Incois 0722
Incois 0722
Incois 0722
An Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt of India
“Ocean Valley”, Pragathi Nagar (BO), Nizampet (SO), Hyderabad, Telangana - 500090
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), an Autonomous Body
under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India is a knowledge and information
technology enterprise for the oceanic realm, pursuing focused programmes in the areas of
Ocean Observations, Ocean Modeling and Ocean Information & Advisory services including
Tsunami Early Warning. More details about INCOIS are available at www.incois.gov.in.
Online applications are invited from eligible Indian Nationals for engagement on contract basis
against the following temporary positions in the projects to be approved for the period
2021- 26 by Govt. of India. The positions will be initially for a period of one year, extendable
based on performance/project requirement on year-to-year basis till March 2026 or co-terminus
with the projects whichever is earlier. Details about the positions, reservation, consolidated
emoluments, academic qualifications, age, experience, and responsibilities of the contract
positions, format of application and other general conditions are given below:
2. Project Scientist II 23 -- -- -- -- 23
3. Project Scientist I 26 9 4 15 5 59
4. Project Assistant 17 5 2 9 3 36
Post Code: 01
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – III
No. of Posts: 07 (Seven)
Age Limit: 45 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 78,000 + HRA.
Essential Qualifications : Masters degree (M.Sc., M.Tech., M.Sc. (Tech.)) in Oceanic
& Experience: Sciences/ Atmospheric Sciences / Climate Sciences / Marine
Sciences / Meteorology / Oceanography / Physical
Oceanography / Physics / Mathematics / Zoology with
Fisheries / Fishery Sciences [or] Masters degree in
Engineering or Technology in Mechanical /Environmental /
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Chemical/ Electronics & Communication / Intrumentation
[or] Bachelors degree in Engineering or Technology in
Mechanical / Environmental / Chemical from a recognized
university/institute with at least 60% of marks in the
qualifying degree or its equivalent.
AND
7(Seven) years of experience in one or more of the
following areas demonstrated by publications in reputed
peer-reviewed SCI journals.
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Desirable : Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography /Marine Sciences/
Qualifications: Atmospheric Sciences/Climate Sciences/Meteorology/
Fishery Sciences.
Responsibilities : Responsibilities will include one or more of the following
activities:
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7 (Seven) years of experience in one or more of the
following areas:
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areas of System Administration, Network management,
Storage Management.
IT Support, Managing Windows, Linux, or Mac systems,
Upgrading, installing, and configuring application
software and computer hardware, Troubleshooting and
providing technical support to employees, Creating and
managing system permissions and user accounts.
Performing regular security tests and security monitoring,
Maintaining networks and network file systems,
Managing the secure and efficient storage of an
organization's electronic data.
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7 (Seven) years of experience in one or more of the
following areas demonstrated by publications in reputed
peer-reviewed SCI journals.
Post Code: 04
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – II
No. of Posts: 14 (Fourteen)
Age Limit: 40 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 67,000 + HRA
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Intrumentation from a recognized university/institute with at
least 60% of marks in the qualifying degree or its equivalent.
AND
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Desirable : Ph.D. in Oceanography/Atmospheric Sciences / Physical
Qualification: Oceanography / Mathematics / Physics / Computational
Engineering or equivalent.
Post Code: 05
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – II
No. of Posts: 01 (One)
Age Limit: 40 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 67,000 + HRA
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etc), Waves (WWIII, SWAN), Cyclone (HWRF), Storm
Surges (ADCIRC), Tsunamis (TUNAMI), Tides, Oil
Spills (GNOME), Fisheries (ECOPATH, ECOSIM),
Primary Productivity, Coastal processes etc, including
Data Assimilation (LETKF, 3DVAR, Hybrid etc), model
porting, model parametrization, fine tuning and
installation in HPC environment for R&D and providing
operational services.
Experience with optimal ship routing or optimal routing
problems and experience in operational ocean forecasting
and impact-based forecasting systems.
AND
3 (three) years of experience in one or more of the
following areas demonstrated by publications in reputed
peer-reviewed SCI journals.
