JIPMER has issued an official recruitment notice for the post of Project In-charge under Project AASTHA, described as a help desk for patients with cancer in the Regional Cancer Centre. This is a focused project post, not a large institutional recruitment drive, so the most important things to verify are whether your qualification matches one of the accepted pathways and whether your experience fits the role’s patient-support and coordination nature.
The post is linked to the Department of Medical Oncology and is being filled on a contract basis. The official materials available publicly confirm the project name, the application form, the advertisement number, and the last date. Cross-checked reporting from multiple recruitment summaries aligned on the core eligibility, age limit, vacancy count, pay, and email-based submission method.
This page is structured for a candidate who wants the usable details first: how many posts are open, who can apply, what kind of background is expected, what the pay looks like, how the application has to be sent, and which details are still not clearly expanded in the public-facing notice.
Recruitment overview
JIPMER is recruiting 1 Project In-charge for Project AASTHA, which is described as a help desk for patients with cancer in the Regional Cancer Centre. The post is connected to the Department of Medical Oncology and is being filled on a contract basis for project work.
This is a role that appears to combine patient support, coordination, and project handling rather than purely academic or laboratory work. Candidates should therefore assess both qualification fit and practical suitability for a cancer care support setting.
Important dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Advertisement listing visible on JIPMER jobs page | 17 April 2026 |
| Last date to submit application | 25 April 2026 |
The public material reviewed does not clearly publish a separate written test date, interview date, or result date for this post at this stage.
Post details and vacancy
The recruitment is for a single post:
- Project In-charge - 1 post
The role sits under Project AASTHA, which is specifically meant to function as a help desk for patients with cancer in RCC, JIPMER. Because the vacancy count is only one, candidates should expect screening to be selective.
Eligibility and minimum qualification
Based on the recruitment details cross-checked against the official notice trail and consistent secondary summaries, candidates may apply through any one of the following qualification pathways:
- Master's in Social Work with at least 1 year of relevant experience
- Bachelor's in Social Work with at least 3 years of relevant experience
- Master's in Nursing with experience
- Master's in Psycho-Oncology
For the purpose of eligibility classification, the lowest qualifying pathway reaches the graduate level through Bachelor of Social Work with experience.
Desirable background and role fit
The role appears best suited to candidates who can work with patients, caregivers, and hospital-facing project activity in an oncology environment. Cross-checked summaries of the notification point to preference for candidates with healthcare exposure, especially oncology-related work, and comfort in communication-based support roles.
Useful profile strengths for this post include:
- Experience in hospital, patient-support, or psychosocial care settings
- Ability to communicate in Tamil and English
- Experience in government, autonomous, or PSU-linked work environments
- Comfort handling coordination and help desk responsibilities in a medical setting
Age limit and salary
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Maximum age | 35 years |
| Monthly pay | Rs. 25,000 consolidated |
| Nature of post | Project-based contractual post |
The publicly available recruitment reporting consistently points to a consolidated monthly pay of Rs. 25,000. No separate HRA or layered pay structure is clearly visible in the public notice trail reviewed.
Application mode and how to apply
Although some summaries label this as an online application, the recruitment is functionally an email-based application using the prescribed form. JIPMER has published an application format specifically for the Project In-charge post under Project AASTHA.
- Download the official advertisement and prescribed application form.
- Fill in the application form in A4 format as instructed.
- Prepare your educational, experience, and identity documents.
- Attach the completed application and required supporting records.
- Send the application through the specified email route before 25 April 2026.
Candidates should read the form and advertisement together before submission, because project recruitments often reject incomplete or incorrectly formatted applications.
Documents candidates should keep ready
The public application format confirms that this recruitment uses a prescribed form. Candidates should keep the following ready before submission:
- Filled application form
- Recent resume or bio-data
- Proof of educational qualification
- Experience certificates supporting the eligibility pathway used
- Age proof
- Any supporting records relevant to language skills, healthcare experience, or patient-support work
Where the exact attachment checklist is specified in the full advertisement, that instruction should take priority over general practice.
Selection process and what is clearly confirmed
The official public trail clearly confirms the post, project, application form, advertisement number, and the application deadline. However, a detailed stage-by-stage selection schedule is not clearly visible from the official snippets that could be retrieved.
Because of that, candidates should assume that screening will happen first and that further contact, such as interview or any additional assessment, will be communicated later if shortlisted. It is safer not to assume a written test unless the institute publishes that explicitly for this post.
What is still not clearly announced
Some details that candidates often look for are not clearly expanded in the public-facing material reviewed from the official site snippets:
- Exact tenure or project duration for the selected candidate
- Detailed stage-wise selection procedure
- Interview or shortlist release date
- Clear public statement on application fee, if any
- Detailed category-wise age relaxation instructions on the visible snippet trail
Where the public announcement does not spell something out clearly, candidates should rely only on the official PDF and form documents rather than third-party assumptions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The last date to submit the application is 25 April 2026.
There is 1 vacancy for the Project In-charge post.
The maximum age limit is 35 years.
Accepted pathways include Master's in Social Work with 1 year experience, Bachelor's in Social Work with 3 years experience, Master's in Nursing with experience, or Master's in Psycho-Oncology.
The post carries a consolidated salary of Rs. 25,000 per month.
The recruitment is commonly described as online, but the application is submitted through the prescribed form and email-based process rather than a standard portal-only form.
The post is linked to Project AASTHA, a help desk for patients with cancer in the Regional Cancer Centre at JIPMER.