Teaching Position (Direct Recruitment) NIPER, Kolkata, India

May 11, 2023

Designation/Position- Teaching Position (Direct Recruitment)

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Kolkata, invites applications for Teaching Position (Direct Recruitment) from eligible and interested candidates

About- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Kolkata is an Institute of National Importance established by an Act of Parliament 2007 under the aegis of Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India.

Online Applications are invited from eligible and suitable Indian Nationals for the Teaching and Non-Teaching posts on direct recruitment/deputation basis through open competition on an India basis.

Research/Job Area-

Post Code	Designation	Discipline	Pay Level (7^thCPC)	Reservation		Max. age (For direct recruitment)
Post Code	Designation	Discipline	Pay Level (7^thCPC)	UR	OBC (NCL)	Max. age (For direct recruitment)
		Teaching Posts
T-01	Professor (By Deputation)	Natural Products	14	1	0	50
T-02	Professor (By Deputation)	Pharmacology and Toxicology	14	1	0	50
T-03	Associate Professor (By Deputation)	Pharmaceutical Analysis	13	0	1	45
T-04	Assistant Professor	Pharmacology and Toxicology	12	0	1	40
T-05	Assistant Professor	Pharmaceutical Analysis	12	1	0	40

Location- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati

Eligibility/Qualification–

Candidates of only Indian Nationality can apply for these posts.

Relaxation in Age Limit shall be as per the Govt. of India rules only

Category	Age Relaxation
OBC(NCL)	3 Years against reserved posts for OBC (NCL) only.
SC	5 Years against reserved posts for SC only.
Departmental Candidates	Relaxable up to 5 years as per the norms for the appointments by Direct Recruitment (For NIPER candidates who have been selected through appropriate selection committee).

Department of Natural Products
T-01	Professor Level-14/7^th CPC	01 UR	By Deputation only	Essential Qualification: Educational Qualification Ph. D. with first class or equivalent grade at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout and at least 10 years of Teaching/Research/Industrial experience with published work of high quality well recognized and an established reputation of having made conspicuous seminal contribution to knowledge in pharmaceutical and allied areas and Experience Faculty members from Central/State Universities or Government Institutions of Higher Education holding analogous post on regular basis or with 5 (Five) years of regular service at the level of Associate Professor. Desirable Experience: The candidate should have experience in standardization of ayurvedic drugs/ crude extracts for phytopharmaceuticals/ plant-based nutraceutical product development. Characterization of secondary metabolites from plants/ microbes/ marine sources, plant metabolomics and pathwayrelated research using high end analytical techniques. Preference will be given to the candidate having minimum of 3 years’ experience at the level of Associate Professor or equivalent industry experience and who completed EMR or Industry sponsored projects, technology transfers, Patents etc., and demonstrated excellence in teaching. Candidate should have demonstrated adequate experience of independent Research in terms of guided Masters’ students and minimum of 2 PhD students.	Not exceeding 50 years 3 years prior to superannuation of the parent organization

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
T-02	Professor Level-14/7^th CPC	01 UR	By Deputation only	Essential Qualification: Educational Qualification Ph. D. with first class or equivalent grade at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout and at least 10 years of Teaching/Research/Industrial experience with published work of high quality well recognized and an established reputation of having made a conspicuous seminal contribution to knowledge in pharmaceutical and allied areas and Experience Faculty members from Central/State Universities or Government Institutions of Higher Education holding analogous post on regular basis or with 5 (Five) years of regular service at the level of Associate Professor. Desirable: The candidate should have knowledge of immunopharmacology and expertise in discovery and evaluation of vaccines/monoclonal antibodies and/or protein/antibody engineering (antibody-drug conjugation; ADC)/ biologicals and proven skills in handling and providing training on sophisticated equipment’s related to Pharmacology & Molecular Biology. Also, the applicant should lead collaborative research projects at a national or international level as appropriate to the discipline. Candidate should have demonstrated adequate experience of independent Research in terms of guided Masters’ students and minimum of 2 Ph.D students. Preference will be given to the candidate having minimum of 3 years’ experience at the level of Associate Professor or equivalent industry experience and who completed EMR or Industry sponsored projects, technology transfers, Patents etc., and demonstrated excellence in teaching.	Not exceeding 50 years 3 years prior to superannuation of the parent organization

Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis
T-03	Associate Professor Level-13/ 7^th CPC	01 OBC-NCL	By Deputation only	Essential Qualification: Educational Qualification Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences with first class or equivalent grade at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with very good academic record throughout and at least 8 years of Teaching/ Research/ Industrial experience with published works of high quality, well recognized and established reputation of having made conspicuous seminal contribution to knowledge in Pharmaceutical and allied areas. Experience: Faculty members from Central / State Universities or Government Institutions of Higher Education holding analogous post on regular basis or with 5 (five) years of regular service at the level of Assistant Professor. Desirable: The candidate should have experience and expertise in pharmaceutical and bio-analytical techniques, AQbD, impurity profiling, data integrity, cGMP, GLP, ICH guidelines, instruments’ calibration, validation and regulatory requirements of DCGI, USFDA etc. Candidates having hands-on experience in handling sophisticated instruments like HPLC, LC-MS-MS and GC-MS and using them for the analysis of API/finished dosage forms as per IP, USP, BP etc. will be given preference. Knowledge in characterization of biological products and stability testing, trouble shooting skills etc. will be preferred. Candidate should have demonstrated adequate experience of independent research in terms of guided Masters’ students and at least one Ph.D. student, execution and/or recipients of sponsored/EMR projects and with publication in SCI journals.	Not exceeding 45 years 3 years age relaxation for OBC-NCL candidates

