Applications are invited from eligible and suitable officers for filling up one post of Director General, National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPM), Hyderabad, an autonomous body registered under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001 under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation) required to be filled on deputation basis. The post is in the pay band-4 with a scale of pay of Rs. 37,400-67,000/- plus Rs. 10,000/- (Grade pay). 2. This institute imparts training in human resource development in plant protection technology. Besides, meeting the emerging training needs this institute will function as a centre of excellence and policy support centre in the matters of bilateral/multilateral negotiations on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) matters, plant protection activities, and providing training capability to private sector and farmers. ELIGIBILITY: 3. The eligibility conditions for the post are as under:- (I) Officers of All India Services and Central Services Group ‘A’ empanelled as Joint Secretary to Govt. of India or eligible to be empanelled as such; or With three years regular service in the Senior Administrative Grade; or (II) Officers of the Central Govt.; (a)(i) holding analogous posts on regular basis; or (ii) with three years regular service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on a regular basis in the scale of pay or Rs. 37,400-67,000 plus Rs.8700 (Grade pay) or equivalent; and (b) having eighteen years administrative experience in Group ‘A’ posts. 4. Maximum age limit for appointment by deputation shall not exceed 56 years as on the closing date of receipt of applications. Period of deputation including period of deputation in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other Organisation/Department of the Central Government shall not ordinarily exceed five years.
5. The officer selected on ‘deputation’ basis will have the option to draw his grade pay plus deputation(duty) allowance or to have his pay fixed in the scale of the post in accordance with DOPT’s O.M. No.2/8/97-Estt.(Pay.II) dated 11.03.1998, as amended from time to time. 6. Applications(in triplicate) in the enclosed proforma, along with the complete and up-to-date Confidential Reports(photocopies of the C.Rs are to be got attested by an officer not below the rank of Under Secretary to the Government of India) and Integrity Certificate of eligible officers who could be spared in the event of their selection, may be forwarded to Deputy Secretary(PP), Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Room No. 244-A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001, within 45 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in ‘Employment News’. While forwarding the applications, it may also be verified and certified that the particulars furnished by the officers are correct and that no vigilance case is either pending or contemplated against them and no major/minor penalty has been imposed on them during the last 10 years. 7. Please visit www.agricoop.nic.in for obtaining duties and responsibilities of the post as well as proforma. Applications received after expiry of last date or without the A.C.Rs, Vigilance Clearance, Integrity Certificate and a statement of major/minor penalty, if any, imposed on the officers during the last 10 years or otherwise found incomplete, shall be rejected.
5. The officer selected on ‘deputation’ basis will have the option to draw his grade pay plus deputation(duty) allowance or to have his pay fixed in the scale of the post in accordance with DOPT’s O.M. No.2/8/97-Estt.(Pay.II) dated 11.03.1998, as amended from time to time. 6. Applications(in triplicate) in the enclosed proforma, along with the complete and up-to-date Confidential Reports(photocopies of the C.Rs are to be got attested by an officer not below the rank of Under Secretary to the Government of India) and Integrity Certificate of eligible officers who could be spared in the event of their selection, may be forwarded to Deputy Secretary(PP), Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Room No. 244-A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001, within 45 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in ‘Employment News’. While forwarding the applications, it may also be verified and certified that the particulars furnished by the officers are correct and that no vigilance case is either pending or contemplated against them and no major/minor penalty has been imposed on them during the last 10 years. 7. Please visit www.agricoop.nic.in for obtaining duties and responsibilities of the post as well as proforma. Applications received after expiry of last date or without the A.C.Rs, Vigilance Clearance, Integrity Certificate and a statement of major/minor penalty, if any, imposed on the officers during the last 10 years or otherwise found incomplete, shall be rejected.