Website Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (CSIR-IICT) is a Premier Research
Laboratory under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), which is an autonomous
body under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. CSIR-IICT is a
multi-disciplinary Institute with proven strengths in Organic Chemistry (Drugs & Pharmaceuticals,
Agro-chemicals & Semio-chemicals), Inorganic & Physical Chemistry including Catalysis, Lipid
Science & Technology, Organic Coatings & Polymers, Functional Materials, Chemical Biology,
Chemical /Environmental/ Design Engineering.
CSIR-IICT invites ONLINE APPLICATIONS from enthusiastic, young Indian researchers having
excellent academic record and proven achievements with requisite experience and a high degree of
motivation and desire to take up Research/S&T Management as a career to fill up the vacancy of
following posts of scientists as per the details given below
Designation: Scientist
No. of Posts & Reservation: Total no.of post:- 31;
UR – 13
EWS – 02
OBC(NCL) – 08
SC – 05
ST – 01
UR-PwBD (HH) – 01
UR-PwBD (OH) – 01
Pay Level (As per 7th CPC): Level:-11
Total Emoluments (As per 7th CPC): Rs.1,34,907/- approx.. (inclusive of Basic Pay, DA, HRA, TA etc.)
Upper Age Limit not exceeding (as on the last date of submission of online application as
mentioned in the Advt.): 32 years
Total Emoluments means approximate total emoluments on minimum of Pay Level, Dearness Allowance (DA), House Rent Allowance (HRA), Transport Allowance (TA) etc. in Class ‘X’ City.
Starting date for Submission of Online Application: 08.11.2024 at 09.00 AM
Last Date for receipt/submission of Online Application: 09.12.2024 at 11.59 PM
1)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01(UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with homogeneous asymmetric catalysis as the core area of research.
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Proficiency in homogeneous catalysis, design and synthesis of asymmetric catalysts and their characterization, catalytic reactions related to the preparation of fine and speciality chemicals.
Post-doctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of homogeneous asymmetric catalysis, synthesis of catalysts and their applications.
2)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01(EWS)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with heterogeneous catalysis as the core area of research.
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Proficiency in heterogeneous catalysts preparation, characterization and evaluation of catalysts through vapour phase continuous reactions for the synthesis of fine/speciality chemicals.
Post-doctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of heterogeneous catalysis, preparation of catalysts and their applications.
3)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 02(UR:-01, SC:-01)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis submitted in Science/ Chemical Sciences/ Phytochemistry
with Natural Products Isolation and characterization as the core area of research.
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in extraction, isolation, and characterization of natural products as well as handling sophisticated analytical instruments such as LC-MS, HPLC, HPTLC, Flash chromatography and interpretation of the spectroscopic data. Experience in the area of phytopharmaceuticals.
Post-doctoral and/or industry work experience
Job requirements / specification:The selected candidate will have to work in the area of natural products isolation, characterization and their applications to value added products.
4)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (OBC)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry as the core area of research.
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in design and synthesis of new chemical entities (NCE) for biological activity, medicinal or pharmaceutical intermediates or Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredients (APIs) Post-doctoral and/or industry work experience.
Post-doctoral and/or industry work experience
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the design, synthesis of novel chemical compounds for drug discovery and pursue translational research relevant to institutional research on Medicinal Chemistry projects.
5)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (SC)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry/ Polymer Science with Polymer Coatings/ Paints as the core area of research. Ph.D. thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry as the core area of research.
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Expertise in the design, development and synthesis of polymeric functional coatings/ paints/ adhesives. Experience in functionalization of polymers, characterization and structure property relationship of polymers; formulation and performance evaluation.
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the specified areas and
pursue translational research relevant to institutional R & D programs and industry.
6)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with Electrochemistry for applications in Energy Storage as the core area of research.
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Proficiency in materials of electrochemistry with expertise in design and development of next generation electrochemical systems; energy storage application; electro-analytical techniques. Experience in device fabrication; comprehensive performance evaluation and troubleshooting. Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the domain of Energy
Generation and Storage application particularly in areas of rechargeable batteries, next generation energy
devices and storage.
