CSIR-NEERI Project Associate II (EHT Division) Recruitment 2026 – Walkin

CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur, will hold a walk-in interview on 20 November 2026. Candidates must report between 9:30 am and 11:00 am, and the gate will be closed by 11:00 am, at CSIR-NEERI, Nehru Marg, Near Ajni Square, Nagpur - 440020. The institute is engaging one Project Associate-II (PAT-II) on a purely temporary basis under the project "Bacteriophage and one-health approach tackling AMR infections in humans, animals, and environment - (GAP-2983)", with monthly emoluments of Rs. 28,000 or Rs. 35,000 plus HRA depending on the candidate's qualification.

CSIR-NEERI Project Associate-II (PAT-II) Walk-in Interview Date, Time and Venue

About the Project

CSIR-NEERI is a CSIR institute at Nehru Marg, Nagpur. The notice invites applications for R&D project staff through a walk-in interview under the project "Bacteriophage and one-health approach tackling AMR infections in humans, animals, and environment - (GAP-2983)". The project is tenable at CSIR-NEERI Nagpur or its Zonal centres, and the notice is signed by Dr. Krishnamurthi Kannan, Project Leader, Scientist-G and Chair, EHT Division.

Posts and Eligibility

Along with the M.Sc., the notice requires 2 years experience in Research and Development in Industrial and/or Academic Institutions or Science and Technology Organizations and Scientific activities and services. Its job requirement column states two years of laboratory research experience in microbiology/ molecular biology & environmental techniques.

The upper age limit is 35, reckoned as on the last date of receipt of applications. The notice does not print an age relaxation, but the application form asks whether the candidate is eligible for age relaxation and says a caste certificate is to be attached if the answer is yes.

Pay Rules

• Rs. 35,000 + HRA for candidates who have qualified CSIR-UGC / ICAR / ICMR NET lectureship / Assistant professorship or GATE, OR those who have qualified National level examinations conducted by Central Government Departments like DBT/DST or equivalent and / or their Agencies / Institutions.
• Rs. 28,000 + HRA for others who do not fall under the first category.
• Project staff must arrange their own accommodation; HRA is admissible as per applicable rules.

Eligibility Conditions

• Only candidates who have acquired the essential qualification and whose result has been declared (at least a provisional certificate) are eligible to apply.
• Result awaited, final semester appeared or Ph.D. submitted candidates are not eligible where the minimum essential qualification is mandatory.
• Final semester and result awaited candidates are not allowed to appear for the interview.
• Experience is counted from the date after acquiring the minimum educational qualification. Dissertation or thesis work during the academic period and time spent acquiring a higher qualification are not counted as experience.
• The tenure of project staff who have served CSIR-NEERI or other CSIR laboratories under contract R&D projects cannot exceed six or seven years, as the case may be, under clause 1.6/1.7 of CSIR OM No. 5-1(342)/2017-PD dated 02.09.2024 as amended from time to time.

Candidates should check the official notification for the full conditions of the post.

What to Bring

• Passport-size photo
• Aadhaar card
• 10th (SSC), 12th (HSC) and Graduate marksheets
• Degree and Graduate mark sheets (one set photocopy and original)
• Filled application form attached with the advertisement

The application form asks for name, date of birth, category, age on the closing date, marital status, communication address, phone and email, qualifications, whether NET/GATE is qualified, experience and the name of any close relative in NEERI/CSIR (to be written as "NONE" if there is none). It also carries a declaration on the years, months and days already served as project staff in CSIR laboratories, with a photo to be signed across.

What Happens on the Day

Selection will be done on the basis of the walk-in interview at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur. If a large number of applications is received, preference will be given to candidates under the criteria adopted by the Screening Committee, and mere fulfilment of the minimum qualification does not confer any right to be called for interview.

The notice says the date of interview will be notified separately on www.neeri.res.in. It also says shortlisted candidates will be invited for the online interview, with information uploaded on the website/ portal (applicable only for walk-in interview). The notice also says no TA will be paid for appearing in offline interviews.

Important Instructions

• Candidates are not required to pay any application fees.
• The position is purely temporary and co-terminus with the project, and gives no right to regularization against any CSIR/CSIR-NEERI post.
• The offer letter will be issued initially for the period for which funds are available. A review committee will assess performance and recommend extension, if required, subject to availability of funds.
• Engagement may be extended or curtailed depending on project duration or the desired level of performance or conduct.
• Engagement may be terminated at any time without assigning reasons by giving a one-month notice. A person who wishes to leave may give one month notice or pay one-month remuneration in lieu, which can be condoned or curtailed at the discretion of the Competent Authority.
• Selected candidates are expected to join within the time frame in the offer letter after pre-appointment formalities such as medical examination and character verification.
• Each selected candidate must sign an undertaking to maintain confidentiality of project findings and associated intellectual property information.
• No upgradation of project staff is done in the same or a new project; candidates must apply fresh and appear for the interview if shortlisted.
• Engagement under a new project is made only after the competent authority accepts the resignation from the previous project.
• CSIR-NEERI reserves the right to cancel or withdraw the offer of engagement if any discrepancy is found in the candidature of any empaneled candidate.

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