Tea Research Association jobs for JRF Biochemistry in Kolkata. Last Date to apply: 15 Nov 2016
Job Description
Ref: TOK/X21/16/2064 26th October 2016
JRF Biochemistry job position in Tea Research Association
1. One Position Junior Research Fellow under SERB-DST Project
Qualification: 1 st Class M.Sc degree in Biochemistry/ Chemistry/ Plant Physiology / Botany. Net qualified candidates will be preferred. Nature of work: Selected candidate will have to visit different tea seed baries/ tea gardens in Assam regularly and required to carry out laboratory analysis efficiently.
Fellowship: INR 25,000/- + 10% HRA for NET Qualified candidate. Otherwise, as per rules and guidelines of the funding agency
Age : 32 years
2. One Position of Research Fellow or Research Assistant under NTRF Project
qualification: 1st Class M.Sc degree in Botany / Plant Biochemistry or B.Sc in Botany with more than 5 years experiences in tea breeding. Nature of work: Selected candidate will have to visit different tea gardens in Assam and West Bengal regularly for survey, selection, collection, evaluation and propagation of tea germplasm.
Fellowship : INR 20,000/- + 10% HRA as per rules and guidelines of the funding agency
Age : 32 years
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About Company
Organised research in tea started in India as early as 1891 when a Joint Committee of the Indian Tea Association (ITA) and the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Bengal appointed Mr. M. Kelway Bamber, a Chemist. Till then all important contributions towards growth of tea industrywere the results of untiring personal efforts of pioneers who had to struggle against heavy odds. Mr Bamber initiated work on chemistry of tea, soils and manures in an effort to understand the chemical basis of tea quality. The findings of this work were published in his book “The Chemistry and Agriculture of Tea including Growth and Manufacture” in 1893. The ITA then assigned Dr.George Watt, Entomologist, Govt of India the task of investigating the subject of Tea Blight and the potential of the plant Adhatoda vasica as an insecticide against tea pests.
