INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR

STANDING INVITATION FOR POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Advertisement No.: IIT/Acad(PGS&R)/Advt/PDF/2013 dt. November 11, 2013

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, an Institute of national importance and is the first and largest in
the chain of IITs engaged in teaching, research and development requires high quality manpower. The Institute
invites application from Indian and Foreign nationals, possessing excellent academic background, for carrying
out advanced research in the following Departments / Centres / Schools:

Departments: i) Aerospace Engineering; ii) Agricultural and Food Engineering; iii) Architecture and Regional
Planning; iv) Biotechnology; v) Chemical Engineering; vi) Chemistry; vii) Civil Engineering; viii) Computer
Science and Engineering; ix) Electrical Engineering; x) Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering;
xi) Geology and Geophysics; xii) Humanities and Social Sciences; xiii) Industrial Engineering and
Management; xiv) Mathematics; xv) Mechanical Engineering; xvi) Metallurgical and Materials Engineering; xvii)
Mining Engineering; xviii) Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture; xix) Physics and Meteorology.

Centres: i) Advanced Technology Development; ii) Educational Technology; iii) Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and
Land Sciences; iv) Cryogenic Engineering; v) Materials Science; vi) Reliability Engineering; vii) Rubber
Technology;

Schools: i) Energy Science and Engineering; ii) G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications; iii) Rajendra Mishra
School of Engineering Entrepreneurship; iv) Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law; v) Information
Technology; vi) Ranbir & Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management; vii) Medical Science
and Technology; viii) Water Resources; ix) Vinod Gupta School of Management.

Qualifications: Ph.D. in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.

Fellowship : The Post Doctoral Fellowship shall carry fixed monthly fellowship at a rate, fixed
depending upon the experience of the candidate, in any of the rates/groups prescribed by the
Competent Authority.

Reservation: Government of India notification for reservation of seats and age relaxation for SC/ST candidates
will apply.

Accommodation: The Fellows will be provided accommodation in the Campus subject to availability, and on
payment of usual license fee etc. as prescribed to Institute employees. HRA as per approved rates will be paid if
accommodation is not provided/availed.
Academic reimbursements and other incentives:
a) A Fellow may be permitted to attend an international conference abroad, once during his/her tenure for
which he/she will treated to be on duty and shall be entitled to the payment as per approved rate.
b) Daily Allowance for the period of conference, plus two days before and after conference at the applicable
rate per day.
c) Contingency grant of Rs. 25,000/- per annum.

General Information
• Degree as referred above should have been awarded by a recognized University / Institute.
• Mere eligibility will not vest any right on any candidate for being called for interview. The decision of the
Institute in all matters will be final. No correspondence will be entertained from the candidates in connection
with the process of selection / interview.
• The Institute reserves the right to call only the requisite number of candidates for interview after
shortlisting with reference to the candidate’s qualification, suitability, experience, requirement, etc.
• The candidates should be preferably below 35 years of age.
• Canvassing in any manner would entail disqualification of the candidature.
• Any dispute with regard to the selection / recruitment process will be subject to Courts / Tribunals having
jurisdiction over Kolkata.

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Candidates possessing requisite qualification & experience are required to apply online (iitkgp.ac.in) and send a
signed hardcopy print out of online application to “Assistant Registrar, PGS&R, Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur–721302, WB, India”. Unless the hardcopy is received, the application will not
be considered.

For any other details please contact Assistant Registrar, PGS&R, Phone: 03222-282052, Fax: 03222-282020,
Email: asregpgr@adm.iitkgp.ernet.in

If any problem encountered with online application, please contact through phone: +91-3222-281017/19.

Candidates may also contact the Heads of the various Departments / Centres / Schools. Their address, phone
numbers and email are available on Institute webpage.

Dean, PGS&R

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