RRI Research Assistant (Soft Condensed Matter) Recruitment 2026 — Up to 5 Posts

RRI Research Assistant (Soft Condensed Matter) Recruitment 2026 — Up to 5 Posts

The Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore, has invited online applications for up to five posts of Research Assistant (RA) on a temporary basis for a Biophysics Project in the Soft Condensed Matter Group, under Advertisement No. 24/2026-27 dated 11 November 2026. The last date to apply is 15 December 2026.

Eligibility and age

Essential qualification: M.Sc./M.Tech or B.E./B.Tech in any field with at least 1 year of academic research project or industrial work experience in the biophysics field. Desirable experience includes experimental work in microfluidics, optics, biophysics, optical tweezers, AFM, microscopy and nanodevices; Arduino/Raspberry Pi, LabVIEW/Matlab; building electronics and optics for biosensors; and molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, cloning, protein expression, microscopy including chromatin assembly, DNA-protein assembly, CRISPR-Cas9, RNA work, UV-vis/fluorescence microscopy and density-gradient fractionation. The upper age limit is 45 years as on the last date for closing of applications (15 December 2026), with relaxation per Government of India rules for SC/ST/OBC/PWD. No minimum age is printed in the notification.

Pay and tenure

Consolidated Rs. 31,000 plus HRA per month. The tenure is 1 year, extendable up to a maximum of 2 years on regular evaluation, with the first 6 months under probation.

Fee

The notification does not specify any application fee. No fee is mentioned, and no fee figure has been invented — so no fee card is shown for this post.

How to apply

Apply online only at safal2.rri.res.in by 15 December 2026, uploading scanned colour copies of educational certificates and mark sheets, a CV with the title, duration and location plus a one-paragraph description of each research project, a statement of purpose of up to 500 words, a recent passport photograph and signature image, and references of two individuals. Queries can be sent to recruitment.scm@rrimail.rri.res.in. Shortlisted candidates will appear for an online interview via Zoom. No TA/DA is payable. The Institute may restrict the number called for interview, may relax requirements in exceptional cases, and may not fill the posts.