National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute was established as an autonomous institute under the Government of India. The institute comes under the Department of Biotechnology which in turn comes under the Ministry of Science and Technology. The institute is located at Mohali, Punjab. The major idea behind the establishment of the institute was to lead the transformation of agri-food sector in India. The institute actually came into existence as a nodal organization for knowledge generation and translational science. One of the major function of the institute is to develop synergy among knowledge providers.

Job Profile:

Eligible candidates are invited to apply for filling up the following vacant posistions of Management Assistants, System Analyst (High Performance Computing), Technical Officer (Software Support/Database), Assistant Engineer (Electrical) and Senior Technical Assistants in National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute.

1. Recruitment of Managament Assistants:
No. of posts: Only 4 posts are available.
Age Limit: Maximum age limit is 26 years.
Pay Scale: Rs. 9300-34800 + Grade Pay of Rs. 4200.

2. Recruitment of System Analyst (High Performance Computing):
No. of posts: Only 1 post is available.
Age Limit: Maximum age limit is 30 years.
Pay Scale: Rs. 15600-39100 + Grade Pay of Rs. 5400.

3. Recruitment of Technical Officer (Software Support):
No. of posts: Only 1 post is available.
Age Limit: Maximum age limit is 26 years.
Pay Scale: Rs. 9300-34800 + Grade Pay of Rs. 4200.

4. Recruitment of Technical Officer (Database):
No. of posts: Only 1 post is available.
Age Limit: Maximum age limit is 26 years.
Pay Scale: Rs. 9300-34800 + Grade Pay of Rs. 4200.

5. Recruitment of Assistant Engineer (Electrical):
No. of posts: Only 1 post is available.
Age Limit: Maximum age limit is 30 years.
Pay Scale: Rs. 9300-34800 + Grade Pay of Rs. 4200.

6. Recruitment of Senior Technical Assistants:
No. of posts: Only 2 posts are available.
Age Limit: Maximum age limit is 26 years.
Pay Scale: Rs. 9300-34800 + Grade Pay of Rs. 4200.

Application Fee:

Rs. 100 is the amount of application fee that is need to be submitted by all the interested candidates belonging to General and OBC cateories. No application fee is to be submitted by the reserved categories candidates. The application fee must be submitted through Demand Draft issued by State Bank of India only. The Demand Draft must eb drawn in favour of National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali payable at Phase- 1 Br., Mohali.

How to apply: Candidates should send the application form complete in all respect alongwith the other required enclosures. All the specified enclosures must be sent before the last date for the reciept of application. The envelope must be superscribed as “Application for the post of _____________”.

Administrative Officer,
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute,
C-127, Phase-VIII, Industrial Area,
SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab-160071 (India).

Contact Details:

National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute,
C-127, Phase-VIII, Industrial Area,
SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab-160071 (India).

Last date to apply: 31 March 2011

For more information visit http://www.nabi.res.in