Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

ROLLING ADVERTISEMENT FOR FACULTY POSITIONS

Advertisement No. JU/RO/19/57 Dated: 11.06.2019

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, an Institute of National Importance under
the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India requires faculty for its various academic
units. The Institute invites application for faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate
Professor and Professor from Indian nationals, possessing excellent academic background, commitment to top
quality teaching and proven credentials for carrying out outstanding research and development in various
specializations for the following Departments:
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Sl. Position Pay Level (7 CPC)
1 Assistant Professor Grade II 10
2 Assistant Professor Grade II 11
3 Assistant Professor Grade I 12
4 Associate Professor 13A2
5 Professor 14A

Engineering :
(i) Architecture, Town and Regional Planning
Specialization: Architectural Conservation, Communication Design, Environmental
Planning, Housing, Industrial Design, Infrastructure Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Urban
Design.
The candidate must have a degree in Bachelor of Architecture, AND, a degree in Master of Architecture/ its
equivalent, OR Master of Planning/ its equivalent, OR Master of Design/ its equivalent, OR in a relevant
discipline for Assistant Professor (on contract) AND, Ph.D. for higher cadre.

(ii) Civil Engineering

Specialization: Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering,
Transportation Engineering, Water Resources / Hydraulics Engineering, Construction Technology /
Management, Geomatics Engineering, Earthquake Engineering.
The candidate must have B.E./ B. Tech./ M.E./ M. Tech. or equivalent degree in Civil Engineering or in a
relevant discipline.

(iii) Computer Science and Technology

Specialization: Theoretical Computer Science/ Embedded Systems and Architecture/Data Analytics and
Security/Computer Networks and Distributed Systems/IoT and Cloud Computing
The candidate must have B.E./ B. Tech./ M.E./ M. Tech./MS in Computer Science and Engineering/
Technology.

(iv) Electrical Engineering

Specialization: Control System & Instrumentation, Power and Energy Systems, Power Electronics and
Machine Drives.
The candidate must have B.E./ B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering, and M.E./ M. Tech. in above
specializations or in a relevant discipline.
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(v) Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Specialization: VLSI design and testing, Communication and Signal Processing, Electronic
instrumentation and control.
The candidate must have B.E./ B. Tech./ M.E./ M. Tech. or equivalent degree in Electronics and
Communication Engineering or in a relevant discipline.

(vi) Mechanical Engineering

Specialization: Thermal Engineering, Machine Design and Manufacturing science.
The candidate must have B.E. / B. Tech./ M.E./ M. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering or Production
Engineering.

(vii) Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

Specialization: 1. Extractive Metallurgy (with expertise in Iron making/Steel making/Non-ferrous
extraction/ foundry), 2. Mechanical Metallurgy (with expertise in Fatigue/Fracture/Creep), 3.
Computational Materials (with expertise in Ab-intio/Phase – Field/ Molecular Dynamic/ finite Element
Simulation), 4. Surface Engineering (with expertise in Coating/Laser/Plasma/ Other surface modification
techniques), 5. Advanced Materials (with expertise in Electronic/Magnetic/Energy Materials), 6.
Ceramic/Polymeric Materials.
The candidate must have B.E./ B. Tech./ M.E./ M. Tech. or equivalent degree in Metallurgy and Materials
Engineering or in a relevant discipline.

(viii) Mining Engineering

Specialization: Geomechanics, Opencast Mining, Mine Planning and Design, Mineral Processing, Mine
Environment, Environmental Management, Geoinfromatics, or any other related field.
The candidate must have B.E./ B. Tech degree in Mining Engineering; AND/ OR M.E./ M. Tech degree in
Mining Engineering or in a relevant discipline.

Science

(i) Chemistry
Specialization: Organic Chemistry – Synthetic Organic Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry / Bio-Organic
Chemistry; Physical Chemistry – Experimental Polymer Chemistry / Experimental Biophysical Chemistry /
Experimental Photochemistry / Experimental Surface Chemistry.
The candidate must have M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry / Physical Chemistry or in a relevant
discipline.

(ii) Earth Science

Specialization: Geophysics, Ore Geology / Economic Geology
The candidate must have B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Geology/ Applied Geology, M.Sc in Geology/ Applied
Geology/ Geophysics or in a relevant discipline.
For Geophysics specialization B.Sc(Hons.) in Geophysics and M.Sc. in Geophysics may also apply.

(iii) Mathematics
Specialization: Financial Mathematics, Mathematical Analysis, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Quantum
Mechanics, Relativity and Cosmology, Non-linear Dynamics, Data Modeling and Forecasting.
The candidate must have B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Mathematics, M.Sc in Mathematics or in a relevant
discipline.

(iv) Physics
Specialization: Condensed Matter Physics, Electronics, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics,
Photonics.
The candidate must have B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Physics, M.Sc in Physics or in a relevant discipline.
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Humanities and Social Sciences

The candidates must have M.A. / M. Sc. in Economics, OR M.A./ M. Sc. in Applied Psychology with
specialization in Clinical Psychology and Counselling.

