भारतीय �व�ान �श�ा एवं अनुसंधान संस्थान भोपाल

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal

http://www.iiserb.ac.in

Advt. No: IISERB/DoFA/2020/1 Date: 13/04/2020

Rolling Advertisement for Assistant Professor

IISER Bhopal invites applications for faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor
in the following Departments:

Natural Sciences Stream:

Department Thrust areas

Biological • Stem Cell Research
Sciences • Metabolomics
• Infection Biology
• Virtual Biology/Molecular Modelling
• Veterinary Sciences
• Tissue Engineering
Chemistry • Medicinal Chemistry
• Materials Chemistry
• Sustainable & Environmental Chemistry
• Surfaces and Interfaces
• Organometallic and main group Chemistry
• Chemical Physics
Physics • Biophysics
• Plasma physics
• Photonics
• Device Physics
• Quantum information and computation
• Experimental high energy Physics
• Gravitational wave and Astrophysics
• Surface Physics
Mathematics • Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra
• Applied Mathematics
• Automorphic forms and Representation theory, Combinatorics and
Graph Theory
• Geometric Analysis, Geometric Topology, Ergodic Theory,
Harmonic Analysis and PDEs, Number Theory, Probability and
Statistics
Earth and • Environmental Impact Assessment and pollution Control
Environmental
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 Sciences /Remediation (including microplastics),
• Energy resources (mining, exploration, geo-engineering),
• Atmosphere and Ocean (Dynamics, Chemistry, and
Instrumentation),
• Earth Surface Processes and Critical Zone Studies
• Geophysics and Geodynamics (seismology, paleomagnetism,
planetary interiors, high pressure mineral physics)
• Paleontology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Geochemistry
(Radioactive and Stable Isotope)
• Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology and tectonics

Engineering Sciences Stream:

Department Thrust areas

Chemical • Biosystems Engineering
Engineering • Micro fluidics and Micro reactors
• Sustainability and Energy Engineering
• Interfacial Science and Engineering
• Reaction Engineering and Catalysis
• Transport & separation processes
• Process system Engineering control
• Membrane Science and Technology
Electrical • Cyber Physical Systems
Engineering • Computer Networking
and Computer • Control Systems and Robotics
Science • Circuits, Systems and Instrumentation
• Data Science and Machine Learning
• Embedded systems and Computer Architecture
• Operating Systems and Compiler Design
• Optics and Photonics, Theoretical Computer Science
Data Sciences • Data Sciences
and • Machine Learning
Engineering • Data Structures & Algorithm
• Artificial Intelligence
• Neural Networks

Humanities and Social Sciences Stream:

Department Thrust areas

Economic • Applied Econometrics
Sciences • Public Economics
• Law & Economics
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Economics of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
• Urban Economics and Infrastructure
• Economics of Networks

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 • Environmental Economics
• Industrial and Agricultural Economics
• Health Economics

Humanities • History
and Social • Cognitive Science
Sciences • Experimental Humanities including Digital
• Environmental and Medical Humanities and ELT
• Philosophy of Science

The applicants are requested to click on the Department name of interest to know more
about the research areas represented in the Department, their teaching programmes and other
activities.

Selection Process:

The applications received for a particular Department are shortlisted by the Department
Faculty Advisory Committee (DFAC) on the basis of the application, seminar, and input from
faculty members of the concerned area of specialization. Institute Faculty Affairs Committee
(IFAC) reviews the report submitted by the DFAC and takes a decision to shortlist candidates
to be called for an interview and arrange for the letter of recommendations. Only the
shortlisted candidates will be informed by the Institute, about the schedule of interviews as
and when conducted.

Application in the prescribed format should be sent to the Head of the respective
department(s), with a copy to Dean, Faculty Affairs (Email id: dofa@iiserb.ac.in):

S.No. Department E-mail Address

1. Biological Sciences hod_bio@iiserb.ac.in
2. Chemical Engineering hod_che@iiserb.ac.in
3. Chemistry hod_chm@iiserb.ac.in
4. Data Sciences and Engineering dofa@iiserb.ac.in
5. Earth and Environmental Sciences hod_ees@iiserb.ac.in
6. Economic Sciences hod_eco@iiserb.ac.in
7. Electrical Engineering and Computer hod_eecs@iiserb.ac.in
8. S i
Humanities and Social Sciences hod_hss@iiserb.ac.in
9. Mathematics hod_maths@iiserb.ac.in
10. Physics hod_phy@iiserb.ac.in

Assistant Professor Grade II:

Eligibility criteria • Ph.D. with a first class or equivalent at the preceding degree and
an excellent academic record throughout, in addition to proven
track record of outstanding research ability.

