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MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BHOPAL- 462003
(An Institution of National importance under Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)
Advt. No.Rectt/FR-1/2025/536 Dated: 11/03/2025
ADVERTISEMENT FOR FACULTY RECRUITMENT
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal is an Institution of National
Importance under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Government of India. The Institute invites
applications from Indian Citizens for filling up under-mentioned faculty positions in the specified areas
of specializations. [Candidates holding Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card would also be eligible to
apply for above posts, as per GoI norms]
Candidates may refer to the subsequent pages of this advertisement for vacancy details, eligibility criteria
and other instructions.
The details of the posts are as under:
Table I: Name of Posts and Pay Level
Departments/
Tentative Number of
Name of the Post Level of Pay centres where
Posts
vacancies exist
Assistant Professor Total Vacancies 20
Grade-II (on Level - 10 (Entry pay ₹70,900/-) [UR 10, OBC 06, ST
Contract Basis) Details are given
02, EWS 02]
on subsequent
pages of this
Out of total vacancies
Assistant Professor advertisement
Level - 12 (Entry pay ₹1,01500/-) indicated, 02 posts are
Grade-I reserved for PwD
Note: The Institute reserves the right to modify/defer or cancel full/part of the advertisement/recruitment
at any stage of process without assigning any reason. The Number and nature of posts shown above may
change and vary at the time of selection/recruitment.
Table II: Important Dates
Date and time Remark
17/03/2025 Opening date of online application form
16/04/2025 Closing date of online application form
23/04/2025 Last date by which print copy of the duly submitted online
(4:30 pm) application form along with all relevant documents should reach
Registrar MANIT Bhopal by Speed Post/Registered Post only
Note: It is mandatory to fill and submit the online form and send a print copy of the same along with
relevant documents through mode as mentioned above. Only online submission or only print copy
submission shall not be considered sufficient.
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Table III: Departments / centres where vacancies exist
and required UG/PG qualifications and specializations
S. Department / Research area
UG Degree PG Degree
No. Centre (Specialization)
M.E./ M. Tech. in - Mechanical
B.E./ B.Tech. in -
Engineering / Machine Design /
Mechanical
Thermal Engineering / Thermo-
Engineering /
Fluid Engineering / Applied Mechatronics /
Production and
Mechanics / Computational Robotics /Data Driven
Industrial Engineering /
Mechanics / Computer Aided Mechanics /
Mechanical Mechatronics /
1. Design and Computer Aided Continuum
Engineering Automation and
Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) / Mechanics / Bio-
Robotics / Automobile
Computer Integrated Mechanics / Machine
Engineering /
Manufacturing (CIM) / Dynamics and Control
Engineering and
Automation and Robotics /
Computational
Mechatronics / Stress and
Mechanics
Vibration / Industrial Design
Centre of
Excellence in
Cyber Physical
Product B.E./ B. Tech. in - Any M.E./M. Tech. in - Any
2 Systems / Industrial
Design and engineering discipline engineering discipline
Automation
Smart
Manufacturing
B.E./ B.Tech. in -
Biotechnology / M.E./ M. Tech. in - Biotechnology Industrial
Biological
Bioengineering / / Bioengineering / Biomedical / Biotechnology /
3. Science &
Biomedical / Biochemical / Bioprocess Agriculture
Engineering
Biochemical / engineering Biotechnology
Bioprocess engineering
Steel Structures /
Surface Structures /
Bridge Engineering /
B.E./ B. Tech in - Civil M.E./ M. Tech. in - Structural
Plates and Shells /
Engineering Engineering
Structural Dynamics
/ Non-linear
Mechanics
Environmental
Civil
4. Impact Assessment
Engineering
(EIA) / Climate
B.E./B. Tech in - Civil Change / Carbon
Engineering / M.E./ M. Tech. in - Environmental Trading / Life Cycle
Environmental Engineering Analysis (LCA) /
Engineering Environmental
Auditing /
Environmental
Economics
Post graduate degree in -
Undergraduate degree in Management / Technology /
Entrepreneurship
any discipline Engineering / Public Policy /
5 Humanities Entrepreneurship
Post graduate degree in - Arts /
Undergraduate degree in Indian Knowledge
Science / Engineering /
any discipline Systems
Technology / Medicine
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S. Department / Research area
UG Degree PG Degree
No. Centre (Specialization)
Process Modelling
& Simulation in
Chemical
B.E./B.Tech. in - M.E./ M. Tech, or integrated PG in
Chemical Engineering
6. Chemical Engineering / - Chemical Engineering /
Engineering Application /
Technology Technology
Process & Industrial
Safety in Chemical
Engineering
Landscape
Architecture /
Design (Furniture,
Product, Graphics) /
Building
M. Arch. (Master’s degree in Engineering
Architecture UG degree in -
7 Architecture) / M. Des. (Master’s Management /
and Planning Architecture / Planning
degree in Design) / M.Tech. Construction
Management /
Construction
Technology /
Building Science /
Building Services
Note: Research Area (Specialization) shall be assessed based on Post Graduate Degree / Doctoral Research
Work / publications / other research work as may be applicable.
