Panjab University, Chandigarh invites applications for the post of ONE Guest Faculty (purely on a contractual basis) to teach M.Sc. (Microbial Biotechnology) classes
during the odd semester of the academic year 2024-2025 in the Department of Microbial Biotechnology.
Departments: Microbial Biotechnology
Essential Qualification: Master’s degree in microbiology/ biotechnology/Microbial Biotechnology or allied subject with at least 55%
marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) from an Indian
University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university. A relaxation of 5% shall be
provided for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Differently-abled/Other
Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-creamy Layer)/ Ph.D. Degree holders, who have obtained their Master’s
Degree prior to 19 September 1991.
Desirable qualification:
Ph.D. in Microbiology/Biotechnology or allied fields.
Note:
Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test
(NET) conducted by the UGC, CSIR, or similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET/SET or who are or
have been awarded a Ph. D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission. Provided
further, candidates registered for the Ph.D. program prior to July 11, 2009, shall be exempted from the
requirement of NET/SLET/SET subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions:-
a) Ph.D. degree of the candidate awarded in regular mode only.
b) Evaluation of the Ph.D. thesis by at least two external examiners.
c) An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate had been conducted.
d) The candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work out of which at least one
must be in a refereed journal.
e) Candidate has made at least two presentations in conferences/seminars, based on his/her Ph.D. work.
(a) to (e) as above are to be certified by the Registrar/ Dean (Academic Affairs).
Remuneration: The above assignment will be on a lecture basis with a token honorarium of Rs.1500/- per lecture with an
upper limit of Rs. 50000/- per month.
Date, Time & Venue of Interview: The interview for the post will be held in the office of the Chairperson, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The date and time of the interview will be intimated to the shortlisted candidates by e-mail. The applicants are advised to bring their original certificates and other relevant documents for verification at the time of the interview.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates are required to submit the soft copy of the application in the
prescribed proforma available on the Panjab University website
(Application Form) along with self-attested
copies of all the relevant documents/certificates to the Chairperson, Department of Microbial
Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh at the e-mail id chairdmbt@pu.ac.in latest by August 12,
2024.
The candidates should also submit the hard copy of the same by the due date to the office of the
Chairperson, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Last date for apply: 12.08.2024
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