Interdisciplinary:

(i) Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Assistant Professor and Associate Professor

Bachelor Degree: Aerospace Engineering/ Aeronautical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Civil Engineering
Masters level specializations: Navigation, Guidance and Control/ Avionics /Propulsion/ Space dynamics/
Aerodynamics;
Doctoral level specializations: Navigation, Guidance and Control/ Avionics /Propulsion/ Space dynamics/
Aerodynamics (Direct Doctorate candidates with above mentioned specializations may also apply)

For Professor
Bachelor Degree: Aerospace Engineering/ Aeronautical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Civil Engineering
Masters level specializations: Fluid Mechanics/Hydraulics/ Applied Mechanics/ Aerodynamics/ Solid Mechanics/
Structural Engineering
Doctoral level specializations: Fluid Mechanics/Hydraulics/ Applied Mechanics/ Aerodynamics/ Solid Mechanics/
Structural Engineering

(ii) Information Technology

Specialization: Software Engineering, High performance computing, Hardware and Architecture,
Embedded systems, Algorithms, Data Base Management Systems, Computer Networks, Distributed
computing, formal Language and Automata, Information Security, Machine learning and AI, Cloud
Computing, Information and Signal Processing, Wireless Communication, Computer Vision and Image
Analysis.
The candidate must have B.E./B.Tech./ M.E./M.Tech. in IT/ CST/ ECE or in a relevant discipline.

NOTE:
1. All new entrants shall have Ph.D. in the relevant/ equivalent discipline, and shall have First Class in the
preceding degrees. Candidates obtaining Ph.D directly after B.E./ B. Tech. are eligible to apply.
2. For faculty in the department of Architecture following will be essential qualification without insisting on
credit point requirements at Assistant Professor level:
• M.Arch./ M.Plan./ M.Des. with 01 year professional experience : Assistant Professor Grade II at Level 10
(as per 7th CPC)
• M.Arch./ M.Plan./ M.Des. with 02 years of professional experience : Assistant Professor Grade II at Level
11 (as per 7th CPC)
• For higher cadres the Essential Qualification and credit point requirement will remain same as given in
the table for Engineering and Sciences.
3. Reservation rules of the Government of India will be strictly followed.
4. This being an advertisement governed by the flexible faculty recruitment rules, the number of positions for
internal candidates are not restricted by the number of vacant positions. However, the total number of
faculty positions will not exceed the sanctioned positions of the Institute.
5. Relevant notifications issued from MHRD will be applicable. Relevant notifications published till the date
of publication of the advertisement are to be found in the Recruitment Rules for Faculty recruitment and
MHRD clarification on the recommendation of the Oversight committee.
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6. Number of vacancies in all or any of the categories (including reserved vacancies) may be increased /
decreased without any notification. However, reservation rules of the Government of India will be strictly
followed.
7. Based on the recommendation of the Selection Committee, the Institute may offer to a candidate a post less
than that applied for.

8. The Institute reserves the right to modify / defer or cancel full / part of the advertisement/ recruitment at
any stage of processing without assigning any reasons.
9. Specialization: The concerned Departments will shortlist the name(s) as per their requirement.
10. Internal faculty members with any specialization are eligible to apply.
11. Pension : Freshly recruited candidates shall be governed by the New Pension Scheme of the Govt. of India
12. Incentives at par with other CFTIs.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience for the Posts

Essential Cumulative
Designation and Pay Level
Qualific Essential Requirements Essential Credit
(as per 7th CPC)
ation Points

Assistant Professor Grade II at

Level 10 PhD NIL NIL

Assistant Professor Grade II at 01 year post Ph.D. experience of

Level 11 Ph.D Teaching and Research in Institution 10
of repute / Industry
03 years after Ph.D. or 06 years
Assistant Professor Grade I at total teaching and research
Level 12 PhD experience in reputed academic 20
Institute / R&D Labs / relevant
industry
(6) years after Ph.D. of which at
least 3 years at the level of Assistant
Professor with AGP Rs.8000/-
Associate Professor at Level 13A2 Or
PhD (9) years total working 50
experience, of which 3 years should be
after Ph.D., with at least 3 years at
the level of Assistant Professor with
AGP RS. 8000/-
10 years after Ph.D. or 13 years
total working experience, out of
which 07 years should be after Ph.D.
At least 03 years at the level of
Associate professor with AGP of
Rs.9500/-
Professor at Level 14A
PhD Or 80
04 years at the level of Associate
Professor with AGP of Rs.9000/-
or combination of Rs.9000/- and
Rs.9500/- or equivalent in an
Institution of repute / R&D lab or
relevant industry.
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General Information
Degrees referred above should have been awarded by a recognized University / Institute.
Mere eligibility will not vest any right on any candidate for being called for interview. The decision
of the Institute in all matters will be final. No correspondence will be entertained from the
candidates in connection with the process of selection / interview.
The Institute reserves the right to call for interview only those candidates shortlisted on the basis
of their qualification, experience, research and publication records and departmental requirements
etc.
The Institute reserves the right to fill or not to fill any or all the posts advertised.
Persons employed in Government Organizations / Quasi Government Organizations should submit
their application through proper channel.
Train fare (to & fro) will be paid as per Institute rules from residential address to IIEST, Shibpur by
the shortest route for out station candidates only.
On special request by a candidate selected for interview but staying abroad, an interview through
Skype may be arranged.
Canvassing in any manner may entail disqualification of the candidature.
Any dispute with regard to the selection / recruitment process will be subject to Courts / Tribunals
having jurisdiction over Kolkata.
Candidates possessing requisite qualification and experience are required to apply in prescribed
application form and Biodata Sheet (downloadable from the website www.iiests.ac.in ) and send to
the Dean (Faculty Welfare) in the email address: [email protected].

Application fee of Rs.1000/- (Rupees one thousand only) may be sent to the Registrar, IIEST,
Shibpur, Howrah-711103 through ‘Fund Transfer’ in favour of “IIEST, Shibpur” at Kolkata in the
following bank account:
Zero
IIEST, Shibpur,
United Bank of India, IFSC Code : UTBI0BUSF63, A/c No. : 0171050031536
Candidates must mention the NEFT/RTGS Code along with the date of transfer in the specified
place in the application form.
SC/ST candidates and internal faculty members are exempted from paying application fee.

Registrar