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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 in its variousacademic Departments, Centres, Schools and Interdisciplinary programs.

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 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 includes persons withphysicaldisability.

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

SCHOOLS: ShaileshJ. Mehta Schoolof Management

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

INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUPS: Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Systems & Control Engineering, Educational Technology

QUALIFICATION:

Ph.D. with First class or equivalent (in terms of Grades etc.) at the preceeding degree and a good academic record throughout.

(Ph.D.isnotrequiredforentrylevelpositioninIndustrialDesignCentre)

*Foreign national here means a person who does not have either an Indian passport, or a PIO/OCI card. Foreign nationals can beoffered contractualappointment for up to five years. Theappointment can be renewed thereafter.

EXPERIENCE(Requiredonthedateofapplication):

A minimum of six years teaching/research/professional experience of which3 years should be at the level of Assistant Professor, Senior Scientific Officer/Senior Design Engineer in a research organization or industry. The Associate 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/or otherrecognized relevant professional activities.

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

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Eligible candidates with less than the requisite experience may be taken as Assistant Professor (Contractual basis) in the pay band of Rs.1560039100 PB3 with appropriate higher startingpay based on post doctoral experience.

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Candidates not eligible for Assistant Professor may be appointed as Assistant Professor (ContractualBasis). At theentry level they may beplaced in Pay band 3 of Rs.1560039100 with AGP of Rs.6000/and shall move after 1 year to AGP of Rs.7000/and after 3 years to AGP of Rs.8000/with a minimum basic pay of Rs.30000/(Gross Pay excluding HRA Rs.92,700/p.m.)

On completion of 3 years service as Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs.8000/, shall move to Pay Band 4 (Rs.3740067000) with an AGP of Rs.9000/(Gross Pay excluding HRA Rs.1,11,600/p.m.)

PAYBAND:

*HRA @ 30% of Basic Pay & AGP ispayable in lieu of campushousing

GENERALINFORMATION

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In addition to incentives which are a part of the pay package according to 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 funds obtained by the Class of 1982, to faculty joining at the Assistant Professor 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 goods for faculty joining from within India.

e) An honorarium of Rs.15,000/per month to the faculty who have obtained BhatnagarAward and to faculty who arefellowsof atleast two NationalAcademies.

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 filesof allthedocumentsmay besent to theRegistrar, IIT Bombay.

NOTE:

1. Separate applications must be sent if a candidate is applying for a faculty position in morethan one Department/Centre/Schooletc.
   
   
2. The candidates should be preferably below 35 years of age for the post of Assistant Professor.
   
   
   1. Candidates should have an excellent academic record, good communication skills, a
      
      
   2. commitment to high quality undergraduate and postgraduate education and demonstrated ability to carryout originaland creativeresearch.
3. 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.
   
   
4. Other Foreign Nationals, in whose case, if selected, appointment will be on a contract basis for up to 5 years subject to permission from the Govt. of India before he/she can join theInstitute.
   
   
5. Political and security clearance from Ministries of External Affairs and Home Affairs is necessary in every casefor individualswithforeign passports.
   
   
6. Mere fulfillment of the qualifications and experience requirement laid down does not entitlea candidateto becalled forinterview.
   
   
7. 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.
   
   
8. 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 facilities also exist for computing. The Institute has a 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.
   
   
9. A technology business incubator hosted by the Institute, called the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), (http://www.sineiitb.org ) serves to promote technology based entrepreneurship by faculty.
   
   
10. Candidates belonging to SC/ST communities, persons with Physical disabilities and also women 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 with the application.
    
    
11. 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.
    
    
12. 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 campus is provided withintercom and broadband Internet access.
    
    
    1. 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, Classical music societies, debating and drama and a hobbies club. The Staff Club in particular is a}
       
       
    2. center of socialand culturalactivities.
13. The Institute may consider candidates whose areas of specialization lie outside those stated herein, provided thesepersonshavean outstanding academic record.
    
    
14. Persons employed in Government/SemiGovernment Organization or Educational Institutions must apply through proper channel OR shall provide No Objection Certificatewhileapplying orat thetimeof Interview.
    
    
15. TheInstitutereserves theright to fillornot to fillany orallthepostsadvertised.
    
    

Sd/Date: Updated in July, 2016 REGISTRAR