IIT Patna invites applications from Indian Nationals (Foreign Nationals may also apply, for appointment to tenure/contractual position as per MHRD, GoI rules), who are well-qualified, energetic, and strongly motivated for teaching and research in the following schools and specializations:
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Department
Assistant Professor (on contract / Regular) (Preferred Specialization)
Associate Professor
Professor
Interview Schedule
Computer Science and Engineering
Computer graphics, Computer Architecture, Theoretical Computer Science, VLSI, Distributed Systems, Networking, Graph theory, Object oriented system, software engineering, Formal methods/formal verification, Embedded systems, Artificial intelligence, Image processing, Human computer interaction.
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
To be announced
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resource Engineering, Remote Sensing, Transportation Engineering, Environmental Engineering.
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
To be announced
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
To be announced
Electrical
Engineering
Power Electronics & Drives, Wireless & Digital Communication, Microelectronics, VLSI, Embedded Systems.
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
To be announced
Mechanical engineering
All Areas of Manufacturing Science, All areas of Design and Solid Mechanics including Dynamics, Robotics, Controls, MEMS, Tribology. All Areas of Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
To be announced
Materials Science & Engineering
Materials Modeling & Simulation, Microscopy in Materials Research, Corrosion of Materials.
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
To be announced
SCHOOL OF BASIC SCIENCES
Department
Assistant Professor (on contract / Regular) (Preferred Specialization)
Associate Professor
Professor
Interview Schedule
Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Petroleum Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
To be announced
Mathematics
Optimization & Numerical methods, Data base/data mining, Theoretical Partial Differential Equations, Algebraic geometry, Statistics
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
To be announced
Physics
Theory General, Condensed Matter (Theory), Optics Theory (Classical & Quantum), Non-Linear Physics (Theory & Experiment), Photonics (Theory)
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
To be announced
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department
Assistant Professor (on contract / Regular) (Preferred Specialization)
Associate Professor
Professor
Interview Schedule
Humanities and
Social Sciences
Economics, Psychology, Human Resource Management ,Linguistics, Philosophy
Economics, Psychology, Human Resource Management, English, Philosophy.
Economics, Human Resource
Management
To be announced
Minimum Qualifications and Experience Requirements:
a) Assistant Professor: One should have a PD. with first class or equivalent (in terms of Grades etc.) at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout and at least three years’ post-Ph.D. experience in teaching/research/industry for the post of Assistant Professor (Regular). Candidates not satisfying the experience requirement for direct recruitment as Assistant Professor (regular) may be considered for Tenure Track position as Assistant Professor (on contract) which may be regularized subsequently on completion of the minimum experience requirement and satisfactory performance in teaching & research during the period of contract appointment at IIT Patna.
b) Associate Professor: One should have a PD. with first class or equivalent (in terms of Grades etc.) at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout and a minimum of six years in teaching/research/industry of which at least three years should be at the level of Assistant Professor/Senior Scientific Officer/Senior Design Engineer or equivalent, excluding however, the experience gained while pursuing Ph.D. A candidate should have preferably produced one Ph.D. student (degree awarded or thesis submitted) with reasonable number of peer reviewed publications in journals of repute.
c) Professor: One should have a PD. with first class or equivalent (in terms of Grades etc.) at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout and a minimum of ten years of total post-Ph.D. experience in teaching/research/industry of which at least four years should be at the level of Associate Professor in any of the following: IITs, IISc Bangalore, IIMs, NITIE Mumbai and IISERs or at an equivalent level in any such industry or other Indian or foreign institution/institutions of comparable standards as may be so decided by the institute. A candidate must have produced at least two Ph.D. students (degree awarded) with reasonable number of peer reviewed publications in journals of repute.
