National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, is an autonomous R&D Institute under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. The institute has facilities to carryout advance biotechnology research in the areas of agricultural, food, and nutrition biotechnology. The detail facility is available at the institute website. The walk-In-Interview has been advertised for one Research Associate (RA) under internally funded project on “Identification and characterization of interacting partners of bZIP53 transcription factor involved in regulating seed maturation genes in Arabidopsis: Use of a Dominant negative” and one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under internally funded project “Aptamer based biosensor to detect food borne pathogens in real food samples”. The Project assistant (PA) will be working on “Deciphering ER stress response pathways in plants”.

Position Name & No. Research Associate-1: Post 1
Principal Investigator: Dr. Vikas Rishi
Pay Scale and Qualifications: Research Associate-1 (Rs.36000/- + HRA as per rules)
Essential Qualifications: Ph.D in Plant Molecular Biology / Biotechnology/ Biochemistry/or M.Tech in above related area with at least 3 years of research experience with at least one research paper in science citation indexed (SCI) journal; Candidates who have already submitted their PhD thesis in above subjects can also apply (along with proof of submission).
Desirable: Research experience in Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Biophysics, Protein chemistry, Gene cloning, transgenic techniques. Preference will be given to candidates with good academic record, and research experience.
Duration: One Year

Position Name & No. Junior Research Fellow: Post 1
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nitin Singhal
Pay Scale Qualifications
Rs. 25000/- + HRA as per rule and Rs. 28000+ HRA as per rule from 3rd year onwards
Essential qualifications: Post Graduate Degree in basic science with NET qualification such as GATE/ICAR/UGC-CSIR/DBT/ ICMR, etc. or Graduate degree in professional course with NET qualification or Post Graduate Degree in professional course.
Desirable: Post graduate (with thesis) in Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Biosciences, with experience in developing biosensors for detecting pathogens.
Selection Criteria: The RA/JRF will be hired as per the emoluments’ guidelines and service conditions notified by DST (DST OM No.SR/S9/Z-09/2012 dated 21.10.2014)