With the aim to expand and strengthen the areas of Neurobiology, Virology, Parasite Biology, Endocrinology, Human Genetics, Analytical Biochemistry, Computational Chemistry, Medicinal Process Chemistry, Statistics, IPR & HR Management, the Institute is looking for enthusiastic, talented young professionals with brilliant academic record, proven scientific achievements and zeal to conduct research as per the mandate of the Institute aligned with National Missions.
Walk-in-interview for engagement of Project Staff under different Projects are to be held in CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow. Walk-In- Interview for position code 001 to 017 (Chemical Sciences, Pharma & Life Sciences area) will be held on 02.05.2025 from 09:00 am onwards in the area of Chemical Sciences & Life Sciences as per the details given below.
Post Code : 001
Project Associate (PAT-I) (02 Positions)
Essential qualifications : Masters / Integrated Master’s Degree in Chemical Sciences / Chemistry
Desirable qualifications : Experience in Organic Synthesis
Stipend : (a) Rs. 31,000/- + 20% HRA for those candidates who have qualified CSIR- UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions. (b) 25,000+20%HRA for others who do not fall under (a) above.
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (MMP075202) “A Comprehensive Approach to address Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).” Tenure upto: 31.03.2027
Post Code : 002
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Positions)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemical Sciences / Pharmaceutical Chemistry OR M.Pharm in Medicinal Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Chemistry Experience in Organic Synthesis
Stipend : Rs. 25000+20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Title & Tenure of the project : BFI-BIOME (GAP0487) “Identification of lead- optimized candidates for dengue.” Tenure upto: 30.06.2026
Post Code : 003
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry or M. Pharma in Medicinal Chemistry
Desirable qualifications : Working experience in Organic Chemistry laboratory
Stipend : Rs. 25000 +20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (IHP0055) “Hit to lead optimization for N-functionalized sulfenyl indole for addressing AMR.” Tenure upto:- 31.03.2026
Post Code : 004
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry / Chemistry
Desirable qualifications : Expertise with Organic Synthesis
Stipend : Rs. 25000+20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (IHP0062) “Exploration of New Chemical Space towards Identifying Anti-Osteoporosis Leads.” Tenure upto-31.03.2026
Post Code : 005
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry
Desirable qualifications : Experience in Organic Synthesis
Rs. 25000+20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (IHP0056) “Design, Synthesis of Crossiellidines and Related Analogs for their Anti¬Bacterial Activity.” Tenure upto-31.03.2026
Post Code : 006
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry
Desirable qualifications : Experience in Organic Synthesis
Stipend : Rs. 25000+20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (IHP0057) “Exploration of Intial HITs from Maybridge Library for Their Anti-Bacterial Activity.” Tenure upto-31.03.2026
Post Code : 007
Project Associate (PAT-I) 01 Position
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry or M.Pharm in Chemistry
Desirable qualifications : Experience in Organic Synthesis
Stipend : Rs. 25000+20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (IHP0061) “Development of FUT8 inhibitor for inflammatory Bowel Disease.” Tenure upto-31.03.2026
Post Code : 008
Project Associate-I (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Stipend : (a) Rs. 31,000/- + 18% HRA for those candidates who have qualified CSIR- UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions. (b) 25,000+18%HRA for others who do not fall under (a) above.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : Ignite Life Science Foundation (GAP0440) “Discovery and development of a novel Hv1 channel inhibitor to alleviate chronic pain.” Tenure upto: 17.08.2025
Post Code : 009
Project Associate (PAT-II) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry/ Chemical Sciences/Pharmaceutical Sciences or Pharm in Chemistry along with 2 years research experience
Desirable qualifications : Experience in Organic Synthesis
Stipend : (a) Rs. 35,000/- + 18% HRA for those candidates who have qualified CSIR- UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions.
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (HCP0040) “PAN CSIR CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM Making Cancer Care Affordable Empowering Women’s Health: Focusing on Breast and Gynecological Cancers of Indian Relevance.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2026 (b) 28,000+18%HRA for others who do not fall under (a) above.
Post Code : 010
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Life Sciences
Desirable qualifications : Experience in the mammalian tissue culture work. Experience in cloning, expression and purification of heterologous protein expression in prokaryotes and eukaryote hosts.
Stipend : Rs. 25000 +20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (IHP0058) “Identification of Hit Molecules against Kyasanur Forest disease virus (KFDV).” Tenure upto:- 31.03.2026
Post Code : 011
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : Master Degree in Life Sciences/Biological Sciences/Allied Life Sciences
Desirable qualifications : Candidate with experience in cell culture, molecular biology methods and animal handling will be given preference
Stipend : Rs. 25000+20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (IHP0062) “Exploration of New Chemical Space towards Identifying Anti-Osteoporosis Leads.” Tenure upto-31.03.2026
Post Code : 012
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : Master’s Degree in Life Sciences
Desirable qualifications : Preference will be given to candidates with experience in cell culture
Stipend : Rs. 25000+20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
CSIR (IHP0038) “Safety and Risk assessment-GLP and Non- GLP studies.” Tenure upto-31.03.2026
Post Code : 013
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Life Sciences
Stipend : (a) Rs. 31,000/- + 18% HRA for those candidates who have qualified CSIR- UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions. (b) 25,000+18%HRA for others who do not fall under (a) above.