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fisheries, satellite oceanography, primary productivity
modeling, etc.
Scientific programing languages (Fortran, Python & C.)
and data analysis software like FERRET, MATLAB,
GRAD, GMT etc.
Usage of field and lab equipment and experience in cruise
participation onboard boats/ships.
Post Code: 07
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – II
No. of Posts: 01 (One)
Age Limit: 40 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 67,000 + HRA
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Handling Broadband/GNSS-GPS/ SMA observatories
and its data analysis.
Instrument testing, assembly, calibration, and
configuration of GNSS and SMA observatories.
Data analysis software (e.g., Matlab, Fortran, Python,
GAMIT/GLOBK, Bernese, ObsPy, etc.,)
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Fortran for research data management. GIS development
& integration using open source GIS tools, experience in
Python, experience in Content Management Software
(CMS), PHP.
AI/ML applications, specialized in clustering /
classification / association mining algorithms.
Automation of end-to-end data management activities,
including quality control, and analysis of in-situ and
remote sensing data, data archival, etc.).
Post Code: 09
Name of the Post: Project Scientist - II
No. of Posts: 01 (One)
Age Limit: 40 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 67,000/- + HRA
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Teaching/Research in the field of marine and coastal
geospatial/Remote Sensing/GIS applications.
Remote sensing and data analysis using softwares
(ARC-GIS, ARC-View, QGIS etc) and programming
languages (eg: Matlab, C, Fortran etc.)
Post Code: 10
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 31 (Thirty One)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA
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Ocean observations (in situ, Remote Sensing, ship based)
including testing, assembling, calibration, configuration,
deployment, recovery, and data analysis of oceanographic
instruments such as Deep Sea Glider, Argo Floats, Wave
Drifters, Moorings, Tide Gauges, CTD, uCTD, VMP,
Lagrangian float, ADCP, ECFS, DCFS, ASIMET,
Radiometers, Radiosonde, process studies, laboratory
analysis of water samples, etc.
Modelling and forecasting of Ocean/Atmosphere/Sea-
ice/Earth System Processes for Ocean General Circulation
(MOM, ROMS, HyCOM), Climate, Ocean Ecosystem/
Biogeochemistry (FVCOM, ERSEM, COBALT, TOPAZ
etc), Waves (WWIII, SWAN), Cyclone (HWRF), Storm
Surges (ADCIRC), Tsunamis (TUNAMI), Tides, Oil
Spills (GNOME), Fisheries (ECOPATH, ECOSIM),
Primary Productivity, Coastal processes etc, including
Data Assimilation (LETKF, 3DVAR, Hybrid etc), model
porting, model parametrization, fine tuning and
installation in HPC environment for R&D and providing
operational services.
Data processing, analysis and visualization of high-
resolution ocean/atmosphere /climate (CMIP5/CMIP6),
bio-optical, physico-chemical & fisheries data, Satellite
data etc using data analysis software (Ferret, python,
GRADS, ODV, SeaDAS etc.,), programming languages
(Matlab, Python, R, C/C++, Fortran, Shell scripting etc.),
AI&ML applications, Ensemble techniques, GIS
Applications (Arc Engine, ArcGIS Server, open-source
GIS tools etc.), Operating Systems (LINUX / UNIX,
Windows) , Data formats (NetCDF, HDF, GRIB, GrADS
etc).
Post Code: 11
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 02 (Two)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA
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Responsibilities : Responsibilities will include one or more of the following
activities:
Post Code: 12
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 01 (One)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA
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Post Code: 13
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 04 (Four)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA
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estuarine and marine environments, usage of remotely
sensed data for fisheries applications, etc.
Fishery Resource Management, fish sock assessment, fish
habitat suitability modeling, ecosystem modeling,
participation in cruises, user interaction workshops, etc.
and any other scientific/technical jobs that may be
assigned from time to time.
Work on 24x7 basis to routinely carry out the day-to-day
activities for successfully running of the Operational
Ocean Services.
