TIFR Research Assistant CMS Recruitment 2026

TIFR Research Assistant Recruitment 2026: Overview

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is hiring a Research Assistant for its Department of High Energy Physics in Mumbai. The role supports the project titled Indian participation in the CMS experiment at CERN: Maintenance, Operation and Upgradation 2020-2025, led by Dr. Rajdeep Mohan Chatterjee and Dr. Shilpi Jain. This is a project appointment at an autonomous institution under the Department of Atomic Energy, which is also a deemed university.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Initial engagement: You will join for one year. The notice allows an extension for up to another two years, depending on your performance, so continued engagement is conditional.
• Temporary status: The appointment is temporary and non-pensionable. Keep this condition in mind when considering the position and its project-based terms.
• No claim to another appointment: Working on this project gives you no right to a permanent or temporary appointment elsewhere in the institute, either during the project period or after it ends.

Application Submission Notes

Your application goes by email to both project investigators: shilpi.jain@tifr.res.in and rajdeep.chatterjee@tifr.res.in. Address it to Dr. Shilpi Jain and Dr. Rajdeep Mohan Chatterjee, as directed in the notice.

Use the subject line Application for Research Assistant (Name of the candidate), replacing the parenthetical name with your own. The notice gives a specific CV format and asks you to keep it within that format, without adding extra information or pages beyond the requested content.

The application format is part of this notice, so use it when preparing your email. The institute lists this recruitment as offline on its careers page, while the advertisement specifically directs you to send the application to the investigators by email.

• Set up experiments with different types of particle detectors.
• Operate particle-detector experiments in the laboratory.
• Collect data from the experiments.
• Learn to analyse the experimental data over time.
• Help maintain laboratory equipment, including power supplies.