Thursday, December 5, 2013

Faculty Positions at IIT


INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR
Advertisement No.: R/ 07 /2013 Dated November 22, 2013
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, an Institute of national importance, is the first and largest in the chain of IITs engaged in teaching, research and development requires faculty for its various academic units. The Institute invites application from Indian nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) [*], possessing excellent academic background, commitment to top quality teaching and proven credentials for carrying out outstanding research and development for the following Departments / Centres / Schools:
[*] Foreign nationals (other than PIOs and NRIs) are also invited to apply for faculty position for fixed tenure not exceeding five years on contract basis.
Departments :
i) Aerospace Engineering; ii) Agricultural and Food Engineering; iii) Architecture and Regional Planning; iv) Biotechnology; v) Chemical Engineering; vi) Chemistry; vii) Civil Engineering; viii) Computer Science and Engineering; ix) Electrical Engineering; x) Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering; xi) Geology and Geophysics; xii) Humanities and Social Sciences; xiii) Industrial Engineering and Management; xiv) Mathematics; xv) Mechanical Engineering; xvi) Metallurgical and Materials Engineering; xvii) Mining Engineering; xviii) Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture; xix) Physics and Meteorology.
Centres : i) Advanced Technology Development; ii) Educational Technology; iii) Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences; iv) Cryogenic Engineering; v) Materials Science; vi) P.K. Sinha Centre for Bio-Energy; vii) Reliability Engineering; viii) Rubber Technology; ix) Rural Development.
Schools :
i) G.S.Sanyal School of Telecommunications; ii) Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship; iii) Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law; iv) Information Technology; v) Ranbir & Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management; vi) Medical Science and Technology; vii) Water Resources; viii) Vinod Gupta School of Management.
In addition, applications are also invited for faculty positions for the following four newly created Schools :
ix) Bio Sciences
Ph. D. in any one of the following research areas :
Cellular Biology / Molecular Biology / Systems Biology / Biochemistry / Biophysics / Enzymology / Computational Biology / Immunology / Genetics / Developmental Biology / Microbiology / Bio-Engineering.
x) Energy Science & Engineering
Area of specialization :
• Fundamentals of Energy Sciences: Transport phenomena including heat and mass transfer, electrochemical phenomena, thermal and electrical aspects, Bio-processes, Deep ocean processes, Gas and Fluid Dynamics, Nuclear Energy.
• Energy Resources and Recovery: Traditional resources - Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas; Others - Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Wave, Ocean-thermal, Biomass, Hydrogen; Integrated Energy Resource Systems - analysis, characterization, recovery, production, management, transportation; Clean Energy, Energy Planning and Modelling.
• Energy Systems: Energy Conversion Systems for Oil, Gas, Coal, Solar, Wind, Biomass, Nuclear, Hydrogen, Ocean Waves, Waste; Power Systems - Power generation, distribution, transmission, access; Transportation Power Systems- Electric, and Hybrid Systems; Portable Power Systems; Fuel Cells; Integration of green energy sources in existing grid; Embedded generation systems; Smart grids; Electrochemical systems; New age Fuel systems and process development; Hybrid and electrical systems; Battery & Super-capacitors; Energy systems for marine, space and difficult terrains, Energy System Modelling.
• Other Aspects of Energy Science & Engineering: Energy Materials; Energy Storage & Transportation; Energy Efficient Devices & Systems; Energy Efficient Design of equipment, buildings and appliances; Sustainable Energy; Conservation; Recycling and Management: Environment and Climate Change; Computational Aspects; Energy Economics; Energy by-product (particularly carbon) recycling, capture, sequestration and storage; Rural and small scale energy research.

xi) Nanoscience & Technology
Ph. D. in any branch of science or engineering with research experiences in any one of the following research areas :
Nanofabrication / Nanoelectronic and Photonic Devices / NEMS / Nanosensors. Bulk nanostructured materials for structural applications. Novel nanomaterials : Synthesis, self-assembly and applications. Nanostructured coatings for energy conversion/storage and surface engineering. Nano-biotechnology. Computational nanostructures.
xii) Environmental Science & Engineering.
Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering. Prior degree should preferably be in engineering discipline.
Posts : Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor
Qualifications for the Post : Ph.D. with first class or equivalent at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
Experience for the Posts:
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(s) 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(s) 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 3 years experience may be put on Tenure Track for the regular post of Assistant Professor.
Candidates possessing requisite qualification & experience are required to apply online (http://erp.iitkgp.ernet.in/FacultyCareer/homeFacultyCareer.jsp) on or before 31st December, 2013 and send a signed hardcopy print out of online application to “Assistant Registrar, E-III, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur–721302, WB, India”. Unless the hardcopy is received, the application will not be considered.
For any other details please contact Assistant Registrar, E-III, Phone: 03222- 282135/282137, Fax: 03222-282020, Email: asregre@adm.iitkgp.ernet.in / recsec@adm.iitkgp.ernet.in
If any problem encountered with online application, please contact through phone: +91-3222-281017/18/19.

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