Biotechnology

India's internationally renowned The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (1949) has blossomed from the Baroda College (1881) which is one of the oldest centres of learning in western India. MSU is the only state University with a residential, unitary character having English as sole medium of instruction with more than 1200 well-qualified faculty members and 1500 administrative staff to facilitate the learning of more than 35000 students having cosmopolitan life on campus. The rich legacy of the University is crowned by the names of stalwarts like Nobel Laureate Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Shri Aurobindo, Bharat Ratna Acharya Vinobha Bhave, Gyanpith awardee Shri Rajendra Shah, Dr. I. G. Patel, Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Shri Sam Pitroda, Prof. K. G. Subramanyan and many more.

Applications are invited for the two positions of Junior Research Fellow to work under SERB, DST sponsored research project “Functional characterization of Metacaspase gene family in Solanum lycopersicum”. Duration of project is for three years.

Post: Junior Research Fellow: 02

The bill for the establishment of Jawaharlal Nehru University was placed in the Rajya Sabha on September 1, 1965 by the then Education Minister, Mr M.C. Chagla. During the discussion that followed, Hon. M.P. Mr. Bhushan Gupta voiced the opinion that this should not be yet another university. New faculties should be created, including scientific socialism, and one thing that this university should ensure was to keep noble ideas in mind and provide accessibility to students from weaker sections of society. The JNU Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on 16th November 1966 and the JNU Act came into force on 22nd April, 1969.

Applications are invited for one Junior Research Fellow position (emoluments @ Rs. 12000 + 30% HRA per month) in the DBT project entitled "Metabolic engineering for production of terpenoids in tobacco plant".

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 Two Junior Research Fellow positions in Indo-UK Project entitled "RICEFUEL: Engineering enzymes, for advanced biofuels”, at Dept, of Genetics, School of Biological sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.

Post: Junior Research Fellow

The Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai is the new state-of-the-art R&D satellite of the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), which also includes under its umbrella the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), the largest cancer hospital in Asia. ACTREC has the mandate to function as a national centre for treatment, research and education in cancer. TMC is an autonomous grant-in-aid institution of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. It is registered under the Societies Registration Act (1860) and the Bombay Public Trust Act (1950). Its Governing Council is headed by the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, Government of India.

Post: Research Associate, Project Assistant

National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, established in 1950, is a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). CSIR-NCL is a science and knowledge based research, development and consulting organization. It is internationally known for its excellence in scientific research in chemistry and chemical engineering as well as for its outstanding track record of industrial research involving partnerships with industry from concept to commercialization.

Applications are invited on plain paper for filling up temporary position(s) of Project Assistant (PA II) under 12th Five year plan project under ‘Chemical Sciences Cluster’ on contract basis, as per the following details:

Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi will be holding a Walk-in-Interview for the award of Four UGC-BSR Research Fellowships with the purpose of providing opportunities to meritorious students to undertake research in the thrust areas of the Metabolic Department: Engineering of Plant Metabolites and Proteomics Based Biomarkers.

Post: UGC BSR Fellowships

CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow is a premier R&D Institute under the aegis of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi which is an autonomous body under Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. The institute is engaged in the development of new drugs and diagnostics in various therapeutic areas like malaria, tuberculosis, filarial, leishmania, cancer, thrombosis, hypertension, dementia, diabetes, lipid disorders, gastric ulcer, osteoporosis, prostatic hyperplasia, etc.

Applications on the prescribed forms are invited from the eligible Indian Nationals for the following posts:-

Post: Project Junior Research Fellow, Project Fellow, Senior Project Fellow, Project Assistant

Central Medical Services Society has been constituted as a Central Procurement Agency under Department of Health & Family Welfare. The Society will be responsible for procuring goods and store them in warehouses across the country for distribution to State Governments for many National level projects.

The Society is looking for professionals at Middle Management Level to support the ongoing efforts for having an efficient system in place, and has openings for the following posts:

Post: Assistant General Manager (Drugs Procurement)- 03, Assistant General Manager (Quality Assurance)- 01

Applications in plain paper are invited from Indian citizen for the post of JRF for a DBT, Govt. of India sponsored project in the Biological & Chemical Sciences Section, Life Sciences Division of IASST. Applications in prescribed form must accompany with complete Bio data and two recent passport size photographs and attested copies of mark sheets, certificates, contact address, e-mail and phone number. Complete application should be sent to the Registrar, IASST, Paschim Boragaon, Garchuk, Guwahati – 781035, Assam, so as to reach on or before 16/04/2014.

Post: One Junior Research Fellow (JRF).