Designation/Position- Scientific positions at CSIR-NCL
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India invites application for Scientific positions at CSIR-NCL from eligible and interested students
About- National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, established in 1950, is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). CSIR-NCL is a science and knowledge-based research, development and consulting organization. It is internationally known for its excellence in scientific research in chemistry and chemical engineering as well as for its outstanding track record of industrial research involving partnerships with industry from concept to commercialization. Scientific positions at CSIR-NCL
Research/Job Area- Various
Location- Pune
Various Research Positions – 05 February: Researchersjob- Updated
Various Research Positions – 05 February: Researchersjob- Updated
Eligibility/Qualification–
Post Code: 01 Post : Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology /Polymer Engineering/Material Science/Material Engineering.
Desirable Qualification: Significant research contributions in fundamental and applied aspects of materials synthesis, characterization, and research in new applications in sensors or energy storage or catalysis, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 02
- Post : Scientist
- Category : Unreserved (UR)
- Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology /Polymer Engineering/ Material Science /Material Engineering.
- Desirable Qualification : Ph.D., with significant research contributions in fundamental and applied aspects of membrane preparation and analysis, and application to gas separation/ ultrafiltration/ osmosis/ biomedical applications, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 02 Post : Scientist
Category: Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology /Polymer Engineering/ Material Science /Material Engineering.
Desirable Qualification: Ph.D., with significant research contributions in fundamental and applied aspects of membrane preparation and analysis, and application to gas separation/ ultrafiltration/ osmosis/ biomedical applications, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code: 03 Post : Scientist
Category : Other Backward Class (OBC)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology / Polymer Engineering /Polymer Technology/Plastics Engineering/ Plastics Technology.
Desirable Qualification : Ph.D., with significant research contributions in polymer processing methods such as extrusion, compounding, injection/compression molding, thermoforming, fiber spinning etc. and characterization methods for polymers like melt & solution rheology, melt flow index (MFI), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), optical microscopy, thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), mechanical testing including tensile, compression and flexural, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 04 Post : Scientist
Category : Other Backward Class (OBC) (Backlog)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Microbiology/Biotechnology/ Microbial Sciences.
Desirable Qualification: Ph. D. awarded, and significant research contributions in fundamental and applied aspects of fungal molecular biology/ fungal transformation and genetic engineering/ genome editing technologies/ fermentation technology/ biomass transformation, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code: 05 Post : Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemical Science/Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology/Biochemical Sciences/ Biochemical Engineering/ Material Science/Material Engineering.
Desirable Qualification: Ph. D. awarded, and significant research contributions in expertise in Big Data Analytics/ Soft computing/ modeling and optimization/ algorithm development/ Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/ Deep Learning model development/ database development, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code: 06 Post : Scientist
Category : Scheduled Caste (SC)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology.
Desirable Qualification: Ph.D. awarded, and significant experience and expertise in carrying out high pressure and high temperature reactions e.g. hydrogenation, hydroformylation, carbonylation, oxidation, ammoxidation, ethoxylation, etc. in autoclaves as well as in fixed bed reactors or analogous batch and continuous systems, measuring reaction kinetics and design of high pressure reactors, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code: 07 Post : Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology.
Desirable Qualification: Ph.D. awarded, and significant experience and expertise in experimental and computational multiphase fluid dynamics relevant to chemical processes, including turbulence modeling, flow visualization, use of commercial flow modeling software, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code: 08 Post : Scientist
Category : Other Backward Class (OBC)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemistry/Chemical Sciences/Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology.
Desirable Qualification: Ph.D. awarded with significant experience and expertise in material science and technology involving electrocatalytic, electrochemical approaches towards clean energy applications such as electrolysis and fuel cells, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the areas. The candidates having experience in Product Development/Technology Innovation/Applied Technology /Industries involved in these areas etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 09 Post : Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification : Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemistry/Chemical Sciences/Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology.
