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Last date to submit your applicaiton is 24th March 2025.

ONE JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (CLINICAL), ONE JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY ASPECTS), TWO JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (NEUROCHEMISTRY), ONE JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (MOLECULAR GENETICS), ONE COMMUNITY LIASON WORKER, ONE PROJECT COORDINATOR.

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for filling up of the following posts on contract basis for an international R01 project funded by the National Institute on Ageing/National Institutes of Health (NIA/NIH), USA (Grant Award No.: 1R01AG060610-01A1) entitled "India ENIGMA Initiative for Global Ageing & Mental Health" under Dr. John P. John, Professor of Psychiatry & Principal Investigator.
 

A. Description : One junior research fellow (clinical) position is available for candidates having  MPhil in Clinical Psychology/Masters in Psychology/Masters in Cognitive Neurosciences with a good academic record. Initial appointment will be made for a period of six months and will be extended further depending upon the performance of the candidate.

Essential qualification : MPhil in Clinical Psychology/Masters in Psychology/Masters in Cognitive Neurosciences with a good academic record

Desirable qualification: Clinical experience in Neuropsychology, Geriatric mental health  and Fluency in multiple languages (preferably Kannada, Telugu, Hindi or Tamil).

Salary: 42,000 pm

Age limit for the above position: Below 35 years


B. Description: One junior research fellow (Clinical & Community aspects) position is available for candidates having  MPhil in Clinical Psychology or Psychiatric Social work/Masters in Psychology or Social work. Initial appointment will be made for a period of six months and will be extended further depending upon the performance of the candidate.

Essential qualification:MPhil in Clinical Psychology or Psychiatric Social work/Masters in Psychology or Social work.

Desirable qualification: Clinical experience in Geriatric mental health, Clinical experience in Social work or community activities, Conversant in Kannada and other South Indian languages, and proficiency in written English

Salary: 42,000 pm.

Age limit for the above position: Below 35 years

 

C. Description: Two junior research fellows (Neurochemistry) positions are available for candidates having  First class Post Graduate Degree in M.Sc. Biotechnology / M.Sc. Biochemistry / M.Sc. Medical Biochemistry/ M.Sc. Neuroscience, including the integrated PG Degree in these disciplines. Initial appointment will be made for a period of six months and will be extended further depending upon the performance of the candidate.

Essential qualification:First class Post Graduate Degree in M.Sc. Biotechnology /M.Sc. Biochemistry / M.Sc. Medical Biochemistry/ M.Sc. Neuroscience, including the integrated PG Degree in these disciplines 

Desirable qualification: Experience in processing of blood samples, biomarker metabolomics/gut-microbiome/handling mass spectrometry/ molecular techniques (including ELISA/Western blotting) analysis of clinical data along with basic bioinformatics.

Salary: 38,500 pm.

Age limit for the above position: Below 35 years (age relaxation will be given to suitable candidates)

 

D. Description: One junior research fellow (Molecular genetics) position is available for candidates having  M.Sc./M. Tech/MPhil in Life Sciences/Genetics/Biotechnology/Neurosciences; Prior exposure to molecular biology wet lab methods such as PCR and Genotyping. Initial appointment will be made for a period of six months and will be extended further depending upon the performance of the candidate.

Essential qualification:M.Sc./M.Tech/MPhil in Life Sciences/Genetics/Biotechnology/Neurosciences; Prior exposure to molecular biology wet lab methods such as PCR and Genotyping.

Desirable qualification: Proficiency in Lab instrumentation

Salary: 38,500 pm.

Age limit for the above position: Below 35 years (age relaxation will be given to suitable candidates)


 

E. Description: One Community Liaison Worker position is available for candidates having  Graduate degree with at least 5 years of documented community field experience; Willingness to carry out field visits in Bangalore city and sub-urban regions for participant recruitment. Initial appointment will be made for a period of six months and will be extended further depending upon the performance of the candidate.

