NIT Rourkela was established as Regional Engineering College (REC) Rourkela on 15 August 1961 under the then Chief Minister of Odisha, Biju Patnaik and its foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was granted autonomy and functional independence by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2002.Thus becoming one of the National Institutes of Technology.
NIT Rourkela is a deemed university, and is governed by its Board of Governors, which is responsible for the overall superintendence, direction and control of its affairs. The Director is responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the institute. He heads the Senate, which frames the curriculum and conducts the examinations. The Senate also appoints advisory or expert committees to make recommendations to the Board of Governors on academic matters related to various departments. The Director is supported in various activities by the Deans,i.e. the Dean for Academics, the Dean for Student Welfare, the Dean for Planning and Development and the Dean for SRICCE (Sponsored Research, Industrial Consultancy and Continuing Education). The Registrar is in charge of all office matters, and has four Assistant Registrars.
Applications are invited on prescribed format for the following assignment in a purely time bound research project undertaken in the Department of Life Science of the Institute.
Position : Junior Research Fellow
No of post: 01
Project Title:“Non-host Resistance and Programmed Cell Death in Arabidopsis for Engineering Broad Spectrum and Durable Disease Resistance in Rice” sponsored by SERB, DST, Government of India.
Tenure of the Project : From November 2015 to November 2018
Tenure of the Assignment : 1 year, extendable annually till completion of project, subject to satisfactory performance.
Job Description : Research work related to project.
Fellowship : Rs.25, 000/- P.M. consolidated
Essential Qualifications and Experience :M.Sc. in Life Science, Botany, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry with valid NET or GATE
Desirable Qualifications/ Experiences : Prior working experience in plants
Accommodation : Bachelor accommodation in the Institute may be provided subject to availability
Contact Person : Prof. Binod Bihari Sahu, Department of Life Science National Institute of Technology, Rourkela-769 008. Call on : 9777458089, 0661-2462782 or mail at sahub@nitrkl.ac.in
Last date to apply : 7th December 2015
How To Apply :
Eligible persons may apply in the prescribed format (available in the Institute Website) affixed with coloured photographs to be submitted in duplicate along with photo copies of relevant certificates, grade/ mark sheets, publications etc. and send to Asst. Registrar, SRICCE, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela–769 008.
Note:The cover should be super- scribed clearly the post applied for & Name of the Project.
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