Pay Scale & Perks:
a) Assistant Professor (on contract): To be appointed in PB-3 (Rs.15,600 – 39,100/-) with AGP of Rs. 6,000/- p.m. and seven non-compounded advance increments (minimum starting pay of Rs. 20,140/-). After 1 year, the AGP will be increased to Rs. 7,000/-
Plus allowances (DA/HRA/Medical/Children Education Allowance) as admissible to Central
Govt. Employees from time to time.
b) Assistant Professor: To be appointed in PB-3 (Rs.15, 600 – 39,100/-) with AGP of Rs. 8,000/- p.m. For direct recruits, minimum pay in the Pay Band to be fixed at Rs. 30,000/-. Assistant Professors in IITs, IISc Bangalore, IIMs, NITIE Mumbai and IISERs, on completion of three years of service shall move to Pay Band 4 (Rs.37,400-67000/-) with AGP of Rs. 9,000/- and will, however, continue to be designated as Assistant Professor.
c) Associate Professor: To be appointed in PB-4 (Rs.37,400 – 67,000/) with AGP of R 9,500/- p.m. For direct recruits, minimum pay in the Pay Band to be fixed at Rs. 42,800/-.
d) Professor: To be appointed in PB-4 (Rs.37, 400 – 67,000/-) with AGP of R 10,500/- p.m. For direct recruits, minimum pay in the Pay Band to be fixed at Rs. 48,000/-.
PERKS:
Cumulative professional development allowance of Rs. 3.0 lakhs for every block period of 3 years (Rs. 1 lakh per year) may be available to every member of the faculty on reimbursable basis to meet the expenses for participating in both National and International Conferences of various bodies and for contingency expenses for the purpose of teaching/research.
Reimbursement of Relocation charges up to a maximum of Rs. 1.0 lakh to the faculty members at the time of the joining the institute.
Institute accommodation with adequate security in lieu of HRA, free internet facility, and reimbursement of telephone bills up to Rs. 750.00 per month as per rules.
Handsome amount of initial start up research (seed) grant, based on research proposal, for setting up research laboratory in the frontier area of research is provided as the institute support.
Other Benefits as per Institute and GoI rules.
For Further details regarding the facilities, see the poster in the Faculty recruitment website (http://www.iitp.ac.in/IITPFacultyposter.pdf).
Age Requirements:
Preferably below 32 years for Assistant Professor (on contract), below 35 years for Assistant Professor (regular).
Relaxations:
Minimum requirements of qualification and/or experience may be relaxed in respect of outstanding candidates evidenced through academic contribution/research publications/patents or an equivalent contribution made towards pedagogical and/ or institutional developments. Candidates
from industry having excellent R&D record evidenced through publication/patents/product development may be considered even without producing
Ph.D. Relaxation may also be considered for candidates having completed sponsored projects with very good success evidenced through report from sponsoring agency/project monitoring committee. Age relaxations may be made, if needed, for candidates with past relevant experience in academia, industry, and R&D laboratories.
Reservation:
Reservation in appointment will be considered as per the Government of India (GoI) rules.
Submission of Application Form:
Prescribed application form can be downloaded here (DOC format, PDF format) and sent to the following address;
To
Professor In-charge
Faculty Affairs, IIT Patna
Pataliputra Colony, Patna – 800 013, Bihar
Phone: +91 (612) 2552041, Fax: +91 (612) 2277381, E-mail: facrecrt@iitp.ac.in
b) Applicants who are employed in Government, Semi-Government, Autonomous Organizations or Institutions should send their applications THROUGH PROPER CHANNEL. Else they will be required to produce a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from their employer at the time of intervi Applicants desiring to apply for more than one department should submit separate applications for each department.
c) The Institute reserves the right to consider to fill or not to fill positions in any of the above/ and or any other specialization(s)/ Department(s). The Institute has the right to set different as well as higher norms, while short-listing, taking into account the specific requirement of the individual departments. Mere fulfillment of the qualification requirements does not entitle candidates to be called for an intervie The completed application should be sent to the following address.
d) Applicants may send their advance copy of the applications through email to: facrecrt@iitp.ain and hard copy by post to the above address. Also, they should request the referees to send the reference letters to Professor In-Charge, Faculty Affairs by post/fax/email.
Important:
a) At least three reference letters from persons well acquainted with candidate’s work are essential for consideration of candid at Candidates have to ensure that reference letters by post/fax/email at least 8 working days before the date of interview for consideration of their application. Electronic copies of the application and/ or reports from the referees will be considered only on receipt of hard copies of the application.
b) Based on the qualifications of the candidates and the need of the department concerned, applications received will be process ed at regular intervals. The expected date of interview will be published on the website in advance. Please check this website regularly.
c) IMPORTANT DATES:
CLOSING DATE FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THIS ROLLING ADVERTISEMENT: 30th April, 2015
EXPERIENCE WILL BE RECKONED AS ON: 30th July 2015.
For any further information, please contact the above e-mail address.