Doctoral Fellowships

Advt. No. 02/CMFT/DF/2019-20, dated 20 December, 2019

Objective

The RUSA 2.0 Doctoral Fellowship of MHRD-RUSA 2.0 at Centre for Microbial and Fermentation Technology – a Centre of Excellence established under MHRD-RUSA 2.0 in Osmania University aims to identify motivated post-graduate students to undertake research on various microbial and fermentation technologies.

Responsibilities

The Doctoral Fellows at the Centre will be responsible for the following:

The fellows (02 nos) selected under the category ‘Microbial Fermentations’ will be responsible for undertaking construction of microbial strains for probiotic applications, development of prebiotics and symbiotic formulations, granulation of symbiotic formulations and their shelf life studies, metabolic engineering of microbial isolates, biological activity of compounds produced by probiotics either by themselves or along with other project staff (post-doctoral fellows).

The fellow (01 no) selected under the category ‘Microbial Technology-1’ will be responsible for the development of microbial fusion proteins and studying their biological activities either alone or along with other project staff (post-doctoral fellows and interns).

The fellow (01 no) selected under the category ‘Microbial Technology-2’ will be responsible for undertaking whole genome sequencing of bacterial and fungal strains constructed by ‘Microbial Fermentations’ group and genome data analyses.

The selected doctoral fellows shall be offered admissions in the Ph.D. programme in one of the departments of Microbiology, Genetics or Biotechnology in Osmania University as per the university norms. Their research project for Ph.D. programs shall be similar to the works being conducted at the Centre. It is expected the Doctoral Fellows conduct research at the Centre that will lead to the award of Ph.D. degree. Besides the primary responsibilities mentioned above, the Doctoral Fellows will also help in conduct of education awareness programs, workshops, seminars, and other academic and research activities that the Centre will take up from time to time.

Eligibility

• • The application is open for both Indian and international applicants.


• • The applicant must have obtained PG degree from a recognized University.


• • The Indian applicant must have cleared the CSIR - UGC NET / SET/ GATE
  
• • International applicants who have obtained their post graduate degree from any one of the top 200 World Ranking University as per the Times Higher Education or QS world ranking 2019 are only eligible to apply.


• • The upper age limit for the fellowship is 28 years at the time of the submission of application. Age relaxation of 5 (five) years will be given to SC/ST/OBC/Physically Challenged/ Women candidates.


• • Applicants with prior research experience in related field will be preferred.

Nature & Duration of Support

• • The fellowship is purely a temporary assignment, and is tenable initially for a period of one year, extendable for further two years (one year at a time, based on performance).


• • The fellows will be entitled to receive Rs. 35,000/- per month (consolidated).


• • The fellows are required to work on full time basis at the Centre, and are not eligible to receive any other fellowship from any Government or Non-Governmental source during the tenure of the fellowship.

Details of the positions & requirements

S.No.	Position	Numbers Available	Essential Qualifications	Desired Experience
1.	DF - Microbial Fermentations	02	1. Master’s Degree in Microbiology or Biotechnology with minimum 60% marks or CGPA of 6.5 on a scale of 10. 2. CSIR – NET / SET / GATE qualified.	Work experience in related studies is desirable.
2.	DF - Microbial Technology-1	01	1. Master’s Degree in Genetics/ Biotechnology/ Animal Sciences/ Cellular Biology & Molecular Biology/ Microbiology / M.Tech (Biotechnology) with minimum 60% marks or CGPA of 6.5 on a scale of 10. 2. CSIR – NET / SET / GATE qualified	Work experience in related studies is desirable.
3.	DF - Microbial Technology-2	01	1. Master’s Degree in Biotechnology/ Genetics/ Microbiology/  M.Tech (Biotechnology) with minimum 60% marks or CGPA of 6.5 on a scale of 10. 2. CSIR – NET / SET / GATE qualified	Work experience in related studies is desirable.

Documents required to be attached

• • Age Proof Certificate


• • Master of Science (PG) / M.Tech (Biotechnology) Degree Certificate and Marks Statement/Memorandum
• • Category Certificate (in case of Age Relaxation)


• • Certificate of  CSIR - UGC NET / SET/ GATE
  
• • Copies of the other educational and experience certificates


• • Detailed CV or bio data


• • Any other document/s that is deemed necessary

Note: Candidates are advised to upload all required documents through online mode; however they are also advised to bundle all necessary documents along with full CV or bio data, publications copies (if applicable), and other relevant documents in to one PDF (as .pdf) and send it to director.cmft@osmania.ac.in

Termination

The Director, Centre for Microbial and Fermentation Technology reserves the right to terminate the RUSA 2.0 fellowship at any stage if it is convinced that appropriate progress is not being made or the fellow has not been performing duties optimally.

Leave

The RUSA 2.0 Doctoral Fellows are entitled to one day casual leave per month (which can be accumulated). Any leaves beyond that will be with proportionate deduction in fellowship. Participation in scientific workshops held in India with prior approval will be treated as 'on duty'.

Mode of Selection

The selection will be based on screening, written and oral interview, and the recommendations of an Expert Committee that will be constituted by the Board of Directors of OU Idea Labs Foundation managing RUSA 2.0 project.

Last date of Application

Open till suitable candidates are available at the earliest.

Important note

Shortlisted candidates for interview and the date of interview will be notified through email and SMS.

No TA/DA will be provided for shortlisted candidates appearing for interview.

Application Processing Fee

Rupees 100/- only, pay while registering.

Mode of Application

Online mode.