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CSIR – North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat, a constituent establishment of CSIR, is a multidisciplinary institute having research areas like Chemical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Materials Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Geological Sciences, Advanced Computation and Data Sciences etc. The institute is equipped with sophisticated state-of-art analytical and other equipment to carry out research activities in frontier areas of science &technology. Presently wide-ranging research activities are being carried out in CSIR projects as well as externally funded projects.

There is requirement of the fulfilling of Project Staff with the following specialization.

Project Assistant-II (PA-II)
Post Code : 01
No of Posts : 02
Project Title : Design and Synthesis of New Indigenous Catalysts for Oxygen Production from Water: A Life Saving Approach for Oxygen Scared Terrain
Project Period : Up to 25-07-2026
Project No. : GPP0432
Essential Qualification : 1st class B.Sc. in Chemistry
Desirable : M.Sc. in chemistry and knowledge in catalysis, inorganic chemistry, electrochemistry
Age limit : Maximum Age 28 years
Emoluments : Rs. 20,000/- per month + HRA

Project Associate-I (PAT-I)
Post Code : 02
No of Posts : 01
Project Title : Design and Synthesis of New Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Ammonia
Project Period : Up to 31-03-2026
Project :No. FBR080305
Essential Qualification : 1st class M.Sc. in Chemistry
Desirable : Knowledge in catalysis, inorganic chemistry, electrochemistry
Age limit : Maximum Age 35 years
Emoluments :Rs. 31,000/- per month+ HRA for NET/GATE qualified & Rs. 25,000/- per month + HRA for others

Project Associate-I (PAT-I)
Post Code : 03
No of Posts : 01
Project Title : Carbonaceous Nanomaterials-based Electrocatalysts from Graphite Sources of Arunachal Pradesh towards Sustainable Hydrogen Production
Project Period : Up to 31-03-2026
Project No. : IHP2400010
Essential Qualification : 1st class M.Sc./ M.Tech. in /Materials Science/ Chemical Sciences / Chemistry/ Polymer Science
Desirable : Candidate having experience/ expertise in hydrogen production, electrochemistry, synthesis of nanomaterials, catalyst, graphene and its derivatives; and nanomaterial characterization by HRTEM, FESEM, XPS, AFM, XRD, Raman spectroscopy etc.
Age limit : Maximum Age 35 years
Emoluments : Rs. 31,000/- per month+ HRA for NET/GATE qualified & Rs. 25,000/- per month + HRA for others

Project Associate-I (PAT-I)
Post Code : 04
No of Posts : 01
Project Title : Innovative Processes and Technologies for Crop Protection Chemicals (Agromission-2)
Project Period : Up to 31-03-2026
Project No. : HCP0049
Essential Qualification : 1st class M.Sc. in Chemistry
Desirable : Experience in organic synthesis
Age limit : Maximum Age 35 years
Emoluments : Rs. 25,000/- per month + HRA

Project Scientist-I (PS-I)
Post Code : 05
No of Posts : 01
Project Title : Polymers, their Composites and Polymeric Membranes for Sustainable Development of Petroleum Industries
Project Period : Up to 31-03-2026
Project No. : GPP0373
Essential Qualification : PhD / Thesis submitted in Chemical Engineering
Desirable : Working experience in polymer processing, film preparation and characterization, operation of sophisticated instruments like SEM, TEM, AFM etc
Age limit : Maximum Age 35 years
Emoluments : Rs. 56,000/- per month + HRA

Project Associate-I (PAT-I)
Post Code : 05
No of Posts : 02
Project Title : Polymers, their Composites and Polymeric Membranes for Sustainable Development of Petroleum Industries
Project Period : Up to 31-03-2026
Project No. : GPP0373
Essential Qualification : 1st class M.Sc in Chemistry (Organic/ Physical)
Desirable : Preference will be given to the candidates having experience in R&D like polymer composites/ nanocomposites, packaging materials etc., and experience in characterization techniques like FTIR, FESEM, HRTEM, XPS, AFM etc.
Age limit : Maximum Age 35 years

Project Associate-I (PAT-I)
Post Code : 06
No of Posts : 02
Project Title : Polymers, their Composites and Polymeric Membranes for Sustainable Development of Petroleum Industries
Project Period : Up to 31-03-2026
Project No. : GPP0373
Essential Qualification : 1st class M.Sc in Chemistry (Organic/ Physical)
Desirable : Preference will be given to the candidates having experience in R&D like polymer composites/ nanocomposites, packaging materials etc., and experience in characterization techniques like FTIR, FESEM, HRTEM, XPS, AFM etc.
Age limit : Maximum Age 35 years
Emoluments : Rs. 31,000/- per month+ HRA for NET/GATE qualified & Rs. 25,000/- per month + HRA for others

