CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, a premier Institute under Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is involved in multidisciplinary R&D programs of both basic and applied nature. CSIR-CDRI is a pioneer biomedical research organization in India and has the infrastructure and expertise to develop a drug from concept to commercialization. In the year 2012, CSIR-CDRI shifted to its state of the art new campus, which has been set up with a vision to serve as a Nodal Center of CSIR in new drug discovery and development
Online engagement of Project Staff under different Projects as per the details given below
Project Associate-I One (1)
Essential qualifications : Masters in any stream of Life Sciences
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Two years research experience with clinical samples
Stipend : Rs.25,000+18% HRA
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : (IHP0009) “Non-invasive Early Detection of Cervical Cancer through Immuno- sensing of cancer-biomarker and HPV from sera & urine samples.” Tenure upto – 31.03.2024
Project Associate-I Two (2)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. Biochemistry/Biophysics/allied fields
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in Protein biochemistry, purification, assays, CSIR-NET/DBT- JRF/GATE
Stipend : (i)Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions. (ii) 25,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above.
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (HCP0041) “Discovery & Pre-clinical Development of Antivirals for COVID-19 & Other diseases” Tenure upto – 31.03.2025
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Biological / Life Sciences.
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Handling of mammalian cell culture/animal models
Stipend : (i)Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions. (ii) 25,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above.
Upper Age limit : 35
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 up to – 31.03.2026
Project Associate-II One (01)
Essential qualifications : Masters degree in Life Sciences with 2 years research experience.
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in immunology research
Stipend : (i)Rs. 35,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions. (ii) 28,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (MLP2105) “CSIR Multi-centric long term T cell immune monitoring for COVID-19 (PoV- CoV)” Tenure up to – 31.03.2024
Project Associate-II One (01)
Essential qualifications : MSc in Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or Bioinformatics with 2 years research experience.
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Expertise/Experience in cell culture, gene cloning, flow cytometry.
Stipend : Rs. 28,000+18% HRA
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : SERB, DST (GAP0410) “Role of Nuclear mTOR: An Autonomous Modulator of Gene Expression” Tenure up to – 15.08.2025
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : MSc in Biochemistry/ Biotechnology.
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in cell culture/primary cell
Stipend : (i)Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions. (ii) 25,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above.
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : SERB, DST (GAP0392) “Assess the metabolic profile of NETotic PMNs so as to identify metabolites associated with NETosis” Tenure up to – 20.11.2025
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Life Sciences
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in mammalian cell culture and animal handing
Stipend : Rs. 25,000+ 18% HRA
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : (IHP0004) “Identification and characterization of skeletal muscle anabolic and anti- muscular atrophy hits and leads with GLP-1R or AdipoR agonist activities” Tenure upto – 31.08.2025
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry.
Stipend : (i)Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions. (ii) 25,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above.
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (MLP2031) “Chemical biology approaches towards dissecting non-canonical protein functions and novel targets in Malaria, Leishmania and Filaria parasites” Tenure up to – 31.03.2025
Project Associate-I Six (06)
Essential qualifications : Masters degree in Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Chemical Science.
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Qualified in any national level exam NET LS- GATE/GPAT
Stipend : (i) Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions.
(ii) 25,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above.
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (HCP0050) “Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for affordable Health Care (API-AHC)” Tenure up to – 31.03.2025
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemical Sciences
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience of Spectroscopic tools (e.g. NMR & Mass)
Stipend : (i)Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions. (ii) 25,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above.
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR NWP0100 (Phase II) CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative – Phase II (SDP-01) Tenure upto – 31.03.2025
JRF (Project) Three (03)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Some Research Experience.
Stipend : (i)Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions. (ii) 25,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above.
Upper Age limit : 28
Title & Tenure of the project : DST (GAP0439) “Creation of Nodal Centers for development and production of key starting materials, intermediates and other raw materials that are required by Health Care Sector.” Tenure up to – 30.03.2024
Project Associate-I Three (03)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry/M.Pharm. in Medicinal Chemistry
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in Organic synthesis
Stipend : (i)Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions. (ii) 25,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above.
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : CSIR (HCP0041) “Discovery & Pre-clinical Development of Antivirals for COVID-19 & Other diseases” Tenure upto – 31.03.2025
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in working in synthetic lab
Stipend : Rs. 25,000+ HRA 18%
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : (IHP0003) “Optimization of novel TGR5 selective agonist for post-ischemic cerebral stroke recovery” Tenure upto – 31.03.2024
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : 1-2 years of research or industrial experience.
