Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan jobs for JRF/Project Assistant Agronomy in Dehradun. Last Date to apply: 08 Jan 2016
JRF/Project Assistant Agronomy
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JRF/Project Assistant Job vacancies in Vivekananda Parvathiya Krishi Anusandhan Santhan
Junior Research Fellow (JRF)/01 Post
Title : “National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystems (NMSHE) Taskforce 6 for lower and middle Himalayan Agriculture”
Qualification : Post Graduate Degree in (Agronomy/Horticulture/ Soil Science/Plant Breeding) 2. NET Qualified in concerned discipline/ subject. Desirable : Work experience in conducting experiments on crop cultivation and evaluation/ Socio-economic survey, data compilation, and analysis.
Emoluments : Rs.25,000
Project Assistant/01 Post
Qualification : Class 12 pass(10+2) preferably with Science/Agriculture. Desirable : Preference will be given to those candidate who have knowledge of computer and past experience on data entry, typing and crop production etc
Emoluments : Rs.8,000
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About Company
Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan (VPKAS), Almora, Uttarakhand, India, is a premier institute of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, engaged in hill agricultural research for North-Western Himalayan region of India. It is a multi-crop and multi-disciplinary institute. It has so far released 120 varieties of 25 crops. Some of these varieties have been released by Central Varietal Release Committee (CVRC) for other parts of India, apart from the mandate area. It has to its credit the first hybrid maize variety for Himalayan region, viz., VL Makka 54, released in 1962. The institute has maintained its tradition of hard work and excellence. The recognition came around when the institute bagged the coveted 'Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award' in 2001 and again in 2008. The institute aspires at achieving still greater goals under the Director Dr. J.C Bhatt.
