Assistant Professor In Tata Institute Of Social Sciences

Assistant Professor (Post Graduate, NET/ SLET/ SET Qualifed, Ph.D.) In Tata Institute Of Social Sciences - TISS Recruitment 

Recruitment For: Assistant Professor (Post Graduate, NET/ SLET/ SET qualified, Ph.D.)
Minimum Salary: 15600
Last Date: 06/01/2020
Address: V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai , Maharashtra  400088

Pay Scale: PB: 15600-39100 ; AGP : Rs. 6000 (6th CPC)
Eligibility Criteria: i) A Master‘s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in Environmental Science/Human Ecology/Conservation Science/Sustainability

Studies or an equivalent degree from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university. ii) 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 fulfillment of the following conditions:- a) The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in a regular mode; b) The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners; c) An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted; d) The Candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work, out of which at least one is in a refereed journal; e) 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. The fulfillment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned. Note: NET/SLET/SET shall also not be required for such Masters Programmes in disciplines for which NET/SLET/SET is not conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET. OR 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: (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). Candidates having Ph.D. Environmental Science/Human Ecology/Conservation Science/ Sustainability Studies with field-based experience and a focus on socio-ecological systems, integrated landscape management, ecosystem services, biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning, and political ecology and with sound knowledge of quantitative research methods, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (RS/GIS), statistical packages will be given preference.
How To Apply For TISS Vacancy : 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 acknowledgement of the online application and keep it for future reference. Last date of Receipt of Application: January 6, 2020.

General Instructions: 1.The Institute reserves the right to relax qualification 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
Job Type: CONTRACTOR
Job Details: Official Website Document