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F.No.2-4l2022-NRAA Govemment of India

Ministry of Agriculture

&

Farmers Welfare Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

National Rainfed Area Authority

NASC Complex, 2'd Floor Dev Praksh Shastri Marg, Pusa, New Delhi-

l2

Dated the4pecember, 2022

Subject: Hiring of

one Research Associate

(Agriculture) for World Bank

aided REWARI) Programme and Young Professionals by NRAA.

National Rainfed Area Authority, an ^attached office

of

Department

of

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, as on collaborating knowledge partner

with

Department

of

Land Resources

in

a World Bank aided

Rejuvenating Watershed for Agriculture

Resilience

through Innovative

Development (REWARD) programme, proposes to higher one Research Associate (Agriculture) for World Bank aided REWARD Programme on contract basis.

It

also proposes to hire two Young Professional one each in IT/ICT and Agriculture

&

Horticulture disciplines, for itselfon contract basis.

2. Details of Research Associate (Asriculture) (One Position)

The objective

of

the REWARD programme

is to

strengthen capacities

of

national and state

institutions to adopt improved watershed management for increasing farmers' resilience and support value chains in selected watersheds

of

participating states. The programme intends to use a scientific

&

data driven approach to watershed development planning and monitoring

&

maintenance, using RS, GIS and mapping tools integrated into

a

system

of

Land Resources Interventions and

a

data portal,

to

build decision Support Systems for developing location specific soil ^and water conservation plans, nutrient and water management etc.

lt

intends to build stronger technical and management capacities at national, state and local

to

apply these approaches and technologies

in

watershed development

in

the country. The project has

wo

result area (RA) viz.,

(i)

Strengthened Institutions and Supportive Policy

for

^Watershed Development, and

(ii)

Scientific-based llatershed Development

for

^Climate Resilience and Enhanced Livelihoods.

The lesson learnt from the programme is expected

in

up scaling

of

science-based approach to other states in the country,

The eligibility criteria, educational qualifications, experience, duties and Terms

of

Reference

of

this position is at Annexure-L

f Youn Professional Two Positions

Similarly,

it is

proposed

to

engage one Young Professional

flT/ICT)

^{and Young} Professional (Agri./Hort.) for

NRAA.

The eligibility criteria, educational qualifications, experience and duties

ofthis

position is at Annexure-ll.

4. Remuneration for the nositions

In

order

to

execute

the

programme,

NRAA

invites applications

from willing

and eligible individuals

for

engagement on contract basis

on

fixed remuneration

in

the range

of

Rs. 50,000/ to 70,000/-

per

month depending upon educational qualifications and experience.

In

case

of

^retired

government officials, the monthly remuneration shall be calculated by deducting basic pension from basic pay drawn by him/her at the time

of

retirement. In addition the retired govt. official

will

also be ^paid Transport Allowance per month

not

exceeding the rate applicable

to

the appointee

at

the time

of

retirement.

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5. I)uration of the oositions

The initial term of contract shall be initially for a period ofone ^year from the date of ^engagement

or

until further orders, whichever

is

earlier. Subsequent extension (s)

or

curtailment,

if

any, shall ^be decided on case to case basis depending upon requirement and performance. These appointments would be on full-time ^{basis and} they would not be permitted to take up any other assignment during the period oftheir engagement in the said programme.

6. Declaration of Secrecv

All

contractual professionals engaged

will

be required

to

furnish oath

of

secrecy

in

prescribed format at the time

of

reporting

for

the engagement. The professionals may not publish a book or a compilation of articles or participate in ^a radio broadcast or contribute an article or write a ^|etter to any newspaper or periodical, either in his/her own ^name or anonymously or pseudonymous in the ^name of any other pirson,

if

such book, article, broadcast, uses any information that ^he/she may ^{gather as part} of this

"onruituncy, without the prior approval of NRAA"/DoLR. During the period of assignment with NRAA, all ^such conhactual professionals

will

be subject to the provisions ofthe Indian Official Secrets Act, ¹⁹²³ and

will

not divulge any information gathered by her/him to anyone who is not authorized to know / ^have the same. The professionals ^engaged by

NRAA

shall in no case represent or give opinion or ^advice to others in any manner which is adverse to the interest

ofNRAA

or the Covernment oflndia.

