Biology

Gurukul Kangri University, an elite institution of Vedic and yoga studies founded in 1902 byAryasamaj legendry figure Swami Shraddhanandaji with an objective to impart value based education in the areas of vedic literature, Indian philosophy and culture. In present University has its importance on world level in the field of veda, yoga, sciences, engineering, pharmaceutical sciences and many other new emerging areas. It is a deemed to be university fully funded by UGC/Govt. of India with four campuses in the himalyan state of India named Uttarakhand. Gurukul Kangri has been visited by many distinguished guests including C.F. Andrews, Remjy Mcdonald, Mahatma Gandhi, Madan Mohan Malviya, Rajendra Prasad, Rad ha Krishnan, Jamnalal Bajaj, Munje, Sadhu Vaswani, Jawahar Lai Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Gyani Zail Singh, L.KAdvani and Meira Kumar. It is a unique university with a perfect blend of oriental and modern studies.

Nominations are sought from Heads of Institutions for names (maximum of 2 from each organization) of young faculty members / researchers for inclusion in a Workshop (including theoretical classes and hands-on-training) on Plant DNA Fingerprinting and Chemical Analysis of medicinal potential under the research programme on DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics of Medicinal Potential in Plants from Eastern and North Eastern India.

18th February – 4th March, 2014
At Bose Institute (Main Campus), Kolkata

National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, is an autonomous R&D Institute under the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. The institute carries out cutting edge research at the interface of food, nutrition and agricultural biotechnology.

Applications are invited for the position of a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under a DST sponsored research project in the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Programme at NABI.

The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani is an all India Institution declared as Deemed to be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act. Admissions to all the Integrated First Degree programmes of BITS, Pilani, at Pilani campus, Goa campus, and Hyderabad Campus for the academic year 2014 - 15 will be made on the basis of a Computer based Online Test conducted by BITS, Pilani. This test will be referred to as ‘BITS Admission Test – 2014; in short as BITSAT - 2014 hereafter in this document.

BITSAT  is a Computer based online test for Admission to Integrated First Degree Programmes of BITS Pilani Campuses in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad.

The ICGEB is an international, nonprofit research organization. Established as a special project of UNIDO, it became fully autonomous in 1994 and now counts over 60 Member States. The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology provides a scientific and educational environment of the highest standard and conducts innovative research in life sciences for the benefit of developing countries. It strengthens the research capability of its Members through training and funding programmes and advisory services and represents a comprehensive approach to promoting biotechnology internationally.

Junior Research Fellow in a DBT India project for antimalarial drug Discovery Project on "Isolation and characterization of active antimalarial compounds from South Indian Medicinal Plants"

Post: Junior Research Fellow

The Visiting Students' Research Programme (VSRP-2014) will be held at TIFR, Mumbai during the period May 12 to July 9, 2014.
VSRP for Mathematics will be held from June 9 - July 9, 2014.  For details, please also see School of Mathematics website.
Participants are paid a monthly stipend of Rs 7000/-, Sleeper class return railway fare and are provided with shared hostel accommodation.

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.

Post: Research Associate, Junior Research Fellow

Clinical Development Services Agency (CDSA) has therefore been formed as a not-for-profit society to provide supportive and focused environment to host world class clinical translation through a collaborative network of clinical investigators and premier research institutions.  It will tend enterprises, particularly SMEs involved in new technology innovation, to facilitate translation of scientific know-how into viable products for public health diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and dengue among others.

Post: Program Officer for Reflexology Study