Junior Research Fellow-JRF

Applications are invited for the post of Junior Research Fellow in a Anusandhan National Research Foundation funded research project entitled “Late Pleistocene Wildfires in Peninsular India: Investigating Climate Stress, Faunal Change, and Hominin Adaptation”, under the supervision of Dr. Anil Devara, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, Delhi-NCR, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh-201314.

Essential and Desirable Qualifications

• MA/M.Sc. degree in Archaeology/Geology/Anthropology or related fields with a minimum of 55% marks (or equivalent grade) from a UGC recognized university/institute
• Candidates with CSIR/UGC-NET/GATE are encouraged to apply.

Nature of Position: The selected candidate will undertake field investigations, laboratory analyses, and data interpretation to reconstruct Late Pleistocene environments, wildfire history, biodiversity change, and human adaptation in Peninsular India. The candidate will receive training and gain hands-on experience in Quaternary geology, sedimentology, Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating, stable isotope geochemistry, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, and other advanced analytical techniques.

Duration of the project:
Initially 12 Months (Temporary basis), which is extendable up to 2 more years

Stipend:
Fellowship is INR 37,000/- p.m. plus HRA as per guidelines.

Eligible and interested candidates should submit their application with a complete CV (having personal details, academic qualifications, research experience, publications, name, affiliation and email address of two referees), the copies of marksheets/testimonials/certificates, Statement of Purpose, and other relevant documents as PDF attachment via email to [email protected].

Last date of Application: 25th August 2026.

Only short –listed candidates would be contacted and candidates may be requested to appear for an online interview.

About Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR:

Shiv Nadar University (www.snu.edu.in) is a student-centric, multidisciplinary and research-focused University offering a wide range of academic programs at the Undergraduate, Master's and Doctoral levels. The University is in the quest to become a globally acclaimed center for learning and innovation in the fields of Engineering, Natural Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Management. The core of the University consists of a select, world-class faculty with doctoral and postdoctoral experiences from ranked universities all over the world.

Shiv Nadar University has recently been accorded as one of the ten private ‘Institutions of Eminence’ by the Government. In the NIRF (Government’s National Institutional Ranking Framework), the University has been the youngest institution in the 'top 100' Overall list, and its score has been rising steadily. In NIRF-2021, it ranked 56 in the 'University' category. Shiv Nadar University has been accredited with Grade ‘A’ by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council), valid for a period of five years from 26 November 2019. It is also among a select group of green-field institutions in the country which were awarded the prestigious Atal Incubation Center grant by the NITI Aayog, Government of India, in the very first round in 2017." The university received ‘University of the Year 2024 award’ at the 10th FICCI Higher Education Excellence Awards on 18th Oct 2024 (Category Emerging - under 15 years).

The Department of History and Archaeology at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, offers a dynamic and interdisciplinary research environment with strengths in archaeology, history, and heritage studies. The Department actively promotes collaborative research across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, while the School fosters transdisciplinary scholarship through cutting-edge research, innovation, and international collaborations.