INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE FACULTY/SCIENTIST POSITION AT CDRI

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INFORMATION FOR POTENTIAL FACULTY/ SCIENTISTS  

CDRI, a premier drug research organisation of the country, is always in a lookout for brilliant young researchers who aspire to join CDRI for building their career and do something novel and unique in their career. In its pursuit to improve the healthcare sector of the society by developing new drugs, diagnostics, vaccines as well as new healthcare techniques, CDRI thrives to take on board all those who have the same vision and possess the dedication and perseverance to achieve those envisaged goals.              

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Broadly, CDRI works in the following areas : Cancer and related areas, CNS/CVS and other disorders,  Malaria and other parasitic Diseases,  Reproductive health, Diabetes and Energy Metabolism, Tuberculosis and Microbial Infections, Safety and Clinical Development

Indian citizens who dream of highest scientific accomplishments and have a strong research aptitude and a proven record of scientific achievements may write to recruit@cdri.res.in

SELECTION CRITERIA: One of the main criteria for selection is the scientific track record. Another important factor is the age of the candidate; CDRI prefers younger candidates. CDRI also has wonderful schemes for fresh young successful PhDs or early Postdoctoral Fellows to begin their independent research career in India earlier than others.

POSITIONS: At entry level, CDRI normally considers candidates with approximately 1-3 years of postdoctoral experience for a Scientist C ( Gr IV (2)) and with 4-6 years of postdoctoral experience for a Scientist E- I (Gr IV (3)).

 SELECTION PROCESS: CDRI is constantly on the look-out for new faculty with suitable research interests and excellent credentials. Candidates can initially send his/her CV and research proposal to recruit@cdri.res.in. Documents like transcripts/certificates are not mandatory at this stage. All the applications received are acknowledged, filed and will be taken into account. CDRI expects interested applicants to visit CDRI for informal scientific interaction and delivering lecture on their work. This can be done at any time during the year by mutually agreeing on the dates. CDRI may consider offering short-term temporary position to suitable candidates pending appointment through regular appointment procedure.

Formal advertisements with a detailed description of the post, job description and required documents will be put out from time to time. At this stage, the candidate will have to formally respond by submitting detailed applications complete with all documents asked for in the advertisement.

At any point during the entire process, one can follow up to check on the status of the application by writing to Dr. S K Puri (sk_puri@cdri.res.in) or Dr. Madhu Dikshit (m_dikshit@cdri.res.in )

PAY PACKAGE:  The current Indian scenario presents a 2 tier pay structure.

 The first tier is the fixed government salary determined by the post usually linked to age, experience and track record.

These will be comparable to most government funded Institutes in the country. CDRI intends to hire scientists with post-doctoral experience at Scientist C & E-I levels which roughly correspond to a monthly salary of Rs.45,000 to Rs.50,000 respectively.

If you have excellent academic credentials, CDRI will support your application for various competitive Fellowships that can provide additional monetary benefits. For instance, Wellcome Trust fellowship, DBT Young scientist career fellowship, Raman Research Fellowship, INSA young scientist medal etc. have a fairly good financial support attached to them. CSIR gives to its employees an additional take-home salary, if one wins certain national awards like S S Bhatnagar Award and CSIR young Scientist award.

START-UP RESEARCH FUNDING: AVAILABLE

 While this is highly variable and depends on the requirements of the research area, new faculty are generally given small seed money, mostly for consumables, to initiate their works. This will have to be followed up by regular project applications to various funding agencies.

ON-CAMPUS HOUSING: Available

                FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://www.cdriindia.org/Faculty_Search_Program.htm