Department of Atomic Energy BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE

Research Fellowships in Engineering and Science

disciplines under XI Plan Projects

Advertizement No. : XI Plan/Jan2009

BARC invites applications for Junior Research Fellows (JRFs), Senior Research Fellows (SRFs) and Research Associates (RAs) to be recruited under Plan Projects of BARC. Persons recruited under this scheme would get an opportunity to work on R&D programmes of national importance relevant to the mandate of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai. The Fellows will carry out research under the guidance of senior scientists of the centre and will utilize the state-of-the-art instruments and laboratory facilities that are setup / being setup under plan projects of BARC. The candidates eligible for admission for Ph.D programme of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) can register with HBNI.

The particulars under this scheme are given in the following:

Sr. No Scheme Fellowship

1. JRF : Rs. 12,000/- p.m. for 1st and 2nd year and Rs. 14,000/- p.m. for subsequent years + 30% HRA + Contingency grant of Rs. 15,000/- per year.

2. SRF : Rs. 14,000/- p.m. for 1st and 2nd year and Rs. 15,000/- p.m. for subsequent years + 30% HRA + Contingency grant of Rs. 15,000/- per year.

3. RA : Rs. 16,000/- p.m. + 30% HRA

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

A. Minimum Educational Qualification and Experience:

For JRFs :

BE/B Tech. - 1st Class (Disciplines : Chemical Engg., / Mechanical Engg. / Metallurgy / Computer Science / Computer Engg / Electronics / Instrumentation & Control Engg)

or M.Sc - 1st Class

(Disciplines : Physics / Chemistry / Electronics / Applied Physics / Biotechnology) or

MCA - 1st Class For SRFs :

M. Tech. (Disciplines: Chemical Engg., / Mechanical Engg. / Metallurgy / Computer Science / Computer Engg / Electronics / Instrumentation & Control Engg./ Polymer Technology / Food Technology / Biotechnology).

or BE / B Tech with 2 years of relevant research experience

(Disciplines : Chemical Engg., / Mechanical Engg. / Metallurgy / Computer Science / Computer Engg / Electronics / Instrumentation & Control Engg)

or M.Sc - 1st Class with 2 years of relevant research experience

(Disciplines : Physics / Chemistry / Electronics / Applied Physics / Biotechnology)

For RAs :

Ph. D in Chemistry / Physics / Material Science (with research topic in condensed matter science / neutron or x-ray scattering / experimental high energy physics / astrophysics / nuclear physics / magnetism / computational chemistry / computational material science / computational physics / inorganic or organic or general chemistry )

The research fellows depending on the discipline will be associated with in one of the following areas of research such as Lasers & Plasma systems, Accelerator based experiments, Detectors, neutron/x-ray scattering, high energy physics, astrophysics, beamline development and utilization, instrument development for accelerator safety, inorganic & organometallic chemistry, multi-ferroic materials, surface modified colloids, corrosion, diffusion studies & phase analysis, polymeric/ceramic membrane development, packaging material development, chemical process development, separation science, friction stir welding, NDE techniques, CAD/CAM software validation & verification, parallelization of scientific software, encryption & security management, computer simulation of shock wave propagation etc.

B. Nationality/Age: Indian nationals with the following age limits are eligible to apply.

Age Limit : As on 1st January 2009, the candidate should not exceed the following age criterion. with BE / B.Tech qualification - 26 years with MSc/MCA qualification - 28 years with M.Tech qualification - 28 years with Ph.D qualification - 30 years

The age criterion is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST candidates and 3 years for OBC candidates. The SC/ST /OBC certificate should be as per the standard format.

SELECTION PROCEDURE / APPOINTMENT

Applications will be screened and candidates found suitable will be called to appear for an interview in Mumbai. Preference will be given to those candidates whose research interest and work experience has relevance to the mandate of DAE. Outstation candidates will be paid sleeper class (ordinary) train fare or actual fare, whichever is less. Candidates are advised to come prepared to stay in Mumbai for 2 to 3 days as a few short listed candidates will be asked to undergo a medical examination on the day following the interview. Final selection will be made from among the short listed candidates found medically fit. The selected candidates will be offered Fellowship at BARC for an initial period of up to 3 years which may be extendable by another 2 years based on performance and requirement in the Department. HOW TO APPLY

a) The application should be preferably be typewritten on a plain paper as per the pro-forma given in the advertisement for only one of the subjects listed above. Multiple applications received would be rejected.

b) Attach only photocopies of the following documents/ certificates duly attested by a Gazetted Officer/ Head of the Institute (Do not enclose original certificates).

i) All degree certificates and mark sheets starting with the eligibility qualification. iii) Proof of date of birth e.g. CBSE/ HSC/ SSC/ Matriculation certificate. iv) SC/ ST/ OBC certificate, if applicable, as per the prescribed format.

c) Enclose a self addressed envelope (size 5x7) with complete addresses including PIN code.

d) Affix one passport size photograph on the top right corner of the application and enclose one spare photograph inside the envelope indicated at c above. Append your signatures across both the photographs.

e) Postal Order/Demand Draft of Rs.100/- as application fee drawn in favour of Accounts Officer, BARC payable at Mumbai. SC/ST candidates are exempted from application fee.

f) Persons working under the Central/ State Government/ Public Sector Undertakings should submit their application through proper channel.

g) Send application to the following address only by Registered or Speed Post of Indian Postal Services and preserve the receipt for future reference.

