ICAR IIMR Recruitment 2026: 13 Posts, Walk-in 18 and 19 Nov

ICAR IIMR Recruitment 2026 has 13 contractual posts open at the Indian Institute of Millets Research in Hyderabad, and there is no online form at all. You walk in on 18 or 19 November 2026, depending on your post, with a filled application form and your original certificates. The interview starts at 10:30 AM and you must report by 10:15 AM.

Pay runs from Rs 30,000 to Rs 42,000 a month, with HRA on top for Senior Research Fellows. The posts sit under the Global Centre of Excellence on Millets, known as Shree Anna, and the engagement runs to 31 March 2027 at first, with an extension possible if the project needs it and the funds are there.

The first thing to get right is the date for your post. Four posts interview on 18 November and four on 19 November, and the notice gives no second chance for a missed date. The second thing is the degree route, because the same post can land you as a Senior Research Fellow or as a Young Professional-II depending on how long your Bachelor's degree ran and whether you hold NET or a PhD. Read both before you plan the trip.

ICAR IIMR Recruitment 2026 at a glance

The 13 posts, and which day each one interviews

Six of the eight post groups are shared between Senior Research Fellow and Young Professional-II. Your degree route decides which of the two you are considered for, and the next section explains that split. The two remaining groups are Young Professional-I only.

The Green House post takes 3 of the 13 seats and needs only a three year undergraduate degree in Agriculture or Horticulture, which makes it the easiest door in for a fresh graduate. The Seed Science post needs an MSc in Agriculture with a specialisation in Seed Science and Technology, Crop Physiology, or Genetics and Plant Breeding. Every post lists desirable experience too, such as lab work in molecular markers and PCR, food analysis, seed testing or farmer outreach, and the notice insists on certificates for essential and desirable qualifications, so carry proof for everything you claim.

Your degree decides whether you are SRF or YP-II

For five of the six shared posts, the notification prints the same three routes. A postgraduate degree in the named subject with a four year Bachelor's degree and a two year Master's degree puts you in line for Senior Research Fellow. The same postgraduate degree with a three year Bachelor's degree and a two year Master's degree plus NET or a PhD also puts you in line for Senior Research Fellow. The same combination without NET leaves you as Young Professional-II.

Agricultural Extension is the one post where the notice gives no such split. It names only the subjects, post-graduation in Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Economics or Agri Business Management, and a PhD in Agricultural Extension sits in the desirable list. If that is your post, the interview panel decides where you fit.

The subject lists are narrow, so check yours against the exact wording. Genomics wants a Master's in Genetics and Plant Breeding, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics or a related discipline. Biochemistry wants Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Food Technology, or Food Science and Nutrition. Plant Biotechnology wants Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology or a related discipline.

Administration and Project Management wants post-graduation in agricultural sciences, agribusiness management, Business Administration or agricultural marketing. A near match is not a match here, because only candidates holding the essential qualification may attend the interview.

Pay and age, in plain numbers

A Senior Research Fellow gets Rs 37,000 plus HRA a month for the first and second years, then Rs 42,000 plus HRA from the third year onwards. A Young Professional-II gets Rs 42,000 a month fixed, with no separate HRA line. A Young Professional-I gets Rs 30,000 a month fixed. The YP-II figure equals the later SRF figure, but the SRF post adds HRA and a named research title, which matters if you plan to stay in research.

Age for Senior Research Fellow caps at 35 years, with 5 years relaxation for SC, ST and women and 3 years for OBC. Young Professionals must be between 21 and 45 years, with relaxation as per Government of India rules. The notification gives no separate cut-off date for age. The application form asks for your age as on the date of interview, so check your age on your walk-in date.

Our age calculator works it out exactly if you are close to a limit.

What to carry to Rajendranagar

This is a walk-in, so the paperwork is the application. Download the notification from millets.res.in and print Annexure-I and Annexure-II. Fill Annexure-I fully, stick a recent passport-size photograph on it and sign it. If your photo needs resizing to passport size first, our passport photo maker will do it.

Fill Annexure-II as well, the declaration about relatives working at ICAR-IIMR. A relative on staff is not a bar by itself, but hiding one can cancel your candidature and selection.

Bring your original certificates and a set of attested copies, with marksheets from Class 10 onwards, degree and experience certificates, and proof of date of birth. Documentary proof of prior experience is mandatory, not optional. If you are employed, carry a no objection certificate from your employer. The notice says the selected candidate may have to join immediately, so do not plan the trip as a casual visit.

The fine print, before you book the train

A few conditions in the notice are easy to miss. Reporting after 10:15 AM plus the 15 minute grace period means the institute will not accept your application. The institute pays no TA or DA for attending, so the travel to Hyderabad is on you. Canvassing in any form cancels your candidature.

The Director's decision is final and binding, the institute can alter or cancel the advertisement without giving a reason, and selection gives no claim to regular appointment or absorption in ICAR-IIMR or the funding agency.

Go in with that understood, because this is project work with a fixed end date, not a permanent post.

The closest parallel running now is another walk-in, the CMRL Technician recruitment, if you want to compare how a walk-in screening works elsewhere. For this one, the order of work is simple. Confirm your post and its date in the table above, print both annexures, gather the originals, and reach Rajendranagar before 10:15 AM on your day.

Sources & verification: ICAR Indian Institute of Millets Research, Global Centre of Excellence on Millets (Shree Anna), walk-in interview notification for 18 and 19 November 2026, read in full on 9 November 2026 from the text of the official notification. All post counts, pay, dates, age limits, eligibility conditions and instructions above come from that notification. The official website is www.millets.res.in.