Applications are invited from highly motivated and team-oriented young candidates for Max Planck Partner Group'sJunior Research Fellow(MP-PG JRF) and SERB funded Junior Research Fellow positions (SERB-JRF) at the atmospheric Greenhouse gas Modeling and Applications (GMA) group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) IISER Bhopal.
Number of positions: Two JRFs (1 SERB, 1 MPI-PG)
Duration: Initially for 6 months, but extendable based on candidate's performance Profile of qualifications: Essential: 1) Master's (M.Sc.)/M.Tech degrees in any of the disciplines of Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Physics, Environmental Physics/Science, Mathematics, and Chemical, Environmental, Computer and Civil Engineering from a recognized University/ Institution with a minimum of 60% marks or CGPA/CPI of 7.0 on a 10 point scale (overall percentage/CGPA/CPI; not only in majoring subject).
Candidates having a M.Tech./M.E. degree from India must have qualified the GATE exam at the time of admission to the M.Tech./M.E. programme. GATE examination is exempt for those with B.Tech. from IITs or BS-MS from IISERs with CGPA/CPI more than 8.0 on a 10 point scale.
2) Strong background in Mathematics/Numerical methods with motivation towards Atmospheric Sciences
3) In addition to minimum qualification, for all candidates, National level examinations like National Eligibility Test (NET)/CSIR-JRF/UGC-JRF/INSPIRE-Ph.D./GATE/Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship or any other equivalent Fellowship is mandatory.
Desirable:
1) Experience in Programming (like FORTRAN, C/C++, Matlab, Python, NCL etc.); Shell scripting.
2) Handling of a large volume of data and conversant with data format like NetCDF, HDF, GRIB etc.
3) Working experience in LINUX/UNIX environment. 4) Strong aptitude towards pursuing PhD.
Salary: 31,000/- + 16% H.R.A.