National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS)

Vacancy Name : Research Associate, Senior Research Fellow
Educational Qualification : M.A, M.Phil/Ph.d
Total No of Vacancy : 03 Post
Salary : Rs.28,000-40,000/- p.m
Job Location : BANGALORE
Last Date to Apply for this job : 23/01/2016

Applications are invited from eligible Women candidates for filling up the following posts on adhoc basis for the Dept. of Biotechnology funded project entitled “A Multi-Component Intervention to reduce home exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) during pregnancy” – the IMPRESS Study (Interventions for Mothers in Pregnancy to Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke) – under Dr. Prabha S Chandra, Prof. Dept. of Psychiatry and Principal Investigator. The project is a DBT/Medical Research Council, UK funded project for eighteen months. It is a three centre study with NIMHANS, Bengaluru, ARK foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh; and University of Liverpool. This project involves qualitative formative research in order to develop an intervention to reduce second hand home smoke exposure in pregnancy and a pilot Randomized Controlled trial of the intervention. Data will be collected from community antenatal clinics and anganwadi centers. As the project involves interviews and interventions with women during pregnancy, we would prefer women candidates who know kannada

Post	No of post	Qualification	Salary	Age
Research Associate	01	Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology OR Psychiatric Social Work (Completed or submitted thesis) 4. Experience Candidates should have minimum two years of research experience	40,000/- per month (consolidated)	35 years
Senior Research Fellow (SRF)	02	M.Phil in Clinical Psychology/Psychiatric Social Work OR M.Sc. in Psychology with two years research experience specially in qualitative interviews. 4. Experience If M.A. in Psychology, Candidate should have minimum two years of research experience. Fresh M.Phil in Clinical Psychology may apply.	28,000/- per month (consolidated)	35 years

Selection Procedure : 

1. Candidates can apply on or before    23/01/2016.
2. No detailed information about the selection procedure is mentioned in the recruitment notification.

How to apply ? :

Eligible candidates fulfilling the criteria, may apply on a plain paper with the resume, age proof and copy of the Testimonials addressed to The Director, NIMHANS, P.B.No.2900, D.R.College Post, Hosur Road, Bangalore – 560 029 by post or by email to chandra@nimhans.ac.in. The candidates who apply, should invariably mention the Notification No. & date without fail, otherwise the applications will not be considered. The last date for receipt of filled in applications together with the relevant documents is 23.01.2016 4.00 PM. Late applications will not be entertained.