Multiple jobs for Ph.D, M.Pharm, MSc in Research at NCCS - under MST, Government of India

The National Centre for Cell Science [NCCS] is an autonomous institution of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, for a mandate of basic research, teaching & training, and as a national repository for cell lines/hybridomas etc. The centre is located in the midst of academically enriched environment of University of Savitribai Phule Pune Campus, Pune. NCCS invites applications for following posts on various extramural projects purely on temporary basis.

Post Code : 01
Project Manager (One post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Human Microbiome Initiative of Select Endogamous Populations of India.” PI- Dr. Yogesh Shouche/ Dr Manoj Kumar Bhat
Upper Age limit : 45-50 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience: Doctoral Degree in Science or Master’s Degree in Engineering or Technology from a recognized University or equivalent with 20 years of experience in relevant field.
Desirable : Proven experience in coordination of multicentric, multi-institutional mega projects. Experience in bioinformatics related to the amplicon, shotgun metagenomics and metabolomics data analyses is preferable.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 1,25,000/- (Fixed)
Project Tenure : 1 Year 5 Months

Post Code : 02
Project Scientist (One post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Human Microbiome Initiative of Select Endogamous Populations of India." PI-Dr. Yogesh Shouche/ Dr Manoj Kumar Bhat
Upper Age limit : 40 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience:
(i) Doctoral Degree in Science or Master's Degree in Engineering or Technology from a recognized university or equivalent; and [ii] Three years' experience in Research and Development in Industrial and Academic institutions or Science and Technology Organizations and Scientific activities and services.
Desirable: Experience in design and execution of microbiome projects, especially related to human microbiome, generation of amplicon / shotgun metagenomics data using NGS platforms and its analysis.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 67,000/- + 24% HRA
Project Tenure : 1 Year 5 Months

Post Code : 03
Research Associate - III (One post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Manav - Human Atlas Initiative" PI-Dr. M. V. K. Sastry
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience: Ph. D/MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree with 1-year research experience in relevant field or having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience after MVSc/M.Pharm/ME/M.Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation Indexed [SCI] journal.
Desirable: Experience in Machine learning with hands-on experience in Model implementation and integration
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 54,000/- + 24% HRA
Project Tenure : 1 Year 5 Months

Post Code : 04
Research Associate (One post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "COE - Structural Perspective of Molecular Interactions in Pathogenicity; Role of Regulatory Proteins of HIV-1 and Heat Shock Proteins of M. tuberculosis." PI-Dr. Janesh Kumar
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience: Ph. D/MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree or having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience after MVSc/M.Pharm/ME/M.Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal. Desirable: Expertise in whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology demonstrated in publications, molecular biology, cloning, protein expression and purification
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 47000/- + 24% HRA
Project Tenure : 1 Year 3 Months

Post Code : 05
Domain Analyst (Two post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : Manav - Human Atlas Initiative" PI-Dr. M. V. K. Sastry
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience : Ph. D/MD/MS/MDS or equivalent degree or having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience after MVSc/M.Pharm/ME/M.Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal. Desirable: Post 1: Experience in pharmacy with experience in bio curation and annotations. Understanding of AI, NLP, ML processes like auto-annotations and scientific curation structures. Post 2: Experience in big data visualization and building user specific dashboards.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 50,000/- (Fixed)
Project Tenure : 1 Year 5 Months

Post Code : 06
Senior Research Fellow (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Host Cell Factors in HIV Pathogenesis" (J C Bose Fellowship) Pl-Dr. Debashis Mitra
Upper Age limit : 32 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience : Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science or Graduate / Post Graduate Degree in Professional Course selected through a process described through any one of the following & should have 2 years of research experience. a. Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests - CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE. b. The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR, ICMR, IIT,IISc, USER etc.
Desirable: Candidates with experience in mammalian cell culture and HIV virology will be preferred.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 35000/- + 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 6 Months

Post Code : 07
Junior Research Fellow(one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Human Microbiome Initiative of Select Endogamous Populations of India." PI-Dr. Yogesh Shouche/ Dr Manoj Kumar Bhat
Upper Age limit : 28 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience : Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science or Graduate / Post Graduate Degree in Professional Course selected through a process described through any one of the following.
a. Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests-CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE.
b. The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR, ICMR, IIT.HSc, USER etc.
Desirable: Experience in (i) sample preparation including library preparation and quality control for amplicon sequencing as well as shotgun metagenomics. (ii) Complete bioinformatic analysis of amplicon, shotgun and microbial genome sequence data.
Desirable: Candidates with experience in mammalian cell culture and HIV virology will be preferred.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 31000/- + 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 1 year 5 Months

Post Code : 08
Junior Research Fellow (Two post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Characterizati on of inter¬cellular transport of Ran GTPase" PI-Dr. Jomon Joseph
Upper Age limit : 28 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience : Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science or Graduate / Post Graduate Degree in Professional Course selected through a process described through any one of the following.
a. Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests -CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE.
b. The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR, ICMR, IIT.IISc, USER etc.
Desirable : A minimum of one-year research experience in animal cell culture, molecular biology and cell biology.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 31000/- + 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 2 Years 11 months

