Vacancy Number	25060817228
Post	Scientist - ‘B’
Classification
Ministry/Administration	Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change
Department/Office	other
Organisation	Zoological Survey of India Kolkata

Number of Posts and Reservation

UR	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	PwBD	Total
2	0	2	0	0	1	4

PwBD Reservation Details

PwBD Type	PwBD Category
Deaf and Hard of Hearing	D-Deaf
Deaf and Hard of Hearing	HH-Hard of Hearing

Post Description

Pay Scale	Level – 10 (Rs.56,100-1,77,500/-) Total emoluments at the time of initial appointment will be Rs. Rs. 56,100/- plus DA as applicable per month excluding TA and HRA.
Age	Not exceeding 35 years for General, EWS, Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes candidates as on normal closing date. Not exceeding 38 years for Other Backward Class candidates as on normal closing date in respect of the vacancies reserved for them. Relaxable for regularly appointed Central/UT Govt. servants upto five years as per the instructions/orders issued by the Govt. of India from time to time. For age concession applicable to some other categories of applicants, please see relevant paras of the ‘Instructions and Additional Information to Candidates for Recruitment by Selection.’
Essential Qualification (s)	A. Educational- Master’s Degree in Zoology from a recognised University. B. Experience- Three Years experience in research and technique in the field of Zoology from the Central or State or Union territory Government/ Autonomous Body or Statutory Organizations or Public Sector Undertakings or University or Recognised Research Institutes. Note- Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of the Union Public Service Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, in case of candidates otherwise well qualified.
Desirable Qualification (s)	Doctorate degree in Zoology from a recognized University or Institute.
Duty(ies)	(i) Care, preservation, maintenance, identification, cataloging of such collections of the Zoological Survey of India and its regional stations of which the candidate will be in charge. (ii) Care and maintenance of Public Galleries of the Group of Animals of which the candidate will be in charge. (iii) Conducting and guiding field surveys. (iv) Conducting and guiding research work in Taxonomy, Morphology & Systematic etc. of such group of animals, as are placed in charge of the candidate. (v) Helping the Director in administrative matters. (vi) To look after the administrative matter of the regional stations.
Probation	One Year
Headquarters	Kolkata with All India service liability
Other Details	The post is General Central Service, Group ‘A’, Gazetted, Non-Ministerial. The vacancies for the post are permanent.
Any Other Conditions	01 Vacancy is reserved for the PwBD category ‘b’ i.e. Deaf and Hard of Hearing and it is a backlog UR/PwBD vacancy.

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