Essential qualification:Graduate degree with at least 5 years of documented community field experience; Willingness to carry out field visits in Bangalore city and sub-urban regions for participant recruitment

Desirable qualification: Masters/Graduate degree in Social Work; Conversant in Kannada and other South Indian languages, and proficiency in written English

Salary: 35,000 pm.

Age limit for the above position: Below 35 years (age relaxation will be given to suitable candidates)

 

F. Description: One Project Coordinator position is available for candidates having Bachelor's/master’s in science/commerce/arts. Proficiency in written and spoken English. Excellent computer and typing skills; Proficiency in advanced computer skills (e.g., MS Office-Word/Excel/Power point, Adobe Creative Cloud etc.), use of video conferencing platforms. Initial appointment will be made for a period of six months and will be extended further depending upon the performance of the candidate.

Essential qualification:Bachelor's/master’s in science/commerce/arts. Proficiency in written and spoken English. Excellent computer and typing skills; Proficiency in advanced computer skills (e.g., MS Office-Word/Excel/Power point, Adobe Creative Cloud etc.), use of video conferencing platforms.

Desirable qualification: Project related communication, coordinating meetings, maintaining documents, performing office-related and other administrative activities of the project

Salary: 35,000 pm.

Age limit for the above position: Below 35 years (age relaxation will be given to suitable candidates)


How to apply: Eligible candidates fulfilling the above criteria, are advised to send their applications through the e-mail to jpjmbial@gmail.com, jpj@nimhans.ac.in and project@nimhans.ac.in mentioning the notification number, date, email id, and contact number (mobile), enclosing their resume, age proof and copy of the testimonials, experience certificate & documents to support the desirable qualifications (as detailed above) by 24th March,2025. Short-listed candidates who meet the requirements will subsequently be called for in-person selection process comprising of written skills assessment and personal interview


 

Last date to submit your applicaiton is 27th September 2024.
ONE COMMUNITY & LIASON OFFICER and ONE LAB TECHNICIAN POSITION AVAILABLE IN ENIGMA-INDIA PROJECT
 

Last date to submit your applicaiton is 23rd August 2023.

TWO JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN ENIGMA-INDIA PROJECT

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for filling up of the following posts on contract basis for an international project funded by the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health (NIA/NIH), USA entitled "India ENIGMA Initiative for Global Ageing & Mental Health" under Dr. John P. John, Professor of Psychiatry & Principal Investigator.

Description (01): One junior research fellow positions is available for candidates having  M.Sc. OR M. Tech in Life sciences/Biotechnology/Biomedical Engineering/Cognitive and Neuroscience with a good academic record. The appointments will be a fixed-term position initially for six (6) months. 

Essential qualification (01): Postgraduate degree in Biostatistics /statistics / applied statistics /medical statistics/health statistics.

Desirable (01): Experience in working theoretical statistics on longitudinal cohort studies and able to do analysis with advanced statistical methods. Proficiency in statistical analysis and simulation using statistical packages like STATA or R software.

Description (02): One junior research fellow positions is available for candidates having  biostatistics /statistics / applied statistics /medical statistics/health statistics expertise to work in this program. The appointments will be a fixed-term position initially for six (6) months. 

Essential qualification(02): Postgraduate degree in Biostatistics /statistics / applied statistics /medical statistics/health statistics.

Desirable(02): Hands-on experience with neuroimaging research.

Salary: As per institute norms.

Age limit for the above position: Below 35 years

How to apply:Eligible candidates fulfilling the above criteria, are advised to appear for a skills assessment and personal interview at Committee Room, adjacent to the Academic & Evaluation Section, IV Floor, Neurobiology Research Centre, Administrative Block, NIMHANS on 23rd August 2023 at 10.30 AM, with their resume, age proof and copy of the testimonials, experience certificate & documents to support the desirable qualifications (as detailed above). The candidates are also encouraged to send their applications in advance through email to jpjmbial@gmail.com mentioning the Notification No., Date, email ID, and Contact No (mobile).

 

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