Desirable Qualification: Ph.D. awarded with significant experience and expertise in material science and technology involving electrocatalytic, electrochemical approaches towards clean energy applications such as electrolysis and fuel cells, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author, and/or patents/patent applications in the areas. The candidates having experience in Product Development/Technology Innovation/Applied Technology /Industries involved in these areas etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 10 Post : Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. (submitted) in Chemical Science / Chemical Engineering / Chemical Technology / Biochemical Sciences / Biochemical Engineering / Material Science / Material Engineering.
Desirable Qualification: Strong academic record as evident by marks/grades/publications as relevant, and significant full-time work experience in product development or technology innovation or technology commercialization or translational research would be preferred. Candidates with experience in or exposure to technology commercialization process, techno-economic assessment, technology marketing, technology strategy, market research, business development of S&T based products and services, technology transfer, technology valuation will be particularly preferred. Strong written and oral English communication skills, and excellent computer skills, including comfort with internet-based research and using online databases are highly desirable. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 11 Post : Senior Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification : Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology / Material Engineering/Polymer Engineering OR Ph.D. in Material Science with two years of post Ph.D. experience in relevant R&D areas.
Desirable Qualification: Significant research and development contributions in the area of soft matter or adhesives or active matter, as evident by first-author publications in reputed national/international journals. Research and development experience in this area in the chemicals/materials/polymer industry. Ability to translate scientific and engineering knowledge into potential products as evident by patents in this area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 12 Post : Senior Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering /Chemical Technology.
Desirable Qualification: Significant research contributions in chemical engineering/technology, in particular in the areas of fluid dynamics and/or design of equipment and processes, as evident by first-author publications in reputed national/international journals and/or patents/patent applications in the area. Research and development experience in the chemicals and ability to translate scientific and engineering knowledge into potential products. Experience with application of fluid dynamics simulations to design of equipment relevant to the chemical/petrochemical industry. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/ Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 13 Post : Senior Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. in Chemistry with two years post-Ph.D. experience in relevant R&D area.
Desirable Qualification: Significant research contributions in fundamental aspects of chemistry especially in the area of metal-catalyzed transformations and/or asymmetric synthetic methodologies for multistep synthesis of bioactive products, and/or applications of organometallic reagents, as evident by first-author publications in reputed national/international journals. The candidates having experience in Product Development/Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code 14: Senior Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. in Chemistry with two years post-Ph.D. experience in relevant R&D area.
- Desirable Qualification : Significant research contributions in fundamental aspects of chemistry especially in the area of multi-step synthesis using metal-catalysis, electrochemical synthesis, and/or applications of organometallic reagents, as evident by first-author publications in reputed national/international journals, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 15 Post : Principal Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Pharmacology/Pharmaceutics with three years post-Ph.D. experience in the relevant R&D areas.
Desirable Qualification: Significant research contributions as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author and some as corresponding author. Research and development experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Experience in leading teams in an academic or industry setting. Ability to translate scientific and engineering knowledge into potential products as evident by patents in the area. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 16 Post : Principal Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification : Ph. D. in Chemistry with three years post-Ph.D. experience in relevant R&D area.
Desirable Qualification : Significant research contributions in the area of application of analytical/spectroscopy methods to the investigation of complex structures and mechanisms, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author and some as corresponding author. Research and development experience in the area of application of spectroscopy techniques such as NMR. Experience in leading teams in an academic or industry setting. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code 17 : Principal Scientist
Category : Un-Reserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. in Chemistry with three years post-Ph.D. experience in relevant R&D area.
- Desirable Qualification: Significant research contributions in the area of multistep asymmetric synthesis of bioactive molecules, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author and some as corresponding author. Research and development experience in the area of asymmetric synthesis techniques, application of organometallic reagents, and metal catalysis. Experience in leading teams in an academic or industry setting. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 18 Post : Principal Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology/Biochemical Engineering with three years post-Ph.D. experience in relevant R&D area.
