| Essential Qualification |
1. Post Graduate Degree, including the integrated PG degrees
2. For Engineering / IT / CS - Four Years Graduate Degree.
**HRA as admissible
Age relaxation upto 5 years may be granted to deserving candidates having experience of working in Government Research Organization on a case-to-case basis, by DG, ICMR/Head of the Institution. However, the contract for engagement of project staff shall be upto one year, which shall be extendable up to three-years, subject to requirement and performance review by the PI/Director (as three years is the average tenure of research projects in ICMR). In exceptional cases, extension may be granted by the Director General ICMR, up to five-years, subject to nature and requirement (s) of the project. The fixed term engagement (s) i.e. initial as well as extended, shall automatically cease/conclude, if the same is not extended within the tenure. No retrospective extension of engagement (s) shall be permissible. |