ISI Kolkata Project Staff Jobs 2026 Out

The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata has invited applications for 5 Project-Linked Persons (Junior Research Assistants) on a purely temporary basis, under advertisement No. PU/507/ADV/919 dated 27 October 2026. The posts are for the project "Vidyaapati: Bidirectional Machine Translation Involving Bengali, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, and Hindi", funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in the Linguistic Research Unit (LRU), Kolkata. The pay is Rs. 40,000 a month and the last date to apply by email is 1 November 2026.

Important Dates

• Advertisement date: 27 October 2026
• Last date to send the application by email: 1 November 2026
• Age is counted as on 31 December 2026
• Appointment is up to 31 March 2027 from the date of joining

Vacancy Details

All posts are temporary and linked to the project. The selected candidate gets no claim to permanent employment with the Government of India or ISI, and no right to continuation under any other project after this one ends.

Eligibility

• Essential: 1st Class in MA in Computational Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics or Applied Linguistics.
• Essential: experience in NLP-related research and development work.
• Essential: knowledge of translation from Hindi to Bengali, text processing and text annotation.
• Essential: knowledge of Bengali and Hindi grammar, lexicon, syntax, semantics and discourse.
• Desirable: experience with translation software and an NLP toolkit, experience in evaluating Hindi-Bengali parallel translation corpora, and knowledge of project report preparation, research paper writing and presentation.
• Age: not more than 35 years as on 31 December 2026, with the usual relaxation for SC, ST, OBC, differently-abled candidates, outstanding candidates and those with relevant experience.

Pay

• Consolidated salary of Rs. 40,000 per month, with no other allowances.

Selection Process

• Eligible candidates are short-listed from the applications and called for an offline interview. The interview details are sent to the email ID given in the application.
• At joining, the selected candidate must show all original documents and a medical certificate of fitness from the Medical Officer of the Institute.
• If the first choice does not join, the position goes to the next candidate on the merit list.
• The Institute may decide not to appoint anyone.

How to Apply

• Send a cover letter by email to niladri@isical.ac.in or niladrisdash@gmail.com by 1 November 2026, addressed to the Professor-in-Charge, Social Sciences Division, Indian Statistical Institute.
• The cover letter must carry the project name and the signed current resume in English.
• Give your name in block letters, a passport size photograph, permanent and present address, email address, mobile number, parent's or spouse's name, date of birth, academic qualifications with percentage of marks from 10th class, experience if any, Aadhaar card number, and SC/ST/OBC/differently-abled status.
• Attach self-attested scanned copies of all documents. CVs with incomplete information or without supporting documents are rejected.
• Read the full advertisement on the ISI website (isical.ac.in/jobs) before applying.