ICMR Chairs
Purpose/Objectives of the ICMR Chair:
i. To serve as part of a think tank for ICMR.
ii. To advise DG ICMR for improving ICMR’s intramural and extramural research programs.
iii. To mentor ICMR scientists to improve quality of their research proposals.
iv. To facilitate workshops for proposal & protocol development, data analysis interpretation and manuscript preparation.
v. To undertake independent activities that help scientists at any Indian institutes to conceptualize, plan and conduct world class medical research.
General Conditions/Guidelines For All ICMR Chairs
a) ICMR Chairs should work preferably, at ICMR Hqrs./27 ICMR Institutes.
b) The minimum age limit at the time of application is 60 years and upper age limit is 67 years.
c) The duration of all ICMR chairs is initially for three years extendable up to two years more (approved by the Expert Committee and the DG, ICMR) or 70 years of age, whichever is earlier. However, an annual review of the yearly progress report will be conducted by the ICMR for further continuation.
d) Remuneration: Last pay drawn minus pension. In addition, a special allowance of Rs. 50,000/- per month will be also given to the Chairs to meet the following expenses:
i. Meeting allowance for visiting ICMR Hqrs. as and when required.
ii. Telephone charges
iii. Computer and internet charges for meeting work
iv. Printing charges for meeting purposes
v. Journal publishing charges
vi. Secretarial assistance
e) Not more than 10 Chairs can exist at one point of time.
f) If any ICMR Chair visits ICMR Hqrs./Institute where he/she is not placed to attend meeting or otherwise, accommodation, food and TA shall be provided by the concerned Division/Institute as the case may be.
g) No private practice is allowed during the tenure as Chair.
h) The selection will be done by an Expert Committee constituted by the DG, ICMR who will be reviewing the research proposal and further approvals from the DG, ICMR.
i) All selected ICMR Chairs also need to submit Annual Progress Report (APR) within one month of completion of a year, which will be then reviewed by the Committee constituted by the DG, ICMR and recommendation is submitted to the DG, ICMR for final approvals for continuation of the next year tenure.
j) Allowances: The Chair shall not be entitled for payment of any kind of allowances such as Dearness allowance. House Rent Allowance, Government Accommodation, Medical Reimbursement, Telephone/Broadband reimbursement etc. except for Special and Transport Allowance as described.
k) Travel Abroad: The travel assistance would not cover any national or international travel Foreign visit of Chair, on third party sponsorship (partial/full), shall be prior approved by DG ICMR on the recommendation of the concerned institute Director/Head of ICMR. And likewise for private visit abroad (at own expense), prior permission of the DG based on the recommendation of the Institute Director / Head shall be necessary in both cases, the period of absence shall be adjusted and regulated against the leave due.
l) Leave: The Chair shall attend the office for not less than 200 working days of the establishment to which they are reporting. He/she shall be entitled to paid leave of absence of at the rate of 1.5 days for each completed month of service. The leave may be availed with the sanction of the concerned Director/Head. For tenure less than a year, the period shall be adjusted on pro-rata basis. The grant of leave beyond these limits and only under exceptional circumstances shall be at the discretion of the DG, ICMR.
Contact :
The Director General (Kind attention)
Dr. Geeta Jotwani,
Scientist-G & Head Division of HRD V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan,
Indian Council of Medical Research,
Ansari Nagar,
New Delhi-110029
