TISS jobs - Assistant Professor

i. A Master's degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed) Political Science / Public Policy or any Social Science discipline 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. program 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 the 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).

Desirable Qualification: The candidates having a Ph.D. in Political Science/ Public Policy and subsequent research work focusses on the following will be preferred:  Indian State and Political Process/ Regulation and Institutions/ Welfare Regimes/ Law and Governance and other similar research areas  Familiarity with large data sets (NSSO, Census, NFHS, etc.) and their usage to understand the contemporary state, political and the policy process  Having the willingness to work in a team and explore new and emerging research  Good publication record will be given preference.

The candidate selected for this position will contribute to teaching, student mentoring, and research projects at the TISS Hyderabad off-campus. Besides teaching courses across the programs in the Institute, the candidate should also be willing to work in a team and explore new and emerging research areas.

The candidate selected should be willing to take responsibility for the coordination of workshops, experiential learning, and other academic administration as may be required from time to time

Pay Scale: Consolidated salary of Rs. 71952/- p.m. (Pay Band Rs. 15600 – 39100; AGP Rs. 6000/-) in 6th CPC as approved by the funder