National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) was founded by Sir Robert McCarrison in the year 1918 as ‘Beri-Beri’ Enquiry Unit in a single room laboratory at the Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. Within a short span of seven years, this unit blossomed into a “Deficiency Disease Enquiry” and later in 1928, emerged as full-fledged “Nutrition Research Laboratories” (NRL) with Dr. McCarrison as its first Director. It was shifted to Hyderabad in 1958.
Job Title: Senior Research Fellow.
No of Posts: 01
Project title: “Development of New Bio-maker for Quantification of Acetylcholinesterase (ache) Enzyme Activity Organophosphate Carbamales and Nerve Agent in Biological and Ambient Matrices”
Funding agency: Department of Health Research
Age limit: 30 years. Age relaxation is admissible as per ICMR guidelines