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
T-04	Assistant Professor Level-12/ 7^th CPC	01 OBC-NCL	Direct Recruitment/ Deputation	Direct Recruitment Essential: Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences with first class or equivalent grade at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with very good academic record throughout and at least 5 years of Teaching/Research/Industrial experience with published works of high quality, well recognized and established reputation of having made conspicuous seminal contribution to knowledge in Pharmaceutical and allied areas. Desirable: The candidate having knowledge of immunopharmacology and expertise in discovery and evaluation of vaccines/monoclonal antibodies and/or protein/antibody engineering (antibody-drug conjugation; ADC)/ biologicals and proven skills in handling and providing training on sophisticated equipment’s related to Pharmacology & Molecular Biology will be given preference. Candidate should have demonstrated adequate experience of independent research in terms of guidance of Masters’ students, execution and/or recipients of sponsored/EMR projects and with publications in SCI journals. Deputation: Faculty members from Central / State Universities or Government Institutions of Higher Education holding analogous post on regular basis or with 3 (three) years of regular service in the lower scale if any for the Assistant Professor.	Not exceeding 43 years including 3 years of Age Relaxation for OBC-NCL Category 3 years prior to superannuation of the parent organization

			Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis
T-05	Assistant Professor Level-12/ 7^th CPC	01 UR	Direct Recruitment/ Deputation	Direct Recruitment Essential: Ph.D. with first class or equivalent grade at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with very good academic record throughout and at least 5 years of Teaching/ Research/ Industrial experience with published works of high quality, well recognized and established reputation of having made conspicuous seminal contribution to knowledge in Pharmaceutical and allied areas. Desirable: The candidate should have experience and expertise in pharmaceutical and bio-analytical techniques, AQbD, impurity profiling, data integrity, GLP, ICH guidelines, instruments’ calibration, validation and regulatory requirements of DCGI, USFDA etc. Candidates having hands-on experience in handling sophisticated instruments like HPLC, LC-MS-MS and GC-MS and using them for the analysis of API/finished dosage forms as per IP, USP, BP etc. will be given preference. Knowledge in characterization of biological products and stability testing, trouble shooting skills etc. will be preferred. Candidate should have demonstrated adequate experience of independent research in terms of guidance of Masters’ students, execution and/or recipients of sponsored/EMR projects and with publication in SCI journals. Deputation: Faculty members from Central/State Universities or Government Institutions of Higher Education holding analogous post on regular basis AND possessing the educational and other qualifications prescribed for Direct Recruitment.	Not exceeding 40 years 3 years prior to superannuation of the parent organization

Job/Position Description-

Candidates may apply on prescribed application form online from the NIPER-Kolkata Website.They can apply for more than one post and more than one category provided; they fulfill the eligibility criteria. In such a case, the candidate has to apply for each post and category and Pay Application Fee separately. However, based on the number of candidates applying for different posts, the institute reserves the right to hold a written test and /or Interview for the various posts together or separately on a single or multiple days across various sessions as per suitability of the institute/norms in force.

An Application Fee of Rs.1000/- (Rupees one thousand only) for both Teaching and Non-Teaching (from Pay level 10 and above), Rs. 500/- (Five Hundred only) for other non-Teaching posts has to be paid through NEFT / IMPS / bank transfer.

Only shortlisted candidates are called for an Interview / Written Test / Skill Test. The Director / Screening Committee reserves the right to shortlist the candidates on the basis of educational qualification/experience/papers published.

Mode of Selection: The selection process for Teaching posts consists of two phases (a) Seminar Presentation (b) Interview. The shortlisted candidates will be invited to give seminar presentation before a duly constituted Committee. Only the candidates recommended by the Committee based on their performance in the seminar presentation shall attend the Interview before the Selection Panel. Candidates are advised to visit the Website https://niperkolkata.edu.in regularly. No separate call letter will be sent by post. Email communication will only be sent. For Non-Teaching posts, selection process for the posts NT-01 to NT-03 is based on Written test, Skill test and Performance in the interview. Selected Candidates based on the written test will be called for Skill Test and Interview.

A Candidate’s admission to the Written Test/Interview and subsequent process is strictly provisional. The mere fact that the call letter(s)/has been issued to the candidate does not imply that his/her candidature has been finally declared by the NIPER-Kolkata.

How to Apply-

The candidates are required to apply ONLINE only from10:00 AM on 23.04.2023 to 23.05.2023 up to 06.00 PM.

Before sending/posting the Hard Copy of Online Application (successfully submitted) the candidates must ensure that the Application Form is completed in all aspects i.e., duly signed, pasting recent passport size photograph (clearly visible) have been put in-place at space provided for it and all relevant educational, experience and Category Certificate (where ever applicable) duly self-attested copy have been attached properly.
- Each Application must be sent in a separate envelope and each envelope should contain one application only.
- The complete Hard Copy Application Form (in all aspects) must reach the Institute on or before 13.06.2023 up to 05.00 PM by Registered / Speed Post/Courier. The envelope, containing complete application, should be super-scribed as “Name of the Post Applied for” & Post Code.____“Employment Notification No.________”and must be sent to The Registrar I/c

NIPER-Kolkata,

168, Chunilal Bhawan Maniktala Main Road

Kolkata – 700054

The Applications (Hard Copy of the successfully submitted online form only) can be submitted in person at the institute during 11 AM to 5 PM on all working days up to 13.06.2023