge and Experience in the area of Bioinformatics (AI/Machine Learning methods and applications in drug discovery or related software tools/databases etc.)
Stipend: Rs. 25,000 + 16% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: DBT (GAP0384) “Establishment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Centre at CSIR-CDRI-Central Research Innovation in Drug Discovery Research using Bioinformatics and Computational biology.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 018
Name & Number of Positions : Project Technical Support-III — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Masters in Microbiology/Biotechnology
Desirable qualifications: Working experience in Microbiology/biotechnology research lab
Stipend: Rs. 28,000 + 20% HRA p.m. + 5% increment after successful completion every 2 years
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: ICMR (GAP0480) “Discovery and development of therapeutic interventions against multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens.” Tenure upto: 02.09.2029

Position Code : 019
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc Life Sciences and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: 1. Experienced in mammalian cell culture, transfection, animal (rodent) handling, and tissue collection and molecular analysis including immunoblotting and QRT-PCR. 2. At least one peer-reviewed publication.
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 7 “EGFR-EZH2 inhibitor for cancer.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 020
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc. in any branch of Biology and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: Handling of mammalian cell lines and Mouse models of Cancer
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 8.3 “Gene signature based prediction of recurrence and treatment outcomes in Triple Negative Breast Cancer.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 021
Name & Number of Positions : Project Assistant-II (PA-II) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: B.Sc. in Life Sciences
Desirable qualifications: 6 months or more experience in animal handling and breeding
Stipend: Rs. 20,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 5.3 “HT2C PAM S017-0327 for drug resistant epilepsy.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 022
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Master’s degree in Life Sciences/Biological sciences
Desirable qualifications: Research experience in cell culture, bone biology animal handling and molecular biology.
Stipend: Rs. 25,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 7.1 “Small molecule/peptide inhibitors of Sclerostin.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 023
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: Masters in Life Sciences or Equivalent with CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET or GATE
Desirable qualifications: 3 years’ experience in mammalian cell culture, RT-PCR
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 6.1 “GS/ICT 5/6 Anti-angiogenic.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 024
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc. in Life/Biological Sciences and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: Expertise in Bioinformatics
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 7.1 “Small molecule/peptide inhibitors of Sclerostin.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 025
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc. in any stream of Life sciences including Biotechnology and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: 1. Experienced in mammalian cell culture, transfection, animal (rodent) handling, and tissue collection and molecular analysis including immunoblotting and QRT-PCR. 2. At least one peer-reviewed publication.
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 7.1 “Adiponectin receptor agonist for skeletal muscle atrophy.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Position Code : 026
Name & Number of Positions : Project Associate (PAT-I) — 01 Position
Essential qualifications: M.Sc. in Biochemistry/Biotechnology/Biologicals/Bioinformatics/Microbiology and qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Desirable qualifications: Research experience: Training of minimum 4 months in mammalian cell culture, animal experimentation and basic molecular biology techniques such as PCR, Western blotting, Cloning and Protein Expression
Stipend: Rs. 31,000 + 20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit: 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project: CSIR-CDRI ULIP (MLP002605) “Discovery and Development of Therapeutics for nationally important diseases with global impact.” Under Work Package 8.7 “mTORC2 inhibitor for Triple Negative Breast Cancer metastasis.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027

Instructions to Candidates Applying for Part-I (Online Mode):-
1) All applicants mast fulfil the essential qualification for the position and other conditions stipulated in the advertisement as on the last date of submission of application. They are advised to satisfy themselves before applying that they possess at least the essential qualifications laid down for position/positions as on the last date of submission of application.
2) The prescribed essential qualifications are the minimum and the mere possession of the same does not entitle candidates to be called for interview. The duly constituted Screening Committee will adopt its own criteria for short-listing the candidates. The candidate should therefore, mention in the application all the qualifications and experiences in the relevant area over and above the minimum prescribed qualification, supported with.
3) List of shortlisted candidates meeting the criteria (Essential qualification plus criteria set by the committee) shall be notified on the CDR1 Website.
4) Date and mode of interview shall be communicated to the shortlisted candidates through e-mail.
5) The position/s are purely temporary. The engagements shall be initially for a period of ONE YEAR or till the project duration or to the extent funds available, whichever is earlier. The engagements shall be extendable on yearly basis subject to performance review and project duration/ funds availability.
6) The engagement of a project staff in different projects either in the CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow or different Lab or Institute of CSIR taken together shall not exceed 6 years in any case.
7) The engagement in these projects will not confer any right implicit or explicit on the candidate for consideration for regularization against any CSIR/CDRI post(s).
8) The number of positions to be recruited may vary at the time of selection depending on the requirement under the project.
9) No TA/DA or allowances will be paid to the candidates for attending the interview.
10) Suitable Candidates may be empaneled for future requirement if any, under same project or different projects of similar nature and requiring candidates with similar essential and desirable qualifications.

