Research Associate-III, image-based disease screening in chickpea (advertisement dated 14-08-2026)
BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (BRIC-NIPGR), New Delhi
Who can apply: A PhD in computer science, computational biology and bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, electrical communication engineering, agricultural engineering or an equivalent discipline, meeting DST OM DST/PCPM/Z-06/2022. Prior experience with IoT or edge-to-cloud data systems, sensor and image data analysis, or… What is funded: One Research Associate-III post under Dr Senthil-Kumar Muthappa at Rs 67,000 a month plus 27 per cent HRA. The project builds a rapid generation advancement protocol and an image-based disease screening tool for dry root rot resistant chickpea under drought. Deadline: 28 August 2026. The funder does not state a timezone for this deadline, so check the official page for the exact cut-off time. Round: Advertisement dated 14-08-2026.
Read the full call and apply on the official page: BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (BRIC-NIPGR), New Delhi, official page.
Who can apply
- A PhD in computer science, computational biology and bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, electrical communication engineering, agricultural engineering or an equivalent discipline, meeting DST OM DST/PCPM/Z-06/2022. Prior experience with IoT or edge-to-cloud data systems, sensor and image data analysis, or machine and deep learning is required; plant stress phenotyping, explainable AI and computer vision are desirable. Applications only through the Google Form named in the advert.
Stage dates
Last date on the NIPGR vacancy table (the advert PDF words the same cut-off as 'within 15 days from the date of advertisement')28 August 2026
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.