Deputy Establishment Officer (R-IV), (Scheme : BARC Research Fellows under XI Plan Projects) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 4th floor, Central Complex, Trombay, Mumbai-400085.

APPLICATION PROFORMA AND ANNEXES

1. Post applied for : JRF / SRF / RA (Choose the applicable one)

2. Full name in capital letters :

3. Postal address including Phone No., Fax No. and Email (addresses should be written very clearly and legibly):

4. Date of birth (DD-MM-YYYY):

5. Category: General/ SC/ ST/ OBC (SC/ ST/ OBC to attach a copy of the relevant certificate):

6.a. Gender: Male/Female:

6.b. Marital Status:

6.c. Nationality:

6.d. Religion:

7. DD No., name and branch of the bank / Postal Order No.:

8. List of documents attached. Please also attach Annexes 1, 2, 3 & 4 as indicated below.

9. Declaration: I hereby declare that all the statements made in the application are true to the best of my knowledge and belief and I am also aware that my application is liable to be rejected, if the information given above is incomplete or found to be incorrect.

Date: Place: Signature of the candidate

Please provide information on one page each for the following four annexes :

Annex-1: Educational Qualifications: give details beginning with the latest degree in a tabular form with the following columns: Branch of specialization; Name of institute/ university/ board; Year of passing; % Marks obtained; Subjects taken. Also give details about GATE Score, GATE Subject and GATE Exam Year or NET Qualification (optional). Note: Those who have submitted thesis and but have not been awarded Ph.D. shall give Date of Submission of Ph.D. Thesis duly supported with documentary proof from the Registrar/ Controller of Examination of the University/ Institute.

Annex-2: Field of Research Experience, if any : Describe here briefly the account of research work carried out. Give title of thesis, specific area of discipline, 5-key words that describe your research work and a brief description of the research work done for Ph.D. (max. 500 words) or for the project work done for Masters in Engineering (max. 250 words) and the R&D work done after Masters (max. 250 words). For candidates who have not done project work during masters, only research work experience details may be given.

Annex-3: List of Research Publications: give publication details on single sheet in the following format: Title, Authors, Name of the journal/ conference proceedings, Volume, Page Nos. Enclose up to five selected reprints.

Annex-4: Current Assignment: give details about your current assignment and nature of work being carried out by you.

Note : Please retain a photocopy of your application with Annexes 1 to 4.

Last date for receipt of applications : February 20, 2009

Details of Requirement of JRFs/SRFs/RAs under XI Plan Projects

Sr. No. Programme.

Fellowship

Nos. required

Desired Qualification with discipline and experience Area of research assignment

JRF 1 BE/B.Tech(Chemical Engg.) Process development for recycle in the back end processes

JRF 1 BE/B.Tech (Metallurgy) / M.Sc.(Physics)

Diffusion studies and phase diagram analysis

JRF 1 BE(Metallurgy)/ M.Sc.(Chemistry)

Characterization of diffusion barrier coatings

SRF 1 M.Tech (Metallurgy) / B.Tech (Metallurgy) + 2 years experience / M.Sc. (Chemistry) + 2 years experience / Ph.D.(Chemistry)

Corrosion of stainless steels in nitric acid medium - effect of influencing parameters including electrochemical studies.

1 Back End Fuel Cycle Programme

JRF 1 BE (Metallurgy) /M.Sc.(Physics) with NDT experience preferable

Development & application of NDE techniques for detection and characterization of localized corrosion in super heater tubes and storage vessels

2 R&D for Food Preservation and Hygeinization

JRF 1 MSc / M. Tech. in Polymer/Food Technology /Biotechnology / Chemistry

Development of novel packaging material & their application to shelf-life extension of ready to eat /ready-to-cook fruit & vegetables

JRF 1 MSc Chemistry (Organic/Physical) - No Experience

Development and characterization of nanomaterial based polymeric/ceramic composite membranes

3 Desalination & Water Purification Technologies

SRF 1 MSc Chemistry (Organic/Physical) - 2 years research experience

Development and characterization of inorganic Ultra Filtration (UF) membranes and Organic Nano Filtration (NF) & Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes

4 Advanced Electromagnetic Technologies

JRF 1 MSc.(Electronics) Intense Laser-Plasma interaction studies. Development of Laser chain (high power

laser development along with development of novel plasma diagnostics)

Sr. No. Programme.