Stipend : (i)Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m. to Scholars who are selected through (a) National Eligibility Tests- CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) or GATE or (b) A selection process through National level examination conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions. (ii) 25,000+18% HRA p.m. for others who do not fall under (i) above.
Upper Age limit : 35
Title & Tenure of the project : DST, SERB (GAP0414) “Merging Electrochemistry and Metal Catalysis: Development Towards Sustainable and Scalable Catalytic Processes” Tenure upto – 25.12.2025
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc. in Chemistry
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : NET/GATE or 2 year experience
Stipend : Rs. 25,000+ 18% HRA
35 Yrs.
Title & Tenure of the project : (IHP0012) “Exploring non-canonical secondary structures (Gquadruplexes) as alternative targets for malaria intervention” Tenure upto – 31.03.2024
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Sc./M.Pharma (Chemistry/ Pharma chemistry)
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in organic synthetic/ Natural product Chemistry or Ph.d. in Organic synthesis.
Stipend : Rs. 25,000+ 18% HRA
Upper Age limit : 35 Yrs.
Title & Tenure of the project : (IHP0002) “Identification of natural product inhibitors of TRPA1 channels to combat chronic pain” Tenure upto – 31.03.2024
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Pharm/MS (Pharma) in Pharmaceutics
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in Pharmaceutical Industry
Stipend : Rs. 25,000+18% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Yrs.
Title & Tenure of the project : (IHP0018) “Mucosal Drug Delivery Systems for Bacterial Vaginosis and Vulvovaginal Candidasis” Tenure upto – 30.06.2025
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Pharm / MS (Pharma)
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in the area of formulation development & Pharmaceutical Analysis
Stipend : Rs. 25,000+18% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Yrs.
Title & Tenure of the project : (IHP0021) “Preclinical Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetic studies of CDRI candidate drugs, formulation and Phytopharmaceuticals.” Tenure upto – 31.03.2024
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Pharm / MS (Pharma)
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in the area of formulation and Pharmaceutical Analysis
Stipend : Rs. 25,000+18% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Yrs.
Title & Tenure of the project : (IHP0021) “Preclinical Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetic studies of CDRI candidate drugs, formulation and Phytopharmaceuticals.” Tenure upto – 31.03.2024
Project Associate-I One (01)
Essential qualifications : M.Pharm / MS (Pharma) with GPAT/ GATE/NET qualified
Desirable qualifications/ Job Requirement : Experience in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, HPLC, LC-MS, Animal studies.
Stipend : Rs. 31,000+18% HRA p.m.
Upper Age limit : 35 Yrs.
Title & Tenure of the project : (IHP0021) “Preclinical Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetic studies of CDRI candidate drugs, formulation and Phytopharmaceuticals.” Tenure upto – 31.03.2024
Step by Step procedure for Engagement of Project Staff through online
1. The candidate will apply online through the link.
2. All Received online applications will be screened by duly constituted Standing Screening Committee. The Standing Screening Committee may fix different set of criteria to short-list the candidates as per the project requirement. The Standing Screening Committee will screen all applications received for the specified project and recommended eligible candidates will be called for online interview. In case of false information received through online application, the competent authority will cancel the candidature of the applicant and debar for attending the interview in future.
3. Eligible candidates may be called for interview online through MS Team. However if any eligible candidate want to appear Offline / Physically, He/She may be allowed to appear for interview at CSIR- CDRI, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow. Interview letter will be sent to them through e-mail intimating the date & time of Interview, link/reference of online mode, terms & conditions, if any. The candidate will be allowed to join only after verification of original certificates and correctness of other information.
4. Based on the performance of the candidates and availability of suitable candidates, Standing Selection Committee may also recommend for empanelment of candidates for future engagement in above projects as and when need arises. The engagement process will be complete after the joining of the candidates.
General Conditions
1. Age relaxation will be admissible to SC/ST/OBC/PWD & Women candidates as per CSIR/Funding Agency/ Govt. of India Guidelines.
2. The date for determining age/qualification and experience shall be the last date of submission of online application.
3. 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 regularization against any CSIR/CDRI post(s). The number of positions against the various projects can vary at the time of selection depending on the requirement of the institute.
4. Position Code will be cancelled if funds are not available in the advertised concerned project.
5. The Director, CSIR-CDRI has discretion to increase or decrease the number of positions or cancel the recruitment process at any stage.
6. Interim queries will not be entertained.
Last Date for Registration & Submission of Online application : 31.08.2023, 5:30 p.m.
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