www.sacon.in Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History Recruitment 2012 : Junior Research Fellow

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Name of the organisation : Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (sacon.in)
Name of the post : Recruitment for Junior Research Fellow in 2012

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Title : Junior Research Fellow
Positions Available : 1
Maximum Age limit : 28
Last Date for receipt of application : 9/4/2012
Educational Qualifications : M.Sc., First Class in Botany/Plant Sciences
Technical Qualifications : Aptitude in field ecological research

Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) requires a Junior Research Fellow for its project on Ecological investigation of woody vegetation and nest tree use by birds in the riverine forests of Athikkadavu Valley, Western Ghats.

Age : Not exceeding 28 years (as on 1.1.2012)
Fellowship : Rs.12000/- plus HRA (20%)
Duration : 3 years
Qualification : M.Sc., First Class in Botany/Plant Sciences Desirable: Aptitude in field ecological research.

Fee : No Fee.

How to Apply :
Application on plain paper in the following format should reach the
Director,
Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History,
Moongilpallam, Anaikatty,
Coimbatore – 641 108 (Tamil Nadu)
within 15 days from the date of publication of the advertisement.

(1) Name, (2) Date of Birth and Age, (3) Address for communication (4) Educational Qualifications, (5) Details of Experience if any. Xerox copies of the M.Sc degree certificate and mark sheets need to be enclosed.

Last date for receipt of application : 9th April 2012

For more information contact : salimali@vsnl.com, balusacon@yahoo.com

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Name : Harpreet Kaur
Email : hpk.harpreet AT gmail.com
Designation / Skillset : Biotechnology

Resume :
Educational Background
Highest Education
Examination Year University Percentage obtained Remarks
Master of Science (M.Sc. Final) 2011 University of Rajasthan, Jaipur Result awaited
Biotechnology Master of Science (M.Sc. Previous) 2010 University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 69.70%
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) 2009 University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 75.80%
Academic Record
Examination Year University/
Board Percentage Obtained Remarks
10+2 (XII) 2005
Board of Secondary Education, Ajmer
59.08% Subjects : English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology , Hindi, Computers
Matriculation (X) 2003 Board of Secondary Education, Ajmer
61.77% Subjects : English, Hindi, Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, Computers
Project History
Works Description
01 Project Name : “Isolation, Characterization and determination of biodegradation potential of some indigenous bacterial strains capable of utilizing p-Nitrophenol as carbon and energy source”.
Project Approved By : Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of Rajasthan, JAIPUR
Description of the project :
STUDENT PROJECT PROGRAMME 2009-10
Nevertheless, increases of environmental hazards, loss of ecological balance are the major problems caused by indefinite release of wide variety of aromatic compounds through industrial and agricultural sectors. Detoxification/ Biotransformation are the emerging and a promising strategy for providing a pollutant free environment.
According to Environmental protection agency (EPA) United States,pNitrophenol are one of most priority pollutants listed ion the national priority list of pollutants that are categorized as persistent bioaccumulative and toxic compounds that do not readily degrade readily in the environment.
In our lab research work we isolate and screen the few bacterial strains for their ability to uptake and transform xenobiotics completely in to their cellular metabolites and studied related to their expression levels of several enzymes involved in the catabolic pathway will be done. Further biodegradation ability reanalyzed through analytical techniques.
Approaches
:
1. Collection of soil sample (different area of district).
2. Enrichment with Para-nitrophenol as sole source of carbon.
3. A Screening and isolation experiment has done during first 4 months period of project tenure.
4. Determining the biodegradation potentials of isolates are carried out during 3month of the tenure
5. Elucidation of catabolic pathways on nitrophenol degradation in the isolated bacterial strains and application studies on polluted samples has done between 10 -12 month of the project tenure.
Duration : 7-8 months
Field of the Project : Environmental biodegradation/ Biotechnology
02 Durations : 7-8 months

Project Name : Biodegradation studies of Organophosphorus pesticides (Methyl Parathion) and p-Nitrophenol
Institute : Mahatma Ghandi Institute Of Applied Science
Description of Project :
In Jaipur, one of the cities of Rajasthan, bajra, jowar and wheat are the commercial crops. Farmer of this districts cultivate all under rain and irrigation modes. Spraying of pesticides in such high concentration causes a lot of damager to the non-target organism and soil ecosystems.
In our laboratory we study the systematic on biotransformation of these op-pesticides and isolated several bacterial strains that are capable of degrading op-pesticides. In the present study we have isolated a bacterium, through enrichment using methyl parathion and p-nitrophenol as sole of carbon therefore the isolated species show the capability of magnification methyl parathion and p-nitrophenol. Therefore isolated has found to be a potential candidate to develops the tool of biodegradation of organophosphates especially p-nitrophenol.
Approach : 1. Collection of soil sample (different area of district)
2. Enrichment with Para-nitrophenol or methyl parathion as sole source of carbon.
3. A Screening and isolation experiment has done during first 3 months period of project tenure.
4. Determining the biodegradation potentials of isolates has carried out during 2month of the tenure.
Duration : 6-7 months
Field of the Project : Environmental biodegradation
03 Project Name : in-vitro callus induction in Catharnthus roseus and studying the antifungal activity of callus extract
Institute : Genecity laboratories pvt. Ltd, Pune (Maharashtra)
Description of the project :

A plant cell have many metabolic pathways by it number of useful product is formed but it is in low amount. These generally produced in stress condition as defense against fungi, bacteria, insects and viruses.
We use tissue culture techniques and produce the highly sophisticated chemical factories in a large varieties of chemicals compound in specialize cell at particular stress condition. To get production of Varity of chemical compound in purification and analyzing their activity of plant extract.
Approach : Project involves the following Modules:
1. Collection of plant materials (Catharanthus roseus).
2. Initiate culture of plant material.
3. Quality activities measurement.
4. Enhancement the secondary metabolites in culture under
Stress condition
5. Extract the secondary metabolites from callus
6. Measure the inhibition zone.
7. Documentation.
8. Quality activities.
Duration : Six Months
Keywords
- Willing to work as a key player in challenging & creative environment.
- Strong confidence & Instantaneous decision ability that helps in Troubleshooting of any Problem, with strong confidence & positive attitude.
Academic Achievements & Awards
- Got First Prize in paper presentation in First National Conference held in Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
- Got First Prize in Poster competition in national Symposium on chemical research held in Mahatma Ghandi Institute of Applied Science.
- Winner of oral presentation in National Conference on Environmental pollution - A threat to our biodiversity held in Suresh Gyan Vihar University.
- Attended a work shop on biotechnology held at MgiaS, Jaipur in the collaboration with Department of science and technology government of Rajasthan.
Interest/ Hobbies
- Listening to Music
- Paintings
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