IISER Pune Invites Application for Research Associate/ Senior Research Fellow Recruitment 2022

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER) Pune Last Date: 8th March, 2022

Vacancy Circular No:

IISER Pune
invites applications for recruitment of Research Associate/ Senior Research Fellow

Research Associate/ Senior Research Fellow

Job Location:


Pashan, Pune, 411021 Maharashtra

Last Date: 08 March 2022
Employment Type: Full Time

Number of Vacancy: 1 Posts

IISER Pune Vacancy 2022
IISER Pune Vacancy 2022 Recruitment 2022 Details
Job Role Research Associate/ Senior Research Fellow
Education Requirement M.Sc, MS
Total Vacancy 1 Post
Job Locations Pune
Age Limit Research Associate : Not more than 35 years as on last date of application Senior Research Fellow: Not more than 32 years as on last date of application
Experience 2 - 3 years
Salary 35000 - 47000(Per Month)
Posted on 23 Feb, 2022
Last Date To Apply 08 Mar, 2022

Educational Qualification: M.Sc, M.E/M.Tech, MS

Experience: Please refer to official document

Skills / Eligibility

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune is a premier autonomous Institution established by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, for promotion of high quality science education and research in the country.

Institute invites applications from Indian nationals for the following post:

ADVT. NO. 14/2022

1. Post Name : Research Associate (RA) / Senior Research Fellow (SRF)

2. No of Post : 01

3. Title of the Project : “Generation of prebiotic amphiphile diversity and its role in the sustenance, growth, and division of protocellular compartments”

4. Funding agency : Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)

5. Project code : 30121568

6. Minimum educational qualification & Experience : Research Associate: Ph.D. in Biochemistry /Biotechnology /Molecular Microbiology or related areas.

Senior Research Fellow: Candidates who have submitted thesis for Ph.D. in the relevant areas but not completed defense (i.e. candidates without a provisional certificate of having qualified for the degree) OR  M. Sc in Biochemistry / Biotechnology / Molecular Microbiology or related areas having qualified CSIR-NET (Life Sciences) / GATE (Life Sciences) / CSIR-JRF / DBT-JRF / any other National Level Test conducted by Central Government Departments and their agencies with 2 years of relevant experience as Junior Research Fellow / Project Fellow. The period spent as Ph.D. scholar shall be considered as experience for the appointment as SRF.

7. Preference : Candidates having strong background in the fundamental concepts and relevant research experience, demonstrated by at least one to two first-author research publications, in the areas of biochemistry / biotechnology / molecular biology and experience with handling liposomes / vesicles and / or a background in origin of life studies will be preferred

8. Tenure of the appointment : Initially for a period of one year, extendable for further period subject to satisfactory performance of the incumbent and continuation of the project.

9 .Consolidated emoluments : Research Associate : Rs. 47,000/- + 24% HRA per month. Senior Research Fellow : Rs. 35,000/- + 24% HRA per month

Pay Scale:
INR
35000 - 47000(Per Month)

Age Limit: Research Associate : Not more than 35 years as on last date of application Senior Research Fellow: Not more than 32 years as on last date of application

Selection Procedure

List of shortlisted candidates for selection process (Skype / Zoom Interview only) with date, time and other details will be put up on the institute website below this advertisement and candidates will be informed by e-mail only.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should send the application by email in the prescribed format available below this advertisement by email (convert into PDF Format) addressed to [email protected] on or before March 08, 2022. Please mention “Name of the Post, Advt No. 14/2022” in the subject line of the email.


Important Dates:

Published on: 23 February 2022

Last date for application is: 08 March 2022

For more details, please refer to official notification at

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