CSIR-NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
RANA PRATAP MARG,
LUCKNOW – 226001
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Applications are invited from enthusiastic, innovative and young Indian researchers having excellent
academic record and proven scientific achievements to fill up the following scientific positions:-
S-01
Area: Botanic
Garden
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Botanic Garden/
Horticulture/ Documentation,
Characterization, Introduction,
Conservation and Domestication of
Ornamental Plants followed by 03
years experience in the relevant area.
Senior
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Botanic Garden/
Horticulture/ Documentaiton,
Characterization, Introduction,
Conservation and Domestication of
Ornamental Plants followed by 06
years experience in the relevant area.
Desirable Experience in Designing
and development/
establishment of botanic
gardens/ Preparation and
execution of landscape
plans/ R&D work on
Threatened Plants /
Ornamental Crops as
evident from quality
research publications;
Strong potential for
securing and sustaining
independent and
collaborative extramural
funding.
Job specification Maintenance of Botanic
Garden, R&D work on
Improvement and
conservation of
ornamental plants; DUS
testing; Germplasm
collection and
characterization;
Development of new
varieties of ornamental
crop; Preparation of
landscape
plans/drawings/designs,
and undertake outreach
activities such as skill
development and
training programmes.
S-02
Area :
Floriculture
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Floriculture/
Horticulture/Floriculture crop
improvement/ Botany; and
Landscaping followed by 03 years
experience in the relevant area.
Senior
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Floriculture/Horticulture/
Floriculture crop improvement/
Botany; and Landscaping followed by
06 years experience in the relevant
Desirable Research and work
experience in
Floricultural/ Ornamental
crops/ Breeding and
improvement of
floricultural crops/ DUS
testing/Varietal release/
Applications of
biotechnological tools as
evidenced by
patents/varietal releases,
and Publications in peer
reviewed journals; Strong
potential for securing and
sustaining independent
and collaborative
extramural funding.
Job specification Germplasm collection,
characterization and
maintenance;
Development of new
varieties of floriculture
crops; Preparation and
execution of landscape
plans, drawing and
designs; undertaking
extension work for
promoting floriculture,
conducting skill
development
programmes and
training programmes in
the field of floriculture.
S-03
Area:
Biodiversity
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Plant taxonomy/
Biosystematics/Population biology/
Plant survery/Characterization of
biodiversity of angiosperms/lower
plants followed by 03 years
experience in the relevant area
Senior
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Plant taxonomy/
Biosystematics/Population biology/
Plant survery/Characterization of
biodiversity of angiosperms/lower
plants followed by 06 years
experience in the relevant area.
Research experience in
plant diversity
documentation,
assessment and
conservation;
morphological/ chemical/
molecular
characterization of plant
resources supported by
publications in top ranked
peer reviewed journals;
Strong potential for
securing and sustaining
independent and
collaborative extramural
funding.
To undertake floristic
surveys for the biodiversity assessment,
GIS mapping,
digitization,
bioprospection, and
management of
herbarium of
angiosperms/
lower plants
S-04
Area :
Plant Ecology &
Environmental
Technologies
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Plant Ecology/
Environmental remediation/
Environmental Monitoring and
Impact assessment / Environmental
management / followed by 03 years
experience in the relevant area.
Senior
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Plant Ecology/
Environmental remediation/
Environmental Monitoring and
Impact assessment / Environmental
management followed by 06 years
experience in the relevant area.
Research experience in
ecological/environmental
modelling; and
bioremediation of soil, air
and water pollution with
microbial and plant based
approaches as evidenced
by patents/ publications in
top ranked peer reviewed
journals; Strong potential
for securing and
sustaining independent
and collaborative
extramural funding.
To carry out monitoring,
assessment and
management of
environmental quality;
Research and
technology development
in the fields of bioremediation, microbeassisted
phytoremediation,
ecological/
environmental
modelling, climate
change, pollutant
toxicity, and plant -
pollution interaction.
