TISS Recruitment – Assistant Professor Vacancy

Required Assistant Professor (One Post) on Contract Basis for the Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research (CEI&AR). Applications are invited for One position of Assistant Professor under CETE of the Centre, in TISS Mumbai Campus. The appointment will be on contract basis till 31st May 2023, which may be extended based on performance, review and need of the project.

Educational Qualification: Eligibility (A or B):-

A.

1. A Master’s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in English /Education/ Literature from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.
2. Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or the CSIR, or a similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET or who are or have been awarded a Ph. D. degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time as the case may be exempted from NET/SLET/SET:

Provided, the candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances/Bye-laws/Regulations of the Institution awarding the degree and such Ph.D. candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of ‘Assistant Professor’ subject to the or equivalent positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions fulfilment of the following conditions:-

1. The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in a regular mode;
2. The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners;
3. An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted;
4. The Candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work, out of which at least one is in a referred journal;
5. The candidate has presented at least two papers based on his/her Ph.D. work in conferences/seminars sponsored/funded/supported by the UGC/ICSSR/CSIR or any similar agency.

B.

The Ph.D. degree has been obtained from a foreign university/institution with a ranking among top 500 in the World University Ranking (at any time) by any one of the following:

• Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
• The Times Higher Education (THE) or the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai).

Desirable Qualifications: Preference will be given to those with Ph. D. and having two years of research/teaching experience and relevant publications.

Application Fee:– The application fee of Rs. 1000/- be paid on-line. The application fee for SC/ST/PWD candidates will be Rs. 250/- if they attach the required certificate to the online application form. The women applicants are waived from the payment of application fees. The application will be valid only on receipt of the application fee, if applicable. Fees once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances.

Other Conditions:-

1. The Institute reserves the right to relax qualifications of the candidate based on the work experience and to relax age in the case of persons already holding comparable positions in a University/Research Institution of repute.
2. The Institute reserves the right to invite persons for interview who may not have applied for as per the above procedure and not fill up the vacancy advertised. 
3. Since applications received may be short listed, merely possessing the prescribed qualifications and the requisite experience would not entitle a person to be called for interview.
4. The post is unreserved, but candidates belonging to reserved category can apply.
5. No queries or correspondence regarding issue of call letter for interview/selection of candidates for the post will be entertained at any stage and canvassing in any form is strictly prohibited and will lead to the candidate being debarred from consideration for the post.
6. The candidate under employment must bring ‘No Objection Certificate’ from their employer to appear for presentation/interview.
7. No TA/DA is payable for appearing for the interview.
8. In case of any inadvertent error in the advertisement and in the process of recruitment, which may be detected at any stage, even after issue of appointment order, the Institute reserves the right to modify/withdraw/cancel any communication made to the candidate(s).

Address:-

Tata Institute Of Social Sciences V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088

Selection Procedure:-

Short-listed candidates will be informed over e-mail and/or mobile phone to appear for the the online interview to be held between the first week of February 2021.

How to Apply:-

1. Last date of receipt of online application: 20th January 2021
2. Candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply now) provided along with this advertisement on the Institute website www.tiss.edu.
3. Candidates are required to take a print of acknowledgement of online application and keep it for future reference. Selected Candidates are expected to join within 15 days of their selection.

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