INDIANINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGYBOMBAY POWAI,MUMBAI400076

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IIT Bombay invites applications from well qualified Indian nationals (including Persons of Indian Origins (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) and foreign nationals* for faculty positions at the level of Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor (Grade I & II) in its various academic Departments, Centres, Schools and Interdisciplinary programs.

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Reservation: without any compromise on qualification, experience and competence, reservation as per government of india rules @ 15%, 7 % and 27% for SCs, STs and OBCs respectively is applicable at entry level positions of Assistant Professor Grade I & II together in science and technology departments. However, in recruitment for faculty posts in subjects other than science and technology reservation shall also be applied in full including for the posts of Associate Professors and Professors. Necessary certificates must be enclosed with the application form. The GOI policy on reservation of faculty positions also includespersons withphysicaldisability.

DEPARTMENTS: Aerospace Engineering, Biosciences & Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Earth Sciences, Energy Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Humanities & Social Sciences, Mathematics, MechanicalEngineering, MetallurgicalEngineering and Materials Science, Physics.

SCHOOLS: ShaileshJ. Mehta School of Management

CENTRES: Industrial Design Centre, Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE), Centre for Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), Centre for Technology AlternativesforRuralAreas(CTARA), Centre for Urban Science& Engineering (CUSE)

INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUPS: IndustrialEngineering & Operations Research, Systems & ControlEngineering, EducationalTechnology, ClimateStudies.

QUALIFICATION:

Ph.D with First classor equivalent (in terms of Grades etc.)at the preceeding degreeand a good academic record throughout.

(Ph.D.isnotrequiredforentrylevelpositioninIndustrialDesignCentre)

*Foreign nationalheremeans a person who doesnot haveeitheran Indian passport, or a PIO/OCI card. Foreign nationals can be offered contractual appointment for up to five years. Theappointment can berenewed thereafter.

EXPERIENCE(Requiredonthedateofapplication):

A minimum of ten years teaching/research/professional experience of which at least 4 years should be at the level of Associate Professor in a research organization or industry as on the date of application. The candidate should Professor have demonstrated leadership in research in a specific area of specialization in terms of guidance of Ph.D. students, strong record of publications in reputed journals and conferences, patents, laboratory/course development and/or other recognized relevant professional activities.

A minimum of six years teaching/research/professional experience of which 3 years should be at the level of Assistant Professor Grade I, Senior Scientific Officer/Senior Design Engineer in a research organization or industry.

Associate The candidate should have demonstrated adequate experience of independent Professor research in terms of guidance of M.Tech. and Ph.D. students, publications in reputed journals and conferences, patents, laboratory/course development and/orotherrecognized relevant professional activities.

A minimum of three years teaching/research/professional experience, excluding the experience gained while pursuing Ph.D. Candidate should have demonstrated researchcapabilitiesin termsof publications in Assistant reputed journalsand conferences.

Professor

Eligible candidates with less than the requisite experience may be taken as

Grade I

Assistant Professor Grade II in the Academic Level 10 or 11 with appropriate pay based on post doctoral experience.

AssistantProfessorGradeII

Candidates not eligible for Assistant Professor Grade I may be appointed as Assistant Professor Grade II. At the entry level they may be placed in Academic Level 10 and shallmove after1 year to Academic Level 11. After3 years in Academic Level 10 & 11 together the person brought on regularposition asAssistant Professor GradeI in Academic Level12.

On completion of 3 years service as Assistant Professor Grade I with Academic Level 12, shallmoveto Academic Level 13A1.

PAYBAND:

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GENERALINFORMATION

In addition to incentives which are a part of the pay package according to 7^{th Pay Commission norms, thefollowing apply :}

a) Seed grant up to Rs. 20 Lakh is available to new faculty members. This enables an early start to research work until project funding from external agencies can be obtained.

b) The Institute provides a Cumulative Professional Development Allowance (CPDA) of Rs. 3 Lakhs for every block period of 3 years, minimum of Rs. 2 Lakhs is earmarked for presenting papers at conferences and a maximum Rs. 1 Lakh is available towards membership fee of professional bodies and contingency expenditure. One additional conference in the block period is supported from IRCC/donation funds subject to availability.

c) A 'Young Faculty Award' instituted from Alumni of theInstitute, to faculty joining at the Assistant Professor Grade I & II of Rs.1.0 Lakh/year for the first four years afterjoining.

d) Reimbursement of relocation charges of upto Rs.1.0 Lakhs for faculty from abroad for reimbursement of air fare for self and spouse and cost of transportation of goods. Reimbursement of upto Rs.50,000/for self and family and transport of goodsforfaculty joining from within India.

e) An honorarium of Rs.15,000/per month to the faculty who have obtained Bhatnagar Award and to faculty who are fellows of atleast two National Academies.

