Project Assistant Position Available in DBT Ramalingaswami Fellowship Project on Heat Stress Tolerance in Plants Date: 13.12.2019 Applications are invited for one post of Project Assistant in the DBT sponsored Ramalingaswami fellowship research project entitled “Exploring known and novel HSPs and HSFs in a thermotolerant plant Prosopis cineraria by genome-wide studies, and application of genome editing for enhanced heat stress tolerance in rice” funded by Department of Biotechnology (Govt. of India) under the supervision of Dr. Mukul Joshi, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan. The post is initially for one year and extendable till the termination of the project in 2024. Essential Qualification: M.Sc./ B.Tech./ M.Tech. in Biotechnology / Botany or related biological science disciplines. Desirable: Candidate with experience in plant tissue culture and plant molecular biology/ biotechnology will be preferred. Emoluments: Rs.18000/- p.m. consolidated How to apply: Interested and eligible candidates are advised to forward their current resume and abstract of project work (thesis/dissertation) if any to mukul.joshi@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in. In the subject of the E-mail, candidates should write “Application for Project Assistant Position”. Short-listed candidates will be informed through e-mail regarding the interview date. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. INTERVIEW DETAILS: Interview will be conducted in-person or via Skype. Application Deadline: December 28, 2019 Note: Candidate with his/her own fellowship (CSIR-UGC, GATE, DBT, DST, ICMR, ICAR etc.) will be preferred and will be given emoluments as per norms. Selected candidate will be highly encouraged to apply for Ph.D. programme of BITS, Pilani as per Institute’s procedure. Contact address: Dr. Mukul Joshi Department of Biological Sciences Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Pilani 333031, Rajasthan Email : mukul.joshi@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in Phone : +91-1596-255273, 255766 (O), +91-8890874091 (M) Fax : +91-1596-244183 Webpage: https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/pilani/mukuljoshi/profile
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