R&D and teaching activities.
Post Code: 14
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 03 (Three)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA
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Responsibilities : Responsibilities will include one or more of the following
activities:
Post Code: 15
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 04 (Four)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA
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Remote sensing data analysis and image processing using
software’s such as PostGIS, ARC-GIS, ARC-View,
QGIS, ERDAS Imagine, ENVI, SeaDAS, etc. and
programming languages (eg: Matlab, C, C++, Python, R,
Fortran etc.) for handling remote sensing data.
GIS Application development (Arc Engine, ArcGIS
Server, open source GIS tools etc.), spatial database
management (Post GIS, etc.)
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Post Code: 16
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 01 (One)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA
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Post Code: 17
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 07 (Seven)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA.
Essential : Master’s degree (MSc., M.Tech) in computers / Information
Qualifications: Technology [or] Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or
Technology in Computers / Information Technology from a
recognized university/institute with at least 60% of marks in
the qualifying degree or its equivalent.
Desirable : Ph.D. in Computer Science/Information Technology.
Qualifications &
Experience: Experience in one or more of the following areas:
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Any other scientific/technical jobs that may be assigned from
time to time.
Post Code: 18
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 03 (Three)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA.
Essential : Master’s degree (M.Sc., M.Sc. (Tech)., M.E. / M.Tech. ) [or]
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technology in
Electronics & Communications, Mechanical / Electronics /
Instrumentation / Electronics and Instrumentation /
Mechatronics / Electrical and Electronics from a recognized
university/institute with at least 60% of marks in the
qualifying degree or its equivalent.
Desirable : PhD in Electronics & Communication / Instrumentation.
Qualifications &
Experience: Experience in one or more of the following areas:
Operations & Maintenance of RF systems, INSAT /
VSAT terminals, HUB equipment, integration and testing
of various other electronic equipment/ oceanographic
equipments.
Instrument testing, assembly, calibration, and
configuration of oceanographic platform / gadgets such as
CTD, uCTD, VMP, Lagrangian float, ADCP, ECFS,
DCFS, ASIMET.
Handling (deployment, recovery and preliminary data
analysis) and participating on various scientific cruises
(including logistics support) for deployment and recovery
of various autonomous and non-autonomous observing
platforms in Sea.
Responsibilities : Responsibilities will include one or more of the following
activities:
Operations, maintenance, and integration of various
communication equipment such as Antenna terminals,
INSAT/VSAT field terminals, Transmitters, Tide gauge
systems, etc.
Installation, Operations & maintenance of Digital Display
Systems, field visit for troubleshooting & maintenance
of installed communication equipment across the
mainland & islands.
24/7 shift operations.
R&D and teaching activities.
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Post Code: 19
Name of the Post: Project Scientist – I
No. of Posts: 02 (Two)
Age Limit: 35 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 56,000 + HRA.
Essential : Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technology in Civil /
Qualifications: Public health engineering infrastructure from a recognized
university/institute with at least 60% of marks in the
qualifying degree or its equivalent.
Desirable : Master’s degree in civil engineering or Ocean Engineering/
Qualifications & Technology or Marine Structures or Equivalent degree from a
Experience: recognized university.
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Masters degree in Engineering or Technology in Mechanical
/Environmental / Chemical [or] Bachelors degree in
Engineering or Technology in Mechanical / Environmental /
Chemical from a recognized university/institute with at least
60% of marks in the qualifying degree or its equivalent.
Desirable: Diploma/ PG Diploma/ Certificate Course (of min 6 months)
in Media communication or Mass communication or public
services or global affairs or international relations
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Category : Project Assistant
Post Code: 21
Name of the Post: Project Assistant
No. of Posts:15 (Fifteen)
Age Limit: 50 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 20,000/ + HRA.
Essential Qualification: B.Sc. with Computer Science or BCA or Three years
Diploma in computer engineering or computer technology
or information technology from a recognized
university/institute with at least 60% of marks in the
qualifying degree or its equivalent.
