ICAR-CRRI Young Professional I Recruitment 2026

ICAR-CRRI Young Professional I Recruitment 2026: Overview

ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute (ICAR-CRRI) is engaging a Young Professional-I for its EAP-435 research project at Cuttack. The project is developing the TechSIM simulation model to study how agricultural technology spreads, how farmers adopt it, and what social, psychological, economic and ecological factors shape that process. This is a practical research-support role where your work connects field evidence with statistical analysis and technology-diffusion modelling. It suits someone who is comfortable moving between farmer surveys, datasets, software and clear project reporting.

The project setting is multidisciplinary: agriculture is the subject area, while computer applications, statistics, information technology and extension research provide the working tools. You may support survey design and enumeration, clean and analyse field information, prepare presentations, and help turn observations into inputs for the simulation model. The institute is therefore looking for someone who can understand rural field conditions as well as work carefully with digital data. Good field-to-desk coordination matters: you need to ask precise questions in villages, protect data quality at every hand-off, and explain results in a form the project team can use for future extension planning.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Project-linked engagement: the appointment is purely temporary and remains tied to the EAP-435 scheme. It ends when the stated engagement period or the project itself ends, whichever happens first.
• No regular-service claim: working on this project does not create a right to permanent absorption in ICAR-CRRI or the wider ICAR system.
• Place of work: the position is based at ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack, with field activity forming an important part of the assignment.
• Previous exposure: all applicants are considered on the same basis, though the institute may prefer relevant work experience gained at an ICAR institute.
• Institute discretion: the Director may change the position requirement or cancel the recruitment process, and the institute's decision will be final.
• Travel support: the institute will not pay TA or DA for attending the recruitment exercise.
• Professional conduct: canvassing leads to disqualification, and anyone already employed should have their present employer's clearance ready.

Application Submission Notes

This recruitment is handled through a walk-in at ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack. Use the institute's prescribed bio-data form and arrive within the reporting schedule; late arrivals will not be considered. Keep your originals arranged in the same order as the copies so the certificate check is quick, and make sure the information in your bio-data matches your supporting records.

No separate online form is specified for this notice. Your attendance at the venue, completed bio-data and readiness for the institute's assessment together form the application for this project engagement.

• Conduct farmer household surveys and collect field data
• Enter, clean, and organise survey datasets for analysis
• Analyse data with suitable statistical software
• Prepare project reports and PowerPoint presentations
• Support agent-based modelling and computer programming work
• Keep accurate survey, enumeration, and analysis records
• Coordinate research tasks with the Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator