ARI Project Associate I Crop SustaiN Recruitment 2026

ARI Project Associate I Recruitment 2026: Overview

MACS - Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) is recruiting a Project Associate I for its Genetics and Plant Breeding Group in Pune. The contractual role belongs to Crop SustaiN, a project studying the global potential of Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI). The notice names the Novo-Nordic Foundation, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and CIMMYT-Mexico in its funding and project information. ARI is an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Project setting: You would join the institute’s plant-breeding research group under project SP-377. The notice identifies ICAR-IIWBR Karnal among the organisations connected with the sponsored work.
• Research coordination: Dr. Yashavantha Kumar KJ is the principal investigator. Dr. R.M. Patil, Dr. Sudhir Navathe and Dr. V.S. Baviskar are named as co-principal investigators, placing the appointment within an identified research team.
• Project period: The stated project period runs up to 31 May 2028. This is the project’s end date; the notice does not separately promise an individual appointment lasting for the entire remaining period.
• Contract status: The engagement is purely contractual, tied to the research work described in this sponsored-project notice. Taking up this position gives you no right to appointment against another post at ARI or at the funding agency.
• Possible reassignment: ARI may assign the selected person to another project if the institute needs it. Keep this condition in mind when considering the named project as your expected research setting.
• Travel support: The institute will not pay travel allowance for attending the interview. Do not plan on reimbursement under this recruitment notice.
• Project-code inconsistency: The advertisement heading, project details and post code identify SP-377, while a line in the qualification block mentions SP-389. Use the full advertisement number to identify this recruitment and seek clarification from ARI if that mismatch affects your application.

Application Submission Notes

The notice directs you to http://arijob.ourlib.in for the online application; this is the route named by ARI for this advertisement. Where the application fee applies, the form must include your online payment receipt number, so make sure it refers to the payment made for this application.

ARI directs applicants to SBI Collect and its Agharkar Research Institute-MACS application-fee category. If a payment remains pending, fails or is incomplete, the notice asks you to contact the bank concerned; the institute does not take responsibility for those transactions.

• Support plant-breeding research under the Crop SustaiN project.
• Assist with field layouts and records for breeding experiments.
• Help carry out molecular-biology work connected with the project.
• Organise research observations using computer tools.
• Analyse experimental data using suitable statistical methods.
• Prepare clear research notes and help with scientific writing.