Freshers can also apply

M.Sc – Agriculture / M.Sc. – Bioscience candidates only, should have a strong research background in the biocontrol industry.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Hands-on experience in microbial lab activities like isolation, purification, identification, and storage of pure microbial culture.
• Fermentation process pertaining to microbial production at lab scale.
• Lead the field development activities of research projects focused on the development of new biocontrol tools for the management of pests and diseases in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry sectors.
• Designing trail protocol, filed layout, managing experiments, data collection, perform statistical analysis, and interpret the results.
• Associating in continuous evaluation of existing products under both in-house and filed conditions and providing inputs to R&D for further improvement.
• Developing field strategy for effective integration of existing products of MBT in the IPM module.
• Acting as a bridge in extending information from lab to field in promoting biocontrol products.

Carry out other R&D duties as may be assigned by the management from time to time.

Skills

Essential

· A demonstrable ability to conduct field research in line with the objectives of the project.

· Excellent laboratory, glasshouse, and field skills.

· Excellent ability to plan, organize and schedule work effectively and to lead field activities

· Excellent one-to-one and group communication skills to farmers, colleagues, and other stakeholders).

· Good team working ability.

· Strategic awareness, innovation, and change management skills.

· Writing of SOPs and protocol preparation.

· Keeping records of experiments.

· Knowledge of data recording and statistical analysis.

· Evidence of planning skills to contribute to the research project.

· Good communication skills both written and oral.

· Computer literate, with proficiency in the use of MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

· Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as a part of a team.

· Strong organizational skills.

· Team building and problem-solving skills.

· Willingness to work flexible hours.

· Willingness to work in field conditions.

· Enthusiastic, hard-working, punctual, reliable, trustworthy, and willing to participate in professional development activities.

Desirable

· A track record of communicating and networking with growers/farmers, greenkeepers, stakeholders.

· Aptitude for multidisciplinary approaches.

· Should have a driving license.