ICAR-IIHR Advt 05/2026 Recruitment — 15 Posts

ICAR-IIHR Advt 05/2026 Recruitment — 15 Posts

ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bengaluru, has invited offline applications under Advertisement 05/2026/ESTT. I (F. No. 4-54/2008/Estt. I, dated 12 November 2026) for Senior Research Fellow, Young Professional-II, Young Professional-I and Field Assistant posts under the NICRA project (National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture) and other time-bound ad-hoc projects and schemes. The posts are purely temporary, co-terminus with the project. The last date for receipt of applications is 25 November 2026 at 5:30 PM.

15 posts across 17 items — please read

The advertisement lists 17 items. Items 3 to 17 each carry 1 post, giving 15 numbered posts; items 1 and 2 (both SRF under NICRA) print NO number. By post, the numbered posts are: Senior Research Fellow 3 (items 9, 12 and 14 — plus the unnumbered items 1 and 2), Young Professional-II 10, Young Professional-I 1 and Field Assistant 1. This post uses the 15 numbered posts as the total. Tenure is item-wise, up to 31 March 2027 to up to 31 March 2031.

Pay

SRF: Rs. 37,000 per month plus HRA (item 9: Rs. 42,000 plus 27 percent HRA; item 14: Rs. 42,000 plus HRA from the 3rd year). Young Professional-II: Rs. 42,000 per month consolidated. Young Professional-I: Rs. 30,000 per month consolidated. Field Assistant: Rs. 20,000 per month plus 30 percent HRA.

Age

SRF: 35 years for men, 40 years for women. Young Professional-I, Young Professional-II and Field Assistant: 21 to 45 years. No cut-off date was stated in the secondary details.

Fee

The official notification does not specify an application fee, so none is claimed in this post.

How to apply

Apply offline in the prescribed proforma; the application must reach the Establishment Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesaraghatta Lake Post, Bengaluru – 560 089 by 25 November 2026 at 5:30 PM. Late applications are not entertained even for postal delay. Interviews are tentative: items 1 to 9 on 15 December 2026 and items 10 to 17 on 16 December 2026.

How this post was verified — please read

The official PDF returns HTTP 403, so this post rests on secondary consensus — FreeJobAlert (detailed item-wise table) and FreshersLive (same advertisement number, same 15/17 counts, same pay bands, same dates, same interview dates). The item-wise qualifications are in the official PDF and were not read — take them from the official advertisement.