S-05
Area :
Plant Breeding
including
Molecular
Breeding
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Genetics and Plant
Breeding/Genetics/Conventional/
Molecular plant breeding followed by
03 years experience in the relevant
area
Senior
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Genetics and Plant
Breeding/Genetics/Conventional/
Molecular plant breeding followed by
06 years experience in the relevant
area.
S-06
Area :
Plant Protection
(Entomology)
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Entomology/Agricultural
Entomology/Agrochemicals/Zoology
(Entomology) followed by 03 years
experience in the relevant area.
Senior
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Entomology/Agricultural
Entomology/Agrochemicals/ Zoology
(Entomology) followed by 06 years
experience in the relevant area.
Experience in crop insect
research especially sap
sucking insects; and
expertise in insect
anatomy, histology and
biochemistry, mechanism
of insect-toxin
interactions, insect
rearing, insect behavior
study and insect ecology
are desired.
Experience of handling
instruments like Confocal
Microscope, Stereo
microscope, GC-MS and
Massspectrometer will
have advantage. Candidate should have knowledge of
development of
bioformulations /
biopesticides and their
evaluation under lab and
field conditions and insect
pest management as
evident from publication
in peer-reviewed journals.
Strong potential for
securing and sustaining
independent and
collaborative extramural
funding
Crop protection,
evaluation of transgenic
plants for resistance
against sap-sucking
pests, insect bioassay in
laboratory and field,
screening of plant
diversity and
biomolecules for
insecticidal activity,
formulation of
biopesticide, anatomy
and biochemistry of sap
sucking insect and
insecticidal mechanism
studies.
S-07
Area :
Plant Microbe
Interactions
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Microbiology/ Agricultural
Microbiology/ Environmental
Microbiology followed by 03 years
experience in the relevant area.
Senior
Principal
Scientist
Ph.D. in any Science subject in the
areas of Microbiology/ Agricultural
Microbiology/ Environmental
Microbiology followed by 06 years
experience in the relevant area.
Experience of developing
microbial technologies is
desirable. Adequate
experience in handling
various microbial
cultures, genetic
improvement of microbial
strains, hands on
fermentation, and
bioprocess development
for microbial enzymes
and other metabolites of
interest, soil
metagenomics, biopesticide development for
various crop diseases as
evidenced by high quality
publications and products.
Strong potential for
securing and sustaining
independent and
collaborative extramural
funding.
To plan and execute
basic and applied
research in
microbiology; Ability to
lead group of young
scientists/trainees. To
develop innovative
programmes on plantmicrobe interaction
including microbial
systematics, genetic
improvement of
microbial strains, and
development of
microbial technologies
for improvement of
plants and environment.
S-11
Area :
Plant Molecular
Biology
Scientist
Ph.D. (Submitted) in Botany/
Biotechnology/ Molecular
Biology/Plant Sciences/Plant
Breeding/Biochemistry
Senior
Scientist
Ph.D. in Botany/ Biotechnology/
Molecular Biology/Plant
Sciences/Plant
Breeding/Biochemistry followed by
02 years experience in the relevant
area.
Research experience in
functional genomics/high
throughput gene
expression analysis/
molecular breeding/
metabolic engineering/
transgenic plant
development/ proteomics
and protein biology as
evidenced by high quality
publications/
applications in desired
area.
To develop innovative
programmes for the
functional genomics,
proteomics, protein
biology and for
improved crop varieties
S-12
Area :
Bioinformatics
Scientist
B.Tech /M.Sc. in
Bioinformatics/Computer
Science/Computational & System
Biology/Biophysics with post
Graduate degree in Intellectual
Property Law (1st class or 60% on an
aggregate or equivalent GPA)
OR
M.Tech in Computer
Science/Information
Technology/Bioinformatics
OR
Ph.D. in any Science subject
(submitted) in the areas of
bioinformatics/computational
biology.
Experience in
computational analysis of
genomes biodiversity, big
data analysis, database
management/
combinatorial algorithms
as evidenced by high
quality publications/
applications in desired
area.
To undertake R&D
works in the area of
bioinformatics related to
biodiversity and
genomics.
Last date for receipt of the application:31.07.2019_upto 06:00 P.M
