FACULTY POSITIONS

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The Institute welcomes applications from Indian nationals who are exceptionally bright and motivated with an established record of independent, high quality research and commitment to teaching for positions of Assistant Professors and above in all disciplines of interest to the Institute in Science and Engineering.

For the positions of Assistant Professors, the prospective candidates must have

• a Ph.D in the relevant area, with
• three years of post-doctoral research experience (relaxable in exceptional cases), and
• be preferably below 35 years of age.

The salary for the positions of Assistant Professors will be in the grade of Rs.12,000-420-18,300 per month plus allowances.

For higher positions, the prospective candidates, in addition to having a Ph.D in the relevant area, are expected to have made outstanding contributions in the chosen area of research and also guided doctoral students.

The salary for the positions of Associate Professors will be in the grade of Rs.16,400-450-20,000 while that for the positions of Professors will be in the grade of Rs.18,400-500-22,400 per month plus allowances.

The Institute also provides a start-up research grant of a few lakhs of rupees to the new faculty. In addition, the Institute provides certain perks to all the faculty, like Contingency grant of Rs.4000/- perr annum for books, stationery, etc., a sum of Rs. 1.00 lakh for attending International Conferences during a sliding period of three years, reimbursement of 75% of annual membership fee paid to any one international professional body, full funding for attending one national Conference per year, loan for purchase of computers etc. The faculty and their families are also covered by an attractive Contributory Health services Scheme. Modest on-campus accommodation is also provided to the new faculty.

Interested candidates may apply with their

• Curriculum Vitae, List of Publications (with reprints of important publications)
• Proposed Research Plan
• Department at which the candidate proposes to work
• Name and Address (with email addresses and fax numbers) of at least three referees, and
• any other details.

Applications which are welcome throughout the year, may be sent to

• The Chairman
  Department of Physics
  Indian Institute of Science
  Bangalore - 560012. India
  
  Fax: +91 (80) 2360 2602
  Phone: +91 (80) 2293 2315
  Email: facsearch@physics.iisc.ernet.in

with a copy to:

• The Registrar,
  Indian Institute of Science,
  Bangalore 560012, INDIA
   
  Fax: +91-80-23600683
  Phone: +91-80-23600757/22932444
  Email: regr@admin.iisc.ernet.in