ICMR Young Professional 2026: YP-I vs YP-II, No HRA, Email by 21 October
No printed MCQ paper. Screening on eligibility. A written test, skill test or assignment may be added. YP-I is a graduate life-science post. YP-II needs 55 percent PG plus three years of dashboard work.
How to apply and the two pay lines are on the recruitment page. There is no CBT syllabus PDF. Use this page to see which post you actually match before you mail the form.
Which post
| Post | YP-I (Basic Sciences) | YP-II (Information Technology) |
|---|---|---|
| Posts | 1 | 1 |
| Essential | Bachelor's in a named life-science subject | PG with at least 55 percent in named CS/IT/AI subjects plus three years after that degree |
| Age on 21 Oct 2026 | 30 | 35 |
| Pay | Rs 35,000, no HRA | Rs 42,000, no HRA |
| Experience before the essential degree | Does not count | Does not count |
Selection
Last date 21 October 2026, mailbox icmr.trac@gmail.com. Screening on age, degree and post-qualification experience on that date. ICMR may hold a written test, skill test or assignment. Interview and verification dates go by email. No TA/DA. Incomplete or late applications can be dropped without a reply.
Contract: one year, extendable to three years maximum. No regular ICMR post. Guidelines: OM 16/84/2023-Admn.II/e-171470 dated 8 May 2026.
YP-I
One post, age 30, Rs 35,000, no HRA. Bachelor's in a life science / biomedical subject named in the notice. Work: literature search, proposal and project files, tracker sheets, coordination with PIs and ICMR institutes, basic data cleaning, for the TB Research Accelerator.
YP-II
One post, age 35, Rs 42,000, no HRA. PG with at least 55 percent in named CS/IT/AI subjects and three years after that degree, including dashboards or MIS and structured research data. Tools printed as desirable: Power BI / Tableau / Metabase / Superset / Qlik, SQL, R or Python, Stata / SPSS / SAS, ETL, APIs, Git, REDCap / ODK.
Experience before the essential degree does not count.
A short practice set is on the practice page.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Applications are checked against the printed eligibility. A written test, skill test or assignment may be held if needed.
Essential is a bachelor's in a named life-science subject. A postgraduate degree is listed as desirable.
No. Both posts are consolidated. YP-I Rs 35,000, YP-II Rs 42,000.
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