CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad (CSIR-CCMB) is a premier Research Institute under the aegis of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. It is a leading research organization in frontier areas of modern biology and involved in conducting high quality basic research and training in multidisciplinary areas of modern biology and to seeking potential applications of the work.
Online Applications are invited from enthusiastic, young, dynamic and talented professionals having excellent academic record and proven professional skills & achievements and zeal for innovative technical support in Research & Development activities for the following posts of Technical staff.
Technical Assistant [Proteomics]
Post Code : TA-01
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 02 Posts [ 01-UR, 01-OBC]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.Sc. [Physics/ Chemistry/Bio-Technology] or equivalent with minimum 60% marks and 01 year experience in relevant discipline from a recognized Institute/ Organization.
Job Specification : 1. Running HPLC and Mass Spectrometers on daily basis and also preparation of reagents to run these instruments including Buffer, SDS-PAGE, Agarose gels etc.
2. Knowledge in spectroscopy will be useful. Bioinformatics and basic knowledge in computer applications is needed.
Technical Assistant [Tissue Culture]
Post Code : TA-05
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-UR]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.Sc. [ Bio-Technology/ Bio-Chemistry/ Microbiology/ Zoology] or equivalent with minimum 60% marks and 01 year experience in relevant discipline from a recognized Institute/ Organization.
Job Specification : 1. The candidate will have to maintain aseptic condition in the lab, prepare different media and reagents required to grow different cell lines, should authenticate, cryopreserve the cell lines and maintain an electronic record of the cells in the repository.
2. The candidate will have to indent, purchase and maintain stocks of chemicals, media, reagents and consumables.
Technical Assistant [Zebrafish]
Post Code : TA-06
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-EWS]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.Sc. [Zoology/ Bio-Technology] or equivalent with minimum 60% marks and 01 year experience in relevant discipline from a recognized Institute/ Organization.
Job Specification : 1. The candidate is expected to perform standard Zebrafish husbandry and maintenance practices, which includes food preparation, cleaning and maintenance of fish housing systems and bio- safety complaint practices of handling live animals.
2. The candidate should also maintain transgenic lines and perform breeding for maintenance. The candidate will also perform basic technique-microinjection and simple imaging and maintain water purification system.
Technical Assistant [Animal House]
Post Code : TA-07
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-EWS]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.Sc. [Life Sciences/ Bio- Technology/ Zoology/ Microbiology] or equivalent with minimum 60% marks and 01 year experience in Laboratory Animal Facility (Lab Animal handling/ breeding) from a recognized Institute/ Organization.
Job Specification : 1. The candidates will be expected to undertake the jobs of breeding, weaning and maintenance of laboratory animals (handling, identification, blood collection, animal weighing and different routes of administration).
2. Assisting scientist / project staff in various ongoing animal experiments.
Technical Assistant [Fine Biochemicals]
Post Code : TA-08
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-OBC]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.Sc. [Bio-Technology/ Bio- Chemistry/ Chemistry] or equivalent with minimum 60% marks and 01 year experience in relevant discipline from a recognized Institute/ Organization.
Job Specification : 1. The candidate is expected to participate in the day-to-day operations of the Fine Biochemical, to support procedures needed to enhance R&D oriented services, drive top standard support, maintain high standards and foster a positive environment.
2. The candidate needs to receive and maintain high- value, often temperature- sensitive, chemicals and biochemical needed for biological research carried out at CSIR-CCMB, the candidate is expected to have extensive knowledge of chemicals and their handling.
3. The candidate will also help the scientific team in defining the day-to-day stock position, consumption and accounting of the Fine Biochemical facility. The candidate is expected to help the scientific team to procure the stocked items.
4. The candidate would also need to possess a working knowledge of computers, including office software suite and other basic software for updating stock entry, generating shortfall and communication with the scientific team. Proficiency in the English language is highly desirable.
Technical Assistant [FACS]
Post Code : TA-09
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-EWS]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.Sc. [Biotechnology/ Biochemistry/Physics/ Chemistry] or equivalent with minimum 60% marks and 01 year experience in relevant discipline from a recognized Institute/ Organization.
