Department of Biotechnology looking for Young Professionals | Salary Rs. 40,000 pm

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) seeks to provide a unique opportunity for Young Professionals to work and get exposure to various programmes and activities of the Department. These programmes require candidates to demonstrate proven academic, credentials, professional achievement and leadership qualities.

DBT is looking for young, talented, innovative and dynamic Young Professionals, persons with a passion for development and the potential to become future leaders in their respective fields. Details of the same are given below

Post : Young Professional

Numbers of position : 04 (Four)
Method of recruitment : Contract Based through Open Market
Age Limit : Candidates should be below 35 years of age as on the date of Advertisement.
Period of Contract : For a period of 02 years which can be extended up to 5 years - one year at a time.
Remuneration (per month) : Rs 40,000/- (Fixed) (inclusive of Taxes)

Minimum Essential Educational Qualifications : M.Sc./B.Tech in Biotechnology/ Computational Biology/ Bio-Statistics
Experience : Minimum one year experience in scientific project work/ in the field of Biotechnology
OR
Minimum one year experience in Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning
Experience requirement may be relaxed in case of Ph.D candidates in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/ Computational Biology

Job description : Young Professionals will be required to provide high quality inputs in the specific areas of responsibility assigned by the Division Head. This includes collection, compilation, tabulation and dissemination of various information related to ongoing Research projects, Socio¬Economic Impact Analysis of Research projects, providing administrative support for project related work and organize meeting/workshops.

The terms and conditions for engagement of Young Professionals will be as per the DBT guidelines (enclosed). The number of positions for Young Professionals may vary as per requirement. The Department also reserves the right to cancel the engagement process without assigning any reason.

Other Allowances :
No TA/DA shall be admissible for joining the assignment or on its completion. No other allowances or perquisites whatsoever like accommodation, residential phone, conveyance/transport, foreign travel, persona! staff, medical reimbursement etc. would be admissible to Young Professionals,

Leave :
Young Professionals shall be eligible for 8 days’ leave in a calendar year on pro-rata basis. Therefore, a Young Professionals shall not draw any remuneration in case of his/her absence beyond 8 days in a year (calculated on a pro-rata basis). Also un-availed leave in a calendar year cannot be carried forward to next calendar year.

Confidentiality :
1. The Young Professionals may not, except with the previous sanction of Department of Biotechnology in the bonafide discharge of his/her duties, publish a book or a compilation of articles or participate in a radio broadcast or contribute an article or write a letter to any newspaper or periodical, either in his/her own name or anonymously or pseudonymously in the name of any other person, without the prior approval of the DBT.
2. During the period of assignment with the Department of Biotechnology, the Young Professionals would be subject to the provisions of the Indian Officials Secrets Act, 1923 and shall not divulge any information gathered by him/her during the period of his/her assignment to anyone who is not authorized to know/have the same.

Termination of Agreement :
The Department may terminate a contract to which these Terms apply if:
I. The Young Professionals is unable to address the assigned works.
II. Quality of the assigned works is not to the satisfaction of the Department
III. The Young Professionals fails in timely achievement of the milestones as finally decided by the user division,
IV. The Young Professionals is found lacking in honesty or integrity or violates the confidentiality clause.

Procedure for Selection
1. Each Division desiring to hire Young Professional shall submit their requirement to the Establishment Division indicating clear Terms of Reference (Annexure-l) and scope of work for each YP along with number of YPs required along with a certificate that YPs proposed are not required for routine work. In the scope of work/ToR, each Division shall clearly indicate the specific assignment/time bound jobs, terms of reference for the work and outputs in the format prescribed in the Annexure. The details should be within the frame work of provisions contained in GFR-2017, Manual of Policies & Procedure for Employment of Consultants -2006 and Manual for Procurement of consultancy and Other Services -2017.
2. Such information will be submitted to Establishment Division by each Division desirous to hire YPs on half yearly basis i.e. in the month of May/June and December of every year.
3. The Establishment Division based on the vacancies will invite applications for the available slots and place the same on website of the Department for 21/30 days.
4. Only mode of communication between candidates and Department shall be via e-mail. Application not mentioning e-mail id shall be rejected.
5. The selected candidate will be called for document verification and if documents are found to be in order, offer of appointment will be extended to him/her. Selected candidate shall provide integrity certificates from 2 references known to them. A self under taking shall be provided by the candidate that he/she has no criminal record or criminal case in any court is pending against them.
6. Consent to offer of engagement shall be given within 15 days of the e-mail.
7. A maximum of 30 days shall be given for joining from the date of e-mailing offer of engagement letter. However, in exceptional cases, JS (Admn.) in consultation with concerned Division may allow extension of joining period beyond 30 days.

Submission of Applications
Eligible candidates may apply online on the link to be provided on the website of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) within 21 days from the date of publication of this advertisement on the website of DBT, latest by 14th October, 2025. Applications are to be submitted online only on the link mentioned below. In case of any technical queries, please write to recruitment@dbt.nic.in. For all the updates/future communication, please visit Department’s website.