IISER Kolkata Invites Application for Junior Research Fellow Recruitment 2022

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER Kolkata) Kolkata Last Date: 10th March, 2022

Vacancy Circular No:

IISER Kolkata
invites applications for recruitment of Junior Research Fellow

Junior Research Fellow

Job Location:

Mohanpur, Kolkata, 741252 West Bengal
Last Date: 10 March 2022
Employment Type: Full Time

Number of Vacancy: 1 Posts

IISER Kolkata
IISER Kolkata Recruitment 2022 Details
Job Role Junior Research Fellow
Education Requirement
Total Vacancy 1 Post
Job Locations Kolkata
Age Limit 28 years as on 10th March 2022, which can be relaxed for certain reserved categories as per rules of Government of India.
Experience 1 - 3 years
Salary 31000(Per Month)
Posted on 23 Feb, 2022
Last Date To Apply 10 Mar, 2022

Educational Qualification: M.Sc

Experience: Please refer to official document

Skills / Eligibility

A position for a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) is available in the research group of Dr. Gaurav Shukla, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata. 

The research work would be focused on calculations of elasticity of mineral phases of subducting slabs at relevant pressure and temperature conditions using quantum mechanical first-principles (based on density functional theory) methods.

1. Title of project: Thermoelasticity of Mineral Phases of Subducting Slabs: A Computational Study

2. Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

3. Principal investigator: Dr. Gaurav Shukla, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences

4. Remuneration: A maximum amount of Rs. 31,000 per month + HRA

5. Tenure: 12 months, with possibility of renewal upon satisfactory performance

6. Basic Eligibility Criteria: M.Sc. or equivalent degree, in either Physics, Geology, Geophysics, Applied Geology, Applied Geophysics with minimum 60% marks, or minimum CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10-point scale. Qualification in at least one of these exams: CSIR-UGC NET (incl. LS); GATE; national-level exams conducted by DST/DBT/DAE/DOS/DRDO/MHRD/ICAR/ICMR/IIT/IISc/IISER.

7. Additional experience: Experience with computer programming, 

Pay Scale:
INR
31000(Per Month)

Age Limit: 28 years as on 10th March 2022, which can be relaxed for certain reserved categories as per rules of Government of India.

Selection Procedure

Short-listed applicants will be invited (via email) for an online interview. The interview will be held between 11th March 2022 to 15th March 2022.

How to Apply:

1. Eligible candidates should send their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) via email ONLY to [email protected] latest by 10th March 2022. The full contact information (address, mobile number, landline number if any) should be provided with the CV.

2. Last date for receiving applications: 10th March 2022


Important Dates:

Published on: 23 February 2022

Last date for application is: 10 March 2022

For more details, please refer to official notification at

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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata) was established in 2006 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (now Ministry of Education), Government of India. IISER Kolkata is designed to reach the prestigious position in the global setting that IISc, IIMs and IITs presently enjoy. IISER Kolkata is an autonomous institution awarding its own degrees. The central theme of the IISER Kolkata is to integrate education with research so that undergraduate teaching as well as doctoral and postdoctoral research work could be carried out in basic sciences.

The basic idea of IISER is to create research Universities of the highest calibre in which teaching and education will be totally integrated with the state of the art research. These Universities are devoted to Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching in sciences in an intellectually vibrant atmosphere of research. One of the important objectives of creating these Universities is to make education and careers in basic sciences more attractive by providing opportunities in integrative teaching and learning of sciences and break the barriers of traditional disciplines.


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