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Advertisement for Faculty Positions at the level of Assistant Professor and
Associate Professor

Advertisement No.: IITP/FACREC/2023/R0017, Dated 16-08-2023

Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna) invites applications from bright, qualified, and strongly
motivated Indian Nationals & Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) with a proven record of high-quality
research and commitment to teaching for Assistant Professor and Associate Professor positions at
various departments of IIT Patna.
Foreign Nationals may also apply, for appointment to tenure/contractual positions as per MoE, GoI rules.
The department-wise details of the post, required specialization areas, and the tentative schedule
for the interview are given below.

Department Assistant Professor Associate Tentative Interview

Professor Schedule
Theoretical Computer Science,
Reinforcement Learning for
Aerial Robotics, Theoretical
Computer Machine Learning, Artificial
Intelligence of Things, Edge and
Science and All Specializations November 2023
Cloud Computing, Services
Engineering Computing, Communication
Networks for UAVs, Quantum
Computing, Cyber Security, and
Blockchain
Structural Engineering,
Geotechnical Engineering,
Environmental Engineering,
Transportation Engineering
Civil and
Water Resource Engineering,
Environmental All Specializations December 2023
Construction Material,
Engineering
Building Technology and
Construction Management
Geomatics and Geodesy

Materials, Energy, and

Environment Studies,
Biochemical and Bioprocess
Engineering, Chemical Process
Technology, Modeling,
Chemical and Simulation, and Optimization,
Biochemical Rheology and Multiphase Flow, All Specializations October 2023
Engineering Process System and Control
Engineering, Reaction
Engineering & Catalysis, Other
Frontier Areas of Chemical and
Biochemical Engineering
VLSI Design, Computer
architecture & Embedded
system, Instrumentation,
Electrical
Terahertz, Radio over fiber, All Specializations December 2023
Engineering
5G/6G wireless communication,
Communication system &
networks, Robotics &

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 Automation, Quantum
communication & computing,
Power System, Renewable
energy
Mechatronics, Mechanical
Mechanical Design, Manufacturing,
All Specializations December 2023
Engineering Industrial Engineering, Thermal,
fluid and energy
Metallurgical and Mechanical metallurgy, physical
metallurgy, steel, functional and
Materials
smart polymer, electron All Specializations December 2023
Engineering
microscopy, computational
materials science
Architecture, Computer
Network, Data Science & High-
Performance Computing,
DBMS, Operating System, Deep
learning, Theoretical Computer
Science, Probability Theory,
Mathematics Statistics, Large Scale and All Specializations October 2023
parallel computing, Analysis
(Complex, Functional,
Harmonic, Operator Theory),
Theoretical PDEs, Number
theory, Cryptography, Numerical
Optimization, Topology
Management: Marketing,
Finance, Decision Sciences,
Operations, General
Management, Strategy
Humanities and Social
Sciences: Clinical Psychology,
Humanities and English, Linguistics, Economics
preferably Behavioral All Specializations December 2023
Social Sciences
Economics/ Environmental
Economics/ Health
Economics/Energy
Economics/Mathematical
Economics with specialization in
optimization
Organic, Inorganic,
Chemistry Experimental
, game theory, Physical
network All Specializations November 2023
Chemistry
economics.
Condensed Matter Physics
(Theory), Optics and Photonics,
Physics Non-equilibrium Statistical All Specializations November 2023
Mechanics, Plasma Physics,
Engineering Physics

1. Department-specific educational qualifications:

Department Educational qualifications

Computer Science and B.E./B.Tech./ME/M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Computer Science and
Engineering Engineering, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Data
Science (or equivalent)
Civil and Environmental B.E./B.Tech./B.Sc in Civil/Civil and Infrastructure/Civil and
Engineering Environmental Engineering, M. Tech./ME degree in all specializations of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Ph.D. degree in all
specializations of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

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 Chemical and B.E./B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering / Biochemical Engineering /
Biochemical Chemical Technology / Chemical Technology with specializations,
Engineering ME/M.Tech. and, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering / Biochemical
Engineering / Chemical Technology / Specializations within Chemical
Technology
Electrical Engineering B.E./B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and
Communication Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineering, ME/M.Tech. in Communication Systems, Power Systems
and Power Electronics, Micro Electronics and VLSI Design, Control and
Instrumentation, Power Electronics & drives and Photonics, and Ph.D,
in Electrical engineering, Electronics & Communication, Electrical and
Instrumentation
Mechanical Engineering B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering or engineering branches with
any one of the areas: Aerospace / Aeronautical/ Production
/Manufacturing/Automobile / Industrial / Instrumentation / Control /
Marine / Mechatronics / Power plant / Energy / Applied
Mechanics/Electrical or Electronics with specialization in Mechatronics,
M.E./M.Tech. in all streams of the above-mentioned Engineering
disciplines, Ph.D. in all above-mentioned Engineering disciplines
Metallurgical and B.E./ B.Tech. degree in one of the following streams: Metallurgical
Materials Engineering Engineering/ Metallurgical & Materials Engineering/ Materials &
Metallurgical Engineering/ Metallurgical Engineering & Materials
Science/ Materials Science & Engineering/ Polymer Technology/
Polymer engineering/ Polymer science and technology
or
M.Sc. in physics/chemistry/materials science followed by an
M.Tech./M.E. degree in one of the following streams: Metallurgical
Engineering/ Metallurgical & Materials Engineering/ Materials &
Metallurgical Engineering/ Metallurgical Engineering & Materials
Science/ Materials Science & Engineering/ Polymer Technology/
Polymer engineering/ Polymer science and technology.
And Ph.D. in metallurgy/materials/polymer.
Mathematics For Computer Science background:
• BE/B. Tech/BS in Computer Science/Mathematics and
Computing/Information Technology with Ph.D. in related fields
For Mathematical Science background:
• M.Sc. or equivalent degree in Mathematics/ Statistics/
Operations Research with Ph.D. in related fields
Chemistry B.Sc. in Chemistry/equivalent bachelor's degree, and M.Sc in
Chemistry/equivalent master's degree, and Ph.D. degree
Physics B.Sc. in Physics/equivalent Bachelor degree (B.Tech. in engineering
Physics etc.) and Master degree in physics/equivalent (M. Tech. in
physics-related subjects). Ph.D. degree.
Humanities and Management: MBA/M. Tech/M.E./ M.Sc./ B.E./B.Tech with Ph.D. in
Social Sciences Business Administration/Management (Marketing/Finance/Decision
Sciences/Operations /General Management/Strategy)

