Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) is a premier agricultural research institute engaged in basic and strategic research on sorghum and other millets under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
IIMR coordinates and facilitates Millets research at national level through All India Coordinated Research Projects on Millets, Pearl Millet and Small Millets and provides linkages with various national and international agencies.
Sanctioned manpower – 50 scientists (44 in-position)in 17 disciplines supported by 36 technical (22 in-position), 30 administrative (10 in-position) and 18 supporting staff (11 in-position) distributed in its main center at Hyderabad, and the two regional stations at Centre on Rabi Sorghum (CRS), Solapur and Off-Season Nursery, (OSN) Warangal.
Milestones:
- 1958: This institute was first established under the Project on Intensified Research on Cotton, Oilseeds and Millets (PIRCOM) in 1958 and engaged in research on important dryland crops such as sorghum, castor, groundnut, pigeon-pea and cotton as well as sorghum-based cropping systems.
- 1966: Subsequently served as Regional Research Station of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi from 1966.
- 1970: During January 1970, it became the main unit of All India Coordinated Sorghum Improvement Project (AICSIP).
- 1987: The National Research Centre for Sorghum (NRCS) was established on November 16, 1987 to further strengthen the basic and strategic research activities encompassing rabi sorghum productivity, sustainability of production, product utilization, and profitability.
- 1991: In order to meet these goals, a regional rabi sorghum research centre Viz., Centre on Rabi Sorghum was also established on October 1, 1991 at Solapur, Maharashtra to strengthen rabi sorghum research in the core habitat of central and southern Maharashtra and Northern Karnataka.
- 1995: In addition, an Off-Season Nursery (OSN) centre was established in 1995 at Warangal, Telangana, primarily to facilitate multiplication of sorghum breeding lines during off-season.
- 2009: The National Research Centre for Sorghum (NRCS) was elevated as The Directorate of Sorghum Research (DSR) in 2009.
- 2014: The Directorate of Sorghum Research was upgraded to the status of Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) during 2014.
Mandate of IIMR
- Basic and strategic research to increase productivity of millets and their diversified utilization for enhancement of profitability.
- Coordination and development of improved crop production and protection technologies of millets.
- Training and consultancy on millet production and utilization.
- Dissemination of technologies and capacity building.
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Mission
The envisaged primary mission is “to promote economic growth by generating and disseminating ready-to-use technologies which create markets, respond to current and future economic demands, and maintain the long-term sustainability of the agricultural resource base.” The major output of the strategy is coherent with focused research programmes by IIMR (ICAR) which not only targets technologies that respond to economic opportunities but also link producers to markets and make optimal use of existing technologies and technology providers.
Through the goals and objectives of All-India coordinated sorghum, pearl millet and small millets improvement programmes under one umbrella of IIMR, it hopes to lead the way in adoption of the new strategy by applying revised criteria in prioritization of programmes and the specific activities under them, by helping the National Agricultural Research Systems to create strong linkages with producers, processors and markets of agricultural produce, and by working with other sister institutes to improve their capacity to carry out agricultural policy analysis and apply this analysis to influencing change in policies that negatively affect Millets production and productivity.
IIMR believes that food security objectives can best be met by stimulating growth in market-oriented production systems which should generate additional cash resources for small holders and increase off-farm employment for rural and urban poor and also develop and capitalize on avenues for value addition and exports.
Vision
Our Vision is: “Transforming millets cultivation from subsistence farming to globally competitive through cost-effective and environment friendly production, processing and value addition technologies and supply chain networks”. The focus of our targeted outputs on a given timeline is in tune with the stated vision that could yield the expected gains in terms of enhanced production and stability of millets under low to moderate-rainfall situations, increased resistance to drought and other environmental stresses to address the climate change, diversification of the genetic base including hybrid cytoplasm, grainmold and leaf disease resistance, headbug, midge, stemborer and shootfly, grain quality and acid and saline-soil adaptability in sorghum; and yield improvement, drought tolerance and downey mildew, rust and ergot resistance and value addition in pearl Millet; and Yield enhancement technologies and blast resistance, including exploring possibility of developing hybrids in finger millet and other small millets; including low and high temperature tolerance in millets. While grain production is the main focus, forage and stover uses and quality are also of equal priority. National priorities, networks and international linkages, support and technology exchange will be integrated in the research agenda.
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Applicants are invited for the post of SRF/YP-II/YP-I purely on a contractual basis in the campus of ICAR-Indian Institute Millets Research, Hyderabad-500030, through a Physical or Virtual mode interview on 11th March, 12th March and 15th March 2024.
Senior Research Fellow (SRF) / Young Professional-II (YP-II) (Bio-Chemistry)
Number of positions: Two
Global Centre of Excellence on Millets (Shree Anna) project
I. Essential Academic Qualifications:
Master’s degree in Biochemistry/Analytical Chemistry/Food Technology/Food Science and Nutrition
- Candidates with a postgraduate degree in the academic subjects mentioned above, along with a 4-year Bachelor’s degree and a 2-year Master’s degree, will be considered for SRF.