7)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (UR)
Essential Qualification: PhD Thesis submitted in Science/ Chemical Sciences/Chemistry/ Material Science with Computational chemistry as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in wave function theory, density functional theory, classical force fields, kinetic simulations and AI/ML techniques as well as prediction of catalyst/material properties. Expertise with LAMMPS, coding & scripting in material science.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of computational chemistry. In addition, expected to work in association with experimental scientists
and pursue translational research relevant to institutional R&D programs.
8)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (SC)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry/ Analytical Chemistry/ Pharmaceutical sciences with HPLC based purifications as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in HPLC based purifications, particularly, method developments of chromatography techniques HPLC, UPLC, chiral separations, and their applications to organic chemistry. Knowledge in regulatory aspects of analytical methods.
Post-doctoral and/or pharmaceutical industry experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of analytical chemistry, HPLC based purifications.
9)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (OBC)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis Submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry/ Physical Sciences with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) methods and developments as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in the development of highresolution
solution-state / solid-state NMR methods and their applications to Biosolids /Material Science /Polymers/Structural Organic Chemistry. Hands-on experience in pulse programming/ sequence optimization and NMR techniques relevant to polymorphism/drug impurities, peptides and NMR instrumentation.
Post-doctoral experience and/or pharmaceutical industry experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of analytical and structural chemistry as well as interdisciplinary R&D projects of the institute.
10)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Oil Technology/ Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology with Lipid Processing as the core area of research
(or)
M.E/M. Tech. in Oil Technology/ Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology with Lipid Processing as
the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience:Experience in the extraction of oils with
alternative solvents to hexane like alcohols, supercritical carbon dioxide; bioactive lipids and/or phospholipids isolation and purification. Research experience in the areas of by-product utilization/ value addition.
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of Vegetable oils & fats extraction, Processing, bye-product utilization and pursue translational research relevant to institutional R & D programs
11)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (OBC)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with Fluorination or Organofluorine chemistry as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in the design and synthesis of molecules for agro/pharmaceuticals involving fluorination/ Organofluorine based reactions. Expertise in working with autoclave reactors/ vapour phase fluorination towards specialty fluorochemicals Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of Fluorination/
Organofluorine chemistry related projects including basic and applied research
12)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (ST)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with Synthetic Organic Chemistry as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in designing route & synthesis
of key starting materials (KSM’s), synthetic methods/multi-step synthesis /development of processes for
agrochemicals/semiochemicals at lab scale/pilot scale
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of synthetic organic chemistry projects relevant to institutional R & D programs.
13)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with Enzyme Catalyzed Organic Synthesis/ Biotransformation/Biocatalysis as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in synthetic methods using
enzymes, new organic transformation via Enzyme catalysis/bio-catalysis or process development of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of organic synthesis & process chemistry using Enzyme catalysis/bio-catalysis.
14)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 02 (UR:-01, OBC:-01)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with synthesis of oligonucleotides/ oligosaccharides/ antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in the synthesis of oligonucleotides / Oligosaccharides / antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) or related APIs and their purifications.
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate is expected to work in the area of
oligonucleotides / Oligosaccharides/ antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) as well as related translational research projects.
15)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (OBC:-01)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis submitted in Science/ Chemical Sciences/Chemistry with theoretical organic chemistry as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in computational/theoretical
organic chemistry, reaction mechanisms. Experience in modern computational techniques such as DFT, QM/MM, MD simulations, semi-empirical techniques, AI/ML, interpretation of spectroscopic
experimental data for elucidation of reaction mechanisms
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of theoretical
organic chemistry, reaction mechanisms. In addition, expected to work with experimental organic chemistry scientists in relevant institutional R&D programs.
16)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 02 (UR:-01, SC:-01)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. thesis submitted in Biological Sciences/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/
Environmental Sciences/ Biotechnology With Bioprocess/ Bioproducts development and Biorefinery as the core area of research
(or)
ME/M.Tech. in Biotechnology with Bioprocess/ Bioproducts development and Biorefinery as the core
area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in sustainable bioprocesses
employing fermentation/ photosynthetic/ bio-electrocatalytic/biorefinery processes for chemicals and materials. Proficiency in metabolic engineering, scale-up and/or bioinformatics tools with systems biology approach.
