JRF and Project Assistant

Applications are invited for the post of JRF and Project Assistant  in a ANRF funded research project titled “Visual and tactile feedback in nocturnal insect pollination”, under the supervision of Tanvi Deora, Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Demmed to be University, Delhi-NCR, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh-201314.

E-mail: [email protected].

Essential and Desirable Qualifications

• Position qualification will be as per funding agency:

JRF position: 4 yr Bachelors or a Masters degree in science. Qualification in the National Eligibility Test at the JRF/LS level or Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE). Project Assistant position: Bachelor’s degree in science or an equivalent

Desirable Qualifications:

• Ability to spend long hours in the field stuyding lepidopteran pollination and ability to take on quantitative analyses. The successful candidate may be employed in the field or in lab behavioral work, as per need. The lab work will involve using cameras and arduino based electronics to study feeding behavior. Prior experience with electronics will be desirable for the lab projects.
• Proven track record in sensory ecology, animal behavior or related fields as demonstrated by Masters thesis or prior internships.
• Prior experience working with moths or other insects in animal behavior projects

Duration of the project: Initially 3 months (temporary basis), which is extendable up to 3 years.

Stipend:

Fellowship is ?37,000 /- p.m. plus HRA for JRF and ?27,000 /- p.m. plus Project Assistant 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 and other relevant documents as PDF
• SOP explaining how your application is best suited for this project.

As attachment via email to [email protected] in titled “Application for JRF position”

Last date of Application: We will start shortlisting candidates for by April 30^th and continue until the 20^th May for interviews.

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).