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Indo-US Advanced Bioenergy Consortium: Second Generation Biofuels

Indo-US Advanced Bioenergy Consortium: Second Generation Biofuels

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School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110067

Dated:09-05-2018

Applications are invited for the following 01 (One) post in IUSSTF sponsored project entitled "Indo-US Advanced Bioenergy Consortium: Second Generation Biofuels"

Post 1: Senior Research Fellow (Life Sciences)

Salary: Rs. 25, 000+30% HRA p.m.

Duration: The position is purely temporary for the duration of two years or co-terminus with project

Essential Qualification: M.Sc./ B.Tech in any branch of life Sciences having good knowledge in Molecular Biology, Biotechnology or related subjects with at least 55% marks and two years of research experience in molecular biology or genetic engineering.

Desirable Qualifications: Candidates having experience of working on crop plants, especially rice, ability to handle work in green house and field will be preferred. The candidate must be well versed with Microsoft office and high throughput data analysis.

Note:

  1. Please send printed & signed applications with detailed CV on or before 20th May, 2018 by post to the following address.
  2. The post applied formust be clearly written on the envelope containing the application
  3. Applications received after the last date shall not be entertained, School will not be responsible for any postal delay.
  4. No application will be accepted via hand-delivery or e-mail.

Prof. Ashwani Pareek
Coordinator (Indo-U.S. Advanced Bioenergy Consortium)
Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory (Room No-413),
School of Life Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi, India – 110067
Email: ashwanipareek@gmail.com

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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.

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