Fellowship

Nos. required

Desired Qualification with discipline and experience Area of research assignment

JRF 2 MSc. (Physics / Electronics) Laser neutron generator Non Linear dynamics with lasers

RA 1 Ph.D (Physical Chemistry or Laser/Optics) Femto-second pulse shaping for synthesizing arbitrarily defined electromagnetic field and learning algorithms to search for successful control strategies.

SRF 1 MSc (Physics / Electronics) with 2 years experience

Micro-imaging techniques using X-rays

RA 1 Ph.D in Physics / Nuclear Physics Neutron & Gamma imaging techniques JRF 5 MSc. (Physics)

Solid state tunable laser system Ultra short pulse laser matter interaction Laser assisted plasma diagnostics Design, development ,characterization and

integration of plasma torches Plasma assisted nano generation and

characterization

JRF 2 MSc. (Chemistry) Study of new laser dyes and their performance

Study of high temperature plasma chemical reactions and development of plasma pyrolysers

5 Manufacturing Technologies

JRF 1 BE / B.Tech (Mech. Engg) Friction stir welding JRF 1 BE/B.Tech (Mech Engg) Validation & verification of indigenously

developed collaborative CADCAM software

JRF 1 MCA/BE/B.Tech (Comp Sc./Engg) Development of encryption based systems and their evaluation

JRF 1 MCA/BE/B.Tech (Comp Sc./Engg) Parallelization of scientific software JRF 1 MCA/BE/B.Tech (Comp Sc./Engg) Development of information security

management and metrics

6 Enhancement of Computing Power and Connectivity

JRF 1 B.E./B. Tech (Comp Engg) Development of grid service centre

Sr. No. Programme.

Fellowship

Nos. required

Desired Qualification with discipline and experience Area of research assignment

JRF 5 M Sc. (Physics, Applied Physics, Electronics) or B.Tech/B.E.(Mech/Electrical/Electronics / Instrumentation & Control engg.)

Combination of computer simulation and experiments in the areas of shock waves, fast deformation/fracture and pulsed electromagnetics (at Vizag)

7 Computing Facility at Vizag : Phase - 1

SRF 1 M Sc. (Physics, Applied Physics, Electronics) with two years research/academic experience or B.E./B. Tech (Mech Engg.) with two years job/research experience in related areas.

Combination of computer simulation & experiment in the areas of shock waves, fast deformation/fracture, pulsed electromagnetics (at Vizag)

RA 4 Ph.D in Physics, Chemistry or Material Science on a topic in experimental condensed matter science. Experience in neutron or X-ray scattering is highly desirable.

Basic and applied research in condensed matter science using neutron scattering experiments and development of required instruments.

8 National Facilities for Neutron Beam & Astrophysics Research

RA 2 Ph.D in Physics, on a topic in experimental high energy physics/astrophysics or M.Sc in Physics with more than 2 years experience of working in the field of experimental high energy physics/astrophysics.

Observation of Active galactic Nuclei with the TACTIC gamma-ray telescope at Mt. Abu. (to be posted at Mt. Abu)

JRF 4 M Sc. (Physics) Accelerator based Experiments, Detectors and Accelerator Development

JRF 4 M Sc. (Physics) Participation in High Energy Physics Experiments using International Facilities and to carry out Data Analysis

9 Research in Frontier Areas in Nuclear Physics

RA 2 Ph.D (Specialization in Nuclear/High Energy Physics)

Nuclear/High Energy Physics

10 Energy Conversion RA 2 One- Ph.D. in Chemistry with specialization in Inorganic/Physical/General Chemistry. One- Ph.D. in Chemistry with specialization in Physical/General Chemistry.

Preparation and characterization of multi-ferroic materials

Surface modified colloids for drug encapsulation

Sr. No. Programme.

Fellowship

Nos. required

Desired Qualification with discipline and experience Area of research assignment

RA 2 Ph.D. in Chemistry with specialization in Inorganic/Organic Chemistry (0-2 years experience after Ph.D.).

Synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry, design of single source precursors for ternary materials

RA 2 Ph.D. in Chemistry or Physics with specialization in Theoretical/Computational Chemistry, Computational Materials Science, Computational Physics

Design novel materials with tunable properties for application in energy related research

Design new ligands for selective and efficient separation of lanthanide and actinide ions

RA 1 Ph.D. in Physics with specialization in Magnetism (0-2 year experience after Ph.D.)

Experimental study of detailed structural and magnetic properties of energy related magnetic material using neutron scattering, magntization and allied techniques

SRF 2 M Tech (Instrumentation) Development and utilization of Indus-1 and Indus-2 beamlines

SRF 7 M Sc. (Physics) with 2 years research experience in materials science.

Utilization of Indus-1 and Indus-2 beamlines

11 Advanced Spectroscopy & Utilization of Synchrotron Sources

SRF 1 M Sc. (Chemistry / Physics) with research experience in EXAFS / Photo absorption / Photoionization)

Chemistry with Lasers and synchrotron radiation

12 Nuclear Instrumentation & Radiation Detectors

JRF 2 M.Sc. (Physics ) Theoretical computation & experimental measurements to develop instruments for Accelerator safety