Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB) is an institution of national importance established through an Act of Indian parliament by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India under the auspices of UNESCO. The primary focus of RCB is to provide world class education, training and conduct innovative research at the interface of multiple disciplines to create high quality human resource in disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas of biotechnology. To this end, the Centre is offering the master's and doctoral degree programs in biotechnology, while other degree/diploma programs in niche areas of biotechnology are under development.

The Centre invites applications from suitably qualified, dynamic, and result-oriented scientists with flair for teaching, to fill up the following academic positions on direct recruitment / deputation or contract basis. The candidate should preferably have demonstrated research experience, and interest to pursue research and teaching in any of the following areas: (1) Synthetic Biology & Metabolic Engineering, (2) Fermentation, Scale-up & Downstream Processing, (3) Biocatalysis & Enzyme Engineering, (4) Metagenomics & Microbiome, (5) Antibody Engineering for Therapeutic Applications, (6) Cancer Biology & Therapy, (7) Infectious Disease Biology for Developing Prophylactics and Therapeutics, (8) Plant Biotechnology for Crop Improvements, and (9) Big Data Analytics, Computational Biology & Bioinformatics.

Professor
Proposed Pay Band+ AGP* : PB-4 (Rs. 37400-67000) AGP Rs. 10500
No. of Posts, (Reservation) and Age limit : 4 (UR) 55 years for Direct Recruitment and 60 years for Deputation/Contract
Prescribed Educational Qualifications : A PhD in Life Science / allied discipline and published work of high quality, actively engaged in teaching and research with evidence of attracting extramural grants.
Mode of recruitment/ Prescribed Minimum Experience / competency : For Direct Recruitment: a. A minimum of 10 years of teaching / research experience. b. An outstanding professional, with an established reputation in the field related to biotechnology and contribution to educational innovation, design of new curricula and courses, and technology–mediated teaching/ learning process.
For Deputation : Officers from the central / state government or institutes of national importance or universities / university level institution / research institutions or PSU a) holding analogous post, or 5-years’ experience in the lower scale of the grade pay Rs. 9000 / 8900 of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. b) possessing educational qualification as prescribed for the post.

Associate Professor
Proposed Pay Band+ AGP* : PB-4 (Rs. 37400-67000) AGP Rs. 9500
No. of Posts, (Reservation) and Age limit : 6 (UR) 50 years for Direct Recruitment and 60 years for Deputation/Contract
Prescribed Educational Qualifications : A PhD in Life Science / allied discipline with evidence of independent research and publications of high quality, actively engaged in research with evidence of attracting extramural grants.
Mode of recruitment/ Prescribed Minimum Experience / competency :
For Direct Recruitment: a. A minimum of 6 years of teaching / research experience. b. A professional with demonstrated expertise in the field related to biotechnology and contribution to educational innovation, design of new curricula and courses, and technology–mediated teaching / learning process. For Deputation: Officers from the central / state government or institutes of national importance or universities / university level institution, research institutions or PSU a) holding analogous post or 5-years’ experience in the lower scale of the grade pay Rs. 8000 of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. b) possessing educational qualification as prescribed for the post.

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