Job Specification : 1. Operate flow cytometer (analyzer and sorter) 2. Assist user in training and operations 3. Maintain the instruments 4. Run quality control and keep record on regular basis to meet the high standard of the facility 5. Contribute to the overall operations of the facility with the facility in-charge
Technical Assistant [LaCones]
Post Code : TA-10
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-SC]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.Sc. [Forestry/ Zoology/Botany] or equivalent with minimum 60% marks and 01 year experience in relevant discipline from a recognized Institute/ Organization.
Job Specification : 1. The incumbent is required to manage facilities like Bioinformatics, GIS and RS work at LaCones
2. The incumbent is also required to execute works related to Information Technology etc.
Technical Assistant [Next Generation Sequencing]
Post Code : TA-11
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-UR]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.Sc. [Bio-Technology] or equivalent with minimum 60% marks and 01 year experience in relevant discipline from a recognized Institute/ Organization.
Job Specification : The person should assist/ perform various molecular biology experiments like nucleic acid extraction, sample QC, NGS library preparation etc., and participate in maintenance of NGS facility at CSIR-CCMB.
Technical Officer [Transgenic Knockout Facility]
Post Code : TO-01
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-UR]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.E. / B.Tech [Bio- technology] or equivalent with minimum 55% marks (equivalent CGPA) OR M.Sc.[ Bio- Technology Embryology/ Animal Biotechnology /Zoology] or equivalent with minimum 55% marks (equivalent CGPA)
Desirable Qualification(s) : Working knowledge/ experience in isolation and culture of embryos, IVF of mouse or other laboratory animals. Microinjection and embryo transfer in mice or other laboratory animals.
Job Specification : To contribute as a team member to generate Transgenic and gene knockout mice at the Transgenic facility, primarily embryo manipulations and embryo transfers.
Technical Officer [Animal House Facility]
Post Code : TO-02
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-UR]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.E. / B.Tech [Bio- Technology] or equivalent with minimum 55% marks (equivalent CGPA) OR M.Sc. [ Bio- Technology/ Zoology/Life Sciences] or equivalent with minimum 55% marks (equivalent CGPA) OR B.Pharm. or equivalent with 55% marks (equivalent CGPA)
Desirable Qualification(s) : 1. One year full time experience in modern laboratory animal facility from research institution / industries in the area of breeding, weaning, producing timed pregnant females and maintenance of laboratory animal including transgenic knockout mice colonies. 2. Experience in various invasive procedure, anesthesia and euthanasia of laboratory animals. 3. Experience in microbial / health and genetic monitoring [PCR based] of laboratory animals.
Job Specification : 1. The candidates will be expected to undertake the jobs of breeding, weaning and maintenance of laboratory animals. 2. Assisting scientist/ project staff for various invasive procedures / anesthesia/ euthanasia of ongoing animal experiments. 3. Regular monitoring of health and genetic quality of laboratory animals.
Technical Officer [Next Generation Sequencing]
Post Code : TO-03
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-UR]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.E. / B.Tech [Bioinformatics] or equivalent with minimum 55% marks (equivalent CGPA) OR M.Sc. [Bioinformatics] or equivalent with minimum 55% marks (equivalent CGPA)
Desirable Qualification(s) : Demonstrable experience in handling high throughput NGS data, Good programming skills with proficiency in at least one language such as C, C++, R, Python, JS, Perl should be well versed with Linux/bash/command line interface and have the ability to create and modify custom pipelines for data analysis.
Job Specification : The person should assist the NGS facility in handling the data generated by various high throughput NGS equipment, perform tasks like data QC, transfer, preliminary processing etc., and help in maintenance of various computation/ Storage servers linked to the facility.
Technical Officer [Plant Biology]
Post Code : TO-05
No. of Posts & Reservation status : 01 Post [01-UR]
Essential Qualification(s) & Experience : B.E. / B.Tech [Agriculture/ Biotechnology] or equivalent with minimum 55% marks (equivalent CGPA) OR M.Sc. [Agriculture/ Biotechnology / Life Sciences] or equivalent with minimum 55% marks (equivalent CGPA)
Desirable Qualification(s) : 1. Minimum 2 years of research experience in molecular breeding (crossing, development of rice breeding population and field maintenance) of rice for important agronomic traits with minimum 01 publication in the relevant area. 2. Experience in handling of rice pathogens/pests for biotic stress experiments. 3. Good communication skills in English, Hindi and Telugu to communicate with farm laborers and popularization of newer rice varieties.
