ICMR Young Professional Recruitment 2026 – Walkin

The walk-in interview for the ICMR Young Professional-III posts is on 4 December 2026, from 10:00 A.M onwards, at V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029. The Indian Council of Medical Research (Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare) has invited off-line applications in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-I) through walk-in interview for two contractual posts in its Hqrs. office: one Young Professional-III [Scientific (Production)] and one Young Professional-III (Technical). The pay is a consolidated Rs. 50,000 per month (Advt. No. ICMR/IJMR/YP-III/2026-27, dated 10-11-2026).

ICMR Recruitment 2026 Walk-in Interview Date, Time and Venue

The official notification does not specify the application fee.

About ICMR

The Indian Council of Medical Research is described in the notice as an autonomous organization under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. Its office is at V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029. These posts are for its Hqrs. office in New Delhi, and the Scientific (Production) post refers to the IJMR Production team.

Posts and Eligibility

Age Limit

The maximum age limit is 40 years for both posts. The notice says age limit and experience will be considered as on the last date of submission of the application; it prints no separate last date. No age relaxation is mentioned in the notice.

Other Eligibility Conditions

• Qualification and experience should be in a relevant discipline/field and from a reputed institution/organization recognized by the relevant authority.
• Experience is counted from the date of completion of the minimum essential educational qualification.
• Experience claimed as a mandatory requirement should clearly state the nature of work during the period of employment and the duration of the engagement.
• Candidates already in regular service under any Central/State Govt./Autonomous Dept./PSU are not eligible to apply.

Candidates should check the official notification for the full eligibility rules of each post.

ICMR Recruitment 2026 Job Description

The notice lists the following under “Desirable (Work area/Duties)” for each post.

Young Professional-III [Scientific (Production)]

• Production end processing of edited manuscripts, including:
• (i) Working closely with the IJMR Production team to facilitate fast and seamless publication of manuscripts online on the journal website.
• (ii) Communicating with authors to facilitate galley corrections, approvals, etc.

Young Professional-III (Technical)

• (i) Knowledge of Data management /entries.
• (ii) Working experience with scholarly platforms such as SQL.

What to Bring

The notice asks candidates to attend with the application form, passport size photo, experience certificate and all required documents with a set of photocopy. Applications are made in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-I), printed in the notice as the Bio-Data / Application Form.

• Prescribed application with a recent photograph.
• Self-attested copies of proof of date of birth, educational qualifications, relevant post-qualification experience, identity and category certificate, where applicable.
• Original documents, to be produced when called for verification.
• A separate application for each position.

The form asks for the post applied for, name, parents’ names, correspondence and permanent address, mobile number, e-mail ID, date of birth, category, marital status, sex, educational qualifications, post graduation specialization, whether the candidate has 5 years of work experience after post graduation, and a table of experience details. It ends with a declaration and signature.

What Happens on the Day

• The mode of application and selection is a walk-in interview, also called personal discussion in the notice.
• Candidates reporting after the scheduled date and time will not be allowed to appear in personal discussion.
• ICMR may adopt criteria for short-listing the applications if it receives a large number of them.
• The result of the final selection will be placed on https://www.icmr.nic.in, and the selected candidate will receive an email. No other communication by phone etc. will be made.
• Selected candidates have to sign an agreement of contractual appointment with ICMR Hqrs. The offer of engagement is subject to verification of original certificates.

Important Instructions

Period of Engagement and Pay

• The initial term of engagement is one year. Extension beyond it can be considered on case to case basis, depending on job requirement and performance evaluation by the controlling officer.
• The engagement is full-time contractual. The Young Professional may not take up any other assignment, part time or full time, during the contract.
• The consolidated emolument is Rs. 50,000 per month. No increment, HRA and Dearness Allowance are allowed during the contract. Applicable taxes are deducted at source.
• No Travelling Allowance/Daily Allowance/Joining time is admissible for joining or on completion/termination. TA/DA for travel inside the country in connection with official work is allowed as per entitlement at the time of retirement, as provided under SR 190(A).
• Honorarium, residential accommodation, CGHS, Provident Fund, Leave Travel Concession, telephone reimbursement, transport facility, personal staff and medical benefits are not available.

Leave and Working Hours

• Eligible for 08 days leave in a calendar year on prorata basis and 02 restricted holidays. Un-availed leave is not carried forward.
• Compensatory leave may be allowed for duty on holidays, not more than 02 leaves accruing in a month and accumulating up to 05 days at a time, to be availed within three months.
• Female Young Professionals get maternity leave under the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017. There is no paternity leave for male Young Professionals.
• Working hours follow ICMR norms and DoPT instructions. No extra benefit is allowed for work beyond office hours. Unauthorized absence for 08 continuous days without valid reasons leads to automatic termination.

Conditions for Candidates

• Incomplete, unsigned and late submitted applications will be rejected without correspondence. No editing is possible after submission.
• Candidates should keep a valid personal e-mail ID and mobile number active during the entire recruitment process.
• No TA/DA is paid to attend the interview; candidates arrange their own transport and accommodation.
• Fulfilling the essential qualification/experience does not guarantee selection.
• Incorrect or false information disqualifies the candidature at any stage, and ineligible services after appointment will be terminated without notice or compensation.
• Canvassing or outside influence leads to disqualification.
• The engagement does not constitute a regular job, and the candidate has no right to claim permanent employment under ICMR Hqrs. The Young Professional signs a secrecy declaration and Non-Disclosure Agreement before reporting.
• ICMR may increase or decrease the number of posts, cancel the recruitment or re-advertise. Any addendum or corrigendum will be issued only on https://www.icmr.nic.in.

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