Post Code : 09
Junior Research Fellow (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "The neurophysiolo gical pathways of emesis in Drosophila melanogaster" PI-Dr. Gaurav Das
Upper Age limit : 28 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science or Graduate / Post Graduate Degree in Professional Course selected through a process described through any one of the following.
a. Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests -CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE. b. The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR, ICMR, IIT, IISc, USER etc. qiunrfk/Desirable :
A. Experience in handling fruit flies. Experience in Fly genetics and behavior assays. B. Experience in handling synthesis of nano- particles/liposomes/ nanomaterials.
C. Desirable to have decent communication - written and presentation skills.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 31000/- + 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 2 Years

Post Code : 10
Junior Research Fellow (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "A CRISPR- based Gene Therapy Approach for Targeting the Breast Cancer Stem Cells in Vivo" PI-Dr. G. C. Kundu / Dr. Srikanth Rapole
Upper Age limit : 28 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science or Graduate / Post Graduate Degree in Professional Course selected through a process described through any one of the following. a. Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests - CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE.
b. The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MFIRD, ICAR, 1CMR, IIT,IISc, USER etc.
Desirable : Experience in Molecular Biology.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 31000/- + 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 2 Years 1 Month

Post Code : 11
Junior Research Fellow (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Study on distribution, function, and genomic reconstruction ofdeep- subsurface abundant and rare microbial communities in different depth of the rock (Basalt- granite zone) at Koyan- Waran region." PI-Dr. Yogesh Shouche
Upper Age limit : 28 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science or Graduate / Post Graduate Degree in Professional Course selected through a process described through any one of the following. a. Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests - CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE.
b. The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MFIRD, ICAR, 1CMR, IIT,IISc, USER etc.
Desirable : Experience in Molecular Biology.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 31000/+ 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 1 Year 4 Months

Post Code : 12
Junior Research Fellow (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Diversity and Bioactivity of Fungal Endophytes from Medicinal Plants of Eastern Himalayan Region, Sikkim-lndia.” PI-Dr. Rohit Sharma
Upper Age limit : 28 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science or Graduate / Post Graduate Degree in Professional Course selected through a process described through any one of the following.
A. Scholars who are selected through National Eligibility Tests - CSIR-UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE.
B. The selection process through National Level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments and their Agencies and Institutions such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR, ICMR, IIT, HSc, USER etc.
Desirable: Knowledge/ Experience in fungal taxonomy; with experience of extraction of metabolite from fungi
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 25,000/- + 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 1 Year 3 Months

Post Code : 13
Project Associate -1 (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Development of a predictive algorithm for precision medicine in ovarian cancer." (TATA Innovation Fellowship) PI-Dr. Sharmila Bapat
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
Master's Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences / MVSc or bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology or Medicine from a recognized University or Equivalent
Desirable: Masters in Bioinformatics with proficiency in handling genomics / proteomics data as a part of Master's dissertation project or earlier experience
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 25,000/- + 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 1 Year 6 Months

Post Code : 14
Project Associate -1 (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "J C Bose Fellwoship" PI-Dr. BhaskarSaha
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
Master's Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences / MVSc or bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology or Medicine from a recognized University or Equivalent
Desirable : Two years' experience in laboratory management including handling administrative, accounts, stores, purchase work.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 25,000/- + 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 3 years

Post Code : 15
Project Associate -1 (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Epigenetic regulation of autophagy in development, differentiation and disease" PI-Dr. Deepika Puri
Upper Age limit : 35 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
Experience: Master's Degree in Natural or Agricultural Sciences / MVSc or bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology or Medicine from a recognized University or Equivalent
Desirable : Experience in Cell culture, qRTPCR
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 25,000/- + 24 % HRA
Project Tenure : 1 year

Post Code : 16
Project Assistant (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : Intramural Project: "Identification of novel candidates involved in neuronal trafficking in Huntington’s disease" PI-Dr. Amitabha Majumdar
Upper Age limit : 50 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
B.Sc./ 3 years Diploma in Engineering and Technology.
Desirable : Experience in handling flies, setting up genetic crosses, memory assays and imaging.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 21,500/- (Fixed)
Project Tenure : 5 Months

Post Code : 17
Project Assistant (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : Project Management Cell PI-Dr. Ajay Pillai
Upper Age limit : 50 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
B.Sc./ 3 years Diploma in . Engineering and Technology.
Desirable : At least 2 years' experience in science administration including sound knowledge in processing administrative documents and good communications skills.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 20,000/- + 24% HRA Increment of 15% for 3 years of experience with maximum ceiling of 4 such revisions i.e. upto 12 years of experience.
Project Tenure : 3 Years

Post Code : 18
Project Assistant (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "Characterizati on of acute necrotizing encephalopath y-1 (ANE1)- associated mutations in Nup358" PI-Dr. fomon Joseph
Upper Age limit : 50 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
B.Sc./ 3 years Diploma in Engineering and Technology.
Desirable: A minimum of One year of experience in animal cell culture, molecular biology or cell biology
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 19,000/- (Fixed)
Project Tenure : 1 year 5 Months