All the new entrants (a candidate who is not an existing faculty member of MANIT Bhopal) except
Architecture and Planning, should have PhD in the relevant discipline and first class (60% or 6.5/10
CGPA) in preceding degrees.
For Architecture and Planning, Level 12, all the new entrants (a candidate who is not an existing faculty
member of MANIT Bhopal) should have PhD in the relevant discipline and first class (60% or 6.5/10
CGPA) in preceding degrees.
For Architecture and Planning, Level 10, all new entrants (a candidate who is not an existing faculty
member of MANIT Bhopal) should have Master’s Degree in the relevant discipline with one year
professional experience and first class (60% or 6.5/10 CGPA) in preceding degrees (Bachelor degree
onwards).
For other detailed requirements of different posts and departments, please refer to the enclosed Schedule
‘E’ of first statutes of NITs (Recruitment rules).
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
How to Apply:
1. Application form will be available online at <https://manitrec.samarth.edu.in>
2. Only the following emails are to be used for any correspondence regarding Faculty Recruitment:
a) Related to any Administrative matters - <[email protected] >
b) Related to any Technical issues of Online Application Portal - <[email protected] >
3. The applicant must be a citizen of India or should be a person registered as an Overseas Citizen of
India (OCI) cardholder under Section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955).
4. Before filling the ‘Application Form’, the candidate must ensure his/her eligibility for the post in
respect of qualification and other requisite criteria. The candidate should carefully go through
details and instructions available on MANIT Bhopal website
<https://www.manit.ac.in/content/careers>
5. Apart from Schedule ‘E’ available in this Advertisement, candidates are also advised to go through
the following important Rules/Orders:
Uploaded with
S. No. Document/order/guidelines
this Advt. as
i. NITSER Act, 2007 Annexure I
ii. First Statutes of NIT Annexure II
iii. MoE F.No.33-9/2011/TS.III dated 16th April 2019 Annexure III
iv. MoE F.No. 33-9/2011-TS.III dated 30th November 2017 Annexure IV
v. MoE F.No. 33-9/2011-TS.III dated 20th April 2018 Annexure V
vi. MoE F.No. 33-9/2011-TS.III dated 13th September 2017 Annexure VI
vii. Gazette Notification dated 07th March 2019 of CEI (Reservation in Annexure VII
Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019
viii. Prescribed format for Category Certificate (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwD) Annexure VIII
ix. NIT (Amendment) Statutes 2023 Annexure IX
6. Candidates serving in Government/ Semi-Government/Autonomous Bodies/ PSUs/
Universities/ Educational Institutions should send their applications through Proper Channel.
They may send an advance copy of the application form and relevant enclosures. However,
they should mandatorily furnish a ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) and ‘Vigilance
Clearance’ from their employer/ competent authority at the time of interview.
7. Candidates should apply well within time without waiting for the last date. No request for any
extension of last date will be considered on any ground whatsoever.
Application Fee:
8. Candidates belonging to Unreserved/ OBC/ EWS category are required to pay a non-
refundable application fee of ₹1,500.00 (Rupees One Thousand Five Hundred Only) through
application portal only.
9. For the Indian Nationals applying from abroad & OCI Card-holders, an application fee
of USD $60 [Equivalent INR= ₹5,250/-] is required to be paid.
10. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD categories and Women candidates are exempted from
application fee.
11. In case of candidates applying for multiple posts, candidates will be required to submit
separate Application Form for each post and each Department / Centre with separate
application fee.
12. The application fee once submitted is not transferable, non-refundable and non-adjustable for
any future vacancy.