Job Specification : 1. Development of newer rice varieties of different agronomic traits using inter- disciplinary approaches including molecular breeding, classical approaches, mutation breeding, genome editing etc. 2. Management of rice fields (rice cultivation) and glasshouse operations. 3. Development and management of rice breeding population. 4. Development, validation and use of molecular markers. 5. Collection, characterization and conservation of rice germplasm. 6. Phenotyping of agronomic traits including biotic, abiotic and other important agronomic traits including yield. 7. Duty requires frequent travelling to crop fields located at different campuses and collaborative institutes.
Pay Matrix Level & Total Emoluments* (approx.)
Technical Assistant : Level-6 ; Rs. 66,498/-
Technical Officer : Level-7 ; Rs. 82,933/-
Senior Technical Officer : Level-10 ; Rs. 1,23,946/-
Upper Age Limit** (As on last date of receipt of online applications)
Technical Assistant : 28 years
Technical Officer : 30 years
Senior Technical Officer : 35 years
* Total approximate emoluments on minimum of scale including admissible allowances.
** Age relaxation wherever applicable shall be granted as per CSIR/GoI guidelines
General information and conditions
1. Benefits under Council service :
a. These posts carry usual allowances i.e. Dearness Allowance (DA), House Rent Allowance (HRA), Transport Allowance (TA), Non-Practicing Allowance (wherever applicable) etc. as admissible to the central government employees and as made applicable to CSIR. Council employees are also eligible for accommodation of their entitled type as per CSIR allotment rules depending on availability in which case HRA will not be admissible.
b. In addition to the emoluments indicated against each category of post, benefits such as reimbursement of Medical Expenses, Leave Travel Concession, Personal Computer Advance and House Building Advance are available as per CSIR rules.
c. All new entrants will be governed by the “National Pension System” based on defined contributions for new entrants, as adopted by CSIR for its employees. However, persons selected from other Government Departments/Autonomous Bodies/Public Sector Undertakings/Central Universities joined before 01.01.2004 and having Pension Scheme on Govt. of India pattern will continue to be governed by the existing Pension Scheme i.e., CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, as per rules.
d. CSIR provides excellent opportunities to deserving candidates for career advancement under Revised Merit and Normal Assessment scheme for Technical Staff.
2. Other conditions :
a. The applicant must be a citizen of India.
b. All applicants must fulfill the essential requirements of the post and other conditions stipulated in the advertisement as on the last date of receipt of online applications. They are advised to satisfy themselves before applying that they possess at least the essential qualifications laid down for various posts as on the last date of receipt of online applications.
c. The prescribed essential qualifications are the minimum and the mere possession of the same does not entitle candidates to be called for Trade Test/Competitive Written Examination/Interview. The duly constituted Screening Committee will adopt its own criteria for short-listing the candidates. The candidate should therefore, mention in the application all the qualifications and experiences in the relevant area over and above the minimum prescribed qualification, supported with documents. Completion of degree will be reckoned from the date of issue of provisional certificate.
d. The prescribed qualifications should have been obtained through recognized Universities / Institutions. Incomplete applications will not be entertained and are summarily rejected.
e. In respect of equivalent clause in Essential Qualifications, if a candidate is claiming a particular qualification as equivalent qualification as per the requirement of advertisement, then the candidate is required to produce order/letter in this regard, indicating the Authority (with number and date) under which it has been so treated otherwise the application is liable to be rejected. The decision of the Competent Authority, CSIR-CCMB with regard to equivalence of qualification(s) and about recognition of Universities/Institutes shall be final and binding.
f. The period of experience rendered by a candidate on part time basis, daily wages, visiting / guest faculty will not be counted while calculating the valid experience for shortlisting the candidates for Trade Test/Competitive Written Examination/Interview.
g. If any document / certificate furnished is in a language other than Hindi or English, a transcript of the same duly attested by a Gazetted Officer or notary is to be submitted.
