TISS/ADVT/CEI&AR /March 2019 30th March 2019
Faculty position at the Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research (CEI&AR)
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) which was established in 1936 is a Deemed University fully funded by the University Grant Commission (UGC), Government of India. The TISS offers 46 Master Degree Programmes in a range of Socially relevant inter-disciplinary studies in Social Work, Social Sciences, Education, Health, Management, Labour Studies and Habitat Studies from its Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad Campuses. It has a strong M.Phil/Ph.D programme, a high degree of freedom and autonomy shape the positive work ethos and creativity in the Institute. The TISS offers a very challenging but fulfilling academic environment and opportunities to practitioners committed to creating a just society through education, generation of knowledge and field action and invites interested persons located within and outside India to apply for the following position at the Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research (CEIAR).
The Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research (CEIAR) is an Independent Centre at TISS Mumbai which was established in 2015 to engage with and promote innovation in school curriculum, teacher education and higher education curriculum and pedagogy. The Centre incubates and promotes innovations that address the needs of India education to raise quality and standards and relevant to the developing world, and the innovative use of new technologies and media. The Centre is actively engaged in research, development, teaching, field action/action research and advocacy and offers opportunities for national and international collaboration, innovation and excellence in teaching and research. The Centres flagship action research programme, the Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), is focussed on the development of and use of technology and new media in school curriculum and teacher professional development. CLIx was awarded the UNESCO-King Hamad Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education (2017 edition)-www.clix.tiss.edu. The Centre is incubating an Initiative for Excellence in Teacher Education, under which new programme of pre and inservice teacher education, institutional strengthening, research and policy and advocacy are being launched.
Applications are invited for faculty position at the Centre to support the new initiatives under the Centre of Excellence.
The faculty appointments will be on contract basis till 31st March 2020, which may be extended for one more year based on performance, review and need of the project. All the positions will be at the Centre in Mumbai Campus of TISS.
Faculty position
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE: Essential Educational Qualifications: Assistant Professor:
Good academic record with at least 55% of the marks or an equivalent grade of 'B' in the 7 point scale with letter grades O,A,B,C,D,E and F at the Masters' Degree (or equivalent) in Social Sciences or Education from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an acredited foreign university. A relaxation of 5% will be provided from 55% to 50% of the marks at the Masters' level for the SC/ST/OBC/differentially-abled category candidates, and to the Ph.D. Degree holders who have passed their Masters' Degree prior to 19th September 1991.
Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National 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 with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions. For
Desirable: Doctorate in Social Sciences and field experience of working with teachers. The candidate must have knowledge and understanding of pedagogy of social sciences and ability to teach education foundation papers/ develop teaching capacity.
Other Conditions:
The Institute reserves the right to not fill up the vacancies advertised. Since applications received may be short listed, merely possessing the prescribed qualifications and the requisite experience would not entitle a person 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 and canvassing in any form is strictly prohibited and will lead to the candidate being debarred from consideration for the post. The institute reserves the right to relax qualification of the candidate based on the work experience. No TA / DA is payable for appearing for the interview.
Last date of Receipt of Application: 14th April 2019 (online application only).
Interview: The eligible candidates will be communicated by an e-mail and mobile phone to appear for the interview to be conducted at Mumbai in the week of 29th April 2019.
Application fee: The application fee of Rs.1000/-be paid on-line. For SC/ST/PWD candidates the fee is not applicable. The application will be valid only on receipt of the application fee for those who are required to pay. Fees once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances.
The candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply now) provided alongwith this advertisement on the 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.
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Important Dates
| Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Notification Issued | 30-Mar-2019 | |
| Applications | 14-Apr-2019 | |
| Interviews | 29-Apr-2019 |
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