CSIR-NCL Project Associate-I Cavitation Project 2026

CSIR-NCL Project Associate-I Recruitment 2026: Overview

CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, has one Project Associate-I opening in its Chemical Engineering and Process Development (CEPD) Division. The post belongs to a CSIR-sponsored project titled Surface Coated Vortex Diode Induced Hydrodynamic Cavitation for Treatment of Industrial Effluent (project code FBR050405).

The project uses hydrodynamic cavitation — tiny collapsing bubbles created as liquid swirls through a vortex diode — to clean up industrial wastewater. Your work will centre on taking this process to a larger scale, developing catalysts and making the set-up more efficient. It is a good match if you are a chemical engineering graduate or a chemistry postgraduate interested in process and environmental engineering.

The NCL portal shows several project notices at once, so make sure you apply against advertisement 2026/CSIR-NCL/CEPD/FBR050405/895.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Two pay rates: Your monthly rate depends on whether you have cleared a national test such as CSIR-UGC, ICAR or ICMR NET (including lectureship or assistant professorship), GATE, or a national exam run by central departments such as DBT or DST.
• Tenure: The engagement lasts only as long as the sponsored project, and it continues only with satisfactory performance and conduct.
• No claim to a CSIR post: This is not a CSIR/NCL appointment and gives you no right to be considered for any CSIR-NCL post or fellowship later.
• Shortlisting: Meeting the minimum qualification does not guarantee an interview. A Screening Committee may limit the calls, so mention any scale-up, catalysis or wastewater-treatment work clearly in your form.
• Online interview: The shortlisted candidate gets the meeting link by email; no separate call letter is sent.
• Joining and travel: The selected candidate must join immediately after the offer, and no TA/DA is paid for the interview.

Application Submission Notes

CSIR-NCL takes applications only online through its project jobs portal. Register on the portal with a valid email address and read its How to Apply guidelines first. Keep your photo, signature, mark sheets and testimonials scanned and ready. Late applications are not considered.

For shortlisting updates, the notice names Dr. Sunil Bhongale (ss.bhongale.ncl@csir.res.in) as the contact.

• Scale up the vortex-diode hydrodynamic cavitation process for treating industrial effluent
• Develop catalysts that support the effluent treatment process
• Work on process intensification to make the treatment set-up more efficient
• Run experiments on the surface-coated vortex diode used in the project
• Record results and share them with the project leader