The DRDO has released notification for Award of Research Associateship (RA) & Junior Research Fellowship (JRF).

Stipend (Monthly):
DRDO Research Associate (RA): Rs.40,000/+HRA as per DRDO rules
DRDO Junior Research Fellow (JRF): Rs.25,000/+HRA as per DRDO rules

Age Limit:
35 years for RA & 28 years for JRF

Research Associates (RA)
Area/s of Research: Development of Oral and IMFormulations for Radioprotectiveapplication; Designing of clinical trialprotocols and conducting clinical trials

JuniorResearchFellows(JRF): Haemostasis/ Wound sealants/Neurobiology of stress /
Neurocognition/ Vision research/Traumatic brain injury/ Stem cellbased tissue repair / Haematopoieticstem cell expansion/ Herbal drugresearch/ Radiation countermeasures
research/ Radiation Biomarkers

Educational Qualification:
For DRDO-JRF:
First class M.Sc/B.Tech/B.E./M.Tech/M.E./M.Pharm in theSubject/Discipline applied for and having qualified the NET/LS of UGC-CSIR orGATE. (*M.Tech/M.E. exempted from NET/GATE as per guidelines)

For DRDO-RA:
MSc with PhD in relevant Subject.
OR
M.Tech/M.Pharm with 03 years of research experience (post- M.Pharm/M.Tech) and at least one research article published as primary authorin SCI indexed journal.

Tenure:
RA: Tenure is maximum two years.
JRF: Tenure: Maximum Five Years:




DRDO Ph.D Notification
drdo.gov.in/drdo/English/Advt_JRF-RA_INMAS-Apr-2017.pdf