ICAR-CAZRI Young Professional-I & Field Attendant Walk-in 2026

ICAR-CAZRI Young Professional-I and Field Attendant Walk-in — 2 Posts

ICAR – Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, has invited candidates for a walk-in interview on 17 November 2026 at 10:30 AM, in the room of the Head, Division-II (IFS), ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur, for two posts under the project "Identification and Application of Thar Desert Vegetations Associated Microbiome for Enhancing Resilience of Arid Region Crops — CAZRI/T-03/EF/151: Theme: Microbial diversity in hot arid region" (Principal Investigator: Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Meena), funded by ICAR under the AMAAS network project. Both engagements are purely on a contract basis. No TA/DA is admissible.

Posts and pay

Young Professional-I (YP-I), Advt No. CAZRI/AMAAS/YP-I/2026/01 — 1 post, Rs. 30,000 per month fixed (consolidated). Field Attendant, Advt No. CAZRI/AMAAS/field Attendant/2026/01 — 1 post, Rs. 20,000 per month plus HRA.

Who can apply

Young Professional-I: Master's degree in Agricultural Microbiology, Basic and allied Microbiology, Biotechnology or other relevant basic science. Page 1 of the notice adds research experience working as YP-I or SRF in microbiological research or molecular microbial taxonomy; page 3 (the detailed advertisement) states it as desirable — minimum 02 years' research experience in microbiological research, microbial diversity analysis or molecular microbial taxonomy and bioinformatics, with wet- and dry-lab experience. Also desirable: post-qualification experience in collection and characterisation of microbes from a stressed environment, excellent English scientific-writing skills and interpersonal skills. Age 21 to 45 years (ICAR guidelines; relaxation as per rules). Tenure: 1 year from appointment or project termination, whichever is earlier, extendable for two more years (1 year at a time) on requirement and satisfactory performance, and renewable every six months on performance.

Field Attendant: B.Sc. Microbiology, Basic Science or any related subject (page 1: Graduate in Science — Microbiology or Biotechnology — with working experience in field microbiology and plant pathology). Desirable: minimum 06 months' experience (maximum limit of experience 5 years); handling mycorrhizal or microbial cultures and plants; extraction of mycorrhizal fungal spore and glomalin from soils; able to coordinate office work. Age: upper limit 35 years as on the date of the walk-in interview (relaxation for SC/ST/Women and OBC candidates as per rules). Tenure: 12 months or until termination of the project, whichever is earlier.

Fee

No application fee is mentioned in the notice. There is no fee to pay.

How to apply — both routes, as printed

(a) Attend the walk-in on 17 November 2026 at 10:30 AM with 2 copies of the application form, 2 self-attested copies of all documents and all originals for verification. (b) Also send the duly filled application (separately for each position, in the Annexure-I proforma) with self-attested scanned copies of testimonials, certificates, age proof and mark-sheets by e-mail only to kk.meena@icar.org.in and kkmeenamicro@gmail.com, within 15 days from the date of publishing of the advertisement in newspapers. The newspaper date is not stated in the PDF; aggregators compute the last date as 27 November 2026 (15 days after the around-12-November publication) — that date is computed, not printed in the PDF, so this post states the rule as printed.

Two quirks in the notice — please note

The attached application proformas are headed "YOUNG PROFESSIONAL–II" even though the advertisement is for Young Professional-I — a stale proforma; candidates should use the form as attached. The YP-I proforma's "Age as on 01.01.2023" field is likewise stale.