Advanta India Limited, a leading seed company in India with Global foot prints committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology. We require Statistician / Biometrician.

Key Challenges:

• He / she needs to provide statistical support to India based breeding programs across several crops in experimental design, data management, analysis and interpretation of experimental data.
• Candidate will be responsible for performing complex statistical analyses for a broad spectrum of data types (phenotypic, genetic, and molecular) and studies, preparing reports that summarize the analysis of such research data, and interpreting the findings and providing conclusions and recommendations.
• Candidate needs to interact closely with other researchers in the deployment of statistical methodology, information management and new software tools for breeding programs.

Responsibilities:

• He / she is responsible for development and evaluation of appropriate methods for QTL analysis, marker assisted selection and complex trait dissection.
• Responsible to engage at a high level with field breeders in the development and application of analytical and operational software to combine, visualize and deploy genetic and phenotypic info rmation to breeding programs.
• He / she needs to provide support on experimental design and the application of appropriate statistical methods.
• Candidate should be capable of managing high volume data flow originatingfrom multi-environment trials, the selecteded candidate will have experience in using mixed models and multivariate methods.
• Responsible for collecting, organizing, analyzing, and summarizing phenotypic and genotypic data for inbred and hybrid evaluation.
• Candidate will report directly to the Trailing Manager.

Education Qualification:

• M.Sc. / Ph.D in Statistics, Quantitative Genetics or Plant/Animal Breeding, or related area, with a specialization in field or genetic data analysis, experimental design, quantitative genetics, etc., with a minimum of five years of relevant experience in agricultural research.

Compentencies / Experience Desired/Required

• Must have a strong expertise in at least one of these softwares: SAS / Genstat / SPLUS.
• Direct experience in planning and implementing the design and analysis of field experiments.
• Experience in analysis of large multi-environment field trials or high-volume genetic data.
• Must have a solid foundation in statistical theory with strong interest in applied statistical analysis methodologies.
• Experience in quantitative/population genetics, and/or designing QTL studies, and effectively analyzing and interpreting data from those studies, and/or statistical consulting is highly desired.
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability in presenting talks, seminars or other oral presentations.
• Excellent problem solving skills, with demonstrated ability in developing and implementing creative solutions to complex problems.
• Desire to collaborate with individuals of diverse scientific backgrounds is essential.

Candidates meeting the above requirements may please apply within ten days to careers@advantaseeds.com