JNCASR Research Associate Chemical Sciences 2026

JNCASR Research Associate Recruitment 2026: Overview

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is hiring a Research Associate for a temporary research appointment in its New Chemistry Unit at Jakkur, Bengaluru. You would join a Department of Science and Technology (DST)-sponsored project led by Prof. Jayanta Haldar. The work centres on an AMP-inspired platform for rapid point-of-care detection of lipopolysaccharide and Gram-negative bacteria.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Project appointment: The post is sanctioned for the named DST-sponsored research project. The notice describes it as temporary, so you should read it as a project research opportunity.
• Research setting: The New Chemistry Unit is the host unit for this work. The project combines a chemistry research setting with a specific detection-platform objective.

Application Submission Notes

Use the application template on the JNCASR website and send your application to haldarlab.jnc@gmail.com. This is the email address printed in the official notice for this project.

The institute links a separate application proforma alongside NCU-EMR-177 on its openings page. Choose the form attached to this advertisement so that your application follows the format requested by the project team.

Your application is for the New Chemistry Unit, JNCASR, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, under Prof. Jayanta Haldar. The notice directs applications to the email address above; the Bengaluru address identifies the host unit.

• Support development of the project's bacterial detection platform.
• Carry out organic synthesis experiments for the research work.
• Prepare peptides needed for project experiments.
• Purify and characterise synthesised compounds.
• Record experimental conditions and analyse research results.
• Help prepare technical reports and research manuscripts.