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Assembly, integration, testing, deployment, retrieval and
maintenance of ocean related equipment and observing
equipment.
Data processing and analysis related to Database
Management, Big Data and Data Analytics applications of
AI/ML related to data sets, Open-source software for
working with large datasets (such as services user
database).
Responsible to design, develop and implement various
desktop applications for operational ocean services, R&D
purpose, Dissemination, etc.
To assist in developing, testing, customizing, and
operationalize the services / products, data processing and
analysis.
Cruise participation, cruise logistics, handling of ocean
platforms / equipments
Post Code: 22
Name of the Post: Project Assistant
No. of Posts:10 (Ten)
Age Limit: 50 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 20,000/ + HRA.
Essential Qualification: B.Sc. with Electronics as one of the subject or Three years
Diploma in Electronics and Communication / Electronic
and Instrumentation / Instrumentation / Electronics /
Mechanical / Mechatronics / Electrical and Electronics
from a recognized university/institute with at least 60% of
marks in the qualifying degree or its equivalent.
Basic knowledge of computer, in case of non-computer
subjects at graduation / diploma level.
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Tsunami buoy with bottom pressure recorder (BPR),
GNSS and SMA network in A&N Is,, Wave Rider Buoy
(WRB) and Automatic Weather Station (AWS).
Operations & Maintenance of RF systems, INSAT /
VSAT terminals, HUB equipment, integration and testing
of various other electronic equipment
Knowledge in integration and testing of electronic
equipment such as Electronic Display Boards
(EDB)/Digital Display System (DDS). Commissioning &
maintenance of instrumentation / communication systems.
Post Code: 23
Name of the Post: Project Assistant
No. of Posts:04 (Four)
Age Limit: 50 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 20,000/ + HRA.
Essential Qualification: B.Sc. with Biology or Zoology (Fisheries) or any branch
of Biological Sciences/Marine Biology Chemistry /
Biology / Zoology / Botany / Microbiology /
Biotechnology / Environmental Science from a
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recognized university/institute with at least 60% of marks
in the qualifying degree or its equivalent.
Basic knowledge of computer, in case of non-computer
subjects at graduation level.
Desirable: Experience in one or more of the following areas:
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Post Code: 24
Name of the Post: Project Assistant
No. of Posts:06 (Six)
Age Limit: 50 Years
Consolidated Monthly Emoluments: Rs. 20,000/ + HRA.
Essential Qualification: B.Sc. with Physics or Mathematics or Statistics from a
recognized university/institute with at least 60% of marks
in the qualifying degree or its equivalent
Basic knowledge of computer, in case of non-computer
subjects at graduation.
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Assembly, integration, testing, deployment, retrieval and
maintenance of ocean related equipment and observing
equipment.
Data processing and analysis related to Database
Management, Big Data and Data Analytics applications of
AI/ML related to data sets, Open-source software for
working with large datasets (such as services user
database).
Responsible to design, develop and implement various
desktop applications for operational ocean services, R&D
purpose, Dissemination, etc.
To assist in developing, testing, customizing, and
operationalize the services / products, data processing and
analysis.
Cruise participation, cruise logistics, handling of ocean
platforms / equipments
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cause analysis of problems, day to day supervision of
works, safety practices, quality checks etc.
Desirable: :
Good written and oral communication in English.
Experience in Scientific/R&D institutions in activities
related to management of scientific projects.
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office,
especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience in using office automation software and
ERP.
Responsibilities : Responsibilities will include one or more of the following
activities:
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Ocean/ Atmospheric Science from a recognized university or
its equivalent.
AND
20 (Twenty) years of experience in one or more of the
following areas demonstrated by publications in reputed peer-
reviewed SCI journals.
OR
Post Code: 28
Name of the Post: Expert/Consultant (Scientific)
No. of Posts: 01 (One)
Age Limit: 65 Years
Essential: : Doctoral degree in Computer Science/Informaton
Technology or Masters degree in Engineering or Technology
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in Computers/Information Technology (or) its equivalent
from a recognized university.
