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Applications are invited on plain paper for purely temporary Positions of One Research Associate (RA)

Applications are invited on plain paper for purely temporary Positions of One Research Associate (RA)

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Jawaharlal Nehru University
Special Centre for Molecular Medicine
New Delhi-110067

 

  02-04-2019

 

Applications are invited on plain paper for purely temporary Positions of One Research Associate (RA)under the project entitled "Development of single-cell derived clonal spheroids as a tool for drug discovery in cancer research” funded by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi India.

Research Associate (01)

Essential Qualification: Ph.D.in Biological Sciences/Chemical Scienceswith two publications in SCI journal.

Desirable Qualification: Candidates having experience in Cancer Biology, transcriptomics studies,bioinformatics, cheminformatics, experience on NGS data analysis, design of small moleculeswill be preferred.

Salary: Rs. 38,000/- per month +30% HRA

The appointment will be made initially for one year.  The interested candidates may send their applications alongwith their self attested CV and relevant documents by email or post by 15th April 2019 on following address,

Prof. Vibha Tandon,
Special Centre for Molecular Medicine,
JNU, New Campus,New Delhi -110 067
Email : vtandon@mail.jnu.ac.in

Prof.  Rana P Singh (PI)                                       Prof. Vibha Tandon (Co –PI)                                Prof. Rupesh Chaturvedi(Co-PI)

School of Life Sciences                                    Special Centre for Molecular Medicine                        School of Biotechnology

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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.