JRF Position under ANRF-ARG Funded Project

Sxccal; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 413,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata invites applications for a Junior Research Fellow in a Govt. funded ANRF-ARG project. A walk‑in interview will be held in the Post Graduate and Research Department of Biotechnology on 20 May 2026 to select a candidate for ~36 months tenure.

Essential: M.Sc./M.Tech in Biotechnology or Life Sciences and qualified in CSIR/UGC/DBT NET or GATE or equivalent. Desirable: experience in RDT and/or protein chemistry. Age limit 30 years with relaxations.

Qualifications

• M.Sc./M.Tech in Biotechnology or Life Sciences and CSIR/UGC/DBT NET, GATE, or equivalent.
• Desirable: knowledge/experience in RDT techniques and/or protein chemistry.
• Age limit 30 years with relaxations up to 5 years as per rules.

Responsibilities

• Conduct walk-in interview for JRF position.
• Assist PI in project activities.
• Support experiments on Vibrio cholerae GTPase FlhF and related studies.

Skills

RDT techniques

Protein chemistry

Education

M.Sc./M.Tech in Biotechnology or Life Sciences

Job description

Vacancy: JRF Position under ANRF-ARG Funded Project

Posted On : 08-05-2026 | Date & Time: Last Date of Submission 19th May 2026

JRF Position under ANRF-ARG Funded Project

A walk-in-Interview will be held in the Post Graduate and Research Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata on 20 th May, 2026 (Wednesday), for the recruitment of one Junior Research Fellow under the project entitled “ Elucidating yet unknown mechanism behind protagonist act of the GTPase, FlhF for flagellar synthesis of Vibrio cholerae by probable modulation of the TCS FlrB-FlrC ” under Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF-ARG), Government of India, under the supervision of Dr. Jhimli Dasgupta (Principal Investigator),Post Graduate and Research Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, as per details below:

Name of the post

Essential qualification and desirable

Age limit

Salary (Rs/month)

Junior Research Fellow

Essential qualification: M.Sc./M.Tech in Biotechnology or any stream of Life sciences, and qualified in CSIR/UGC/DBT NET or GATE or other equivalent national level exam.

Desirable: Knowledge and hands on experience in RDT techniques and/or protein chemistry.

30 years [Relaxation for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/PWD maximum up to 5 years].

37000 + HRA (For 1 st and 2 nd years), and Rs. 42,000 + 30% HRA (For 3 rd year, provided the performance is satisfactory for promotion from JRF to SRF).

Tenure of Fellowship

~36 months

Date and time

20 th May, 2026 (Wednesday) from 3pm.