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the field of sustainable
bioprocess integrated with circular economy in relevant institutional R&D programs.
17)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (OBC)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. thesis submitted in Environmental Sciences/Environmental Management/
Environmental Engineering/ Environmental Biotechnology with Environmental Management and
Sustainability as the core area of research
(or)
ME/M.Tech. in Environmental Engineering/ Environmental Biotechnology/ Biotechnology, with Environmental Management and Sustainability as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in environmental processes, including advanced wastewater treatment, air pollution control, bioremediation, microbial ecology of environmental systems, environmental surveillance, environmental impact assessment and sustainability/Life Cycle Assessment.
Postdoctoral and/or industry and/or fieldexperience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work towards interdisciplinary research, focusing onaddressing environmental challenges faced by industry and society, and developing sustainable solutions for practical and field implementation in relevant institutionalR&D programs.
18)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis Submitted in Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology/ Biotechnology /Bio-Engineering with Anaerobic Digestion as the core area of research
(or)
ME/M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology/ Biotechnology/ Bio-Engineering
with Anaerobic Digestion as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in anaerobic digestion of organic waste for the generation of bioenergy/biogas/biochemicals/other value-added products. Hands-on experience in the design and operation of high-rate bio-digesters for biological waste management would be an added advantage.
Postdoctoral and/or industry and/or field experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in anaerobic digestion towards biogas generation; bioengineering in developing and translation of lowcarbon and sustainable processes/technologies etc. in relevant institutional R&D programs.
19)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (OBC)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Sciences/Life Sciences/ Biology with Synthetic Biology as core area of research
(or)
ME/M.Tech. in Biotechnology/ Biochemical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering with Synthetic Biology as core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in the domain of synthetic biology tools to reprogram cells/microorganisms/plants capable of producing enzymes/chemicals for various applications and gene editing tools, gene assembly techniques.
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in engineered organisms;
strain engineering using the concept of synthetic biology work flows for high throughput solutions related to R&D activities.
20)
Post Name:Scientist
Vacancy: 01 (SC)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. thesis submitted in Sciences/Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical sciences
with Pharmacology as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in in-vitro and in-vivo pharmacology, experimental pharmacology techniques related to various animal models and pharmacokinetic studies.
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the area of pharmacology. Expected to work closely with multiple discovery project teams and provide pharmacologysupport in the design and execution of preclinical efficacy and IND enabling studies.
21)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 02 (UR:-01, UR-PwBD)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis Submitted in Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology with process modelling, simulation and design as the core area of research
(or)
M.E. / M. Tech in Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology with process modelling, simulation and design as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in the area of process modelling, simulation, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), optimization and process design for different unit operations and processes and plant-wide modelling, process design of pilot plants and commercial plants through scale up studies. Industry research experience in process modelling, simulation, CFD and process
design.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the Process modelling,
simulation and process design field. In addition, need to take active role in pursuing basic and
translational research towards industrial chemicals and their scale-up studies, as part of institutional as well as industry projects.
22)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 02 (UR:-01, OBC:-01)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis Submitted in Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology with Process Development as the core area of research
(or)
M.E. / M. Tech in Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology with Process Development as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in the areas of Process development at bench scale for process know-how including downstream processing and process design in scale up
studies for pilot plants / commercial plants. Industry research experience in processdevelopment and the design and chemical process simulators.
Job requirements / specification: The selected candidate is expected to work in pursuing basic and translational research toward the development of novel processes for industrial chemicals as part of institutional/ industry projects
23)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01(EWS)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis Submitted in Mechanical Engineeringwith Process Engineering
as the core area ofresearch
(or)
M.E. / M. Tech in Mechanical Engineering with Process Engineering as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in mechanical design of
process Equipment & Modelling along with piping, fittings and instrumentation. Expertise and conversant with PFDs, P&IDs, equipment arrangement drawings, bill of materials and cost estimation and ability to operate chemical process plant equipment. Hands on experience of software related to process equipment engineering like AutoCAD, PDS and PVELITE. Knowledge in Process equipment design standards and CFD.
