TMC CCE Project Manager 2026: Four Medical Degree Routes, 3-Year Clinical Research Gate

TMC CCE Project Manager Walk-in 2026: the clinical-research gate behind a ₹45,000 position

One vacancy | Notice CCE/Advt/375/2026 | 2 November 2026 | Centre for Cancer Epidemiology, ACTREC, Kharghar

A Project Manager vacancy at a cancer-research institution can sound like a broadly accessible administrative role. This one is not. The Centre for Cancer Epidemiology (CCE), part of Tata Memorial Centre's ACTREC campus, has advertised one project appointment with an unusually specific combination: a qualifying degree from four medical/health-professional streams, a postgraduate diploma in clinical research (or an equivalent qualification) and three years of clinical-research experience. The employer is also looking favourably upon an MPH degree, public-health/NCD programme exposure and the ability to read and draft letters in Marathi, but those latter elements are not replacements for the stated essentials.

The employer's own 21 October 2026 listing and its signed one-page notice put the walk-in on Monday, 2 November 2026. The notice names ₹45,000 per month and a maximum initial project tenure of six months or the project's continuation, whichever is earlier. A candidate should evaluate the short appointment horizon and the strict documentary conditions before making travel arrangements for Kharghar.

🩺 Four degree routes — not four separate vacancies

These are alternative degree routes to the same Project Manager post, not separate reserved seats, distinct job categories, or a four-post intake. The PDF does not say that an unrelated management degree or an MPH automatically substitutes for the clinical-research postgraduate diploma. It says MPH is desirable, while the PG Diploma in Clinical Research or an equivalent qualification is an essential requirement. The equivalence is not defined by a list of named courses; applicants relying on equivalence should bring evidence of its level, syllabus and issuing institution, and obtain employer clarification where necessary.

The three-year proof is the real screening risk

The exact wording requires three years of experience in clinical research. It does not say that three years of general hospital employment, pharmaceutical sales, routine administrative work, or medical practice automatically satisfies that requirement. If an employment certificate carries only a generic designation, the applicant should bring supporting experience letters showing actual study/research responsibilities and precise dates. These are prudent evidence-preparation suggestions, not a newly invented employer-prescribed document format. The notice does not specify that the three years must be after a particular degree, so do not add an unsupported post-degree timing condition either.

The role's published job profile further mentions experience in public-health projects and non-communicable disease programmes and proficiency in reading and drafting letters in Marathi as desirable. For a researcher with documented clinical-study management and public-health delivery, these provide useful examples to describe truthfully in the bio-data; for someone with no clinical-research background, Marathi proficiency or an MPH alone does not fix the missing mandatory experience.

⏳ The six-to-thirty-six month decision: tenure versus prior experience

The appointment asks for 36 months of prior clinical-research experience while the initial advertised position lasts at most six months, and may end sooner if the project ceases. Those are fundamentally different measures—an eligibility threshold and an appointment ceiling—so the chart below is a transparent comparison of time commitments, not a selection-score chart.

Prior research experience vs initial project tenure

This ratio is 6:1. It matters to applicants changing cities or resigning from a longer-term position: no extension, renewed contract or conversion to permanent service is promised in the one-page advertisement. The employer's exact formulation is “initially for a period of 06 months or till the continuation of project whichever is earlier.” This is a project engagement, not an advertised regular TMC/ACTREC vacancy.

₹45,000/month: what the figure means and what it does not

The notice prints “Pay Range: Rs.45,000/- per month” for this one post. It gives no pay-matrix level, grade pay, incremental salary band, HRA allowance, statutory deductions or itemised gross-to-net calculation. The recruitment record therefore displays one monthly monetary figure rather than a fabricated minimum–maximum range or two repeated pay-level badges. Six full advertised monthly payments would arithmetically amount to ₹2,70,000; that is only a conditional multiplication, not an assured six-month earning, because the role may stop when the project stops. Any real offer, deductions and payment terms must be checked with the employer.

