Microbiology

National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) was founded by Sir Robert McCarrison in the year 1918 as ‘Beri-Beri’ Enquiry Unit in a single room laboratory at the Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. Within a short span of seven years, this unit blossomed into a "Deficiency Disease Enquiry" and later in 1928, emerged as full-fledged "Nutrition Research Laboratories" (NRL) with Dr. McCarrison as its first Director. It was shifted to Hyderabad in 1958.

BLDE University is amongst the reputed universities in Karnataka providing education in various medical courses. Housed in a sprawling campus at Bijapur in Karnataka, it was declared a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 and approved by Ministry of Human Resource Development. It has been established under BLDE Association, a renowned educational society, running more than 75 institutions in the state.

The institute has evolved over the years into a multi-disciplinary research organization with stress on fundamental research in its pursuit of advancement of knowledge in Science and technology and at the same time developing highly competent and able scientific manpower for the country.

Madurai Kamaraj University, established in 1966, has 18 Schools comprising 73 Departments. The Directorate of Distance Education of the University has a student strength of about 1.30 lakhs. The University has 109 affiliated Colleges (9 Autonomous) including other approved institutions and 7 evening colleges. There are centres which promote research potential of teachers. Extension activities are carried out through Department of Youth Welfare, NSS, SC/ST cell and Adult Education programmes.

Applications are invited for the temporary post under the research project entitled, ”Assessment and validation of biodegradation potential of indigenous bacteria/fungi and their consortia to degrade some common pesticides in vegetable crops”. The appointment shall be given on six monthly review basis.

Prof. P.Murugesan founded RICST(Ram Institute of Computer Science & Technology) in 1985, way ahead of the IT-wave of the 90's. This pioneering effort in the agricultural district of Thanjavur gained quick recognition by its affiliation to the Bharathidasan University in 1989 for PGDCA course.

Interested eligible candidates are requested to appear in an interview on 25-06-2013 at 11:30 AM in Lab 214, Dept. of Zoology, C.U.

A walk in interview for filling up three posts of Junior Research Fellows (JRFs) under the DBT Funded Projects entitled “Application of RNAi technology for augmenting broiler production”, “Identification of probiotic strain(s) from gut metage-nome of Assam indigenous chicken” and “Thermotolerance gene expression analysis in Salmonella typhimurium and development of their thermal death time models applicable to poultry processing” at Committee Room of Administrative Bloc