11) Age will be reckoned as on the last dale of submission of application for this advertisement. The relaxation in the age limit for the candidates belonging to the category of SC/ST/PwBD/Women and the Category of OBC shall be 05 years and 03 years respectively or as per Govt, of India instructions issued in this regard from time to time. Candidates seeking age relaxation should enclose relevant certificates in prescribed format issued by the appropriate authority as per the latest instructions issued on the subject.
12) Applications submitted after the scheduled date and time shall not be considered for the interview and summarily rejected.
13)The shortlisted candidates shall attend the interview (online / offline mode), as communicated to the candidate.
14)In case a large number of candidates apply, the Screening Committee may include the additional screening criteria beyond essential and desirable qualifications and shortlist the candidates for interview in proportion to the available vacancies.
15)In case the final certificates reflect CGPA/SGPA/OGPA Grades, the candidate should convert the same into an equivalent percentage as per the approved formula of the University in the online application form, and a copy of such conversion must be attached along with the online application form
16)To avoid any inconvenience, only those candidates who strictly fulfill the eligibility criteria and possess the degree's/ mark sheets in the subjects above should apply for the interview.
17) Upon selection, the original documents, including eligibility qualification, DOB, caste, and age relaxation certificate, will be verified. If any discrepancy is found, the selection shall stand cancelled automatically.
18) Advertisement/Post may be cancelled at any stage due to force majeure, including closure of project, non-availability of fund, compromised integrity, unethical practices, etc.
19) The decision of the CSIR-CDRI in all matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of applications, mode of selection, and conduct of examination/interview will be final and binding on the candidates.

Instructions to candidates for Part-II (Walk-In-Interview)
Timing:- Eligible Candidates are required to report for the Walk-ln-Interview for position code 001 to 010 on 17.08.2026 and for position code 011 to 026 on 20.08.2026 from 09:00 am onwards. Candidates reporting after 10:00 A.M will not be entertained. The eligible candidates may appear before the Selection Committee for interview on the date and time mentioned above at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226031. Eligible candidates must bring with them a duly filled application & undertaking (which can be downloaded from our website cdri.res.in with original & self¬attested copies of mark sheets/certificates etc. along with a recent passport size photograph. Tentative mark sheets/certificates and 'result awaited’ will not be considered. Any experience certificate to project personnel shall be issued by the Administration of the concerned Laboratory/Institute. However, any other recommendation letter of reference letter shall be issued by the Principal Investigator/Project Leader in all cases Project Manager and such letter shall not commit on any administrative aspects. For project Manager, such recommendation or reference letter shall be issued by the Director/Head of the Laboratory/Institute.

General Conditions
• The relaxation in the age limit for the candidates belonging to the category of SC/ST/PwBD/Women and the Category of OBC shall be 05 years and 03 years respectively or as per Govt, of India instructions issued in this regard from time to time.
• Suitable Candidates may be empanelled for future requirement if any, under different projects.
• The date for determining age/qualification and experience shall be the date of interview.
• Your Total Period of engagement under one project and all different laboratories of CSIR, cumulatively taken together shall not exceed 6 years, unless otherwise provided for under these guidelines. However, you shall be allowed to continue beyond 6 years only in case of contract/consultancy/sponsored projects funded by Public Sector Undertaking (PSUs), Industries, Start-ups and Individual entrepreneurs, that are of 12 months or less duration. In such an event, you’re the total period of engagement under one project and/or combination of different projects, either in the same laboratory and/or different laboratories of CSIR cumulatively taken together shall not exceed 7 years.
• The above positions are purely temporary and co-terminus with the aforementioned projects. The engagement in these projects will not confer any right implicit or explicit on the candidate for consideration for higher degree or regularization permanent employment against any CSIR-CDRI post(s).
• Project personnel engaged as per these guidelines shall be eligible to medical facilities at CSIR dispensaries of the institute, to the extent of consultation and/or available medicines at the dispensary and transport facilities, if any, as per the term and conditions with which it is provided by the Institute.
• Project personnel engaged in the projects may be covered under Group Medical Insurance Scheme, subject to their willingness, for which the cost shall be borne by the individual concerned.
• Women project personnel shall be eligible for maternity leave of 180 days and the male project personnel shall be eligible for paternity leave of 15 days only in case of two surviving children as per CSIR norms. Further, the Project Staff shall be paid the stipend for the period of aforesaid leave only after re-joining the office after availing such leave and submission of relevant medical reports/documents.
• The project personnel are entitled to avail leaves as per extant rules of CSIR i.e., 12 days of leave (at the rate of one-day leave per month). Any leave availed beyond this shall be without emoluments calculated pro-rata.
• The project personnel may be allowed to register for higher degree (i.e., Ph.D.) as per the policy of the Institute, if they fulfill all the requirements laid down for such purposes, provided that the project duration is at least 3 years or more, apart from any other conditions laid down by the concerned Institute/Laboratory.
• The permission to register for PhD is subject to the condition that the work of the project is not affected and it will be without any financial obligation to CSIR/Project. The tenure of the project personnel shall not be extended merely on the ground that he/she has not completed the Ph.D.
• The number of positions against the various projects/Scheme can vary at the time of selection depending on the requirement of the institute.
• Position Code will be cancelled if funds are not available in the advertised concerned projects. The Director, CSIR-CDRI has discretion to increase or decrease the number of positions or cancel the recruitment process at any stage.

Part-I Mode of engagement : - Online Mode Interview (Last Date of filling up online Application Form is 20.08.2026)
Online Application Link will be activated on 07.08.2026 from 05:30 PM)

Part-II : Mode of engagement : - Walk ln interview
Walk-In-Interview for Position Code 001 to 010 (Chemical Sciences & Pharma area) will be held on 17.08.2026 and for Position Code 011 to 026 (Life Sciences area) will be held on 20.08.2026.