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (HCP0040) “PAN CSIR CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM Making Cancer Care Affordable Empowering Women’s Health: Focusing on Breast and Gynecological Cancers of Indian Relevance.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2026
Post Code : 014
Project Associate (PAT-I) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc in area of biological sciences or bioinformatics 6 months working experience in biological sciences laboratory.
Stipend : (a) Rs. 31,000/- + 18% HRA for those candidates who have qualified CSIR- UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions. (b) 25,000+18%HRA for others who do not fall under (a) above.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (FTT070503) “Multiplex Platform technology for clinical diagnosis of pathogens for monsoon fever panel. Tenure upto: 31.03.2026
Post Code : 015
Project Associate-I (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : Masters in Life Sciences, pharmaceutical sciences/animal sciences/biotechnology/ Microbiology/MVSc with NET/GATE or other national level examination conducted by Central Government departments or equivalent
Desirable qualifications : Experience in Animal Handling/Histo pathology
Stipend : Rs. 31000+18% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Title & Tenure of the project : Ministry of AYUSH (CLP0007) “Pre-clinical development of Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia (Thunb Miers) stem through AYUSH route for adjunct therapy in tuberculosis to reduce anti-tubercular treatment (ATT) induced hepatotoxicity.” Tenure upto: 31.03.2026
Post Code : 016
Project Associate-I (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Life Sciences
Stipend : (a) Rs. 31,000/- + 16% HRA for those candidates who have qualified CSIR- UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET incl. lectureship/assistant professorship or GATE OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and/or their Agencies/Institutions. (b) 25,000+16%HRA for others who do not fall under (a) above.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : SERB, DST (GAP0421) “Development of a novel dual luciferase reporter based high throughput assay for discovery of autophagy modulators and their functional characterization in mammalian system.” Tenure upto:- 23.01.2026
Post Code : 017
Project Assistant-II (PA-II) (01 Position)
Essential qualifications : B.Sc. in Life Sciences/Chemical Sciences
Stipend : Rs. 20000+20% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Years
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (IHP0038) “Safety and Risk assessment-GLP and Non- GLP studies.” Tenure upto-31.03.2026
(a) Project personnel engaged as per these guidelines shall be eligible to medical facilities at CSIR dispensaries of the institute, to the extent of consultation and/or available medicines at the dispensary and transport facilities, if any, as per the term and conditions with which it is provided by the Institute.
(b) Project personnel engaged in the projects may be covered under Group Medical Insurance Scheme, subject to their willingness, for which the cost shall be borne by the individual concerned.
(c) Women project personnel shall be eligible for maternity leave of 180 days and the male project personnel shall be eligible for paternity leave of 15 days only in case of two surviving children as per CSIR norms. Further, the Project Staff shall be paid the stipend for the period of aforesaid leave only after re-joining the office after availing such leave and submission of relevant medical reports/documents.
(d) The project personnel are entitled to avail leaves as per extant rules of CSIR i.e., 12 days of leave (at the rate of one day leave per month). Any leave availed beyond this shall be without emoluments calculated pro-rata.
(e) The project personnel may be allowed to register for higher degree (i.e., Ph.D) as per the policy of the Institute, if they fulfill all the requirements laid down for such purposes, provided that the project duration is at least 3 years or more, apart from any other conditions laid down by the concerned Institute/Laboratory. The permission to register for PhD is subject to the condition that the work of the project is not affected and it will be without any financial obligation to CSIR/Project. The tenure of the project personnel shall not be extended merely on the ground that he/she has not completed the Ph.D.
General Conditions
1. The relaxation in the age limit for the candidates belonging to the category of SC/ST/PwBD/Women and the Category of OBC shall be 05 years and 03 years respectively or as per Govt. of India instructions issued in this regard from time to time.
2. Suitable Candidates may be empaneled for future requirement if any, under different projects.
3. The date for determining age/qualification and experience shall be the date of interview.
4. The above positions are purely temporary and co-terminus with the aforementioned projects. The engagement in these projects will not confer any right implicit or explicit on the candidate for consideration for higher degree or regularization permanent employment against any CSIR- CDRI post(s).
5. The number of positions against the various projects/Scheme can vary at the time of selection depending on the requirement of the institute.
6. Position Code will be cancelled if funds are not available in the advertised concerned projects.
7. The Director, CSIR-CDRI has discretion to increase or decrease the number of positions or cancel the recruitment process at any stage.
8. Interim queries will not be entertained.
No TA/DA will be paid to the candidates for attending the interview.
Timing:- Eligible candidates are required to report for the Walk-In-Interview for the position code 001 to 017 will be held on 02.05.2025 from 09:00 am onwards. Candidates reporting after 10:00 A.M will not be entertained.
The eligible candidates may appear before the Selection Committee for interview on the date and time mentioned above at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226031. Eligible candidates must bring with them a duly filled application & undertaking (which can be downloaded from our website cdri.res.in with original & self-attested copies of mark sheets/certificates etc. along with a recent passport size photograph. Tentative mark sheets/certificates and ‘result awaited’ will not be considered. Any experience certificate to project personnel shall be issued by the Administration of the concerned Laboratory/Institute. However, any other recommendation letter of reference letter shall be issued by the Principal Investigator/Project Leader in all cases Project Manager and such letter shall not commit on any administrative aspects. For project Manager, such recommendation or reference letter shall be issued by the Director/Head of the Laboratory/Institute.
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