Assistant Professor (Grade-I & Grade-II) Posts in VNIT, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Designation/Position- Assistant Professor (Grade-I & Grade-II) Position

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India invites application for Assistant Professor (Grade-I & Grade-II) Position from eligible and interested candidates

About- Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, formerly Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur, is a public engineering and research institution in Nagpur, Maharashtra, in central India.

Research/Job Area-

The following department wise preferred specializations are required :

Department NamePreferred / Desired Specialization / Area at PG / PhD Level
Civil EngineeringConstruction Technology and Management / Water Resources Engineering / Transportation Engineering / Engineering Survey 
Mechanical EngineeringDesign Engineering / Thermal Engineering. / Industrial Engineering / Production Engineering / Any other interdisciplinary emerging area involving the above specialisations of Mechanical Engineering.
Mining EngineeringRock mechanics/ Geo-mechanics & Strata Control / Numerical Modeling as applied to Mining Engineering / Mine Environment / Coal Mining / Metal Mining / Mine Mechanisation / Computer Application including Virtual Reality.
Applied MechanicsGeneral               Structural           Engineering       /              Structural                 Dynamics            / Earthquake Engineering.
Chemical EngineeringProcess Intensification / Separation Processes, Nano Science & Technology / Advanced Materials / Modeling – Simulation & Optimization / Biochemical and Bioprocess Engineering / Bioenergy / Food Technology / Process Control / Reaction Engineering / Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer / Environmental Engineering / Petrochemicals / Membrane Separation / Environment and Sustainability.
Electronics & Communication EngineeringCommunication Systems, Network Engineering, Embedded Systems Hardware and Software, IoT, Information Theory, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Electrical EngineeringPower System / Power Electronics / Electrical Machines / Control System
Computer Science and EngineeringNetworking and distributed system / Design and implementation of programming language / Artificial intelligence / Machine learning and data analytics / Algorithms and combinatorial optimization / Theoretical Computer Science / Image and video processing, computer vision / Parallel systems and high performance computing / Information security / Optimization in Cyber Physical System / Software engineering.
Metallurgical & Materials EngineeringExtractive Metallurgy/ Computational Materials Science / Iron and Steel Making / Metal Working and Deformation Behaviour / Electronic Materials / Creep, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics / Welding and Joining / High Temperature Materials/ Energy materials / Biomaterials / Phase Transformation / Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology / Grain Boundary Engineering / Advanced Processing of Materials/ Corrosion and Surface engineering / Polymers / Ceramics and Refractories / Casting and Solidification.
Architecture & Planning Architecture, Design, Planning and Construction Project Management / Building Engineering Management or Equivalent.
PhysicsTheoretical Physics / Quantum mechanics / Computational Physics
ChemistryInorganic Chemistry / Physical Chemistry  / Organic Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry 
MathematicsAnalysis / Numerical Analysis / Theory of Computation / Linear Algebra / Discrete Mathematics/ Graph Theory/ Theory of Differential Equations / Bio Mathematics / Fluid Dynamics / Computation Fluid Dynamics / Algebra / Financial Mathematics / Probability Theory & Statistics /Operations Research and other area of Applied Mathematics
Humanities English / Economics / Sociology / Sanskrit
Centre for VLSI and Nanotechnology Nano Device modeling and simulations / VLSI design and Testing /  MEMS.  
Designation, Pay Band and Academic Grade PayEssential QualificationEssential Requirements  Cumulative Essential Credit Points
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (On contract) PB-3 with Grade Pay of Rs.6000/- in 6th CPC (Pay level – 10 in 7th CPC)Ph.D.NILNIL
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (On contract) with Grade Pay of  Rs.7000/- in 6th CPC  (Pay level – 11 in 7th CPC)Ph.D.1-year post Ph.D. experience of Teaching and Research in Institution of repute /Industry10
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PB-3 with Grade Pay of  Rs.8000/- in 6th CPC with a minimum Pay of Rs.30000/- (Pay level – 12 in 7th CPC)   Ph.D.      3 years after Ph.D. or 6 years total teaching and research experience in reputed academic Institute / R&D Labs / relevant Industry20
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PB-4 with Grade Pay of  Rs.9500/- in 6th CPC with a minimum Pay of Rs.42800/- (Pay level – 13A2 in 7th CPC) Ph.D6 years after Ph.D of which at least 3 years at the level of  Assistant Professor with AGP Rs. 8000/- or 09 years total working experience, of which 3 years should be after Ph.D. with at least 3 years at the level of Assistant Professor with AGP Rs.8000/-50
PROFESSOR PB-4 with Grade Pay of  Rs.10500/- in 6th CPC,  With minimum Pay of   Rs.48000/- (Pay level – 14A in 7th CPC) Ph.D10 years experience after Ph.D. or 13 years total working experience, out of which 07 years should be after Ph.D. At least 03 years at the level of Associate professor with AGP of Rs.9500/- or 04 years at the level of Associate Professor with  AGP  of  Rs.9000/-  or combination of  Rs.9000/-  and  Rs.9500/-, or equivalent in an  Institution of repute / R&D lab or relevant industry.80

