Job Category: Research

Junior Research Fellow (JRF)

Job Category: Research
Project objective Aptamer discovery and electrochemical sensing of commercially relevant metabolites
No of position 1
Project PI Dr Souradyuti Ghosh
Project learning outcome
  • Customized electrode fabrication
  • Bio-electrochemistry
  • Functional nucleic acid nanotechnology
  • Material / Biomaterial engineering
  • Surface modification
  • Material and biochemical characterization
Instrument handling opportunity
  • Potentiostat
  • Sputtering / spin coating / dip-coating / electrochemical deposition
  • Standard nanomaterial preparation instruments
  • Thermal cycler, real time PCR, gel doc etc
Funding body Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA)
Duration 36 months (subject to satisfactory performance)
Fellowship JRF: INR 31000 + free on-campus boarding and lodging
Qualification Minimum qualification:

  • MSc in chemistry / applied chemistry / industrial chemistry / analytical chemistry / biophysics / biochemistry / physics / applied physics / engineering physics / material science / nanoscience / nanobiotechnology or equivalent discipline with CGPA of 6.00/10 or 60% marks.
    OR,
    Candidates must have BE / B.Tech. and / or ME / M.Tech. or B.Pharm. / M. Pharm. in chemical engineering / material engineering / nanotechnology / nanobiotechnology / biosciences or equivalent discipline. Masters: CGPA of 6.00/10 or 60% marks. For 4-Yr Bachelor degree: CGPA of 7.00/10 or 70% marks
  • Strong quantitative skills, preferably physics-chemistry-math (PCM) combo in higher secondary (+2)
  • Have cleared GATE / CSIR-UGC NET including LS / any of the selection processes through national level exam conducted by central gov agencies and their institutions

Additional desirable qualification (but not compulsory): any one or more of the following,

  • Research experience in material science and/or electrochemistry related projects
  • Research experience and/or coursework taken in bioscience
  • Interest in pursuing ambitious highly interdisciplinary research areas

Age limit : Not more than 30 years.
* Meeting minimum eligibility criteria does not guarantee a call for interview. Criteria’s can be set to higher than minimum.

 

Procedure to apply for the above position

  1. Interested candidates must submit their applications along with all supporting documents (below) as a single file via email to ghosh@mahindrauniversity.edu.in
    a) CV; b) Self-attested copies of all marksheets from secondary to highest degree; c) One-page summary of Master’s thesis; d) Name and email of two referees for letter of recommendation
    Note : The application is liable to be rejected in any of the above documents are missing.
  2. Last date of application submission: 12-08-2024
  3. Selected candidates will be invited for an interview. No TA/DA will be provided for attending the interview. All the original certificates have to be shown for verification during interview.

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