Indian Institute of Technology Patna is one of the new IITs established by an Act of the Indian Parliament on August 06, 2008. Patna which was known as Patliputra has been a center of knowledge since long has been attracting visitors and scholars from many parts of the world such as China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka, among others. This has been a land of visionaries. Some of the legends from this region include Lord Gautam Buddha, Lord Mahavir, Guru Gobind Singh, the famous astronomer Aryabhatta and the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Applications are invited in the prescribed format for the following assignment in a purely time bound research project undertaken in this institute.

Post : Junior Research Fellow

Duration of appointment : 9 months (extendable up to September2021 based on performance)

Name of the temporary research project : Continuous Polymorphic Crystallisation of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in a Slug-Flow-Cooling-Crystalliser

Name of the sponsoring agency : SERB

Consolidated Fellowship : INR 25,000 per month

Qualification & Experience: B.E./B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering/Biochemical Engineering or equivalent with GATE / NET qualification, or M.E./M.Tech.in Chemical Engineering (and specializations therein).

The candidate desirably should have B.E./B.Tech.or M.E./M.Tech. degree with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 60% of marks. The upper age limit for applying for the JRF position shall be 28 years for B.E./B.Tech. and 32 years for M.E./M.Tech. Relaxations for SC/ST/OBC/women/PD will be given as per the GOI rules.

Interested and eligible candidates may apply through E-mail with their CV and completed application to josevparambil@iitp.ac.in by 20/02/2019. Selected applicants will be intimated to appear for an interview in the department of Chemical and Biochemical

Engineering, IIT Patna, Bihta, Bihar, 801106.
For any query, contact the principal investigator: Dr. Jose V Parambil, Dept, of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, IIT Patna. E-mail: josevparambil@iitp.ac.in