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Short-Listing and Eligibility Criteria:
13. The selection process will consist of scrutiny of applications for eligibility of applicants as per
Gazette notification 24/07/2017 schedule E, Statute 23(5)(A). Short-listing of eligible
applicants will be based on their credit point score subsequently followed by presentation and
interview, as per stages given in Table IV.
Table IV: Stages and Shortlisting Criteria
Stage Criteria Remarks
i. Eligibility as per NIT RRs and this advertisement.
ii. In the event of large number of applicants, the shortlisting
Qualifying criteria - Credit will be done based on Credit Points, and candidates will
I
Points as per NIT RRs be called for presentation (Stage-II).
iii. For each post, vacancy to candidate ratio from 1: 6 to 1:12
may be followed.
i. 10 minutes OPEN presentation on each (Part I & II),
followed by question answer session.
ii. Assessment will be done by the duly constituted
Presentation
committee.
Part I - Research presentation
iii. Qualifying marks for the recommendation to next stage
– to assess research potential
II (Stage III) shall be 50% for UR/OBC/EWS and 40% for
Part II- Fundamental aspects
SC/ST/PwD
on any topic of interest to
iv. Scoring beyond cut-off marks does not confer any right to
assess teaching-learning
any candidate for next stage of selection.
v. Vacancy to candidate ratio from 1:4 to 1:6 may be
followed.
i. Candidates recommended by the assessment committee
will be called for personal interaction / interview.
ii. The minimum score required to qualify for inclusion in the
III Personal interaction / interview final merit list shall be 50% for UR/OBC/EWS and 40%
for SC/ST/PwD.
iii. Scoring beyond cut-off marks does not confer any right to
any candidate for selection.
14. In case of large number of applicants, for short-listing of candidates, the Institute has the right
to set higher norms for scrutiny than minimum prescribed norms, in addition to steps listed in
Table IV above. Mere fulfillment of the required qualifications, experience, credit points, etc.,
does not entitle a candidate to be called for presentation /personal interaction / interview.
15. The areas of specialization and the post/level applied-for will be taken into account while short
listing. Due consideration shall be given to the requirements of the individual
departments/centres. Short listing criteria may vary for different posts intra-department/centre
and inter-department/centre as per specific requirements of each department/centre. Ministry
of Education, Govt. of India guidelines received from time to time for recruitment will be
followed. The decision of the Institute related to all matters pertaining to recruitment shall be
final and binding on all applicants.
16. Serving Regular Faculty members of advertised departments/centres shall be eligible to apply
to higher positions in their own department/centre irrespective of their specialization, if they
satisfy other advertised criteria.
17. As per Schedule “E” of the Statutes of NIT vide Gazette of India No.651 dated July 24, 2017,
previous experience must be from the ‘Institute of Repute’ as per oversight committee
resolution (MoE vide F.No.33-9/2011/TS.III dated 16th April 2019- Annexure III with this
advt.). The above definition of ‘Institute of Repute’ shall only be considered to determine
eligibility and calculation of credit points. However, the above criterion does not apply for
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serving regular faculty members of the institute. For serving regular faculty members, previous
experience irrespective of above conditions will be considered.
Other Important Conditions:
18. The institute reserves the right to cancel/restrict/enlarge/modify/alter the Recruitment Process,
if need arises, without issuing any further notice or assigning any reason therefor.
19. The institute reserves the right to reject or accept the candidature of any applicant at any stage.
20. It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in person for Presentation and Personal Interaction
/ Interview.
21. Facility for Presentation and Personal Interaction / Interview through video conferencing for
candidates residing abroad is available at their own risk as Institute is not responsible for any
technical issue related to internet connectivity resulting in failure to appear before the
presentation/ selection committee.
22. SC/ST outstation candidates will be paid sleeper class railway fare by the shortest route (subject
to production of tickets) as admissible under the rules upon furnishing of claim in prescribed
format with proof of journey. However, Travelling Allowance is not admissible to those SC/ST
candidates who are already in service of Central/State Government, Central/State Government
Corporation, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies, Local Government Institutions
and Panchayats and those who have availed concession from railways, if any, for undertaking
journey for attending presentation/ Personal interaction/ Interview.
23. All documents in original and a valid photo ID proof in original (Passport/Voter ID/PAN
Card/Aadhar Card/ Any Government issued ID) along with a photocopy will have to be
produced at the time of Presentation and Personal Interaction / Interview. In case the candidate
does not produce any valid photo ID proof mentioned above then he/she will not be allowed to
attend the same.
