The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad is a premier autonomous R & D Institute under the Societies Act funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, that has been established to provide services and to undertake R & D in DNA Fingerprinting, DNA Diagnostics and other areas of modern biology
CDFD wishes to fill up under mentioned vacancy on purely contractual basis whose tenure is likely to be extended at six-monthly intervals.
- Position : TECHNICAL OFFICER – I
- Pay Band : Equivalent to Post in the Pay Band – 2, Rs 9300-34800 Plus Grade Pay ` 4200/-)
- Age limit : between 18-30 years
- Consolidated Emoluments: Rs 36,275/-
- Desired Profile : MSc (Microbiology / Biochemistry / Life Sciences) or equivalent OR First class BSc (Microbiology / Biochemistry / Life Sciences) with three years experience OR B. Tech (Biotechnology) with three years experience.
- Preferred : Experience in rodent breeding, colony management, and maintaining proper records of animals in each cage. Knowledge and experience of euthanasia, dissection, administering test compounds by injection, genetic monitoring of laboratory animals, microbiological and biochemical testing, cell culture, and other common procedures would be an added advantage.
- Job Requirements: Handling and maintaining rodents for research purpose, including: setting up breeding and maintaining proper breeding records; changing rodent cages, food, bedding and water periodically; marking individual animals in a colony; assisting on techniques and conducting approved procedures on laboratory animals like collection of blood, injections of test compounds by various routes, raising antibodies, dissection and necropsy, rodent surgery, animal cell culture, microbiological testing, genetic and regular screening techniques and recoding data.
The Application Form and the General Conditions governing the advertisement may be downloaded from the CDFD website http://www.cdfd.org.in. Alternatively, blank application forms and General Conditions can also be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped envelope from the O/o. the Head – Administration, CDFD, Office Block : 2nd Floor, Block No. 7, Gruhakalpa Complex, M J Road, Nampally, Hyderabad – 500 001.
Deadline : 05.11.14
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