No. 411002/3/2018-Estt 01st March, 2018

RECRUITMENT FOR S R RUNGTA CHAIR IN DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING AT THE LEVEL OF PROFESSOR CREATED THROUGH THE ENDOWMENT BY RUNGTA MINES LIMITED (RML)

About IIT (ISM), Dhanbad

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad formerly known as Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad established in 1926 offers 4 yr. B.Tech., 3 yr. M.Sc. Tech., 2 yr. M.Sc., 5 yr. Integrated M.Sc. (Tech.)/M.Tech.,5 yr. Dual Degree (B.Tech. & M. Tech./MBA), 2 yr. M.B.A., 2 yr. M.Tech., full time and part time Ph.D. courses/ programmes in Engineering and Basic/ Earth/Social/Applied Sciences, Humanities and Management disciplines.

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad has

More than nine decades of excellence in Science & Technology

Well-qualified and dedicated faculty and technical staff.

Fully residential campus

Well-equipped hostels with modern facilities, including internet.

State-of-the art facilities for education and research

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IIT (ISM) Dhanbad invites applications/nominations from Indian Nationals for the position of Chair Professor (S R Rungta Chair) created through an endowment by Rungta Mines Limited.

About Rungta Mines Ltd.

M/s Rungta Mines Limited (RML), the flagship company of S R Rungta Group, which has been in the mining business for the post six decades, was incorporated by Late Mr. S R Rungta in 1962 to support Indias Steel Industry. RML has operations in the mineral rich belt of Jharkhand and Odisha and is involved in the mining of iron ore, manganese ore etc.

1. Qualification and Experience:

A. Essential Qualification:

Ph.D. with first class or equivalent at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch of engineering with a very good academic record throughout.

Or

An outstanding Engineer/Technologist, working in industry/Govt. with established reputation and who has made significant contribution to knowledge but may be without a Ph.D. degree.

B. Other essential requirements:

a. Fifteen papers in SCI/SSCI journal in Career

b. Three externally funded projects in career

c. Contribution to Students Affairs or Laboratory Development

d. Two Ph.D Guided as sole or principal supervisor

e. Supervising more than three students for Ph.D/Preparing e-learning material/strong liaison with industry/offering significant support to institute management/ High value projects.

f. Academic outreach activities equivalent to two self-financed short term courses/equivalent projects

C. Additional Desirable Requirements:

a. One or more patents

b. Starting new PG Courses

D. Experience

Minimum 10 years experience of which at least 5 years should be at the level of Associate Professor.

Note: The above stated Other Essential Requirements, Additional Desirable Requirements and Experience are relaxable for candidates possessing significant industry/R&D experience/ experience in Govt. Establishment.

2. Areas of specialization: Mining Engineering and Allied Subjects.

3. Who can apply:

(a)Persons from Industry/Academia/ Research Institutes/Government Organizations who are in service or have superannuated.

(b)Persons who are serving as faculty in IIT (ISM), Dhanbad or other Academic Institutions.

4. Nature of Duties:

i) Impart education, training and carry out other activities related to Research work in the areas of mining engineering;

iii) The Chair Professor (S R Rungta Chair) is intended to provide a collaborative framework for performing applied research, analysis of industry practices, sharing knowledge and consultancy projects of mutual benefits in the areas of Mining Engineering.

iv) All types of consultancy services related to Mining activities by M/s Rungta Mines Ltd. (RML)

v) The applicant is expected to teach basic courses in Mining Engineering in addition to guiding B.Tech /PG and Ph.D. level projects.

5. Nature of Appointment: Tenure appointment initially for two years.

6. Age: There is no upper age limit as per the MoU. However, the applicant should be physically fit to carry out the duties and responsibilities of S R Rungta Chair Professor efficiently.

7. Remuneration:

(a) The remuneration of S R Rungta Chair Professor shall be fixed as per rules in the pay scale of a Professor in IIT (ISM). The remuneration including all allowances, perks and grants & honorariums shall be approximately Rs. 09.36 lakhs per annum.

(b) For the serving faculty of IIT (ISM), Dhanbad or other academic institution on appointment as Chair Professor, the pay and perks should be from the 80% of the interest accrued at 6.5% on endowment grant, except that if required their pay would be protected as per GOI rules by supplementation from institute fund.

8. Professional Development Allowance (PDA):

A sum of upto 1.00 lakh per annum will admissible to the S R Rungta Chair Professor as PDA as per rules existing for other faculty members of the Institute.

9. Other Benefits

(a) Accommodation will be provided within IIT (ISM) Campus, depending upon availability and as per entitlement.

(b) The S R Rungta Chair Professor will be entitled to avail medical facilities through IIT (ISM) Health Centre for self and spouse.

10. Interested candidates may apply in the prescribed application form which can be downloaded from website iitism.ac.in and submitted with a fee of Rs. 100/- in the form of Account Payee Demand Draft drawn only on any nationalized bank in favour of Registrar, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad payable at Dhanbad. The requisite fee can also be paid through online payment link available on the website of the Institute and the receipt generated should be enclosed with the application form. SC/ST/PH candidates are exempted from paying application fee.

The duly filled in & signed application along with prescribe fee and supporting documents are to be sent to the Deputy Registrar (Estt.), Admn. Block, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826 004, Jharkhand, India

11. Candidates called for personal discussion with the Selection Committee will be reimbursed to & fro journey expenses limited to AC-2/Air Economy Fare (Air India only) by the shortest route as per rule. No reimbursement of fare from outside India will be admissible. However reimbursement of fare from the place of disembarkation in India to Dhanbad will be admissible in such cases.

12. Canvassing in any form will disqualify the candidate. Legal disputes with IIT (ISM) are restricted to the jurisdiction of Dhanbad only.

13. Incomplete applications shall be summarily rejected.

14. Last date of receipt of application is 20th April, 2018

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