Project Assistant-II (PA-II)
Post Code : 07
No of Posts : 01
Project Title : Hands on Training on Animal Disease Models, Basic Animal Experimentation Techniques & Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
Project Period : Up to 27-03-2027
Project No. : GPP0426
Essential Qualification : B.Sc in Life Sciences/ Biotechnology/ B.Pharm/ BVSc Desirable 6 months working experience in laboratory animal facility or biomedical research area will be preferred
Age limit : Maximum Age 28 years
Emoluments : Rs. 20,000/- per month + HRA

Project Associate-I (PAT-I)
Post Code : 08
No of Posts : 01
Project Title : Non-Dairy Origin Probiotics from Actively Fermenting Microbiota of Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of North Eastern India
Project Period : Up to 31-03-2026
Project No. : IHP240008
Essential Qualification : M.Sc/ Integrated M.Sc. in Microbiology /Biotechnology/ Biochemistry/ Food Science and Technology /Molecular Biology / Life Science
Desirable : Experience in probiotic characterization, in vitro and in vivo assays, culturing and characterization of microaerobic and anaerobic microbes, and molecular biology techniques
Age limit : Maximum Age 35 years
Emoluments : Rs. 31,000/- per month+ HRA for NET/GATE qualified & Rs. 25,000/- per month + HRA for others

Project Assistant-II (PA-II)
Post Code : 09
No of Posts : 01
Project Title : Biomedical Genomics Advancement Program for North Eastern Researchers (BioGAP-NER)
Project Period : Up to 27-03-2029
Project No. : GPP0427
Essential Qualification : B.Sc. in Bioinformatics/Biotechnology/Genomic Science/Life Science/Microbiology/Molecular Biology Desirable : One (1) year of experience working in a molecular biology/genomics laboratory, handling and maintenance of molecular biology equipment, knowledge of running computational analyses in Linux/Python, knowledge of organizing training and workshop programs, etc. M.Sc. candidates will get preference
Age limit : Maximum Age 28 years
Emoluments : Rs. 20,000/- per month + HRA

General Guidelines and Terms
1. Last date of application through online is 24th June 2025 up to 2 PM.
2. The link for application is available on the CSIR-NEIST Website along with the advertisement. Candidates may click on “ CLICK HERE TO APPLY” for submission of their application. The link for online application is neist.res.in/prostaff/.
3. Interested candidates fulfilling the qualification of concerned Post Code may apply by clicking the “ POST NAME”. Once application submitted, the Registration Number will be generated and displayed on the computer screen. The Registration Number will not be sent in Mobile Number or Email of the candidate. Candidates are advised to keep the Registration Number with the Advt. No. And Post Code for future correspondence. Candidates are requested to download the registration form from the “DOWNLOAD” section of the portal and submit the signed copy at the time of interview.
4. Applicants are requested to follow the instructions given below the boxes while filling up the online form.
5. For each Post Code, separate application should be submitted.
6. Candidates are requested to bring with them all ORIGINAL TESTIMONIALS including Mark sheets and Certificates and also a Clear Photograph on the date of the interview, failing which their candidature may not be considered. The selected candidates are expected to join immediately upon selection.
7. The applicants will be subjected to the short listing by the Project Team based on the Academic performances and experiences and only shortlisted candidates will be called for Offline interview to be held at CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat.
8. The list of shortlisted candidates along with the Date and Time of Interview will be uploaded in the CSIR-NEIST website.
9. Candidates need not pay any application fee.
10. During selection, due weight-age will be given to the academic performance and experiences of the candidates. The candidates should have knowledge of computer for day-to-day work.

11. Duration: The Project completion date may be extended depending upon the grant of the Funding Agency.
12. Maximum Age: Closing date of the Advertisement will be taken into consideration (Relaxable for SC/ST/OBC/PWD/Women candidates as per Govt of India rules issued time to time.
13. The engagement will be on purely temporary basis for specific period. It is co-terminus along with the duration of the project and will not confer any right for regularization in the institute.
14. The maximum tenure of engagement of a project staff will be six (6) years considering the engagement in different projects either in the same institute or different institutes of CSIR.
15. Some selected Project Staff may be allowed to do his / her PhD work based on CSIR Guidelines.
16. No TA/DA will be paid to the candidate for the Interview.
17 The Experience details not covered in online portal may be sent to rpbdhrneist@gmail.com separately mentioning the Registration Number, Post Code No and Advertisement No.
18. Result awaited candidate need not apply.

Last date of application through online is 24th June 2025 up to 2 PM.