A candidate appointed for the position of Junior Research Fellow will be entrusted with the duty of carrying out research work and the area in which the research work is to be done depends on the organization for which the candidate is appointed.

In India, the consolidated pay scale for the position of Research fellow in Government Organizations would be somewhere between Rs. 12000 and Rs. 16000 per month.

Recent Job Notifications for the position of Research Fellow in Government Organizations:

Recently, the following government organizations called for applications from eligible candidates for the position of Junior Research Fellow:

• National Remote Sensing Centre

• Gujarat Ecological Education & Research Foundation

• Ministry of Earth Sciences of Government of India

• Indian Institute of Petroleum

• Macs-Agharkar Research Institute

• Physical Research Laboratory

• Indian Agricultural Research Institute

• G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development

• Institute of Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding

• India Meteorological Department

Educational Qualification required for the position of Research Fellow in Government Organizations:

The educational requirement for the post of Junior Research Fellow depends purely on the nature of job of the organization, which calls for application from candidates. Normally, most of the government organizations require that candidates must be postgraduate degree holders in appropriate field in which the organization is conducting research. For instance, for the junior research fellow position in the Indian Institute of Petroleum, candidates must be M. Sc Chemistry degree holders.

Mode of selection for the post of Junior Research Fellow:

Normally, in a government organization candidates are selected for the post of Junior Research Fellow based on their performance in the written test followed by interview.

Scope of the position of Junior Research Fellow:

Candidates selected for the position of Junior Research Fellow can be promoted as Senior Research Fellow once they are well trained in this position. There will also be a hike in the pay scale as well.