7.

Lopistics and SuDDort

The persons so engaged would be provided working space and other necessities as deemed

fit,

to discharge their duties and functions.

8. Ase-Limit

(i)

Normally, the maximum age

limit

for the position of Research Associate (Agriculture)

will

be not exceeding 65 ^years.

(ii)

Normally, the maximum age

limit for

Young Professionals

will

be 35 years. This is relaxable further in respect ofpersons belonging to SC, ST, OBC, PWD and expertise on the subject.

(Bikram Singh) Section Officer

6rh- W-

9. f,cave

As prescribed in DA&FW,s

o.M.

No. l2034l8l2ll6-E ^-1, dated 30.12.2016 read with Department

of

Expenditure's O.M. No. 3-25/2020-E.lllL, dated 9.12.2020, as amended fiom time to time or other instructions ofthe gov€mment on the subject.

10.

Interested and

willing

persons are requested

to

appear

for walk in

interview/ personal talk alongwith their CV (Bio-data) in the format enclosed at Annexure-lll on 13ft January, 2023

fiom

10.30

AM

onwards

till

4.30 PM. However, for the sake

of

administrative convenience they are ^requested to submit

their

aoplications

to

Section Officer. National Rainfed Area

Authoritv.

NASC Comolex.

A-

Block. 2'd Floor. DpS Mare. PUSA.

New

Delhi-l 10012 through email

to

nragpc2007@smail.com atleast

thee workinq

days before

the

date

of the

interview/personal

talk. While

coming

for

the interviedpersonal

talk, they

should

bring

copies

of all the

^{relevant documents}

like

educational qualificatiLns and experience alongwith originals.

In

case any person

is

applying

for

more than ^one position, separate application ^{should be submitted.}

4.

^{No TA/DA}

will,

^{however, be paid for attending the} walk in interviedpersonal talk.

Encl: As above

Annexure-I EDUCATI ONAL OUALIFICATIO

NS

AND EXPERIENCE

^FO

RTHE

DIFFER-ENT

POS

ITIONS IN NRAA

A.

^{Research Associate}

(A ulture)

(a) (i) (ii)

Academic

Qualification &

Experience

-

Bachelors

Degree

in Agriculture

or Horticulture

from

a recognized University or Institute;

Atleast 5

^years

of

experience

in the

crop husbandry,

crop

specific technologies

and hortiiultural practices,

management

and mitigation of various

^climatic

aberrations and associated risks particularly in rainfed areas.

Desirable:-

Higher educational qualification i.e. Masters Degree/Ph'

D'/additional

specialized qualification in the relevant field from a

^recognized

University/lnstitute

Persons who have experience

in

Schemes/Projects in the above subject.

Knowledge

of

Climate Change and adaptation strategies.

(c) Duties:-

To

assist and support

National Level Network

Manager and Theme Experts

for

accomplishment

of

the project deliverables and specific works as assigned by them.

(d) Terms of

Reference at APPendix Note:

(b)

(D

(iD (iiD

All

the applicants should ^be proJicient

in

handling computer independently and should have knowledge of database ^systems.

Annexure-II

A. Young

Professional

0TlICT)

(a)

Academic

Qualification &

Experience

-

(i) B.

Tech (Computer Science/Communications/Electronics)/BCA

from

a recognized University or Institutel

(ii) 2 years

experience

in the

concemed

subject or requirement of the

^position'

particularly in Web Technology, Web-service, Management of Web

^Portal,

Monitoring Information

System,

RDBMS:MS-SQL, OS: Windows,

Programming code,

testing

and debugging, preparing

User/Admin

^manual,

providing

end used training/support etc.

(b) Desirable:-

(D M.Tech./lvICA/MBA

from ^a recognized University/tnstitute;

(ii)

Experience/training on remote sensing and Geo tagging.

(c) Duties:-

To provide

IT

support to

NRAA

for

fulfulling

its mandate, portal management

of NRAA, MIS

development

and

management

for

programmes/schemes

of NRAA, linking of State Web

^Services

with national portals, DBT, PFMS, etc. To

^assist

Technical Experts and

consultants

in their

duties

relating to

computer applications, presentations and other

IT

support as required.