- Candidates with a postgraduate degree in the above-mentioned academic subjects with 3 years of Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of Master’s degree with NET qualification or Ph.D. will be considered for SRF.
- Candidates with postgraduate degree in the above-mentioned academic subjects with 3 years of Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of Master’s degree without NET qualification will be considered for YP II.
Desirable Qualifications: Experience in food analysis/food product development and handling of analytical equipment, data handling and analysis.
A fixed salary of Rs.31,000/- + HRA for SRF per month. (Or) A fixed salary of Rs.42,000/- for YP-II per month.
One year and further extended based on the requirement and funding.
Terms and Conditions (Physical Mode):
- The above posts are purely temporary and on a contractual basis till the termination of the project. The selected candidates shall not claim for regular appointment/absorption in ICAR-IIMR or funding agency at the end of the project.
- Maximum age limit (as on date of interview):
- For SRF: 35 years for men & 40 years for women;
- For YP-II: 45 years;
- For YP-I: 45 years;
- Relaxation for SC/ST & OBC candidates as per rule.
- The candidate should attend the interview with duly filled-in application form (as per the Format- Annexure I enclosed) with a photograph affixed on it and signed. Duly filled-in application form is compulsory.
- All the relevant original testimonials (date of birth, degree certificate, experience certificate, etc., if any) are to be shown and a set of attested copies of all the certificates will be required to be submitted by the candidates for verification, before joining, if selected. If any candidate is found to have submitted false information/claims at any stage, their candidature will be summarily rejected or the appointment will be terminated.
- No TA/DA/ any other expenses will be paid for attending the interview.
- Candidates should bring their complete bio-data, duly self-attested certificates and mark sheets (From Class 10th onwards), experience certificate, and no objection certificate from their current employer at the appointment time. Only the candidates having essential qualifications would be allowed to attend the Interview.
- Concealing of the facts or canvassing in any form shall lead to disqualification or termination of the candidate. The decision of the competent authority will be final and binding in all respects.
- It may be noted by the candidate intending to attend the interview if any of his near or distant relatives is an employee of the ICAR – IIMR, have to declare his/her name, designation, nature of duties, relationship in writing (Annexure-II) along with the form application. If any such certificate and or declaration is furnished on the date of the interview and found that his relative is an employee of ICAR – IIMR, such candidate will not be allowed to appear for the interview.
- Moreover, even after joining, if the information is found to be false, her/his candidature is liable to be rejected and/ or termination of the contract. All the other candidates are also required to compulsorily submit the scanned declaration duly signed in the format (Annexure II) along with other documents.
- In case of any disputes, it will be resolved within the jurisdiction of Hyderabad, Telangana court only.
Terms and Conditions (Virtual Mode):
- The above posts are purely temporary and on a contractual basis till the termination of the project. The selected candidates shall not claim for regular appointment/absorption in ICAR-IIMR or funding agency at the end of the project.
- Maximum age limit (as on date of interview):
- For SRF: 35 years for men & 40 years for women;
- For YP-II: 45 years;
- For YP-I: 45 years;
- Relaxation for SC/ST & OBC candidates as per rule.
- The duly filled-in application form (as per the Format-Annexure I enclosed) with a photograph affixed on it and signed, should be sent to globalcoemillets@millets.res.in on or before 5 th March, 2024.
- All the relevant original testimonials (date of birth, degree certificate, experience certificate, etc., if any) are to be shown and a set of attested copies of all the certificates will be required to be submitted by the candidates for verification, before joining, if selected. If any candidate is found to have submitted false information/claims at any stage, their candidature will be summarily rejected or the appointment will be terminated.
- No objection and experience certificate are required from the employer; in case he/she is employed.
- For short-listed candidates, the interview will be held Virtual on 15th March, 2024 from 10.30 AM and the details will be communicated through email.
- The online reporting time for the interview will be communicated. The candidates shall adhere to the instructions and timings of joining the online interview. The candidate/s may be required to wait for access as per the waiting list.
- The candidates are advised to ensure good internet connectivity for the smooth conduct of the interview and download the relevant software to connect the link.
- No TA/DA/ any other expenses will be paid for attending the interview.
- Concealing of the facts or canvassing in any form shall lead to disqualification or termination of the candidate. The decision of the competent authority will be final and binding in all respects.
- It may be noted by the candidate intending to attend the online interview if any of his near or distant relatives is an employee of the ICAR – IIMR, have to declare his/her name, designation, nature of duties, relationship in writing (Annexure-II) along with the form application so as to reach us by 5th March, 2024. If any such certificate and or declaration is furnished on the date of the interview and found that his relative is an employee of ICAR – IIMR, such candidate will not be allowed to appear for the interview. Moreover, even after joining, if the information is found to be false, her/his candidature is liable to be rejected and/ or termination of the contract. All the other candidates are also required to compulsorily submit the scanned declaration duly signed in the format (Annexure-II) along with other documents through e-mail.
- In case of any disputes, it will be resolved within the jurisdiction of Hyderabad, Telangana court only.
The duly filled-in application form (as per the Format-Annexure I enclosed) with a photograph affixed on it and signed, should be sent to globalcoemillets@millets.res.in on or before 5th March, 2024.
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