Please respond directly to Dr. Vidya for YETI Robin To unsubscribe to the mailing list: a. visit //www.freelists.org/list/meetyeti (also ask your friends to subscribe with this link) or b. send email to meetyeti-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with “unsubscribe” in the Subject Begin forwarded message: > From: "Dr. T.N.C. Vidya" <tncvidya@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: May 12, 2011 3:21:03 PM CDT > To: meet.yeti@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Advertisement for two project asst. positions - qualification > relevant MSc degree > > > ADVERTISEMENT FOR TWO PROJECT ASSISTANT POSITIONS > > > Two JRF/SRF positions are available in my lab at the Evolutionary and > Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific > Research (JNCASR), to work on a project on Asian elephants. JNCASR is a > premier, multidisciplinary research institute established in 1989 by the > Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India. The > Centre’s mandate is to pursue and promote world-class scientific research > and training at the frontiers of science and engineering. > > The selected JRF/SRFs will work in the Nilgiris-Eastern Ghats landscape, > collecting data on resource availability, and elephant behaviour and > density. One position will be filled by a plant taxonomist in order to > examine resource availability. Prior field experience and excellent > observational skills are required, as is physical fitness, as the job > demands long hours in the field. The selected person should be willing to > live at the field site, where only the most basic facilities are > available, and should preferably be able to drive (a four-wheeler). The > ideal JRF/SRF applicant will also be familiar with basic statistics and > possess good analytical and writing skills. > > Applicants for a JRF position should have a masters’ degree in a relevant > field. Applicants for an SRF position should have a minimum of 2 years of > research experience after M.Sc. > > Salaries for the position will be based on the standard scale approved by > JNCASR. The positions are tenable till 30-11-2012 and successful > applicants are expected to give a 1.5 years commitment to work on this > project. Please apply with a one-page statement of research interests and > CV to tncvidya@xxxxxxxxxxxx on or before May 24, 2011. Shortlisted > candidates will be interviewed shortly after that. > > > > > T.N.C. Vidya > EOBU, JNCASR. > ------ > > > > T.N.C. Vidya > Ramanujan Fellow > Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit > Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research > P.O. Box. 6436, Jakkur > Bangalore 560 064, India. > > Email: tncvidya@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Phone: +91-80-22082968 > Fax: +91-80-22082766 > Homepage: http://www.jncasr.ac.in/tncvidya > >