2. Other conditions :
a. The applicant must be a citizen of India.
b. All applicants must fulfill the essential requirements of the post and other conditions stipulated in the advertisement as on the last date of receipt of online applications. They are advised to satisfy themselves before applying that they possess at least the essential qualifications laid down for various posts as on the last date of receipt of online applications.
c. The prescribed essential qualifications are the minimum and the mere possession of the same does not entitle candidates to be called for Trade Test/Competitive Written Examination/Interview. The duly constituted Screening Committee will adopt its own criteria for short-listing the candidates. The candidate should therefore, mention in the application all the qualifications and experiences in the relevant area over and above the minimum prescribed qualification, supported with documents. Completion of degree will be reckoned from the date of issue of provisional certificate.
d. The prescribed qualifications should have been obtained through recognized Universities / Institutions. Incomplete applications will not be entertained and are summarily rejected.
e. In respect of equivalent clause in Essential Qualifications, if a candidate is claiming a particular qualification as equivalent qualification as per the requirement of advertisement, then the candidate is required to produce order/letter in this regard, indicating the Authority (with number and date) under which it has been so treated otherwise the application is liable to be rejected. The decision of the Competent Authority, CSIR-CCMB with regard to equivalence of qualification(s) and about recognition of Universities/Institutes shall be final and binding.
f. The period of experience rendered by a candidate on part time basis, daily wages, visiting / guest faculty will not be counted while calculating the valid experience for shortlisting the candidates for Trade Test/Competitive Written Examination/Interview.
g. If any document / certificate furnished is in a language other than Hindi or English, a transcript of the same duly attested by a Gazetted Officer or notary is to be submitted.
r. Candidates may also note that in respect of the above, their candidature will remain provisional till the veracity of the concerned document is verified by the Appointing Authority.
s. The recruitment for the above posts is governed by the “CSIR Service Rules, 1994 for Recruitment of Scientific, Technical and Support Staff” as amended from time to time. Hence all other terms and conditions not stipulated herein will be applicable as per the said Recruitment Rules.
Age & other Relaxations :
a. The date for determining the upper age limit, qualifications and /or experience for each post shall be the closing date prescribed for receipt of online applications i.e. 20.01.2024.
b. The upper age limit is relaxable up to 05 years for the regular employees working in CSIR laboratories / institutes, Government Departments, Autonomous bodies and Public Sector Undertakings in accordance with the instructions and orders issued by the Government of India/CSIR from time to time.
c. The upper age limit is relaxable up to 05 years for SC/ST and 03 years for OBC (Non- Creamy Layer) as per Government orders in force, only in those cases where the posts are reserved for respective categories, on production of relevant latest certificate in the prescribed GoI format signed by the specified authority.
d. Age relaxation to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)/( Divyangjan) category: Age relaxation of 10 years is allowed (total 15 years for SC/ST and 13 years for OBC candidates in respect of the posts reserved for them) to the persons suffering from the following disabilities as per GoI orders: (a) low vision; “low vision” means a condition where a person has any of the following conditions, namely:- i. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 up to 3/60 or up to 10/200(Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections; or
ii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree upto 10 degree (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness. The persons claiming age relaxation under this sub-para would be required to produce a valid certificate in prescribed pro-forma in support of their claims clearly indicating that the degree of physical disability is 40% or more. In any case, the appointment of these candidates will be subject to their being found medically fit in accordance with the standards of medical fitness as prescribed by the Government for each individual. e. Age relaxation to Widows, Divorced Women and Women judicially separated from husband and who are not remarried will be granted as per GOI and CSIR orders. The persons claiming age relaxation under this sub-para would be required to produce following documentary evidence: i) In case of Widow, Death Certificate of her husband together with the Affidavit that she has not remarried since. ii) In case of divorced Women and Women judicially separated from their husbands, a certified copy of the judgement /decree of the appropriate Court to prove the fact of divorce or the judicial separation, as the case may be, with an Affidavit in respect of divorced Women that they have not remarried since.
