Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Invites Online Application for Faculty Positions

Date Posted: 19th February 2025

University Name: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

About College: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, an Institute of national importance, is one of the eight IITs set up by the Government of India, Ministry of Education (earlier Ministry of Human Resource Development), in 2008. Located about 40 km (NW) from Chandigarh. The Administration building has been named as Sir M. Visvesvaraya Block. The new campus of the institute spread over about 500 acres of land in the vicinity of River Sutlej and bestowed with 5 Star rating under GRIHA LD. IIT Ropar provides an exciting academic environment and is close to premier educational and research institutes such as PGIMER (Chandigarh), IISER (Mohali), IMTECH, CSIO, SCL, NIPER, Panjab University. Within its short span of existence, IIT Ropar has emerged as the leader in quality of research publications amongst the new eight IITs. It has been ranked 22nd amongst the Engineering Institutes of India, in NIRF Ranking 2024 released by MoE. Historically, Ropar city was a part of the Indus valley civilization and it provides a unique experience to the quality of life due to ever supporting nature of people of Punjab. .

Educational Qualification and Experience:

• Assistant Professor Grade-I
  Ph.D. with first class or equivalent at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
  Applicants must have a strong academic background, with a B.Tech. degree in CSE, EE, ECE, Maths and computing, B.Sc./M.Sc. Computer Science, and AI and ML/Data Science be preferred and a Ph.D. in AI/ML. A proven track record of significant contributions to AI, its applications, or interdisciplinary research in AI is essential. Candidates should also demonstrate a robust portfolio of research, including publications in high-impact journals, presentations at top-tier conferences (A* and A), patents, and other scholarly achievements.
  A minimum of three years post Ph.D. teaching / research / professional experience, excluding the experience gained while pursuing Ph.D. Candidate should have demonstrated research capabilities in terms of publications in reputed journals and conferences.
  Scale of Pay: Pay Level 12 (Rs. 101500-167400) with a basic pay of Rs.1,01,500/- per month. On completion of 3 years of service as Assistant Professor Grade I with Academic Level 12, would be eligible for movement to Academic Level 13A1 (Rs. 131400-204700) with a basic pay of Rs.1,31,400/- per month subject to satisfactory performance and on the recommendations of an Assessment Committee.
• Assistant Professor Grade II
  Candidates satisfying all criteria other than the post PhD experience criteria for Assistant Professor Grade I, may be appointed as Assistant Professor Grade II with appropriate pay based on postdoctoral experience. At the entry level they may be placed in Academic Level 10 (Rs.57700-98200) with basic pay of Rs.70900/- per month and shall move to Academic Level 11 after completion of 1 year post Ph.D. experience (basic pay of Rs.84800/- per month) and 2 years (basic pay of Rs. 87300/-per month). On completion of minimum experience requirement and satisfactory performance in teaching and research and on the recommendations of an Assessment Committee, they may be moved to Assistant Professor Grade I in Academic Level 12.