Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Faculty Jobs
Last date for Receipt of application: 21st December 2009
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
1) Faculty Openings
IIT Kharagpur, an Institute of national importance, is the first and largest in the chain of fifteen
IITs engaged in teaching, research and development requires high quality manpower. The
Institute invites application from Indian nationals, possessing excellent academic background,
commitment to quality teaching and potential for carrying out outstanding research.
This advertisement is made as per revision of pay of teaching staff in Centrally Funded Technical
Institutions following the pay revision of the Central Government employees on the
recommendation of 6th Central Pay Commission.
2) Qualifications for the post of
Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor: Ph.D. with first class at the
preceding degree or equivalent in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record
throughout.
3) Experience for the post of
Professor : A minimum of 10 years’ teaching / research / industrial experience of which at least
4 years should be at the level of Associate Professor in IITs, IISc Bangalore, IIMs, NITIE Mumbai
and IISERs or at an equivalent level in any such other Indian or foreign institution/institutions of
comparable standards.
Associate Professor: A minimum of 6 years teaching / research / industrial experience, of which
at least 3 years should be at the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in IITs, IISc
Bangalore, IIMs, NITIE Mumbai and IISERs or in any such other Indian or foreign
institution/institutions of comparable standards.
Assistant Professor: At least 3 years teaching / research / industrial experience, excluding
however, the experience gained while pursuing Ph.D.
Candidates with less than three years of experience may be put on tenure track for the regular
post of Assistant Professor.
4) Scale of Pay
Professor: Pay Band-4 (Rs.37400-67000) with AGP of Rs. 10500/- per month. For direct
recruits, minimum pay in the Pay Band to be fixed at Rs. 48000/-
Associate Professor: Pay Band-4 (Rs.37400-67000) with AGP of Rs. 9500/- per month. For
direct recruits, minimum pay in the Pay Band to be fixed at Rs. 42800/-
Assistant Professor: Pay Band-3 (Rs.15600-39100) with AGP of Rs. 8000/- per month. For
direct recruits, minimum pay in the Pay Band to be fixed at Rs. 30000/-
plus allowances as admissible to Central Government employees.
Reservation: Without any compromise on qualification, experience and competence, reservation
as per Government of India rules is available only at entry level positions of Assistant Professor.
However, in recruitment of faculty posts in subjects other than science and technology,
reservation of 15%, 7½% and 27% for SCs, STs and OBCs respectively shall also be applied in
full including for the posts of Associate Professors and Professors.
5) Academic reimbursements and other incentives
a) Initial grant up to a maximum limit of Rs. 5 lakhs for carrying out research projects.
b) A cumulative Professional Development Allowance of Rs. 3.0 lakhs for every block period of
3 years (Rs. One lakh per year) may be made available to every member of the faculty on
reimbursable basis to meet the expenses for participating in both national and international
conferences, paying the membership fee of various professional bodies and contingent
expenses.
c) An additional amount of Rs. 50,000/- is being given from the SRIC fund to the faculty
members who is the Principal Investigator of a Project amounting at least
Rs. 15,00,000/- and has at least three Published Papers in referred journals in the
preceding three years.
d) Reimbursement of relocation charges from within India to the faculty members at the time of
their joining.
e) Interest free soft advance of Rs. 50,000/- to the newly recruited faculty members.
f) Honorarium of Rs. 15,000/- per month to the teachers who have obtained Bhatnagar
Award/Honorarium of Rs. 15,000/- per month to teachers who are fellows of at least two
National Academics.
6) Accommodation
Suitable residential accommodation as per rules will be provided on the Campus of the Institute
on joining the Institute.
7) Interested candidates may apply enclosing
a) Curriculum Vitae
b) List of Publications (with reprints of important publications) and patents
c) Department / Centre / School at which the candidate proposes to work
d) Names and Addresses (with e-mail address and fax numbers) of at least three referees
e) Specific Contributions to teaching, research, designs, projects, and students welfare
activities.
f) List of best publications (up to 5 for applications for the position of Assistant Professor
and up to 10 for the position of Associate Professor/Professor) along with impact factor
and citations.
g) Any other details relevant to the candidature
For details please refer to : http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/downloads/R_8_2009.pdf
Website: http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/topfiles/faculty_top.php