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 Salary Structure • Level 10 with initial pay of ₹ 70,900/-.
• After one year of post Ph.D. experience, the candidates shall be
placed in Level 11 with an initial pay of ₹ 73,100/-, subject to
evaluation of performance and antecedents.

Assistant Professor Grade I:

Eligibility criteria • Ph.D. with a first class or equivalent at the preceding degree
and an excellent academic record throughout, in addition to
proven track record of outstanding research ability.
• Minimum 3 years of industrial/ research/ teaching/ experience,
excluding however, the experience gained while pursuing Ph.D.

Salary Structure • Level 12 with initial pay of ₹1,01,500/-.

• Candidates possessing the degree of Ph.D. in the relevant
discipline and with regular service of 3 years' at Level 12 shall
be considered for moving to Level 13A1 with an initial pay of
₹1,31,400/-, subject to evaluation of performance and
antecedents.

Other perquisites/allowances:

• In addition to Pay (as mentioned above), other allowances like DA, HRA, TA, Telephone
reimbursement, and Employer’s contribution towards NPS shall be as per the GoI
norms from time to time. For further queries you may please contact Head of the
concerned Department.
• Moving expenses of ₹1,25,000/- (for candidates from abroad) & ₹75,000/- (for
candidates within the country) are reimbursed against the bill.
• Every faculty member of IISER Bhopal will be entitled to a fund of ₹1,00,000/- every
financial year on reimbursement basis, under Cumulative Professional Development
Account (CPDA). CPDA may be revised from time to time as per GoI/BoG
approved norms.
• CPDA will be available to meet expenses for participating in both national and
international conferences, paying membership fees for professional bodies and buying
books.
• Reimbursement of telephone call charges of residential telephone/ mobile phone/
broadband/mobile data/ data card shall be as per entitlement given below:

S.No. Levels Ceiling amount in ₹

1. Level 12 & Level 13 A1 2,250/- p.m. + taxes as applicable
2. Level 10 & Level 11 1,200/- p.m. + taxes as applicable

• Leave Travel Concession (LTC) by Air for home town and elsewhere in India as per
Govt. of India rules along with leave encashment facility.
• Children Education Allowance as per rules.
• Reimbursement of medical expenses of self and dependent family members as per
Institute rules.

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General information about the posts advertised:

1. Regular faculty positions are open to Indian Nationals and overseas citizens of India
(OCI).
2. Appointment of foreign nationals for fixed period on contract basis is permissible.
3. The Institute reserves the right to (i) relax eligibility criteria in exceptional cases; (ii)
consider anyone who has not formally applied in response to this advertisement, and (iii)
fill the position at lower/higher level than that advertised.
4. In addition to the regular pay, all permanent posts carry House Rent Allowance,
Transport Allowance and other allowances as per institute rules. Central Government
employees will be covered by New Pension Scheme (NPS) of Govt. of India.
5. The qualifications prescribed should have been obtained after attending regular courses
from Recognized Universities/Institutions.
6. Relaxation in age, educational qualification and/or experience will be considered in case
of exceptionally meritorious candidates, with the prior approval of the Competent
Authority.
7. No interim enquiries/correspondence/communication of any sort will be entertained on
the matter.
8. Reservation for SC/ST/OBC/PWD/EWS/Ex-servicemen, etc. will be as per Govt. of India
norms.
9. Candidates working in government departments, public sector undertakings and
Government funded institutions should apply through proper channel.
10. The eligibility criteria indicated are bare minimum and a mere fulfillment of the same
will not entitle the candidates to be called for an interview. If numbers of applications
received are large, the Institute may restrict the number of candidates to be called for
interview to a reasonable limit on the basis of qualification and experience higher than
that of the minimum prescribed in the advertisement.
11. Since this is a rolling advertisement, there is no last date to apply. However, the
processing of the applications by the departments will be in different cycles throughout
the year.

The date of short-listing will be used to establish eligibility and experience criteria. Based on
the qualifications of the candidates and the need of the department concerned, applications
received will be processed through duly constituted selection committees.

Dean, Faculty Affairs

(अ�धष्ठाता, संकाय मामले)

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