Special Recruitment Drive 2025-001 Advertisement DF-1-2025

Applications are welcomed from Indian nationals coming from reserved categories (SC, ST, OBC, EWS and PwD (VH, OH, HH)) under special recruitment drive for the post of Assistant Professor in the Departments of Aerospace Engineering, Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Cognitive Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Design, Earth Sciences, Economic Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics, Space, Planetary & Astronomical Sciences & Engineering (SPASE), Sustainable Energy Engineering, and Kotak School of Sustainability.

Several Departments also get involved in the mentor referall.us and research activities of interdisciplinary post-graduate programs in the institute in Photonics Science and Engineering and Materials Science Program. Appointments for these programs are made in the appropriate departments among those listed above.

Minimum Qualification (Assistant Professor): Ph.D. with first class or equivalent (in regards to grades, and so on) at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch, with an extremely good academic record in all preceding degrees. For a fresh Ph.D, the position will be on agreement basis for the first three years, and can be regularized later on. For those with three or more years of post-PhD teaching/research/industrial experience, routine visit can be made.

The Institute follows booking in direct recruitment based on the arrangements of the Central Educational Institutes (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019. The drive advertisement is to fill 56 backlog jobs in reserved categories till 31st December 2024.

Application form for all the above positions may be filled (ON-LINE) just. The last date of getting applications versus this advertisement is 31st March, 2025.

Department specific areas of required expertises (PLEASE CLICK HERE)

The information of pay scale admissible at the time of signing up with are as follows:

Post

Pay Level

Basic Pay

Assistant Professor Grade I

12

1,01,500 - 1,67,400

11

89,900 - 1,17,200

Assistant Professor Grade II (Contract)

10

89,800 - 98,200

Other information:

1. The pay brings all other allowances as permissible to a Central Government employee stationed at Kanpur.

2. The advantages, such as LTC, medical re-imbursement, transport allowance, children education allowance, contribution towards New Pension System (NPS), re-imbursement of telephone costs, book grants, HRA (if real estate not offered), research study initiation grant (as much as Rs 25 lakhs with the provision to apply for an additional grant) and financial backing towards national and global conferences will be permitted according to the Institute norms.

3. From its internal resources, the Institute offers an additional top-up wage of Rs 25,000/- per month for the very first three years of service to the recently joined faculty members. After three years of service, the professor(s) are qualified for consideration for Young Faculty Fellowship (open for professors of age upto 40 years) offering a top-up wage of Rs.15,000/- per month for three years, and/or Faculty Chair positions offering a top-up income of Rs 25,000/- per month for 3 years. Both the positions are provided based upon efficiency.

4. Traveling allowance for joining: The Institute will reimburse international travel expenses for the freshly joined professor and reliant relative to the optimum limit of Rs. 1,50,000. Domestic travel reimbursement will be according to federal government rules.

5. The Institute strives to supply real estate to all professors members. The houses are geared up with totally free high-speed web.

6. Mere eligibility will not entitle a candidate for being required interview.

7. Applicants who do not fulfil the minimum experience requirements might be used an appointment on contract. The requirements of minimum credentials and/or experience may be relaxed in the case of candidates with outstanding qualifications.

8. The Institute follows the reservation in direct recruitment as per the arrangements of the Central Educational Institutes (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019. The candidates are needed to send the Caste/ Category/ Disabilities Certificate released by the Competent Authority in the format recommended by the Government of India for this purpose. The Institute follows the Central list when it comes to SC/ST, OBC & PwD.

9. The Institute reserves the right to withdraw any marketed post(s) at any time without appointing any factor.

10. The last date of getting applications versus this advertisement is 31st March, 2025.

11. Applicants required and appearing in interview will be paid to and fro economy air fare/train fare by the fastest route (within India) and taxi fare from Lucknow airport to IITK and back. Please keep in mind that the amount of fare will be remitted through electronic transfer by our Accounts Section after processing the claim. Local hospitality will be taken care of by the Institute.

12. Applicants who are used in Government or Semi-Government Organizations will be needed to produce a "NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE" from their employer at the time of the interview.

13. Candidates might request a position in more than one department by repeating the online application process.

14. Certificate and documentary evidence ought to be submitted in addition to application kind.

All correspondence to be resolved to either to the Head of the worried Department or to the Dean of Faculty Affairs. Contacts details of Heads of the Department are offered in the Institute website: http://www.iitk.ac.in.

For any clarification, please contact:

Office of Faculty Affairs

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Kanpur 208016, India.

Tel: +91-512-259-6192/ 6327/6325

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