How to apply
a. Eligible candidates are required to apply ONLINE by visiting CSIR-CCMB website. No other mode of application will be entertained.
b. The Online application will be available on CSIR-CCMB website ccmb.res.in [opens on 20.12.2023 from 11:00 AM and closes on 20.01.2024 at 11:59 PM]
c. Candidates are advised to go through the instructions (available on CSIR-CCMB recruitment portal) for filling up of online applications carefully.
d. Interested candidates are advised to apply in time to avoid last minute rush.
e. Candidates applying for more than one post code must submit separate applications indicating the post code of the post in the application form. Each application should be accompanied by separate SB Collect payment receipt.
f. For submission of online applications the candidates are required to pay a non- refundable fee of Rs. 100/- (Rupee ONE Hundred only) through State Bank Collect only. The transaction number/UTR number generated after successful payment of fee is required to be mentioned in the online application. The candidates are advised to download the E-receipt (SB Collect receipt) and preserve it for future communication. The candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwBD/Women/CSIR Employee are exempted from payment of application fee.
g. The last date for submission of online application is 20.01.2024. This date will be the same for the candidates belonging to far-flung areas. h. In case of universities/institute awarding CGPA/SGPA/OGPA grades etc., candidates are requested to convert the same into percentage based on the formula as per their university/institute and mention the percentage so arrived at the appropriate place inthe online application form, while filling the same.
i. After completely filling the online application form candidate can submit and take printout of the online generated filled application for future communication. THERE IS NO NEED TO SUBMIT A HARD COPY OF APPLICATION.
j. Application once made will neither be allowed to withdraw and fees once paid will not be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other recruitment or selection process.
k. Applications from the regular employees working in CSIR laboratories/Institutes, Government Departments, Autonomous bodies, Public Sector Undertakings and Government Funded Research Agencies will be considered only if the NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE & VIGILANCE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE issued by the present employer is uploaded in the online application portal. Further, such candidates, when shortlisted for Trade Test/Competitive Written Examination/Interview, will be required to furnish a “No Objection Certificate” from their employer failing which they will not be allowed for Trade Test/Competitive Written Examination/Interview. l. Candidates should specifically note that the applications received after the closing date for any reason whatsoever will not be entertained by CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad.
m. Incomplete online applications (i.e. without uploading photograph, signature, non- payment of application fee (wherever applicable), without uploading applicable certificates/testimonials etc.) will not be entertained and are liable to be summarily rejected. n. The candidates are required to verify all the fields in the online application form to ensure that the application is complete and correct in all respects before submitting the same. It must be ensured that the photograph and signature are appended in the respective fields of online application.
o. Any further information regarding this advertisement like date, time and venue of Trade Test/Competitive Written Examination/Interview, any Addendum/Corrigendum or any variation in number of posts/cancellation of post (s) etc. will be made available only on CSIR-CCMB website ccmb.res.in For any updates, candidates are advised to visit CSIR-CCMB website regularly.
p. NO INTERIM ENQUIRY OR CORRESPONDANCE WILL BE ENTERTAINED.
Following documents are required to be uploaded as a PDF (not more than 1 MB for each document) during online application :
a. SSC/10th certificate & Mark sheet (reflecting Date of Birth)
b. Intermediate/10+2/Diploma Certificate & Mark sheet
c. Graduation certificate & Mark sheet, if any
d. Post-Graduation certificate & Mark sheet, if any
e. Latest Caste/Category certificate etc. in the prescribed Government of India format signed by the specific authority, wherever applicable.
f. Experience Certificate (s), if any.
g. No Objection Certificate with vigilance clearance (wherever applicable)
h. Certificate (s) related to higher qualification, if any
i. Certificate related to PwBD/ Women seeking age relaxation etc. (wherever applicable) in the prescribed format.
j. Birth Certificate issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths or the Municipal Corporation or any other prescribed authority, whosoever has been empowered under the Registration of Birth and Deaths Act, 1969 to register the birth of a child born in India (only if DOB not mentioned in Secondary or Senior Secondary School Certificate)
k. Any other relevant certificate/ document.
Last date for submission of online applications : 20.01.2024
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