24. Institute strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are
encouraged to apply.
25. Documents/Records of the candidates, who are not selected after declaration of final result,
shall not be preserved beyond Six (06) months from the date of declaration of the result of
selection.
Communication and Interim Inquiry:
26. All general communications in regard with recruitment will be made through the Institute
website only. However, communications addressed to specific candidate, if any may be
intimated by e-mail. Candidates should check their e-mails including Spam Folder regularly.
No separate intimation will be sent by post or any other mode.
27. Candidates are advised in their own interest to provide their working e-mail ID and to white-
list the e-mail id <[email protected]> so that communication from Institute does
not end up in Spam Folder. The Institute will not be responsible for non-receipt of intimation
via e-mail due to any technical reason/problem not attributable to the Institute.
28. Schedule of Presentation and Personal Interaction/ Interview of shortlisted applicants will be
uploaded on the Institute website. Applicants are advised to keep visiting the Institute website
<https://www.manit.ac.in/content/careers> on regular basis.
29. In case of any inadvertent omission in advertisement/selection process detected even after
issuance of appointment letter, the institute reserves all the rights to withdraw/cancel/modify
any communication made to the candidates.
30. The institute reserves the right to alter / insert any corrections / additions in the advertisement
/ website in the event of any typographical error, etc. before the last date of submission of
application form, for which the candidates are advised to be in the lookout for announcements
on the institute website: <https://www.manit.ac.in/content/careers>
31. The Institute reserves the right to issue corrigendum/addendum after the advertisement. All
such addendum/ corrigendum will be published on the Institute Website only.
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32. The decision of the Institute in all matters related to this recruitment shall be final. No
correspondence /interim inquiries will be entertained from the candidates in connection with
the process of selection / interview/result, etc.
Period of Probation and Age of Superannuation:
33. Subject to the provisions of the Act and the Statutes, all appointments to the post of Assistant
Professor Grade – I under the Institute shall be made on probation for a period of one year
wherever applicable.
34. On completion of probation period the appointee, if confirmed, shall continue to hold his/her
office subject to the provisions of the Act and the Statutes, till the end of the month in which
he/she attains the prescribed superannuation age for teaching posts.
35. The appointing authority shall have the power to extend the period of probation of any
employee of the Institute for such periods as it may deem fit.
Pay-protection:
36. Pay – Protection shall be considered as per institute norms.
Reservation:
37. Reservation policies will be as per Government of India norms as applicable to NITs.
38. Relevant caste/category (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/PwD) certificates in prescribed format are
required to be attached with the application form and the same must also be produced at the
time of presentation / Personal interaction / interview, if shortlisted. Prescribed formats are
hosted at Institute website as Annexure VIII with the advertisement. OBC-NCL Certificate and
EWS Certificate issued on or after 01.04.2024 would only be considered.
Responsibility of Information Submitted & Jurisdiction:
39. Any dispute regarding the selection / recruitment process will be subject to Courts / Tribunals
having jurisdiction over Bhopal.
40. The candidate is responsible for furnishing the correct information in the application form. If
at any stage the information supplied by the candidate is found to be concealed or distorted
his/her candidature is liable to be cancelled.
41. In case, it is found that the candidate has undesirable clandestine antecedents/background and
has suppressed the said information, then his/her candidature will be cancelled.
42. Canvassing in any form will be treated as disqualification.
Closing Date of Application and Submission of Print Copy of the Same:
43. The closing date for submission of online application and receipt of hard copy along with
annexures/relevant documents is stated in Table II. The cutoff date for determining eligibility
of candidates is the closing date of online application as stated in Table II.
44. The name of the post and department/centre must be super-scribed “Post applied for [name of
the post] Department/centre [Name of the department/centre]” clearly on the envelope without
fail.
45. Candidates should enclose only very specific documents in support of claims and should refrain
from enclosing redundant or irrelevant documents (e.g. Ph.D. thesis, etc.). Such irrelevant
documents will be separated from application dossier and shall be discarded, and the Institute
shall not be responsible in any way if some relevant document is discarded too in the process.
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46. The institute will not be responsible for any postal delay at any stage. Requests for individual
acknowledgements shall not be considered. Applications received after the last date will be
liable to be summarily rejected. Applications submitted through e-mail will not be considered.
