Junior Research Fellow

Name of the Research

Project

Deployable Smart Retrofit System using Indigenous Biochar-Derived Printed Sensors for Cleaner Coal RejectBiomass Energy in Rural Power Plants

Sponsoring agency

Technology Innovation in Exploration & Mining Foundation (TEXMiN), IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

Position title

Junior Research Fellow-1 (1 Position)

Duration of the project

1 year

Essential qualification

M.Sc./M.E./M.Tech. or equivalent degree in Science/Engineering/Technology or allied areas with at least 60% marks; OR

M.Sc./B.E./B.Tech. or equivalent degree in Science/Engineering/Technology or allied areas with at least 55% marks, one publication in an SCI-indexed journal, and two years of relevant research experience as on the last date of application; OR

B.E./B.Tech. or equivalent degree in Engineering/Technology or allied areas with at least 60% marks and two years of relevant research experience as on the last date of application.

Candidates with GATE/NET qualification and relevant research experience in sensor development, electrochemistry, materials, embedded systems, AI/ML, IoT, or cyber-physical systems will be given preference.

Age

Preferably below 32 Years (Age relaxation as per Govt. norms)

Job Description

The selected candidate needs to work on the development of fully automated hydroponics system, Data collection, Field study, Data processing, Multispectral Image Analysis, Machine learning and Deep Learning Model development. Comprehensive knowledge of ANN models, Reinforcement Learning and proven experience with software libraries such PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, TensorRT, PyTorchMobile and in technical writing will be preferred.

• Tentative date for the interview 17-09-2026