IITM Project Scientist I MST Recruitment 2026

IITM Project Scientist I Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) is recruiting Project Scientist-I (Non-Medical) for the Department of Medical Sciences and Technology in Chennai. Your contract appointment will support the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) sponsored project, ICMR Centre for Advanced Research – ICMR-NIRT CCR for Tuberculosis Diagnostics & Therapeutics. Prof. Narayanan Madaboosi Srinivasan coordinates this project, which connects IIT Madras with ICMR-NIRT for tuberculosis research.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Initial contract: The appointment runs for one year at first. An extension may follow if your performance supports it, but completing the contract does not give you a right to another term or a permanent institute job.
• Final submission: Check your entries carefully before sending the online form. Once submitted, the application cannot be edited or taken back, so you should not rely on correcting it later.
• Duplicate applications: The portal accepts a single application against an advertisement for each registered email login. Sending repeated applications for the same post can lead to rejection.
• Contact details: Use an active email address that you check regularly. IIT Madras will use email for recruitment correspondence and will contact only applicants it shortlists.
• Provisional consideration: Registration or a call letter does not confirm that your application has been accepted for appointment. The institute can check the claims in your form at later points in the recruitment.
• Accuracy of information: Keep every claim in your application truthful. False information can lead to rejection, and concealed background information or false records discovered after joining can lead to termination.
• Institute discretion: IIT Madras may leave an advertised position unfilled. It can also correct, withdraw or cancel a recruitment communication if it discovers an error, including after an appointment letter has been issued.
• Recruitment queries: The institute will not answer individual requests about results or why someone was not called. Trying to influence the recruitment can disqualify you.
• Technical help: For problems with the online application, contact icsrrecruitment6@icsrpis.iitm.ac.in or icsrrecruitment@icsrpis.iitm.ac.in. You can also call 044-2257 8843 from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM on working weekdays, excluding national holidays; this support is for technical issues.
• Notice updates: Check the institute website for any later clarification or corrigendum. IIT Madras says it will post these online without sending a separate message to each applicant.
• Gender balance: The institute encourages women to apply as part of its effort to build a more balanced workforce.

• Collect samples needed for the study.
• Archive study samples.
• Prepare samples for laboratory work.
• Coordinate sample logistics and handling between ICMR-NIRT and IIT Madras.
• Develop padlock-probe-based isothermal nucleic acid testing methods.
• Optimise the testing methods through bench experiments.