PAU SRF Plant Pathology Recruitment 2026

PAU Senior Research Fellow Recruitment 2026: Overview

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is recruiting a Senior Research Fellow in its Department of Plant Pathology at Ludhiana for a project on disease control in potato and chilli. The scheme evaluates INF 23-1 and INF 23-2, involving Copper Hydroxide 30.77% WG, for their effectiveness against crop diseases and their potential to cause plant injury. Its reference is Misc 53 (PC-5381), which identifies the specific research scheme supporting this appointment. Your engagement would be tied to that scheme, with the department's notice setting out a short project tenure and an application arrangement handled through its office.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Project tenure: The appointment lasts for six months or until the scheme ends, whichever comes first. If the scheme closes before six months have passed, the stated appointment period ends with it.
• Scheme-linked work: The fellowship is attached to the named evaluation project on potato and chilli diseases. This gives you a specific research context for the role: the advertised engagement supports that scheme within Plant Pathology.
• Complete applications: The department will not consider incomplete applications. Check that your prescribed form is complete before it reaches the office; sending only part of the required application does not meet the notice's condition.
• Interview communication: PAU will not send a separate interview invitation. You need to use the schedule already published in the notice when planning your attendance, rather than waiting for an individual message from the department.
• Travel costs: PAU will not pay travel or daily allowance for attending the interview. Plan to meet those costs yourself if you need to travel to Ludhiana for the appointment process.

Application Submission Notes

The prescribed application form is available from the department office on working days between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM; this is the form the notice asks you to use. Send the completed application to the Head, Department of Plant Pathology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, ensuring it reaches the office within the advertised deadline.

The office accepts applications on working days between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, a different window from the hours stated for getting the form. Your interview venue is the office of the Head, Department of Plant Pathology, PAU, Ludhiana, so both the application destination and the interview venue are within the same department. The notice uses an office-based application route, and you should follow that arrangement when preparing your application.

• Support the project's evaluation of treatments against potato and chilli diseases.
• Help assess the disease-control performance of the trial compounds.
• Record signs of plant injury during phytotoxicity evaluation.
• Keep clear records of treatments, observations and research results.
• Assist with plant pathology experiments and analysis of study data.
• Prepare research summaries and reports for the project team.