- Desirable Qualification : Significant research contributions in the area of biopharmaceutical process development, as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author and some as corresponding author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area. Research and development experience in the area of in upstream and downstream processing and analytical characterization of recombinant proteins, including high cell density fermentations and purification. Experience in leading teams in an academic or industry setting. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code : 19 Post : Principal Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering/Chemical Technology with three years post-Ph.D. experience in relevant R&D area.
Desirable Qualification : Significant research contributions in the area of chemical process development as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author and some as corresponding author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area, and/or evidence of leading teams in an industry setting. Experience in process development for fine and specialty chemicals, process scale-up, equipment selection, familiarity with P&ID and BEP development, experience in process modeling and simulation with commercial process simulators, fundamental knowledge of thermodynamic models, is desirable. Experience in independent project execution or leading teams in an academic or industry setting is desirable. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Post Code 20: Principal Scientist
Category : Unreserved (UR)
Essential Qualification : Ph.D. in Chemistry/Chemical Science/Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology with three years post-Ph.D. experience in relevant R&D area.
- Desirable Qualification: Significant research contributions in the area of green hydrogen by electrolysis and/or fuel cells as evident by publications in reputed national/international journals as first author and some as corresponding author, and/or patents/patent applications in the area, and/or evidence of leading teams in an industry setting. Experience in scale up and techno-economic analysis of electrolyzers and/or fuel cells is desirable. Experience in independent project execution or leading teams in an academic or industry setting is desirable. The candidates having experience in Product Development/ Technology Innovation/Applied Technology etc. will be preferred.
Job/Position Description-
| Designation | No. of Posts | Pay Matrix (7th CPC) | *Total Emoluments (per month) | **Upper Age Limit not exceeding (as on last date of online application) |
| Scientist | 10 posts (6-UR, 2-OBC, 1-SC, 1-OBC (Backlog)) | Level – 11 (Rs. 67,700 – 2,08,700) | Rs.1,16,398/- | 32 years |
| Sr. Scientist | 04 posts (UR) | Level – 12 (Rs. 78,800 – 2,09,200) | Rs.1,33,936/- | 37 years |
| Principal Scientist | 06 posts (UR) | Level 13 (Rs. 1,23,100 – 2,15,900) | Rs.2,03,930/- | 45 years |
The candidates are required to remit the application fee of Rs. 100/- (for each post) in favour of ‘Director, National Chemical Laboratory’ through online payment system.
The candidates belonging to SC / ST / PWD / Women / CSIR Employees / Abroad Candidates category are exempted from submission of application fee.
How to Apply-
Eligible candidates are required to apply ONLINE only through website https://recruit.ncl.res.in, followed by sending hard copy of online application form along with self attested copies of all the educational certificates, mark sheets, experience certificates etc. through Registered / Speed post only. The other mode of sending hard copy of application will not be considered. By hand submission of hard copy of application form will not be accepted.
Online Application will be available on our website https://recruit.ncl.res.inupto 10th of March, 2022 till 5.30 p.m.
- After completely filling the online application form, candidates can save and take printout of the filled application in PDF format. Candidates need to note down “Application ID” carefully for future communication. The candidates must sign on this computer generated printed online application.
- This computer generated application (Print-out) duly signed by the candidate and accompanied by self-attested copies of the certificates, mark sheets, testimonials in support of age, education qualifications, experience, re-prints of publications and caste certificate (if applicable), acknowledgement of remitted application fee (if applicable), along with one recent passport size self-signed photograph affixed, should be sent in an envelope superscribed “APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF _________ (Post Code ________) Advt. No………” by Registered/Speed Post only to the following address so that it should reach on or before 21st of March, 2022 by 5.30PM : –
Controller of Administration
CSIR – National Chemical Laboratory
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road
Pune – 411008 (Maharashtra)
Candidates applying for more than one post must submit separate application forms and along with all essential documents in a separate envelope for each post indicating the name of the post and code number of the post. The hard copy of each application must be accompanied by separate online generated acknowledgement of remitted application fee along with all essential documents.
Last Date for Apply– 10 March 2022
Last date for receipt of online applications: 10.03.2022
Last date for receipt of hard copy applications: 21.03.2022
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