Humanities and Social Sciences: MA/M.Sc. with Ph.D. in Economics/

Clinical Psychology/ English/Linguistics/ELT/Digital Humanities

2. Details about post and experience requirements:

a) Assistant Professor: Grade I
The candidate should have a Ph.D. degree with first-class or equivalent at the preceding degree in an
appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout and at least three (03) years of post-
Ph.D. experience in teaching/research/industry.

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 Assistant Professor: Grade II
The candidates having a Ph.D. degree with first class or equivalent at the preceding degree in an
appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout with less than three (3) years of post-
Ph.D. experience will be considered for Grade II.

Pay Scale & Perks: Allowances

i) Assistant Professor (Grade I): Pay level 12 (Rs. 101500- (DA/HRA/TA/Medical/Children
167400) with minimum pay of Rs. 101500/-. Education Allowance) as
ii) Assistant Professor (Grade II) Pay Level 10 (minimum pay admissible to Central
of Rs. 70900/-) Govt. Employees from time to
time.

b) Associate Professor: The candidate should have a Ph.D. degree with first class or equivalent at the
preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout and a
minimum of six (06) years in teaching/research/industry experience of which at least three (03) years
should be at the level of Assistant Professor (Grade I)/ Senior Scientific Officer/Senior Design Engineer
or equivalent as on the closing date of the advertisement. The candidate should have demonstrated
adequate experience of independent research in terms of M.Tech./M.Sc guidance, and Ph.D.
student(s), publications in reputed journals and conferences, patents, laboratory/course development
and/or other recognized relevant professional activities. It is desirable that the candidate has received
external funding for research.
1. Pay Scale & Perks: Associate Professor: To be appointed in Allowances
Pay Level 13A2 (Rs.1,39,600- 2,11,300/-) with minimum pay of Rs. (DA/HRA/TA/Medical/Children
139600/- per month Education Allowance) as
admissible to Central
Govt. Employees from time to
time.

3. Age requirements:
• Preferably below 35 years for Assistant Professor Grade – I
• Preferably below 32 years for Assistant Professor Grade – II
• Preferably below 45 years for Associate Professor

4. Age relaxations and reservations for reserved categories:

• Reservation of vacancy and age relaxation are applicable as per the Govt. of India rules without
any compromise on qualification, experience, and competence.
• Age relaxation for reserved candidates is admissible as per Govt. of India guidelines as follows:
i.e., SC/ST – 5 years, OBC-NCL – 3 years, EWS – No age relaxation, PD – 10 years.
• Candidates from the industry having excellent R&D records evidenced through
publication/patents/product development may be considered for age relaxation.
• Exceptional candidates with proven credentials in terms of education qualification like B. Tech.
from IITs/Ph.D. from top Universities, quality publications may be considered for age
relaxation.
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5. Perks and facilities:
• A cumulative professional development allowance of Rs.3.0 lakhs for every block period of 3
years (Rs.1 lakh per year) will be available to every faculty member to meet the expenses for
participating in both National and International Conferences of various bodies and for
contingency expenses for teaching/research.
• Reimbursement of Relocation charges as per the Institute rules.
• Comfortable on-campus accommodation subject to availability in lieu of HRA, free internet
facility, and reimbursement of telephone bills as per the institute rules.
• Support for setting up the research laboratory in the frontier area of research is provided.
• 24x7 health care facilities, campus schools, etc.
• Other Benefits as per Institute and GoI rules.

6. Submission of applications and other important information:

• Interested candidates should apply online at https://facrect.iitp.ac.in only. The hard copy of
the online application is not acceptable.
• Applicants employed in Government, Semi-Government, and Autonomous Organizations
should submit their applications THROUGH PROPER CHANNELS. Else they will be required
to produce a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from their employer at the time of the interview.
• Applicants desiring to apply for more than one department should submit a separate application
for each department.
• The Institute reserves the right to consider filling or not filling positions in any of the above/and
or any other specialization(s)/Department(s). The Institute has the right to set different as well
as higher norms while short-listing, considering the specific requirement of the individual
departments. Mere fulfillment of the qualification requirements does not entitle candidates to
be called for an interview.
• As per the mission recruitment initiative of Govt. of India, candidates from reserved
categories (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PD) are encouraged to apply.

7. Deadline of advertisement:
• This is a ROLLING ADVERTISEMENT. There is no particular last date for this
advertisement. Applications received up to 3 weeks before the interview date of a
specific department will be processed.
• For any further information, please contact facrecrt@iitp.ac.in