Recruitment of various jobs in Semi-Conductor Laboratory

Semi-Conductor Laboratory

S.A.S. Nagar (Punjab)

HIRING OF RETIRED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AS CONSULTANTS ON 

CONTRACT BASIS

Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), Government of India, is the only Integrated Device Manufacturing Facility  in  the  country  providing  end-to-end  solutions  for  Development  of  Application  Specific Integrated   Circuits  (ASICs),  Opto-Electronics   devices,   and  Micro  Electro  Mechanical   System (MEMS) Devices encompassing Design, Fabrication, Assembly, Packaging, Testing, and Reliability Assurance.

SCL invites  application  from candidates retired from Government  Services/ Central Government Autonomous Bodies to be engaged as Consultants on contractual full time basis.

Eligibility Criteria required is as under:

Terms:

1. Tenure: The initial engagement of the consultant would be one year. The engagement period may be further extended or curtailed by the discretion of the Competent Authority subject to functional need and performance of the consultant.

2. Age Limit:  The maximum age limit for all the categories of consultants will be 63 years on the last date of the application.

3. Remuneration and Allowances:

a. The remuneration  of consultants will be fixed monthly; amount shall be paid arriving at by deducting the basic pension (gross) from the last basic pay drawn at the time of retirement.

b. Retried officials not drawing pension will be paid a consolidated remuneration to be fixed at 50% of last basic pay drawn at the time of retirement. 

c. The amount  of remuneration  so fixed shall remain unchanged  for the term of the contract. There will be no annual increment/percentage increase during the contract period.

d. Transport Allowance:   Transport  Allowance  for  the  purpose  of  commuting  between  the residence and the place of work shall be paid. The Transport Allowance shall be fixed at the rate applicable to the appointee at the time of retirement. The Transport Allowance shall not exceed the rate  applicable  to  the  appointee  at  the  time  of  retirement.  The  amount  so  fixed  shall  remain unchanged  during  the term  of engagement  No Dearness Allowance  shall  be admissible  on the Transportation  Allowance  and the amount  so fixed  shall remain  unchanged  during  the  term  of appointment.

e. Retired employees engaged as consultants will be allowed TA/DA in official tour, if any, as per their entitlement at the time of their retirement.

f. No HRA shall be admissible. No accommodation will be provided by SCL.

g. TA/DA for joining; No TA/DA is admissible for joining the assignment or on its completion.

h. No other allowance  except above allowed above will be admissible  during the term of the contract.

i. Tax Deduction at Source: Income Tax or any other tax liable to be deducted as per the prevailing rules, will be deducted at source before effecting the payment of remuneration.

4. Leave:  Paid leave of absence will be allowed at the rate of 1.5 days of each completed month of service. If leave is not availed in a particular month the same shall be carried forward and can be availed in the next of subsequent months, but not more than five days absence in a single spell be allowed under normal circumstances. Accumulation/carry  forward of leave beyond a calendar year shall not be allowed. No payment in lieu of un-utilized leaves will be paid by SCL.

5. Working hours:

a. SCL is operational on 24x7x365 basis. Working hours shall normally be However, the consultants may be called for service on holidays or beyond normal working hours due to exigency of work. Consultants in the technical areas shall be required to come in Shifts.

b. In special circumstances,  the Consultant could be called for services on holidays or beyond normal working hours for which no compensatory leave or pay will be granted.

c. The Consultants shall be required to mark their attendance in the Bio-metric Attendance System.

6. Working facilities  to be provided:  Basic support like sitting space, stationary, computer will be provided by the SCL in the office as per the function need

7.  Confidentiality of data  and documents:

a. The consultants shall not utilize or publish or disclose or part with, to a third party, any data or statistics or proceedings or information gathered during the course of the assignment for the office without the express written consent of SCL while employed as well as after the end of employment  at any time. The consultants shall be bound to hand over the entire set of records of assignments to the office before the expiry of the contract and before the final payment is released by the office. The Consultants shall sign NON-DISCLOSURE  UNDERTAKING containing a clause of Ethics and Integrity.

b. The  Consultant  should  maintain  absolute  confidentiality  and  secrecy  of  the  information handled by him/her during the contract and even after termination  of contract, failing with the consultants will be liable for suitable action, as deemed fit.

8. Conflict  of Interest: The Consultant appointed by this office, shall in no case represent or give opinion or advice to others in any matter which is adverse to the interest of this office.

9. Termination of service: SCL may terminate the services of the Consultants, If:

a) The Consultant is unable to accomplish the assigned works.

b) Quality of the accomplished work is not to the satisfaction of SCL.

c) The Consultant fails in timely achievement of the milestones as decided by SCL. 

d) The Consultant is found lacking in honesty and integrity.

e) The requirement of Consultant for the work assigned ceased to exist. 

f)  The undertaking given by the candidates is found false.

g) The Consultant completes 5 years of retirement.

h)  Any declaration given or information furnished by the candidate proves to be false or if the candidate is found to have willfully suppressed any material information.

The services can be terminated by giving fifteen day’s notice in writing from either side. The termination will be without prejudice to either party’s rights accrued before termination.

10. Accident,  Injury, etc. during the  period of engagement: SCL shall not be responsible for any loss, accident, damage or injury suffered by the consultant whatsoever  arising in or out of the execution of his work inside or outside the Department including official travel.

11. Preference  will  be  given  to  meritorious  candidate  who  have  worked  in  semiconductor manufacturing and allied services.

12. The candidates should be free from any medical conditions that may impair the performance of their duties.

13. SCL reserves the right to accept or reject in part or all the responses  at any stage without assigning any reasons whatsoever.

The interested candidates may send their application in the prescribed format attached as Annexure  –I   to  this  Notification,   through   registered   post  to  Head,   P&GA,   Semi-Conductor Laboratory, Sector 72, S.A.S. Nagar from the date of publication of this circular on SCL website.

Head, P&GA