New Guidelines on Advance Training Programmes Effective from July 1, 2010 Advance Training Courses for Postgraduate Students

and for the employees of R& D Institutions/ Pharmaceutical Industry/ Government Laboratories etc. Under this programme the institute conducts different kinds of training of short duration in various disciplines (listed below) against payment. The courses comprise both lectures and practicals by our eminent scientists with emphasis on practical R & D aspects in a particular discipline. The programme is most suited to candidates sponsored by industries, academia and research institutions from all over the country and abroad. List of Disciplines in which institute offers training Design and syntheses of new molecular Drug metabolism & disposition ; entities isotopes in drug research Isolation of natural products including marine resources and purification techniques QSAR studies and molecular modelling Drug delivery system; quality control and stability studies of drugs & pharmaceuticals Clinical pharmacology Breeding of laboratory animals, their care, management/genetic characterization of laboratory animals their breeding, management of nonhuman primates and genetic quality control of inbred strains Tissues culture and cryopreservation

Modern techniques in NMR, Mass Spectrometric studies, Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy

Combinatorial organic synthesis & peptide chemistry Molecular methods (immuno and genetic) for diagnostics (parasitic and microbial infections) Maintenance of protozoan and helminthic infection (in vitro and in vivo); breeding and rearing of vectors of protozoan and helminthic infection

Molecular biology and crystallography

Identification, collection, processing and marketing of medicinal plants

Antimicrobial, antiviral and antimalarial drug evaluation (in vitro and in vivo) Recombinant DNA technology/microbial genetic techniques Categories of Trainees 1. Trainees from Academia/organizations 2. Trainees from Industries (private & public sector) 3. Foreign Trainees(CSIR-TWAS,WHO,INSA, and any other exchange programme on specific terms of sponsoring .... organization)

4. Postgraduate Student Trainees 5. Training in Instrumentation 6. Training in Laboratory Animal Science for Technical personnel Eligibility For 1-3 and 5 categories training, candidates with Master degree or equivalent in Organic Chemistry, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Zoology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology are eligible. For category 4, students must be pursuing their Postgraduate course from reputed Govt. Universities/ Colleges in any of the relevant areas mentioned above and have secured at least 55% marks in all examinations from High school to Graduation, are eligible. Candidates possessing Bachelor degree or equivalent in Veterinary Science and working in a Govt. or private sector and interested in training to maintain and breeding of animals are eligible for category 6. Number of Trainees Total number of trainees is fixed and it would not be more than 200 per year in any case. Out of 200 candidates, 100 candidates will be accepted for 1st half of the calendar year and remaining 100 will be accepted for the 2nd half of the calendar year. Duration of Training For categories 1, 2, 5 and 6 duration will be 2-12 weeks. For category 3, duration will depend on terms and conditions of exchange/deputation programme. For IAS, INSA & NASI Summer fellows duration will be 2 months. For category 4, duration will be minimum 4-6 months and may be up to 1 year. How to Apply

Please send an official letter from the concerned organization sponsoring the candidate alongwith the biodata of the employee clearly mentioning the specific area in which training is required. For Postgraduate trainees, a copy of biodata, original recommendation letter of the Head of the Department/Institution, area in which he/she would like to complete training to fulfil the Master degree and a half page write up in brief about the work which will be carried out during the training period. When To Apply Applicants can submit their applications throughout the year. Applications received during (November 16 to May 15) from Postgraduate trainees will be processed in between May 16 to

June 15 and letter to accepted candidates will be sent by speed post in the first & second week of June and candidate will be asked to join the training programme from July 1-10 of every calendar year. Similarly applications received during (May 16 to November 15) will be processed in between November 16 to December 15 and letter to accepted candidates will be sent by speed post in the first and second week of December and candidate will be asked to join the training programme from January 1-10 of every calendar year. Criteria for selection of Postgraduate Trainees Selection of Postgraduate trainees will be made on merit basis. However, eligibility of trainees does not guarantee for the selection but it would depend on availability of space in the concerned scientist lab and also other factors, like the upper limit of number of trainees allowed per year. Preference would be given to those trainees who are pursuing their Postgraduate course from IITs, Central Universities, all the UGC approved State Govt. Universities, JNU affiliated colleges, NIPER, Vanasthali Vidyapeeth etc. Monitoring of Training programme & Certificate Distribution A valedictory function will be organized in the last week of June and December of every calendar year, in which all the trainees, their training supervisors, training coordinator and Director or his nominee will be invited to participate in this monitoring process. Feedback/comments from all the participants would be welcome in order to improve this programme. Certificate to all trainees will be distributed, by the Director or his nominee, who would complete their training/project work successfully. TRAINEES MUST REMEMBER Not to send application through e-mail Not to send application, if you are pursuing your undergraduate course Not to make any query about the acceptance or rejection before the application is processed Not to apply, if you are not eligible for training Minimum attendance in lab for receiving the certificate is 95 %. Training Fee Rs.5000/-per month for Postgraduate Student Trainees Rs.5000/- per week from employees of Academic/Government organizations Rs.15000/-per week for employees of Pharmaceutical industries Free of cost for CSIR employees children and those who joins summer fellowship program under IAS, INSA & NASI. Contact Person For all kind of training (except type 3) please send application (in the form of Hard copy only) to:

Dr. D N Upadhyay, Scientist Science & Technology Management Division, Central Drug Research Institute, P.B. No. 173, Chattar Manzil, Lucknow-226 001 (India). e-mail : dn_upadhaya@cdri.res.in