Job Description :
Farm/Project Manager should design, set up and manage a world class experimental farm at the
centre, supervise the various operations associated with the conduct of field experiments at VAFPCL,
Nadukkara and oversee the overall management of the R & D activities of the research centre and
report the progress regularly to the station head. Your B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees must be in Agriculture
or Horticulture.
Phytochemist/Biochemist should be well-versed with the various analytical procedures for the quality
analyses of fruits such as moisture, pH, acidity, reducing, non-reducing & total sugar, TSS, protein,
fibre, fat, minerals, vitamins, aminoacids, enzymes, etc and operation of various
instruments/equipment used in a chemistry lab. Phytochemist should design, set up and manage a
world class Phytochemistry lab at the centre, undertake the regular analytical works in various
projects, regularly provide the analytical data and prepare regular reports of various R & D projects.
Your B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees must be in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry or closely related
chemistry field.
Tissue culturist/Biotechnologist should design, set up and manage a world class Tissue Culture lab at
the centre, undertake TC production of Banana, Pineapple and Passion fruit and achieve the target
production of 30-50 thousand TC plants/year; supervise the biotechnology research work, associate
with the overall management of the R & D activities of the centre and report the progress regularly to
the station head. The Tissue culturist should be well-versed with the maintenance of a contamination
free TC lab; various tissue culture protocols like preparation of explant, inoculation, multiplication,
rooting, hardening, etc and operation of various instruments/equipment used in a Biotech lab. Your
B.Sc. and M.Sc. must be in Biotechnology.
Microbiologist/Pathologist should design, set up and manage a world class Microbiology lab at the
centre, culture, identify and develop control measures for the contaminating organisms in the TC lab
and maintain it contamination free; supervise the microbiology research work, associate with the
overall management of the R & D activities of the centre and report the progress regularly to the
station head. The Microbiologist should be well-versed with agricultural microbiology protocols like
isolation, culture, identification & control of microorganisms, common pathogens of tropical fruit
crops & their control and operation of various instruments/equipment used in a microbiology lab. Your B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees must be in Microbiology or Plant Pathology.
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