Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India

Award of Biotechnology

National Associateship to scientists working in North-Eastern states under special programme for the Northeast 2012-13

Applications are invited from Indian Nationals working in any of the North-Eastern states of India for the award of Biotechnology National Associateship (2012-13) under the special programme for the Northeast for conducting research or training in National Institutions/research laboratories in different areas of biotechnology such as (i) agriculture, food and feed biotechnology (ii) animal biotechnology (iii) aquaculture and marine biotechnology (iv) food and nutrition (v) environmental biotechnology and Bioresources (vi) industrial biotechnology (materials biotechnology, reaction and process design) (vii) medical biotechnology (viii) nano-biotechnology and bioengineering (ix) bioinformatics and IT-enabled biotechnology (x) intellectual property and patent law

Applicants possessing a Ph.D in the area of biosciences and biotechnology or a MD degree with a good record of research contribution in the field of research are eligible to apply

Candidates with Mv.Sc., M.Tech, M.Pharm with minimum 2 years experience are also eligible

They should hold regular/permanent positions in govt recognized research and academic institutions/universities located in any of the North Eastern states (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) working continuously for the last two years and should be actively engaged in biotechnology or related R&D work

Applications from persons working on temporary positions (e.g. research fellows or associates etc) will not be considered

Preference will be given to candidates who are permanent residents of any of the northeastern states

Candidates should submit their application through proper channel (only one hard copy) as per the format which is available on http://www.dbtindia.gov.in and http://www.btisnet.gov.in/nenas.htm should reach to Dr BL Jailkhani (nerbpmc@dbt.nic.in Senior consultant, North Eastern Region-Biotechnology, Program Management Cell (NER-BPMC), Defence Colony, New Delhi-110024 by 15th February, 2012

Dr T Madhan Mohan (madhan@dbt.nic.in), Advisor, DBT may be contacted for any clarification

A softcopy of the application also to be sent through email nerbpmc@dbt.nic.in

Last date of submission 15th February, 2012