SERC

Faculty Positions at SERC

INTRODUCTION:
 
SERC welcomes, round-the-year, applications for faculty positions at all levels (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Full Professor) from Indian nationals who are exceptionally bright and motivated with an established record of independent, high quality research, and commitment to teaching. SERC hires faculty in all areas of computational science and computer systems.
 
ACADEMIC AMBIENCE:
 
The Indian Institute of Science is the premier graduate teaching and research institution in the country, and is renowned for its academic freedom, focus on research excellence, and quality of faculty and students. At a broad level, it operates in a very similar manner to the premier international research schools, with both faculty hiring and promotions based on rigorous assessment from leading international experts in the area. Similarly, student selection is based on highly-competitive examinations (such as GATE) and detailed technical interviews.
   
 
SERC fully internalizes the above creative academic ambience, and enriches it with a variety of unique facets. An exceptional computational infrastructure, featuring the top-of-the-line hardware and software, serves as the platform forcutting-edge research in high-performance computing. Interdisciplinary research is strongly encouraged and supported, as is reflected in the current SERC faculty who come from diverse scientific and engineering disciplines. A variety of labs ranging from Computer Aided Design to Computational Electromagnetics are operational and new faculty are encouraged to start labs in their focus areas. Finally, the centre is hosted in an aesthetically-pleasing spacious building with all modern amenities including ubiquitious wireless connectivity.
   
 
In a nutshell, SERC provides an environment in which committed researchers routinely turn their academic dreams into reality. As a case in point, several national-level initiatives like the Digital Library of India have been seeded and grown here. Further, for many top international research conferences and journals, publications from SERC represent the very first time that research from India has been featured in those fora.
   
HOW TO APPLY:
 
Interested candidates may apply by email to the Faculty Recruitment Convenor of SERC with the following information, preferably in a single PDF file:
 
  1. A complete resume, including names and contact information for at least 3 references    who are leading experts in the area and familiar with the candidate's technical    contributions. (In the resume, please separate the publications into refereed journal    papers, refereed conference papers, book chapters and invited articles; and include,    for the conference papers, where available, the number of submissions to the    conference and the number accepted.)
  2. A one-page summary of the prior research contributions
  3. A one-page summary of the future research plans
  4. A one-page summary of the teaching plans, specifically mentioning how it would fit in    with the Computational Science M.Tech program run by SERC.
  5. Copies of the top three publications.
   
PRE-REQUISITES:
 
For the Lecturer positions, the prospective candidates must
  • have a Ph.D in the relevant area
  • be preferably below 32 years of age
1-2 years post doctoral experience is desirable.

The position of Lecturers will be in PB-3 i.e. Rs.15,600-39,100 with minimum pay of Rs.20,150/- with Grade pay Rs.7000/- plus allowances.
Lecturers will be reviewed at the end of 3 years for possible promotion to the post of Assistant Professor
For the Assistant Professor positions, the prospective candidates must
  • have a Ph.D in the relevant area
  • have three years of post-doctoral research experience (relaxable in exceptional cases), and
  • be preferably below 35 years of age.
The position of Assistant Professors will be in PB-3 i.e. Rs.15,600-39,100 with minimum pay of Rs.30,000/- with Grade pay Rs.8000/- plus allowances. After completion of three years service in PB-3 they will be placed in PB-4 i.e. Rs.37400-67000 with Grade pay of Rs.9000/- plus allowances.
For higher positions, the prospective candidates, in addition to having a Ph.D in the relevant area, are expected to have made outstanding contributions in the chosen area of research and also guided doctoral students.
The position of Associate Professor will be in PB-4 i.e. Rs.37,400-67,000 with minimum pay of Rs.42,800/- with Grade pay Rs.9500/- plus allowances.
The position of Professor will be in PB-4 i.e. Rs.37,400-67,000 with minimum pay of Rs.48,000/- with Grade pay of Rs.10,500/- plus allowances.
Women candidates and applicants belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are especially encouraged to apply.
Relocation expenses are covered up to institute-specified limits. This is currently Rs. 75,000 for candidates travelling from within India and Rs. 1,25,000 for candidates travelling from other countries. In addition to a start-up research grant of a few lakhs of rupees, the Institute gives an annual contingency grant for books, stationery, etc., travel support (this is currently Rs. 3 Lakhs for a sliding period of three years) for attending International Conferences, This is typically supplemented by travel support from industry partners and government agencies. Reimbursement (currently 75%) of annual membership fee of an international professional body, full funding for attending one national conference per year, reimbursement of a part of the expenses on personal telephone/mobile, loan for purchase of computers, etc., are available. The faculty and their families are covered by  an attractive Contributory Health services Scheme. To the new faculty modest on-campus accommodation is also provided.