📍 Walk-in route: exact day, time and place

The notice also instructs candidates to attend at 10:00 a.m., while its explicit reporting-time line provides a 10:00–11:00 a.m. window. Plan to arrive for the beginning of registration; 11:00 a.m. is not an interview start-time guarantee and the notice does not promise acceptance of late arrivals. No online application link or prior email submission mechanism is specified for this project vacancy. The physical reporting and eligibility check are the operative application route.

🗂️ What to take in the document folder

The original one-page notification names bio-data, original certificates, qualification certificates, experience certificates, birth certificate, photograph, PAN Card and a set of photocopies. A practical folder can contain your medical/health degree certificate, clinical-research PG Diploma/equivalence documents, records supporting three years of actual research service, birth evidence, identity details and relevant public-health project references. Carry all originals even if clear photocopies are available. The notice does not prescribe a separate downloadable registration form, fee, photo dimensions, caste-specific checklist or document-upload portal: avoid treating unrelated TMC or ACTREC forms as compulsory for CCE/Advt/375/2026.

Document-risk example: An MBBS degree and an MPH, together with general clinical employment, may look strong on a CV but do not on their own prove the published PG clinical-research diploma/equivalent and three clinical-research years. The candidate should establish each condition separately; the employer will decide equivalence and eligibility.

How the selection is actually documented

The advertisement calls this a walk-in interview and directs eligible candidates to bring originals. It does not publish a written examination, CBT/MCQ blueprint, marks for interview, an exact selection-weightage table, a prescribed shortlisting score, negative marking, medical test date, final merit formula or result-publication schedule. No separate admit-card, answer-key, result or cutoff notice is associated with the 21 October CCE/375 recruitment in the official material checked for this edition.

For this reason, the recruitment lifecycle below contains the confirmed 2 November interview event, followed by any documentary selection decision only when the institution issues one. Do not import an older ACTREC written-test syllabus, interview schedule or selection list from a different advertisement merely because it also uses the Tata Memorial Centre brand.

What the institute context tells you — without inventing duties

CCE, ACTREC is an established cancer epidemiology and research setting within TMC. The centre's official 2026 implementation-research workshop material identifies a Division of Implementation Science and Behavioral Research, with work around needs assessment, measurement, implementation strategies and public-health research. That describes the wider institutional setting, not a mandatory software package or detailed assigned duties for this particular Project Manager appointment. The recruitment notice itself names public-health/NCD project experience as desirable. Preparing concrete, verifiable examples of research administration, study delivery and health-programme work is more useful than copying a generic list of “project management skills” into the application.

Candidate decisions before travelling

A doctor with no clinical-research PG diploma or equivalent: The medical degree is only one required component. Do not infer eligibility from the word “MBBS” in isolation.

An MPH-qualified candidate: MPH is desirable. It is not stated as a substitute for the mandatory PG clinical-research diploma/equivalent plus 3-year experience combination.

An experienced clinical researcher: Match the exact research dates and type of assignments against the three-year rule, bring originals, and discuss contract termination/payment particulars before accepting an offer.

A candidate expecting regular employment: This is a short project-specific position with a six-month maximum initial horizon, possibly shorter if the project closes. The notification promises neither long-term security nor automatic renewal.

Official references and update discipline

• Primary signed one-page PDF: CCE/Advt/375/2026, available through the Tata Memorial Centre advertisement details page. Salary, qualifications, desirable criteria, tenure, reporting place/time and documentary checklist above come directly from this page.
• Tata Memorial Centre careers: official entry lists advertisement CCE/Advt/375/2026, starting 21 October 2026 and interviewing 2 November 2026.
• ACTREC jobs: separately indexes the same CCE advertisement with the same interview date. It is a cross-check, not a second vacancy.
• ACTREC 2026 implementation-research event: institutional context only, not a selection rule or a job-specific syllabus.

Review the official notice before travelling in case of an updated venue or schedule. The published vacancy is exactly one Project Manager, with no stated category breakup, numerical age ceiling or exam result date; those details must not be guessed.