Print copy of completely filled and submitted online application form duly signed at appropriate places
along with credit point sheet, summary sheet and all enclosures in support of educational qualification,
experience, category, documents for credit points claimed, etc. must reach to -
The Registrar,
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal,
Link Road Number 3,
Near Kali Mata Mandir,
Bhopal (M.P.) – 462003
on or before 23/04/2025 (till 04:30 PM) only through Speed Post/Registered Post. Application sent through
Private Courier shall be considered only in case of candidates applying from abroad.
Place: Bhopal Sd/-
Date: 12/03/2025 REGISTRAR
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EXTRACTS FROM MoE ORDERS /GUIDELINES RELEVANT FOR CANDIDATES
(Note: Candidates are advised to refer to original MoE orders/guidelines available on Institute
Website. This Extracts is only for guidance purpose.)
Attention of candidates is invited to following further clarification/changes affected in
Recruitment Rules by Ministry of Education/Govt. of India:
1. One time relaxation having already been extended to eligible faculty members, such relaxation
will no more be available [para 3(1) of MoE communication F.No. 33-9/2011-TS.III dated
16 April 2019].
2. Experience gained under International / National Post-Doctoral Fellowships offered by National
Agencies of respective countries will be considered. Experience gained under Post-Doctoral
Fellowship offered by institutions which are in QS / THE World ranking upto 500 will be
considered. Such experience will be considered for appointment to the post of Assistant
Professor (AGP 8000) [ibid, para 3(2)].
3. The points for activities mentioned at sl. no. 1,2,3,4 & 21 of Credit Points System Table
(Schedule E) will be non-exhaustible. Credit points in respect of rest of the activities mentioned
in Schedule E are exhaustible at every level of direct recruitment [ibid, para 3(3)].
4. For any movement from one position to other, if the exhaustible credit points are more than the
minimum required credit points for the selected position, then differential credit points from the
exhaustible credit points shall be carried forward to the exhaustible component only. This
provision will not affect the non-exhaustible credit points, which will be carried forward in toto.
Credit points earned during the period from the last date of submission of application and date
of joining, which was not considered in the selection process, shall be carried forward [ibid,
para 3(4)].
5. First Class degree means degree specified as first class by awarding University/Institution. If not
specifically mentioned by the University/Institution, then degree with 60% marks or having
CGPA 6.5 will be considered first class. “New Entrant” are as defined in MoE letter F.No. 33-
9/2011-TS.III dated 31 January 2018 [ibid, para 3(5)].
6. The term “Preceding Degrees” means Bachelor’s degree onward [ibid, para 3(6)].
7. The Teaching and Research Experience in reputed academic Institute or Research and
Development Labs or relevant industry may also be considered in case of Associate Professors
as has been done in case of other faculty members (MoE clarification vide F.No. 33-9/2011-
TS.III dated 20th April 2018).
8. Experience (including prior to implementation of NIRF) in the following institutions will be
considered as experience in “Institution of repute”:
i. Fully funded Central Educational institutions.
ii. IIMs and other management Institutions ranked by NIRF upto 50 for any two years.
iii. State Educational Institutions funded by respective State Governments.
iv. Other Educational Institutions ranked by NIRF upto 100 in overall, Universities,
Engineering, upto 50 for Pharmacy and 10 for Architecture, for any two years.
However, with regard to criteria on Institute of repute, the Institute Board of
Governors may take a call on relaxing the criteria, if needed, with recorded
justification [MoE communication F.No. 33-9/2011-TS.III dated 16 April 2019,
para 3(7)]. Further, the Board will also have power to define the criteria for
“Industry of repute” [ibid, para 3(10)].
9. The consultancy amount of 5 lakh can be in single assignment or can be in cumulative amount
of multiple assignments [ibid, para 3(13)]
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10. As per RR, the new entrants are required to have Ph.D. in relevant or equivalent discipline and
shall have first class in the preceding degrees. In this context, the new entrant means a candidate
who is not existing faculty of concerned NIT. Therefore, existing faculty will not be considered
as new entrant. Apart from this, there will not be any distinction between the external and
internal candidates with regard to the requirement of qualification experience [MoE letter F.No.
33-9/2011-TS.III dated 31 January 2018].
11. The date of effect of recruitment will be the date of approval of BoG [MoE guidelines vide
F.No. 33-9/2011-TS.III dated 30th November 2017, Para 2(iii)].