AND
20 years’ experience in one or more of the following areas:
OR
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Post Code: 29
Name of the Post: Expert/Consultant (Admin)
No. of Posts: 01 (One)
Age Limit: 65 Years
Essential Qualification: : Graduate in any discipline from a recognized university.
AND
20 years of experience in one or more of the following areas:
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Remuneration : To be calculated on deducting the pension from the Basic pay
drawn at the time of reirement for those covered under Govt.
pension scheme. The consultant shall also be entitled for
Transport Allowance.
OR
General Conditions:
1. The last date of submission of online application is September 09, 2022. The
last date is the cutoff date for all purposes including
Age/Qualification/experience etc.
2. The positions will be initially for a period of one year, extendable based on
performance/project requirement on year-to-year basis till March 2026 or
co-terminus with the projects whichever is earlier.
3. Age relaxation against posts reserved for SC/ST/OBC/ candidates and Ex-S
Men/PWD (irrespective of reservation) will be as per orders issued by the
Government of India from time to time.
4. The prescribed essential qualifications are minimum and the mere possession of the
same does not entitle candidates to be called for interview/written exam as
applicable. If the number of applications received in response to advertisement is
large, it will not be convenient or possible for the Selection Board to interview
and/or conduct written exam for all those candidates. The Centre may restrict the
number of candidates to be called for interview and/or written exam to a reasonable
limit based on desirable qualification and/or on the record of academic performance
and/or relevant experience for the post prescribed in the advertisement as per the
specific requirement of the Centre and/or any other bench mark decided by a
committee constituted to screen the applications. No correspondence will be
entertained with candidates who are not called for Interview and/or written exam.
6. For positions where interview is the mode of final selection, a candidate applying
and getting shortlisted for multiple posts will be interviewed separately for each
post.
7. Canvassing in any form and/or bringing any influence, political or otherwise will
be treated as disqualification. No interim correspondence/inquiry will be
entertained.
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8. Candidates working in Government/Public Sector Undertakings/Autonomous
bodies must produce a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from their employer at the time
of written test/interview. Candidature of candidates attending the written
test/interview without producing the NOC will be summarily rejected.
10. In case a candidate has obtained the above degree (doctoral degree) while in service
only, his /her service period will be counted towards experience and he/she will not
get any additional weight-age in experience for acquiring Doctorate towards total
period of experience.
11. The selection for the posts shall be on the basis of performance of the screened-in
candidates in the interview/written test depending upon the post.
12. The selected candidates are liable to serve any where in India, and work on 24/7
shift duties as per the requirement of the organization.
14. Director, INCOIS reserves the right to cancel the recruitment process at any stage,
without assigning any reason there of or vary the number of posts to be filled under
each category.
16. Production of the original certificate at the time of interview is must. Candidate’s
currently working in any other organization need to provide the proof of their
current employment with a service/experience certificate from the employer.
Appointment order or Pay slips or identity cards will not be considered as proof of
current employment.
17. At present, the place of posting is at Hyderabad with transfer liability to any part of
India as and when need arises.
18. All project positions are purely temporary and on contract co-terminus with the
project not entitling the candidate for regular/permanent appointment at anytime
during or after the expiry of the term/project..
19. The monthly emolument specified is approximate and may vary as per the
guidelines issued by Competent Authority from time to time.
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20. Any addendum/corrigendum etc. with regard to this recruitment will be displayed
only on INCOIS website.
23. How to apply: To apply, the applicant must fill the online application form
available at INCOIS website www.incois.gov.in and upload the scanned documents
in the online application form. The candidates are not required to send any hard
copies by post or through e-mail but must carry them when called for interview/test.
24. Applicants are requested to carefully go through the full text of the advertisement
and the instructions in particular before filling the online application. Incomplete
applications without photos, certificates, NOC etc will be summarily rejected.
25. Incase of any difficulty in the submission of online application form (not for other
queries), please email to vacancies@incois.gov.in.
Director, INCOIS
AdvtNo:INCOIS/RMT/04/2022
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