The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai has announced Teaching Faculty jobs in 2024 for the post of Assistant Professor. Interested candidates may apply Online.
Post Date: 29th August 2024
Hiring Organization: School of Public Policy and Governance, TISS- Hyderabad Off-Campus
Organization Profile: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (www.tiss.edu), established in the year 1936 is a Deemed to be University, fully funded by the University Grants Commission, Govt of India. TISS is a Grade I University with NAAC and is ranked 60 under NIRF University Rank Category for 2022. With four campuses at Mumbai (main campus), Hyderabad, Guwahati, and Tuljapur (rural campus), TISS currently offers 05 Undergraduate programmes, 54 Masters’ Degree programmes, and 18 Ph.D. programmes in a range of socially relevant inter-disciplinary areas of applied Social Sciences including 34 Bachelor of Vocational degree programmes.
Job Title: Assistant Professor
Employment Type: Contract
Department that has vacancy:
- Political Science and allied disciplines
- Economics and allied disciplines
Qualifications:
- A Master‘s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in a concerned/ relevant/ allied subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university
- 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 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/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/ SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions subject to the fulfilment of the following conditions:
- The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in regular mode only;
- The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two examiners;
- An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted;
- The candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work, out of which at least one is in a refereed journal; and
- 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.
Note:
1. The fulfilment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned.
2. NET/SET shall also not be required for such Masters Programmes in disciplines for which NET/SET is not conducted by the UGC, CSIR or Similar test by the UGC like SLET/ NET
- The Ph.D degree has been obtained from foreign university/ institute with ranking among top 500 in the world university ranking by any one of the following:
i. Quacquarelli Symonds(QS)
ii. the Times Higher Education (THE) or
iii. the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong
University (Shanghai).
Desirable Qualifications:
- Political Science/ Public Policy / Development Studies:
The candidates having PhD in Public Policy/ Political Science/ Development Studies with specialization in policy studies and subsequent research work focusses on the following will be preferred: Comparative Public Policy/ State and Policy Process/Law and Governance / Regulation and Institutions and other similar research areas - Economics / Demography/ Regional Development/ Population Studies.
The Candidates having a PhD in Urban Economics/ Regional Development/Population Studies with a specialization in urban policy studies and subsequent research work with a foundation in economics and focused on the following will be preferred: Urban Planning/ Municipal Finance/ Informal Sector. Expertise in micro data sets – NSS, NFHS, PLFS, Census etc. will be preferred.
Job Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Pay Scale: Assistant Professors (Entry pay of Rs. 57700/- in the Academic Pay level 10 as per 7th CPC)
Apply Mode: Online
Last Date: 04 September 2024
Organization Website: https://tiss.edu/
How to Apply:
- The candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply Now) provided along with this advertisement on the Institute’s website at www.tiss.edu.
- The candidates are requested to take a print of the acknowledgment of the online application and keep it for future reference
Application Fee:
The application fee of Rs. 1000/- be paid online. 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 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.
Organization Address:
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar,
Mumbai 400088
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