WATER
TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
INDIAN
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
NEW
DELH1‐ 110012
WALK‐IN
INTERVIEW
Three Senior Research Fellows
(SRFs) under the under National Fund for Basic Strategic and Frontier
Application Research in Agriculture (NFBSFARA) Project entitled “Decision
Support System for Enhancing Water Productivity of Irrigated Rice‐Wheat Cropping System” will be
recruited to work at Water Technology Centre, IARI, New Delhi – 110 012
NAME OF THE CPI: Dr. A. Sarangi
NAME OF THE POST: Senior Research fellow (one
post)
EMOLUMENTS PER
MONTH: Rs.
16000/‐ + HRA (as
per ICAR rule)
QUALIFICATIONS: Essential: M.Tech/M.Sc in
(Agricultural Engineering with specialization in soil and water conservation
engineering, Irrigation and Drainage Engineering and Water Resources
Development and Management)/ Water management/ Agricultural Physics/ Remote
Sensing and GIS/ Environmental Sciences / Geoinformatics / Civil Engineering/
Hydrology /Agricultural Statistics /Computer application in Agriculture /
Computer Science and Engineering/ Computer Science/(Water Science and
Technology with B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering).
Proficiency in use of crop and
water management models, geospatial tools and development of softwares/Decision
Support Systems in Visual Basic (VB)/.NET/C/C++/Java programming languages.
Desirable: Publications of
research work pertaining to application of GIS and Remote Sensing tools, models
and decision support systems in Irrigation water management in rice and wheat
crop. Activity will be to use the geospatial tools to prepare the data base for
simulation of crop models and subsequent development of the Decision Support
System using programming language.
NAME OF THE POST: Senior Research Fellow (two
posts)
EMOLUMENTS PER
MONTH: Rs.
16000/‐ + HRA (as
per ICAR rule)
QUALIFICATIONS: Essential: M.Tech/M.Sc in
Agronomy/ Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry/Agricultural Economics/
Agricultural Extension/ Water Management/ (Agricultural Engineering with
specialization in soil and water conservation engineering, Irrigation and
Drainage Engineering and Water Resources Development and Management)/
Agricultural Physics/Environmental Sciences/ (Water Science and Technology with
B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering). Expertise in conduction of field experiments
and acquisition, analysis, digitization and interpretation of experiment
generated or secondary data sources.
Desirable: Experience of analysis
of soil, water and plant samples in the laboratory, Acquisition of data from
field experiments and farmers’ fields and interpretation of acquired data.
Publications of research work pertaining to Irrigation water management of rice
and wheat crops. Activity will be to undertake field investigations,
acquisition of primary and secondary data pertaining to crop growth from the
study area and subsequent digitization and analysis of data including cost
benefit analysis. Use of statistical and MS spreadsheet and word processing
software is also desirable. Associated activity of the SRF will be to visit the
study area and the co‐operating
centre for data collection and subsequent analysis.
Note: Walk in interview for the
above positions will be held on 16th August 2012 at 10.00 AM in the Committee
Room of the Water Technology Centre, IARI, New Delhi‐
110012. Candidates may appear for
walk‐
in‐
interview along with bio‐
data, reprints of publications,
thesis, reports etc., and passport size attested photos, original and attested
photocopies of all certificates, mark sheets, degrees and testimonials.
Candidates should bring a copy of bio‐
data,
original certificates, reprints of publications if any and No Objection and
experience certificate from the current employer in case he/she is in
employment. The applicant may submit their resume for preliminary screening
with publication details or for any details regarding this advertisement to Dr.
A. Sarangi, Senior Scientist, WTC, IARI, New Delhi; E‐
mail asarangi@iari.res.in
Duration of the
approved project is up to 31st March, 2016.
TERMS AND
CONDITIONS:
1. Maximum age limit: For the SRF
positions, 35 years for male and 40 years for female. Age relaxation of 3 years
for SC/ST/OBC is applicable as per Govt. of India/ICAR Rules.
2. The SRF positions are purely
contractual, non‐regular,
co‐terminus with the
project / scheme, and offered initially for a period of one year and further
extendable based on satisfactory performance for the remaining period of the
project. Selected candidates will not be entitled to claim for regular
appointments/absorption either in this institute or in ICAR. Non‐maintenance of the discipline and
failure to perform the assigned duties will make the SRF liable for termination
during the appointment period as per ICAR rules.
3. Candidates who are not able to
produce the M.Sc./M.Tech completion/degree certificate as on the date of the
interview will not be eligible to attend the interview.
4. Candidates whose near/distant
relative(s) is an employee of the ICAR/IARI, has to declare it and communicate
this office as per format given below. Such declaration must reach the
undersigned by post or through e‐mail
at asarangi@iari.res.in on or before 6th August, 2012. If communicated or
declared on the date of interview, candidate will not be interviewed.
Candidates having no near/ distant relative(s) working at ICAR/ IARI will also
furnish a declaration (format given below) on the date of interview.
5. Candidates reaching after
specified time may not ordinarily be entertained.
6. Canvassing in any form will
disqualify the candidature.
7. No TA/DA will be paid for
attending the interview.
8. This advertisement is also
posted on IARI web sites i.e. www.iari.res.in for wide publicity.
