Post-Doc fellow

Advt No. 002/10.02.2026

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Designation

Post-doc fellow

Project Title

Processing of bio-polymer (protein, starch, and flour)‍

Location

TDU campus, Bengaluru

Number of Position

1 (One)

Essential Qualification

PhD in the area of food science and technology/food technology/food engineering and close allied skills and minimum 2 published papers in peer reviewed journal.

Candidates with relevant work experience with plant proteins extraction, air classification, and extrusion is preferred.

Project Nature (Permanent / Temporary)

1-year (can be extended based on funding)

Work Responsibility

• Preparing design of experiments at lab and pilot scale; recording data, data analysis, writing weekly reports.

• Prepare composite flours (starch and protein fraction) using air classifier – conduct physicochemical and functional and nutritional analysis.

• Analytical Technique- perform laboratory characterization using Rheometer, DSC, fibre, starch, phytic acid, particle size, GC-MS and HPLC.

• Shelf life & sensory- conduct texture analysis, sensory evaluation and monitor shelf life under ambient and accelerated conditions

• Documentation ad reposting- maintain detailed records of experiments, prepare data reports and contributes to publications and project deliverables

• Installation & commissioning of new equipment

• Developing new methodologies

• Conducting workshops

• Report writing & preparing publication quality manuscripts

Proposed Fellowship / Salary / Consultancy

55,000/- per month

General Information

• The position is purely on contractual basis

• Only short-listed candidates will be called for an interview

• The date and time of the interview will be communicated to the shortlisted candidates via email only.

Interested candidates are requested to apply in the prescribed CV format, mentioning the advertisement number, and email it to hr@tdu.edu.in on or before 17.02.2026

To download the CV template, please follow the steps below :

1) Click the Download Template CV tab

2) The template will open in Google Docs

3) Navigate to File in the top-left corner

4) Select Download

5) Choose Microsoft Word (.docx)

6) The document will then be saved to your device

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