Life Sciences Recruitment in ICMR funded project at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute

Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital (CCH) was established with the support of Dr. B.C.Roy, an eminent physician and then the Chief Minister of West Bengal. The hospital was formally inaugurated by Prof. Madam J.Curie in January 2, 1950 and named after Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, as a tribute to and in the acknowledgement of the enormous donation of his land and property for the cause. Initially this was a Cancer -treatment Centre which gradually expanded its activities in basic and clinical -research with the assistance from government funding organizations.

Post : Senior Project Assistant

Director, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute invites application for the post of one Senior Project Assistant in the ICMR sponsored project entitled “Development and Evaluation of Recombinant anti-HER2 ScFv for Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy: Production, Characterization, Therapeutic Efficacy Analysis through in vitro and in vivo studies” Dr. Prosenjit Saha (Co-Principal Investigator) in the Department of Cancer Chemoprevention, CNCI (Hazra Campus).

Minimum Essential Qualification :
1. First class M.Sc Degree in Life Sciences.
2. Organized and meticulous in record keeping with excellent interpersonal skills.
3. Experience with operating scientific instruments used in molecular biology/ immunology experiments.
4. Experience or aptitude for laboratory management.

Desirable Qualification : 1. Experience in handling experimental mice. 2. Qualified in NET/GATE

Emoluments : Rs. 30,600/- (Consolidated amount)

Tenure : Initially for 1 year. Extendable up to 3 years; subject to annual review of the work done.

Maximum Age Limit : 28 years

Conditions for engagement
1. Candidates meeting the age criteria and possessing the required qualification, experience, etc. and willing to work for the above-mentioned project may email their filled-in application form (available in CNCI website advertisement (cnci.ac.in/career), following the prescribed format) to ugirhossainsk@cnci.ac.in, on or before the last date of receipt of applications as mentioned above. There is no need to send hard-copy of any application form / documents at this stage.
2. The list of shortlisted candidates will be displayed on the website of CNCI and these candidates will be called for interview/personal discussion as through Walk-In-Interview.
3. Late and incomplete applications or applications not submitted in the prescribed format will not be considered. 4. The above position will be filled purely on temporary CONTRACT engagement basis.
5. The rates of emoluments/stipend shown in this advertisement are as per the guidelines and as per the sanction.
6. Age relaxation is admissible in respect of SC/ST/OBC/PWD and women candidates as per government rules.

7. Engagement of applicant for a particular position will be decided by appointing authority.
8. Qualification & experience should be in relevant discipline/field and from an Institution of repute. Experience should have been gained after acquiring the minimum essential qualification.
9. Mere fulfilling the essential/educational qualification does not guarantee the selection.
10. Persons already in regular time scale service under any Government Department/Organizations are not eligible to apply.
11. Submission of wrong or false information during the process of selection shall disqualify the candidature at any stage.
12. Contract appointee shall not have any claim on a regular post in this institute or Funding Agency or in any Department of Government of India and their contract service will not confer any right for further assignment or transfer to any other project or appointment/absorption in funding agency or in this institute. Benefits of Provident Fund, Pension Scheme, Leave Travel Concession, Medical claim, etc. are not admissible. An undertaking to that effect must be submitted at the time of joining.
13. Initial appointment will normally be for a period of one year and further continuation/extension of the service will depend on requirement of the Project, performance evaluation and approval of the competent authority in case-to-case basis.

14. In the event of selection, a candidate must produce all documents or certificates in original relating to (1) Educational qualifications (2) Date of Birth (3) Experience certificates (4) One recent passport size photograph (5) Identity proof i.e. Aadhaar/PAN /Voter ID/Driving License etc. (6) One set of self-attested photocopies of all documents (7) SC/ST/OBC/Disability Certificate, if applicable, for verification at the time of joining the post. 15. Candidates who fail to bring the original certificates at the time of joining and if any discrepancy is found in the documents such candidates will not be allowed to join the selected contract post and the position will be offered to the waiting list candidates.
16. The engagement can be terminated at any time by giving one month notice on either side. Contract can be terminated forthwith or before expiry of the notice period by making payment of a sum equivalent to one-month contractual amount. However, you will not be permitted to surrender one-month contractual amount in lieu of the period of notice of unexpired portion thereof and you will be required to serve the full period of notice.
17. Leave shall be applicable as per Host Institutional policy for contract staff in this regard.
18. CNCI reserves the right to cancel/modify the engagement process at any time, during the process, at its discretion.
19. The institute reserves rights to consider or reject any application/candidature. The decision of the Director, CNCI will be final and binding.
20. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.
21. TA/DA will not be paid by CNCI for attending the interview.

Application Procedure
Interested and eligible candidates are requested to submit their filled-in application in prescribed format given below (available in CNCI website : cnci.ac.in/career) along with copies of relevant documents/certificates, only via email to ugirhossainsk@cnci.ac.in, within 10 days from the date of publication of the advertisement.