12. The Total working experience / length of mandatory service requirements could be combination
of services in NITs & other Institute of repute [ibid, para 2(v), as further amended vide MoE
dated 04 December 2017]. Research experience as Post-Doctoral as approved in [F.No33-
9/2011-TS.III dated 16 April 2019, para 3 (2)], Research experience in Institute of Repute/
National Agencies of the country like government major R&D lab (CSIR, ICAR, DAE, ISRO,
DRDO etc) / Industrial experience with industries having turnover more than 100 Crores/ for
Architecture applicants, experience in Architecture Firms having Projects of more than 20
Crores per annum.
13. The qualifications and other terms and conditions of appointment as notified in the Gazette are
bare minimum and the Board of Governors can fix higher benchmarks, higher than the
prescribed in consultation with the Council of NITSER [MoE guidelines vide F.No. 33-9/2011-
TS.III dated 30th November 2017, Annexure-IV, para 2(a)].
14. All the faculty posts in the Institute shall be filled by direct recruitment only [ibid, Annexure-
IV, para 2(b)].
15. Fresh appointment beyond the age of 60 years is discouraged except in the case of faculty with
exceptionally brilliant research career and with ongoing or approved externally funded research
projects[ibid, Annexure-IV, para 2(c)].
16. All recruitment and pay fixation shall be done by the BoG of the Institute only on the
recommendations of duly constituted Selection Committee. There shall be no scope of fixing of
altering pay (pay in pay-band or grade pay) outside the selection committee. The Selection
Committee shall be the only entity empowered to consider the past services and qualifications
of a candidate [ibid, Annexure-IV, para 2(e)].
17. To avoid in-breeding (i.e. induction of Institute’s own students in faculty), the Institute will
follow the following policy:
(i) Candidates who have obtained or are expected to obtain their most recent degree
(Ph.D.) from the Institute (MANIT Bhopal) will normally not be considered for
recruitment, except where there is a 3 years’ gap (approximately) between leaving
the Institute and expected date of joining.
(ii) This is not applicable to candidates who are already members of the faculty, either
regular or on contract, and are pursuing a higher degree in the Institute.
(iii) In special cases, where the Department (at the time of short-listing) or the Selection
Committee feels that an exception needs to be made (for reasons such as severe
shortage of faculty in a given academic field or exceptionally brilliant candidate or
any other), the reasons for such exceptions are to be recorded in writing and put up
to the Board of Governors for approval. The Board, if convinced, may confirm the
selection. Such appointments shall not serve as precedence.[ibid, Annexure-IV,
para 2(h)].
18. Serving regular faculty members shall be eligible to apply for higher positions in their own
Departments irrespective of their specializations, if they satisfy other advertised criteria. [ibid,
Appendix-A1, para 10].
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19. The Institute reserves the right to frame such short-listing criteria as it deems fit. Such short-
listing criteria may include, among others, such conditions as:
(i) Superior academic record – all through first class career or higher grades in
B.Tech./M.Sc./M.Tech., higher than advertised criteria,
(ii) Reputation of institutions from where the candidate has obtained his degrees,
(iii) Number of unsuccessful attempts for the same post [Candidates who have been rejected
in the past may be called only if there is a good reason, the reason to be recorded in
writing.]
(iv) Specialization, including micro-specialization,
(v) Professional service record – reputation of organization where experience has been
earned, nature of job, current activities etc. [ibid, Appendix-A1, para 15].
20. Director’s decisions shall be final for the purpose of calling a candidate to the interview. The
decision of the Board on the selection shall be final and binding [ibid, Appendix-A1, para
16].
21. The short listed candidates will be invited by the Registrar for presentation and personal
interaction / interview with the selection committee constituted in accordance with the
NITSER Act, 2007 and the Statutes of the Institute. The presentation in the Departments,
and/or any other form of academic interaction with the faculty will be open to the faculty and
students of the Institute and will be well publicized in advance to invite a decent audience.
The feedback of the faculty will be communicated to the Selection Committee by the HoD.
Candidates located outside the country or otherwise not in position of attending personal
interaction / interview, may be interviewed over video conferencing or be selected in absentia
at the discretion of the Selection Committee [ibid, Appendix-A1, para 18].
22. The Selection Committee shall employ the same yard stick to evaluate all candidates for a
post or AGP – external, internal and shall prepare a common panel of recommended
candidates. Out of this panel, the vacant posts will be filled on the basis of merit without
consideration of external or internal candidates [ibid, Appendix-A1, para 20].
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