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Organisation : Department of Agriculture, Maharashtra
Post Name: Recruitment for Consultant in 2016
Reference Number : POCRA/PMU/85/16th November 2016

Notification & Application Form : http://www.indianin.in/uploads/799-Consultant.pdf
Home Page : http://www.mahaagri.gov.in/

Recruitment of Consultant :

Invitation of Applications for the Appointment of Consultants

Related : Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission Recruitment 2016 Regulatory Officer : www.indianin.in/686.html

The following consultants are to be engaged on contract basis in the Office of the Project Director, Project Management Unit, Government of Maharashtra’s World Bank assisted Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture (POCRA). The estimated Project period is of six years.

The selected persons would initially be appointed, on contract, for a period of eleven months. The contract may be renewed periodically subject to the performance of the consultant and the requirements of the project.

The details of the Consultants to be appointed are as follows:
Sr. No | Contractual position | No. of Posts
1 Agricultural Engineer 1
2 Hydrologist / Geologist 1
3 Sociologist 1
4 Procurement Specialist 1
5 Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist 1
6 Agribusiness Expert 1
7 GIS Specialist 1

Applicants should submit their applications in PDF format, by email only, to hr.pocra[at]gmail.com , on or before midnight of 1st December, 2016.

Application Process:
Interested applicants should study the consultant-wise job descriptions, qualifications and experience requirements given in Annexure-I. Applicants should submit application as per the application format given in Annexure-II along with a covering letter describing in brief how s/he is suitable for the said contractual engagement.

The application must be submitted in the PDF format, by email only, to hr.pocra[at]gmail.com. Applicants should ensure that their applications are submitted on or before midnight of 1st December, 2016.

Selection process:
The selection of consultants will be done by inviting applications from eligible applicants through newspaper advertisement and notice on the website mahaagri.gov.in. Consultants will be selected by a screening cum selection committee, constituted by Project Director, PoCRA for this purpose.

Only shortlisted applicants will be called for the further selection process. Depending on the project requirements, the Project Director, PoCRA, reserves the right for modifying the requirement of post(s), to relax or modify the published eligibility criteria, and to modify / cancel the recruitment process without prior notice.

As mentioned in GR dated 10 August 2016, for the post of Procurement Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Sociologist, Agribusiness Expert and GIS Specialist, maximum permissible payment (all inclusive) towards the services of the selected consultant will be up to Rs 1,50,000 per month.

For the post of Hydrologist / Geologist and Agricultural Engineer, the maximum permissible payment (all inclusive) towards the services of the selected consultant will be up to Rs 80,000 per month.

However, these limits are the maximum ceilings and the selection committee will finalize the actual payment to be made to individual consultant(s) based on the qualifications and experience of the applicant, and the assessment of the committee.