Post Code : 19
Scientific Administrative Assistant (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : Manav- Human Atlas Initiative" PI-Dr. M. V. K. Sastry
Upper Age limit : 50 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
Essential Qualification & Experience: Graduate degree in any discipline.
Desirable: Good administrative experience in handling project documents and should have good communications skills.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 18,000/- + 24% HRA
Project Tenure : 1 Year 5 Months

Post Code : 20
Technical Assistant (Senior Lab Assistant) (one post)
Name of the Project / Principal Investigator : "COE - Structural Perspective of Molecular Interactions in Pathogenicity; Role of Regulatory Proteins of HIV-1 and Heat Shock Proteins of M. tuberculosis PI-Dr. Janesh Kumar
Upper Age limit : 50 years
Qualification & Experience / Essential Qualification & Experience :
B.Sc./ 3 years Diploma in Engineering and Technology.
Desirable : Experience in Gene cloning, Mutagenesis, Protein expression & purification would be preferred.
Total Monthly Emoluments : Rs. 17,040/- (Fixed)
Project Tenure : 1 Year 3 months

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1) The completed application in the prescribed format is available below this advertisement (as word and PDF file)
2) Mention “Serial Number & Name of Position” in the subject line of the email. You can apply for a maximum of three positions. If you are applying for more than one position, please send three separate emails with separate subject lines and attach all documents in all the three emails.
3) Recent passport size photograph and photocopies of relevant certificates, and other testimonials in support of age, qualification, experience etc. as mentioned below, may be scanned and attached with the application format which is enclosed below the advertisement.
4) In the email, the applicant must attach all self-attested scanned certificates in support of date of Birth, Educational Qualifications (Secondary School Certificate onwards), Work Experience (on respective letter heads wherever they have worked, signed and dated by the authorized person), Details of the Exams passed (Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate (10+2), degree, Post-graduate degree, PhD, and other if any), Caste Certificate, if any and other relevant documents. The applications will be summarily rejected in absence of these certificates, wherever applicable. There will not be any further communication in this regard from us.
5) SC/ST/OBC candidates must produce proof of their caste certificate from appropriate authority. In addition, OBC candidates must also produce latest/valid non-creamy layer certificate in the prescribed form for claiming the reservation benefits.

List of shortlisted candidates for interview, selection process with details of date, time will be put up on the institute website below this advertisement and candidates will be informed by e-mail only, during First week of November 2020. The candidates should be ready for the interviews the following week.

6) In case if shortlisted for interview and upon successful selection, the applicant must bring all the original certificates in support of date of Birth, Educational Qualifications, Work Experience, Details of the Exams passed (Secondary School Certificate onwards), Caste Certificate, if any and other relevant documents, at the time of joining for the purpose of verification, along with one set of photocopies. An Offer letter would be valid subject to
verification of your certificates with the original documents only, within one month of issue of the Offer letter.
7) The Director, NCCS reserves the right to enhance/reduce the number of posts and also cancel the recruitment process.
8) Additional percentage and experience cut-off will be applied during the screening process, if required.
9) The prescribed educational qualifications and experience are the bare minimum and mere possession of same does not entitle candidates to be called for online interview. The Centre reserves the right to call for online interview only those candidates who in its opinion are likely to be suitable.
10) Where number of applications received in response to this advertisement is large & it will not be convenient or possible to interview ail the candidates. Based on the recommendations of screening committee, the project investigator may restrict the number of candidates to be called for the interview to a reasonable limit after taking into consideration of qualifications and desirable experience over and above the minimum prescribed, in the advertisement. Therefore, it will be in the interest of the candidates, to mention all the qualifications and experience in the relevant field at the time of applying. No interim enquiries/correspondence/communication of any sort will be entertained on this matter.
11) 5% Marks relaxation will be given to SC/ST/OBC candidates, over the prescribed percentage in respective post.
12) The above advertised positions are filled up purely on temporary basis for the limited time period on the extramural projects funded by DBT/DST/CSIR/ICMR/SERB etc./Government and private organizations. The position will automatically co-terminus on the completion of the project tenure. The appointed person shall have no claim of appointment/absorption in funding agency or in NCCS, Pune.
13) Age & Experience will be relaxed in exceptional cases by the Competent Authority.
14) Fellowship/Emoluments; Emoluments to the research personnel engaged under project will be made in accordance with the sanction order or latest DST O.M whichever the case may be.
15) Age limit will be considered as on closing date of receipt of application. Age relaxation of 5 years in case of Women/SC/ST/PH candidates and 3 years in case of OBC candidates will be given as per Government of India rules. Reservation as per Govt, of India norms will be followed.
16) Canvassing in any form and/or bringing in any influence will be treated as disqualification for the post.
17) The posts advertised shall be need based without any commitment for its filling.
18) Selected candidates will have to join duty within one month of the receipt of the offer of appointment.
19) Lower positions will be offered, if candidates are not found suitable for the above advertised positions.