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.