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Location-  Nagpur

Eligibility/Qualification–

The essential minimum academic qualification is B.Tech/B.E./B.Arch/M.Sc./MA in the relevant discipline along with Ph.D. in Engineering/Technology/Science/Architecture/ Humanities and shall have first-class (at least 6.5 CGPA on a scale of 10 or equivalent or 60% aggregate) in the preceding degrees.

Candidates having a Ph.D. degree directly after B.Tech are also eligible and they should have obtained First Class at Bachelor’s Level.

Job/Position Description- 

Applications are invited from individuals for the positions at Assistant Professor (Grade-I & Grade-II) Levels in various departments of the Institute.

Name of the PostGroup and level of pay
Assistant Professor Grade-II (On Contract basis) Level-10Group A, Level-10 (Entry pay ` 70900/-) (Pre-revised pay in PB-3, AGP ` 6000).
Assistant Professor Grade-II (On Contract basis) Level-11Group A, Level-11 (Entry Pay ` 73100/-) (pre-revised pay in PB-3, AGP ` 7000).
Assistant Professor Grade-I Level-12Group A, Level-12 (Entry pay ` 101500/-) (pre-revised pay in PB-3, AGP ` 8000).

Candidates, who wish to apply for more than one post/cadre, need to apply separately for each post/cadre in the prescribed form along with all the supporting documents numbered serially. If a candidate applies for more posts (department/cadre) in one application, his/her form will be summarily rejected. 

  • To limit applicants to a reasonable numbers, the Institute has the right to set higher norms for scrutiny than minimum prescribed above. The areas of specialization and the post/level applied for will be taken into account while short listing, giving due consideration to the specific requirements of the individual departments. Hence different departments may have different short listing criteria which may vary for different posts within the same department. Priority of short listing shall be as under. 
    • Teaching Experience at IIT / NIT
    • All three degrees (UG / PG / PhD) from IIT or NIT or CFTI or reputed Institute abroad preferably with World QS ranking within 500.
    • Two degrees (UG / PG / PhD) from IIT or NIT or CFTI or reputed Institute abroad preferably with World QS ranking within 500.
    • UG Degree from IIT or NIT or CFTI or reputed Institute abroad preferably with World QS ranking within 500.
    • PG Degree from IIT or NIT or CFTI or reputed Institute abroad preferably with World QS ranking within 500.
    • PhD from IIT or NIT or CFTI or reputed Institute abroad preferably with World QS ranking within 500.
    • Degrees from reputed Govt. Institution / Govt. University departments.

Tentative Department wise vacancy for Assistant Professor Grade-II

Departments NameVacant Position
Applied Mechanics9
Architecture & Planning7
Chemical Engineering2
Civil Engineering4
Computer Science & Engineering18
Electrical Engineering13
Electronics & Comm. Engineering14
Center for VLSI and Nanotechnology2
Mechanical Engineering10
Metallurgical & Material Engineering10
Mining Engineering3
Physics2
Chemistry1
Mathematics6
Humanities2
Total103
UREWSOBCSCSTTotal
4210271608103 (including PWD vacancies as per GoI norms) 

How to Apply- 

The candidates are advised to download the application from the website.

The duly completed application form along with the enclosures to be sent by speed/registered post to “The Registrar, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur-440010, Maharashtra, India”.

No soft copy through email will be accepted from candidates working in India.

No additional document(s)/certificate(s) will be accepted after the submission of the application form.  

Only applicants who are currently working abroad can submit a scanned copy of the filled-in application to e-mail: deanadm@vnit.ac.in; however, they also need to send the hard copy by the courier, no later than 2nd December 2021 nonreceipt of the hard copy may result into nonconsideration of such application. 

  • Application in the prescribed format completed in all respects along with self attested copies of relevant documents flagged neatly should reach to “The Registrar, Visvesvaraya National Institute of

Technology, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur–440010, Maharashtra, India”, on or before Thursday, 25 November 2021 (5:00 pm) by post/hand. The envelope containing the application be superscribed as “APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF …………….…………IN THE DEPARTMENT OF……………….………..………”.

Last Date for Apply– 25 November 2021

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