ARI JRF Plant Breeding Recruitment 2026

ARI JRF Plant Breeding Recruitment 2026: Overview

MACS - Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) is recruiting a Junior Research Fellow for its Genetics and Plant Breeding Group in Pune. The appointment belongs to a project funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi, focused on improving resistance to Fusarium head blight in elite Indian wheat through marker-assisted backcrossing. ARI is an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

The project is identified as SP-394, and the post code is SP-394-JRF-2026-27. Dr. Sudhir Navathe is the principal investigator, with Dr. Yashavantha Kumar KJ as co-principal investigator; these identifiers help you distinguish this opening from the institute’s other research advertisements.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Project appointment: The fellowship is contractual and linked to the sponsored research project. The advertised project period extends up to 26 August 2029; the notice does not separately promise an individual appointment for that entire period.
• No regular appointment claim: Selection for this project does not give you a right to a regular post at ARI or at the funding agency. Keep this condition in mind when considering the appointment.
• Project assignment: ARI may move selected staff to another project if its institutional needs call for it.
• Committee discretion: The scrutiny committee decides whether qualifications can be treated as equivalent to the stated requirements. The competent authority may relax desirable qualifications for exceptionally qualified applicants.
• Interview language: You can choose to attend the interview in Hindi as well.
• Travel costs: The institute does not provide a travelling allowance for the interview.
• Payment problems: ARI does not take responsibility for incomplete, pending or failed fee transactions. The notice directs applicants to contact the bank about such issues.