Youns

Professional ⁽

Iture/Hort.)-One

^Position

(a)

Academic

Qualification &

Experience

-

(i)

Masters/Bachelor's Degree

in Agriculture

Science

or Horticulture or

equivalent from a recognized University or lnstitute;

(ii) Two

years experience

in the

concemed subject

or

area

of the discipline of

the position

(b) Desirable:-

Ph.D. in concemed subject or discipline.

(c) Duties:- To

^{collate data,} information, good technologies

&

practices, national

&

intemational knowledge &

experiences

for effective

management

of

^rainfed

agriculture,

particularly

the agro-forestry and plantation based

farming

systems;

field visit

and supervision of drought proofing action plans; assisting formulation

of

programme guidelines, manuals

and

interventions;

monitoring

^progress

of pilot/research projects; assist in Monitoring and Evaluation of

programme/schemes undertaken

in NRAA; assist formulation of

^State-wise

perspective

plan for holistic

development

of rainfed

areas;

coordination with

departrnents/agencies

dealing with

sustainable use

of natural

resources

or

any other works as may be assigned by

NRAA

from time to time.

Note:

All

the applicants

should

be

proJicient in handling

computer independently and should ^have k towledge of database ^systems.

B.

CV format for aonlication for

the positions

in NRAA

(In _case apply for more than one position separate application has to be

filled

in)

1.

^{Post applied}

for:

2.

^Name:

3.

Father's Name:

4.

^{Date of}

Birth:

5.

^Domicile:

6.

Nationality:

7

.

Postal Address

with

Post Office code

&

^Police Station:

E-mail

ID:

Contact No.

(Tel): Mobile:

8.

Permanent address

9.

Whether belongs to SC/ST/OBC/PWD

10.

Educational Qualifications: (Bachelor Degree and above)

11

^{Work Ex flence}

1

1. Additional Educational Qualifications/K-nowledge/Skills as provided under

column, 'Desirable' for the relevant position:-

a)

b) c) 12.

13.

Additional

Information

(if

any).

Declaration: This is to certifi, that,

I,

(name of applicant), son/daughter/wife of

---

---,

a

resident

of

^have

no

pending administrative

/disciplinary

and/or

criminal

case before any court/organization.

I,

further,

certiff

that

I

have never been found

guilty or

convicted

of any

administrative offence and/or

crime. I

also

certify

that

all

the

information

^given

by

me

is

true

to

the best

of my

knowledge and believe and

if

selected and appointed

will

provide service

fulltime

and

will

not be engaged in any other activity.

SI. Course/Degree

Subject

(Specialization)

Year of

Passing

Enclosure

of

Self attested copies (yes/no)

S.No.

Institute Nature

^of

Work Enclosure

of Self

attested copies. (yes/no)

Date

&

Place

(Signature)

Annexure-III

Division/Class

/

Awards/

Distinction University/

Institute

Period From

To

Government of India

Ministry of Agriculture

^and

Farmers Welfare Department ol Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

National Rainfed Area Authoritv

Rejuvenating Watershed for Agriculture

Resilience

through Innovative

Developmcnt

(REWARD)

Duties

& responsibilities for

Rescarch Associate

(Agriculture) I. IIACK(;ROTINt) OF THE PRO,IECT

NRAA

is engaged as knowledge

pa(ner of

Department

oi

Land Resources

(DoLR)

in the World

Bank supported "Rejuvenating Watershed for Agricultural Resilience through

Innovative Development

(REWARD)"

programme. Development objective

of

the

REWARD

program is to strengthen capacities

of

national and state institutions to adopt improved watershed management

lbr

increasing farmers' resilience and support value chains in selected watersheds

ofparticipating

states. The project has

two

Result Areas

(RA)

viz.

