Centre for Condition Assessment and Management Plan for Cauvery River Basin (cCAUVERY)

Department of Civil Engineering

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Ref: NITT/R&C/cCauvery/NR/2025/1 Date: 21.04.2025

Applications are invited from Indian Nationals only for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) as per the details given
below, for Condition Assessment and Management Plan (CAMP) for Cauvery River Basin, under the principal
investigator Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, in National
Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli-15, Tamil Nadu.
Title of the project Condition Assessment and Management Plan (CAMP) for
Cauvery River Basin
Funding Agency National River Conservation Directorate (NRCD), D/o Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation,
Ministry of Jal Sakthi, GoI
Project Positions and Number of Positions JRF
No. of Vacancies: 6
[4 Nos. from M.Tech. in either Water Resources
Engineering/Hydraulic
Engineering/Hydroinofrmatics/Agriculture Engineering & 2
Nos from M.Tech. Remote Sensing/Geoinformatics]
Essential Qualifications B. E./B. Tech. in Civil Engineering with minimum of 60%
marks or 6.5 CGPA and M. E./M. Tech. or Equivalent in
Water Resources Engineering/ Hydraulic Engineering
/Hydroinformatics/ Agriculture Engineering/ Remote Sensing/
Geoinformatics with 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA, from any
recognized University/ Institute and Qualified GATE Score.
Desirable: Experience in working in Watershed Modelling
using Geospatial Techniques
Upper Age Limit: 35 years

Emoluments Rs. 37,000 + 16% HRA (Tier II City) per month for GATE
qualified candidates for the first two years

Rs. 42,000 + 16% HRA (Tier II City) per month for GATE
qualified candidates for the third year
Duration 1 year, will be extended further two more years till the
completion of project, based on satisfactory performance
Job Description 1. Involvement in Primary/Secondary Data Collection
(Hard/Soft data) related to Cauvery River Basin
2. Creation of Geodatabase for various parameters involved
in Condition Assessment and Management Plan of

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 Cauvery River Basin
3. Preparation of Georeferenced Maps for different
parameters
4. Involvement in Watershed Assessment Modelling
5. Proficiency in use of Water Resources/GIS Software,
Computer office applications for creation of documents,
presentations and spreadsheet applications, purchase
related works

General Instructions:
A. Candidates before appearing for the interview shall ensure that they are eligible for the position they
intend to apply.
B. Candidates desiring to appear for the Interview should submit their applications with the following
documents to the Office of the Principal Investigator through Registered/ Post.
C. Application should be furnished only in the prescribed format.
D. Experience including research, industrial field and others.
E. Attested copies of degree/ certificate and experience certificate.
F. Age of the applicant should be less than 35 years as on the closing date of application. The candidates
belonging to OBC and SC/ST are eligible for normal relaxation of 3 and 5 years respectively.
G. Candidates shall bring along with them the original certificates at the time of interview for verification.
H. Please note that no TA/DA is admissible for attending the interview.
I. The decision of the selection committee is final and binding.
J. Only shortlisted candidates will be informed by e-mail/Mobile and no separate call letter will be issued
for the same.
K. The last date and time of submission of duly filled in application May 12th, 2025 at 5.00 pm.
L. Eligible and interested candidates may send their applications on prescribed format along with Bio-Data
and supporting documents by post/courier to Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan, Associate Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015 with
the subject marked as NITT/R&C/cCauvery/NR/2025/1.

(Dr. Nisha Radhakrishnan)

PI/cCauvery

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 Centre for Condition Assessment and Management Plan for Cauvery River Basin (cCAUVERY)
Department of Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

RECRUITMENT OF Junior Research Fellow (JRF)

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