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Research Associate postition in AIRF

Research Associate postition in AIRF

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ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION RESEARCH FACILITY
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY
NEW DELHI-110067, INDIA
Ph. No. 011-26704560, 26704600

04.10.2023

Applications are invited for the following purely temporary positions in the DBT funded Project titled “JNU-DBT National Training and Skill Development Facility for State-of-the-Art Equipment Used in Industry and Academics” BT/INF/22/SP27315/2018, 28/09/2018.

1.  Research Associate – (1 no.), Rs. 54,000 + HRA per month
Essential Qualification & Experience – Ph.D./MD/MS/MDS on equivalent Degree or having 3 years of research, design and development experience after M.Pharma/ME/M.Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation Indexed (SCT) Journal.
Desirable Qualification–Working Experience in the area of X-ray Diffraction Protein / Circular Dichroism / Time-Resolved Spectroscopy / Live Imaging / Confocal Microscopy / Mass Spectroscopy / Transmission Electron Microscopy / FACS / Femtosecond / X-ray Diffraction Powder / Atomic Force Microscopy / Scanning Electron Microscopy techniques and associated instruments.

Tenure: The selected candidates will be appointed purely temporarily until the end of the project, i.e., 25.03.2024, based on satisfactory performance.

How to Apply:  Candidates should submit a brief (about 1 page) summary of their research work and a copy of their CV (with names and e-mail contacts of two referees) along with the application (hard copy) along with detailed bio-data supporting documents/certificates should reach Prof. Sandeep Saxena, Director, Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility (AIRF), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067 on or before 14.10.2023 Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected.

A soft copy of the application will not be accepted.

The subject should be mentioned:  Application for “Research Associate under DBT project”

Note: Only short-listed candidates will be communicated by email for interview.

All the candidates are hereby advised to bring their original documents/certificates for verification at the time of joining.

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.