IOP Project Consultant DAE Project Recruitment 2026

IOP Project Consultant Recruitment 2026: Overview

Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar (IOP), under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), is hiring Project Consultants to support a sanctioned DAE project. The appointments bring together scientific coordination and administrative support at the institute. You would join on a project contract, with work covering project records, reports and coordination between research teams and institute sections.

Posts and Disciplines

• Scientific & Technical: this role connects scientific activity with project monitoring, technical records and communication with the people leading the research.
• Administration & Coordination: this role focuses on the project's financial records, purchasing activity and administrative information needed for monitoring and review.

Post-wise Duties

Project Consultant (Scientific & Technical)

You will gather scientific and technical progress information from principal investigators and organise it against project milestones. Your work also includes keeping records of project staff, recruitment and appointments, preparing material for project reviews, and following up on pending action points with the relevant teams.

Project Consultant (Administration & Coordination)

You will keep track of project spending, commitments and available balances. Procurement work includes following proposals, approvals, tenders and Government e-Marketplace processes through to purchase orders, delivery, installation and payment.

Both roles contribute to project reports and organised records, including information needed by funding agencies, institute authorities and audit or review committees. Depending on your assignment, you will prepare financial or procurement statements, presentations and correspondence, while keeping related paper and electronic records in order.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Initial term: the engagement starts for one year. Extension depends on satisfactory performance, continued project need, applicable rules and available funds.
• Project-linked end: the appointment cannot continue beyond the project. It ends when the project closes or is terminated, or when the approved appointment term ends, whichever happens first.
• Regular appointment: this temporary project engagement gives you no right to a regular position at IOP.
• Notice period: either you or the institute may end the engagement by giving one month's notice.
• Recruitment changes: IOP may change the number of positions, leave posts unfilled, or modify or cancel the recruitment.
• Communication: only shortlisted applicants will receive further communication. The institute will not answer correspondence about shortlisting or selection, and its competent authority's decision is final.

Application Submission Notes

Send your application by email to registrar@iopb.res.in, clearly naming the consultant role you want to be considered for. If you meet the requirements for both roles, state your preference as directed in the notice.

• Keep project staffing, recruitment and appointment records up to date.
• Compile scientific progress information against project milestones.
• Track project allocations, spending, commitments and balances.
• Follow procurement proposals through approvals, purchasing, delivery and payment.
• Prepare project reports, financial statements, presentations and correspondence.
• Organise paper and electronic records of approvals, finances, procurement and progress.
• Follow up on pending action points with principal investigators and institute sections.