Post-doc/Industry experience in the above areas.
Job Specification: The selected candidate will have to work in the specified area of process
engineering research and need to contribute to CSIR’s large multidisciplinary and multi-institutional
research programs.
24)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01(UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/Chemistry/ Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology with Membrane based separations as the core area of research
(or)
ME/M.Tech in Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology with Membrane based separations as the core
area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in the development of membranes and membrane-based processes/devices for gas separation. Hands-on experience in the development
of membranes and membrane-based devices for solving industrial separation problems such as gas separation, CO2 capture, membrane electrolysis.
Job requirements /specification: The selected candidate needs to work in the specified area of
research and pursue translational research in the membrane-based separation processes, relevant to institutional R&D programs and projects.
25)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01(UR-PwBD)
Essential Qualification: Ph. D. Thesis submitted in Science/Chemical Science/Chemistry/ Life Sciences/ Pharmaceutical Sciences/ Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology/ Biotechnology
(or)
ME/M.Tech in Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology/ Biotechnology
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience/diploma in Scientific journalism/ mass communication/ Multimedia. Popular science writing/ editing/reporting for reputed national magazines,
newspapers, newsletters, evidenced by published documents. Skills in science media production,
science communication/ outreach/ public engagement with proficiency in English,
Hindi and other regional languages.
Job requirements /specification: The selected candidate will have to work for the promotion of research by Popular science writing/ reporting/ editing, managing scientific communication in various media, including print, social, digital, audio- video, online, etc
26)
Post Name: Scientist
Vacancy: 01(UR)
Essential Qualification: Ph.D. Thesis Submitted in Science/Chemical Sciences/ Pharmaceutical
Science/Nano sciences with Formulations as the core area of research
Desirable Qualifications and/or Experience: Experience in formulations in the area of
agrochemicals/pharmaceuticals.
Postdoctoral and/or industry work experience
Job requirements /specification: The selected candidate will have work in the area of formulations
relevant to institutional R&D programs and projects.
General Information and Conditions:-
1. Benefits under Council service:
a. These posts carry usual allowances i.e. Dearness Allowance (DA), House Rent
Allowance (HRA), Transport Allowance (TA) etc. as admissible to the Central
Government employees and as made applicable to CSIR employees at the place of
posting. Council employees are also entitled to accommodation according to the
CSIR Residence Allotment Rules, subject to availability. If council or government
accommodation is utilized, HRA will not be provided.
b. In addition to the emoluments indicated against each category of posts, benefits
such as reimbursement of Medical Expenses, Leave Travel Concession and
Children’s Education Allowances etc. are also available as per CSIR/Govt. of India
(GoI) Rules as applicable to the Council servants.
c. The selected candidates will be governed by ‘National Pension System’ or Extant
Pension System based on defined contributions as adopted by CSIR for its
employees.
d. CSIR provides excellent opportunities to deserving candidates for career
advancement under Assessment Promotion scheme for Scientists, as per rules as
amended from time to time.
e. Deserving candidates may be considered for the advance increments based on
recommendations of the Selection Committee, subject to acceptance by the
Competent Authority, in accordance with the provisions outlined in the CSIR
Recruitment and Promotion Rules.
f. In regard to all the matters concerning service conditions of employees of the
Society, Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and Central Civil Services
(Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, the Fundamental and
Supplementary Rules framed by the Govt. of India and such other rules and
orders issued by the Govt. of India from time to time shall apply to the extent
applicable to the employees of the Council.
g. All the posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL) i.e. the candidate on selection
may be asked to serve anywhere in the country.
h. The selected candidate will have to work independently as well as with senior
scientists. The candidate is also expected to write research proposals and pursue
translational research relevant to institutional R&D programs.
i. Candidates shall work as per the Institute’s mandate and as per directions of the
Director, CSIR-IICT