RA-l will

lbcus

on

strengthening the

institutional

capacity and

policy

environment

tbr

sctence- based, participatory watershed development in the participating states. The Disbursement Linked Indicators

(DLIs)

under this result area are:

DLI #l

Percentage

of

Watershed Committees

(WC)

and Gram Panchayats

(GP)

which demonstrate

satisfactory

watershed management

as

measured

through a

perfbrmance rating

DLI

^{#5 Number}

of

professionals who complete certified

training

on improved walershed management provided by National Center

of

Excellence on Watershed Management

DLI #6 National technical

standards

for

improved watershed management updated by DoLR and directive issued to states

(DLI fbr

Dol.R).

RA-2 will

concentrate

on

science-based watershed development

and help

demonstrate more

elficient

and

elfective

^ptanning and implementation

of

watershed sub-projects that contribute ttr

a

Anne

ndif,

2.

Oti.lllCTIVliS

climate resilience and livelihood

enhancement.

The

Disbursement

Linked Indicators (DLIs)

under this result ^area are:

o DLI

#2 Land area treated

with

science-based watershed management technologies

r DLI

#3 Number

of

tarmers who adopt resilient agriculture technologies and practices

o DLI #4 Number of

^FPOs

with 25

percent increase

in

business

tumover relative

to baseline

The objective of the

assignment

is to

^achieve

DLI#6 i.e. National technical

standards

for

improved watershed management, which are broadly;

a.

Approaches/protocolsimethodologies related

to Land

Resources

Inventory

preparation

for watershed planning and

management

in each state of REWARD

^program

implementation and assess/document results.

b.

Approaches/protocols/methodologies related

to

Hydrological assessments

for

watershed planning and management

in

each state

of

the

REWARD

Program implementation and assess/document results.

c. Remote sensing products needed for science-based watershed planning

and management.

d. All

DSS being used in the

REWARD

program stales for watershed management.

e.

Data Portal

format (for

storing. processing, analysing,

running DSS) in

terms

of

data slructure. hardware and software specifications' data security features, etc.

l. lmpact Evaluation

approaches/protocols/methodologies

including benchmark

^site selection, setting

up

and management.

RCT

design, selection

of control

and treatment areas, approaches ¹⁰ setting sub-watershed-wise biophysical and income goals, etc.

g.

Establish knowledge coordination across participating states more effectively 1o enhance

potenlial use of available technological

advancements

in the field of

^watershed

management.

h.

Prepare status paper

and consultatively

develop peer

reviews and revision

wherever possible and presented to the relevant stakeholders /process participants.

Coordinate

with

the National Level Technical Committee

till

the technical standards are prepared. presented and approved /

llnal

clearance.

3.

PRO.IECT MANAGE,MENT I.]NIT (PMU)

NRAA will form a National Consortium with

organisations

having expertise in

the respective domains

to fulfilt

^the objectives

olthe

assignment-

NRAA will

establish a

PMIJ with

professional expertise

in

specific subject domains

to

coordinate among consortium partners and anchor the

overall

process

of

developing National technical standards

for

improved watershed management. The

PMU will

provide necessary administrative, technical and financial support to

the

Consortium partners

on

a

periodic

basis

during

the course

of

the

project. The PMU

along

with

Consortium Partners

will

be responsible

lbr

achieving the

DLI

^6.

1, DUTIES & RESPONSII]ILITIES

o To

assist

Network Manager, Theme Experts in the fields of Land use,

resource inventories, monitoring and evaluation

of

watershed development.

r

Periodic

field visits to

^project watersheds and interact

with

the prof'essional agencies,

officials

and

field

lunctionaries engaged

in

the project

for

capturing the best practices and responses in the above

lields

o Provide technical

assistance

to the PMU in the context of crop

husbandry and

production systems for participatory watershed development planning

and implementation

o

Assist

in

analysis and documentation

of

undertaking

LRl,

use

of

land use details. and

key elements of participatory watershed

management,

monitoring &

^evaluation

parameters and govemance

ofnatural

resources

o

Assist in preparation and submission

ofdraft

standards

r

Coordination

with

consortium ^partners, DoLR and state governments

. Any

other duties that may be assigned by the Network manager and Theme Experts

5.

til,tPoRTIN(;

The position

will

report to the CEO,

NRAA

and Technical Expert (Water Management) or his

/

her designate 6.

LoCATION

1'hc position is based in thc

NI{AA's Ofllcc

at

Krisi

Vistar Bhawan. New Delhi