The information sheet containing full details of the areas of specialization in which faculty are required and application form is available on the institute's website http://www.iitb.ac.in > Faculty Recruitment. The application must be complete with full details of educational qualifications including year of obtaining Ph.D., including date of defense, list of publications (with reprints of the best papers), teaching/ research/industrial experience, date of birth alongwith the names and contact details of four referees. The PDF files of all the documents may be sent to the Registrar, IIT Bombay.

NOTE:

1. Separate applications must be sent if a candidate is applying for a faculty position in morethan one Department/Centre/School etc.
   
   
2. The candidates should be preferably below 35 years of age for the post of Assistant Professor.
   
   
3. Candidates should have an excellent academic record, good communication skills, a commitment to high quality undergraduate and postgraduate education and demonstrated ability to carryout original and creativeresearch.
   
   
4. Foreign Nationals who are Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) or Overseas Citizens of India (OCI), in whose case, if selected, permission will be sought from Govt. of India before he/shecan join theInstitute.
   
   
5. Other Foreign Nationals, in whose case, if selected, appointment will be on a contract basisfor up to 5 years subject to permission from theGovt. of India before he/shecan join theInstitute.
   
   
6. Political and security clearance from Ministries of External Affairs and Home Affairsisnecessary in every casefor individualswithforeign passports.
   
   
7. Mere fulfillment of the qualifications and experience requirement laid down does not entitlea candidate to becalled for interview.
   
   
8. The Institute encourages interaction of the faculty with industry, other research and professional institutions. Consultancy is encouraged at IIT Bombay and liberal consultancy policiesarein practice.
   
   
9. Facilities for research and development activities exist in all the Departments, Schools and Centres. These are being continuously modernized with contemporary equipment and services. Good facilitiesalso exist forcomputing. TheInstitutehasa well stocked library with 2.54 lakhs volumes of books, 1.19 lakhs bound volumes of journals, 0.68 lakhsreports, pamphlets, standards etc. and 3400 ebooks.
   
   
10. A technology business incubator hosted by the Institute, called the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), ( http://www.sineiitb.org ) serves to promotetechnology based entrepreneurship by faculty.
    
    
11. Candidates belonging to SC/ST communities, Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and also Female candidates are exempted from payment of application fee. Also, no fee is applicable to candidates applying from abroad. Candidates other than those mentioned above, must send a Demand Draft for Rs.100/drawn on any nationalized bank payable at Mumbai, in favour of Registrar, IIT Bombay along withtheapplication.
    
    
12. Candidates called for interview will be reimbursed apex air fare by Economy class from the place of their residence and back by the shortest route preferably by Air India.
    
    
13. About 90% of the faculty and research staff live on the Campus. The Institute endeavours to provide suitable accommodation to all faculty. However, initially new faculty may have to stay in transit accommodation. Every faculty quarter on campusisprovided withintercom and broadband Internet access.
    
    
14. Most of the daytoday facilities are available on the Campus including two banks, a post office, a small shopping center, two schools (upto 12^{th standard) for children, a well equipped 65 bed hospital, sports facilities including a swimming pool and vast playground for field games. Cultural facilities include film clubs, Classicalmusic societies, debating and drama and a hobbies club. TheStaff Club in particularisa center of socialand culturalactivities.}
    
    
15. The Institute may consider candidates whose areas of specialization lie outside thosestated herein, provided thesepersonshavean outstanding academic record.
    
    
16. Persons employed in Government/SemiGovernment Organization or Educational Institutions must apply through proper channel OR shall provide No Objection Certificatewhileapplying orat thetimeof Interview.
    
    
17. TheInstitutereservestheright to fill ornot to fillany orallthepostsadvertised.
    
    

Sd/Date: January, 2019 REGISTRAR