Opportunity for Life Sciences professionals at CNCI

Director, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute invites application for the post of one Senior Project Assistant in the ICMR sponsored project entitled “Development and Evaluation of Recombinant anti-HER2 ScFv for Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy: Production, Characterization, Therapeutic Efficacy Analysis through in vitro and in vivo studies” Dr.Prosenjit Saha (Co-Principal Investigator) in the Department of Cancer Chemoprevention, CNCI (Hazra Campus).

Post : Senior Project Assistant - One Post

Minimum Essential Qualification :
1. First class M.Sc Degree in Life Sciences.
2. Organized and meticulous in record keeping with excellent interpersonal skills.
3. Experience with operating scientific instruments used in molecular biology/ immunology experiments.
4. Experience or aptitude for laboratory management

Desirable Qualification : 1. Experience in handling experimental mice.
2. Qualified in NET/GATE

Tenure : Initially for 1 year. Extendable up to 2 years; subject to annual review of the work done.

Maximum Age Limit : 28 years

Emoluments : Rs. 30,600/- (Consolidated amount)

Conditions for recruitment
1. Candidates meeting the age criteria and possessing the required qualification, experience, etc. and willing to work for the above- mentioned project may email their filled-in application in prescribed format to ugirhossainsk@cnci.ac.in , on or before the last date of receipt of applications as mentioned above. There is no need to send hard-copy of any application form / documents during initial application.
2. Late and incomplete applications or applications not submitted in the prescribed format will not be considered.
3. The above position will be filled purely on temporary CONTRACT appointment basis.
4. The rates of emoluments/stipend shown in this advertisement are as per the guidelines and as per the sanction.
5. Age relaxation is admissible in respect of SC/ST/OBC/PWD and women candidates as per government rules.
6. Engagement of applicant for a particular position will be decided by appointing authority.
7. Qualification & experience should be in relevant discipline/field and from an Institution of repute. Experience should have been gained after acquiring the minimum essential qualification.
8. Name of the shortlisted candidates will be displayed on CNCI website for a Walk-In-Interview/personal discussion.
9. Mere fulfilling the minimum essential/educational qualification does not guarantee shortlisting of the candidate for interview or final selection.
10. Candidates shortlisted for interview need to carry the original hard-copy of this application form along with self-attested copies of all relevant documents.

11. Persons already in regular time scale service under any Government Department/Organizations are not eligible to apply.
12. Submission of wrong or false information during the process of selection shall disqualify the candidature at any stage.
13. Contract appointee shall not have any claim on a regular post in this institute or Funding Agency or in any Department of Government of India and their contract service will not confer any right for further assignment or transfer to any other project or appointment/absorption in funding agency or in this institute. Benefits of Provident Fund, Pension Scheme, Leave Travel Concession, Medical claim, etc. are not admissible. An undertaking to that effect must be submitted at the time of joining.
14. Upon completion of initial appointment period further continuation/extension of the service will depend on requirement of the Project, performance evaluation and approval of the competent authority in case-to-case basis.
15. In the event of selection, a candidate must produce all documents or certificates in original relating to (1) Educational qualifications (2) Date of Birth (3) Experience certificates (4) One recent passport size photograph (5) Identity proof i.e. Aadhaar/PAN /Voter ID/Driving License etc. (6) SC/ST/OBC/Disability Certificate, if applicable, for verification at the time of joining the post.
16. Candidates failing to bring the original certificates at the time of joining or any discrepancy found in the documents, the candidate(s) will not be allowed to join the selected contract post and the position will be offered to the candidates in the waiting list.
17. The engagement can be terminated at any time by giving one month notice on either side. Contract can be terminated forthwith or before expiry of the notice period by making payment of a sum equivalent to one-month contractual amount. However, the candidate will not be permitted to surrender one-month contractual amount in lieu of the period of notice of unexpired portion thereof and you will be required to serve the full period of notice.
18. Leave shall be applicable as per Host Institutional policy for contract staff in this regard.
19. CNCI reserves the right to cancel/modify the recruitment process at any time, during the process, at its discretion.
20. The institute reserves rights to consider or reject any application/candidature. The decision of the Director, CNCI will be final and binding.
21. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.
22. TA/DA will not be paid by CNCI for attending the interview

Application Procedure : Interested and eligible candidates are requested to submit their filled-in application in prescribed format given below (available in CNCI website : cnci.ac.in/project-positions-1 ) along with copies of relevant documents/certificates, only via email to ugirhossainsk@cnci.ac.in , within 15 days from the date of publication of the advertisement.
Please submit your application in a single PDF file mentioning “Application for Senior Project Assistant in the ICMR sponsored project” in subject line of the e-mail.