Recruitment of Assistant Professor at TISS Tuljapur Campus

The TISS Tuljapur Campus was established in 1987 with the goals of promotingsustainable, eco-friendly and equitable socio-economic development of rural communities. Through its programmes, TISS Tuljapur seeks to contribute to therevival of the rural economy, society, and polity by encouraging alternatives indevelopment. In order to achieve this, TISS Tuljapur has evolved a fourdimensional programme comprising teaching, training, field action and research& documentation. It has built a strong team of multidisciplinary faculty drawnfrom social work, philosophy, sociology, economics, agriculture, anthropology,psychology, geography and other related disciplines.

TISS, Tuljapur Campus invites application from suitable candidates for one post ofAssistant Professor in the field of 'Economics' to be filled on yearly contract basis.

Remunerations: PB : Rs. 15600-39100 AGP: Rs. 6000

Educational Qualification:

Good academic record with at least 55% of the marks or an equivalent grade ofB in the 7 point scale with letter grades O, A, B, C, D, E and F at the MastersDegree (or equivalent) level or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreignuniversity with specialisation related to Economics. A relaxation of 5% will be provided from 55% to 50% of the marks at the Masters level for the SC/ST/differently-abled category candidates, and to the Ph.D. Degree holders whohave passed their Masters Degree prior to 19th September 1991.

Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared theNational Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET/SET.

Candidates, who are, or have been awarded a Ph.D. Degree in accordance withthe University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awardof Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement ofthe minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities.

Candidates having at lease two years of work experience in the relevant field willbe given preference.

Last date of Receipt of online application: May 31, 2018.

Date of interview: The eligible candidates will be communicated by an e-mailand mobile phone to appear for the presentation and interview to be conductedat TISS, Tuljapur Campus.

Application fee: The application fee of Rs. 1000/- be paid on-line. For SC/ST/PWDcandidates the fee is not applicable. The application will be valid only on receiptof the application fee for those who are required to pay. Fees once paid shall notbe refunded under any circumstances.

Other Conditions:

The Institute reserves the right to relax qualification of the candidate based on the work experience and to relax age in the case of persons already holding comparable positions in a University/Voluntary Organisations/Research institution of repute.

The institute reserves the right to invite persons for interview who may not have applied for as per the above procedure and not fill up the vacancy advertised.

The post is unreserved, but candidates belonging to reserved category can apply.

Since applications received may be short listed, merely possessing theprescribed qualifications and the requisite experience would not entitle aperson to be called for interview.

No queries or correspondence regarding issue of call letter for interview /selection of candidates for the post will be entertained at any stage andcanvassing in any form is strictly prohibited and will lead to the candidatebeing debarred from consideration for the post.

The candidate under employment must bring No Objection Certificate from their employer to appear for presentation/ interview.

No TA / DA is payable for appearing for the interview.

The candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply now) provided alongwith this advertisement on Institute's website www.tiss.edu .

The candidates are required to take a print of acknowledgement of online application and keep it for future reference.

Dy. Registrar (P&A)