ICRISAT seeks applications for Project Associate I- Plant Pathology for IRRI for pathogen characterization and coordination of activities of rice emerging diseases network project at ISAH and collaborating NAREs partners. The position is within the Rice Breeding Innovations Platform-South Asia Region.

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger, and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit ? www.icrisat.org

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinatation of pathogen collection from different geographical and hotspot location together with project partners.
• Plan and execute the characterization and pathotyping of pathogens at IRRI-SAH and partner location for the targeted disease and pest
• Coordinatation pathotyping at IRRI-SAH and other partner location for the targeted disease to understand the diversity within the region
• Coordinated genotyping of pathogens and pathotype-gene analysis and lineage determination
• Coordinate phenotyping of germplams and mapping population at hotspot location and glass house
• Coordinate with network partner for whole genome resequencing of the pathogens

Recruitment:

• Masters degree in Science/ Botany/ Agriculture with 3 years of experience in multi-omics analysis from a recognized research institute/university.
• Proven ability to implement GAB for crop improvement.
• Minimum experience of 0-3 years

How to Apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 30 November 2023, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of two references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer