TISS jobs - Assistant Professor

Required Assistant Professor (One Post) on Contract Basis for Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies at TISS-Mumbai Campus.

Remunerations: Consolidated Pay @ Rs. 70,000/- p.m. (Pay Band Rs. 15600 – 39100; AGP Rs. 6000/-). 

Eligibility Criteria:Educational Qualification: Eligibility (A or B): A. i) A Master's degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade on a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in Disaster Management / Planning / Remote Sensing and GIS / Geoinformatics / Geo-information Science and Earth Observation / Geomatics / Earth and Atmospheric Sciences / Environmental Science and Engineering 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 has 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:-

The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in a regular mode; The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external 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; 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: Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) the Times Higher Education (THE) or the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai).

The desirable qualifications and experience: The candidates having a minimum of one year of work experience/research/teaching in the area of disaster management/ disaster studies shall be given preference. Those possessing relevant publications and experience in teaching courses in Disaster Management programs would be preferred. Candidates from inter-disciplinary areas of Disaster Management, Geography, Planning, Remote sensing, etc. are encouraged to apply. Proven capacity to write high-quality research proposals to secure national and international funding will be an asset.

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.