Career Opportunities at National Centre for Disease Control for Pharma Graduates

The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) had its origin as Central Malaria Bureau, established at Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1909 and following expansion was renamed in 1927 as the Malaria Survey of India. The organization was shifted to Delhi in 1938 and called as the Malaria Institute of India (MII). In view of the drastic reduction achieved in the incidence of malaria under National Malaria Eradication Programme (NMEP), Government of India decided to reorganize and expand the activities of the institute to cover other communicable diseases. Thus, on July 30, 1963 the erstwhile MII was renamed as NICD to shoulder these additional responsibilities.

Post : Consultant Epidemiologist

Qualifications :
• A bachelor’s degree in any of the following:
• MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS
• Bsc. Nursing/B.Pharma
• Bsc. (Statistics/Biostatistics/Economics/Mathematics/Data Science/Computer Science or Life Science). With
• Post-Graduation: A Post Graduate Degree in any one of the following :
• MPH • MD (Community Medicine/Preventive and Social Medicine)
• Msc. (Health Informatics/ Biostatistics/ Applied Statistics, Epidemiology)
• MBA (Healthcare Management)

Remuneration : Rs. 90000/- to Rs.1,50,000/- Fee Offered within the band will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

Additional Requirements :
i. Broad knowledge and understanding of disease surveillance system, epidemiology including diseases of Public Health importance;
ii. Excellent skill in Data analysis in field epidemiology;
iii. Advanced proficiency in MS Excel (Pivot Tables, Lookups, Dash boarding) is mandatory. Working knowledge of statistical tools like SPSS, STATA, or R is preferred. iv. Excellent analytical, oral and written communication skills and willing to travel extensively within India v. Proficient in computer applications (MS Word, Excel, Power Point), email and internet etc.

Age : Below 45 years, not more than 65 Years (in case of retired Government Servant as per DoPT Guidelines) Consolidated

Remuneration Offered : This will be applicable as per eligibility criteria and post qualification experience while recruitment and initial remuneration will be offered as per slabs below which will not be treated for increment purposes :
Category : Post Qualification Experience ; Remuneration in Rupees
Level 1 ; ≤ 3 Years : Rs. 90000
Level 2 ; > 3 Years to <10 years : Rs. 120000
Level 3 ; ≥ 10 Years : Rs. 150000

Job Description (Terms of Reference) :
1. Organize and monitor timely collection, compilation and analysis of surveillance data from allotted States and take appropriate action and give feedback to concerned States/UTs.
2. Regular visits for monitoring the IDSP/IHIP implementation in allocated states.
3. Supervising, monitoring and training State/District Epidemiologists and liaison with SSOs/DSOs.
4. Initiate and guide outbreak investigations promptly following the Standard Operating procedures.
5. Support effective operational integration of disease control efforts based on the surveillance data.
6. Coordinate regular meetings of key strategic stakeholders, lab partners, field epidemiologists, training partners and potential vertical program collaborations and assist in inter-sectoral coordination for effective IDSP/IHIP implementation.
7. To analyse and use the data to develop scientifically sound conclusions—which can then be the basis for policy.
8. Monthly performance report to be prepared for appraisal.
9. The work shall include frequent travel to assigned States.
10. Performing other duties as required in the interest of the programme and any other work/activity assigned from time to time.

Selection Procedure : The Candidates are required to submit their Resume along with Application form and relevant documents on Email – id mentioned below by 30th June Email I’d:idsp-omc@nic.in Candidate must ensure their eligibility as per Terms of Reference (TOR) before applying.

Terms & Conditions :
A. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for written/ Interview Process.
* Written test will be conducted in case the number of application exceeds more than 10 candidates per post.
B. No TA/DA will be admissible for attending the written/ Interview Process.
C. Candidates must bring all the original certificates including experience certificates for the verification process. Candidates without original documents will not be permitted to appear in the interview.