CSIR-IMTECH GAP-0269 Project Associate-I 2026: Apply by 16 November

Age Limit

• Upper age: 35 years
• SC/ST/PwBD/women: 5 years' age relaxation
• OBC: 3 years' age relaxation
• Age cutoff date: Not stated in the official PDF; confirm the applicable calculation with IMTECH before relying on a cutoff.

Vacancy Details

Vacancies: 1

Eligibility & Qualification

• Masters route: Masters/Integrated Masters in Natural, Agricultural or Pharmaceutical Sciences, MVSc, Animal Sciences or equivalent.
• Bachelor's route: Engineering, Technology or Medicine degree from a recognised university or equivalent.
• Results: Result-awaited candidates are not eligible to apply.
• Desirable experience: Handling microbes; molecular identification, phenotypic characterisation and preservation; DNA/RNA isolation, PCR, RT-PCR, Sanger sequencing and microbial genomics.
• Project: ENDOCORE PROTECT: core and vertically transmitted endophytes for bio-protection against major rice and sugarcane pathogens; GAP-0269.
• Tenure: Not stated in the official notice.
• Higher pay category: Qualified CSIR-UGC/ICAR/ICMR NET, including lectureship/assistant professorship, or GATE; or the notified national-level examinations of Central Government departments such as DBT/DST or equivalent and their agencies/institutions: ₹31,000 + HRA.
• Other eligible candidates: ₹25,000 + HRA if not covered by the higher-pay examination category.

Salary & Job Location

• Salary / stipend: ₹31,000 per month + HRA for the specified qualifying-examination category; ₹25,000 per month + HRA for others
• Job location: CSIR-IMTECH, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh

Selection Process

1. The checked official notice and public application page do not state the selection stages or interview schedule. Check IMTECH's official recruitment updates; no test, interview date or guaranteed selection is inferred.

How to apply / next steps

1. Read the GAP-0269 notice and check your qualification, completed results, age conditions and pay category.
2. Open the exact Rolling Advt. No. 2026-11-02 form and verify your own email using its OTP flow. Do not share the OTP with this website or anyone else.
3. Select Project Associate-I and complete the required personal, category, education and experience sections. Follow this advertisement's qualifications; generic form questions do not change the PDF requirements.
4. Upload the required photograph and signature, each below 200 KB in an accepted image format. The form permits a resume below 2 MB; follow the portal's displayed file rules.
5. Check the summary and follow the remaining official submission instructions by 16 November 2026. Retain the acknowledgement or registration number if issued, and check IMTECH for later notices.