National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute jobs for Research Trainees in Mohali. Last Date to apply: 10 Jun 2016
Job Description
Research Trainees recruitment in National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI)
The area of research training would be related to i) agricultural biotechnology, ii) Computational biology and bioinformatics, and iii) food science and technology
Eligibility : Pursuing final year of M.Sc./M.Tech
Subject Category For Training : I. Agricultural biotechnology II. Computational biology and bioinformatics III. Food Science & Technology
Duration of Training : 6 months (July to December 2016)
Selection Procedure : Through screening and selection based on merit, experience, and expression of interest submitted by candidates
Note : i) The request for short term training must come from the Head of Department and must provide the period of the proposed project work. ii) The candidate should clearly indicate on the application form the subject category applied for training and provide e-mail address and contact numbers (telephone and/or mobile). iii) The minimal eligibility criterion for consideration of the requests is first division or an equivalent grade (or at least 60% of aggregate scores) in graduation or equivalent exam and at least 60% marks in first year of M.Sc./M.Tech. iv) The selected candidate will be informed by email and results will be uploaded on NABI’s URL. v) Opportunities are also available for short-term/summer trainees in the institute through sponsored programs from government agencies such as the KVPY, JNCASR, INSA/IAS/NASI
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About Company
NABl is co-located alongwith Bioprocessing Unit (BPU) , an independent institute, being set up under the DBT and an Agri-Food Biotech Park(ABP) being set up under public-private partnership. The NABI, BPU and ABP would therefore comprise an Agri-Food Biotech cluster that would act as a “biotechnology hub” in the region. The agri food cluster has been developed to link three essential related biotechnologies of crops, food and nutrition, and carry out bench to market activity through its state and regional resource networks.