INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
An Autonomous Institute under Department of
Science and
Technology Govt.
of India
Paschim Boragaon, Garchuk, Guwahati-781035
Advt. No-82
Date: 11/08/2017
Applications are invited for recruitment in the following positions at Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) Garchuk, Guwahati (Assam). Eligible and interested candidates may submit applications online in prescribed format for consideration on or before 30th September, 2017.
1. Name of the post: Associate Professor-II(Scientist-E/Equivalent) in Natural Product Chemistry (One position, Regular)
Pay: PBRs. 37,400- Rs. 67,000/- GP Rs. 8,700/- pm
Qualification and Experience:
Essential: Ph.D in Phytochemistry/Organic chemistry, Natural product chemistry/Medicinal Natural Product Chemistry/Medicinal chemistry or equivalent with consistently good academic record and specialization in natural product chemistry having at least 8 years research experience as PDF or in scientific positions either in Govt. or private organization, high quality publication strictly on research area mentioned above.
Desirable: Knowledge on structure elucidation of bioactive molecules of medicinal plant and animal origin, drug design and development, experience of working with state of art equipments on natural product chemistry/Phytochemistry and should be capable of taking leadership and guiding and supervising a team of research workers within the traditional knowledge based drug discovery programme. It is desirable that the candidate will (1) possess very good academic record including 1st Class in M.Sc. with proven record of publication in high impact factor journal (2) be able to establisH linkage with scientists/researchers of the other programmes (please see IASST’s website) to incorporate interdisciplinary components as the new knowledge keeps evolving. (3) be able to interact effectively with clinicians and also with pharma company/enterprise for pre -clinical and clinical trials of effective formulations/drugs/characterized bioactive principles.
Age: Age limit 50 years on the last date of submission of application. Age bar relaxable as per Government Rules.
2. Name of the post: Associate Professor-II (Scientist E/Equivalent) in Biodiversity and Eco-system research programme/Wetland Ecology (One position, Regular)
Pay: PBRs. 37,400- Rs. 67,000/- GP Rs. 8,700/- pm
