Faculty Positions in National Institute of Science Education and Research Bhubaneswar

(Rolling Advertisement)

National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), funded by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, has been set up to excel in teaching and research in different areas of basic sciences. NISER aims to provide an excellent academic ambience and support to faculty members to work in frontier areas of research in both theoretical and experimental fields of basic sciences. It also imparts high quality undergraduate and graduate education through a rigorous and well-planned course structure aimed at creating strong foundations in basic sciences among its students. With about 82 faculties, 150 PhD students and 330 integrated MSc students, NISER is vibrant with academic activities.

NISER invites applications for faculty positions (at the level of Assistant Professor, Reader-F and Associate Professor) from candidates possessing excellent academic records and research experience in different disciplines of Biological, Chemical, Computer, Earth and Planetary, Mathematical, Physical and Social Sciences.

In Mathematical Sciences although applications are invited in all areas of Mathematics including Statistics, preference will be given to the areas of Statistics, Probability and Algebra for immediate recruitment.

In Biological Sciences priority will be given to applications in the areas of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Plant Sciences, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology and Microbiology.

Sl. Position Scale of Pay
1 Associate Professor Level 13-A of 7th CPC Pay Matrix
2 Reader-F Level 13 of 7th CPC Pay Matrix
3 Assistant Professor Level 12 of 7th CPC Pay Matrix

Educational qualification and experience:

Associate Professor

Candidates should have a PhD degree in relevant discipline from a reputed and recognized university or institute and at least eight years of postdoctoral research/ teaching experience with high quality publications in high impact journals. Candidates should have a demonstrated record of having successfully led independent research programs and have scholarly achievement in the respective field of research. Candidates should have interest and ability to teach courses in Integrated MSc programme and in the PhD programme. It is expected that candidates applying for this position should have experience of guiding several PhD and undergraduate students.

Reader-F

Candidates should have a PhD degree in relevant discipline from a reputed and recognized university or institute and at least five years of postdoctoral research/teaching experience with high quality publications in high impact journals. Candidates should have demonstrated the capability to lead independent research programs. Candidates should have interest and ability to teach courses in Integrated MSc programme and in the PhD programme. It is desirable that that candidates applying for this position should have some experience in supervising graduate and undergraduate students.

Assistant Professor

A PhD degree in relevant discipline from a reputed and recognized university or institute and around three years of postdoctoral research/teaching experience after PhD with high quality publications in high impact journals. Candidates should have interest and ability to teach courses in Integrated MSc programme and in the PhD programme.

Interested candidates may apply by enclosing following along with a cover letter:

i) Curriculum vitae with list of publications ii) 3-4 page write-up on future research plans iii) Short write-up on teaching interests and philosophy iv) Name(s) and address(es) including the e-mail address(es) of academic referee(s).

Applicants should request their academic referees to send the recommendation letters to appropriate email address listed below.

Applications from prospective candidates are accepted throughout the year.

Applications and for other details like information related to research groups, teaching courses and other benefits should be sent by e-mail to:

School of Biological Sciences: sbs_rct@niser.ac.in School of Chemical Sciences: scs_rct@niser.ac.in School of Computer Sciences: fa@niser.ac.in School of Earth and Planetary Sciences: fa@niser.ac.in School of Mathematical Sciences: sms_rct@niser.ac.in School of Physical Sciences: sps_rct@niser.ac.in School of Humanities & Social Sciences: shss_rct@niser.ac.in

NISER also welcomes applications from candidates who have prestigious fellowships like DST-Inspire, DBT-Welcome, Ramanujam and Ramalingasami etc.

General information about posts advertised: Applicants who are employed in Government, Semi-Government Organizations or Institutions should send their applications THROUGH PROPER CHANNEL else they will be required to produce a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from their employer at the time of interview. Mere fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria mentioned herein may not entitle a candidate to be called for interview. Institute reserves the right to fix higher criteria for short-listing of applications for recruitment. The Institute reserves the right to consider to fill or not to fill positions in any of the above and or any other specialisation(s)/School(s). The Institute has the right to set different as well as higher norms, while short-listing, taking into account the specific requirement of the individual departments. The Institute reserves the right to withdraw any advertised post(s) at any time without assigning any reason. Relaxation in age, educational qualification and/or experience will be considered in case of exceptionally meritorious candidates. Application through the Rolling Advertisement is a continuous process and will continue as per the requirement of the School and also as per the availability of the posts. Applications will be received throughout the year and processed periodically.



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