For the posts of Lecturers/Assistant Professors/Associate Professors
(except where specially indicated otherwise)

Aerospace Engineering:

In all the areas of specialization in all disciplines of Aerospace Engineering.

-Professor Sudhir Kamle, HOD
kamle@iitk.ac.in

Biological Sciences and Bioengineering:

Tissue engineering, Biomaterials, Genetics, developmental Biology, Structural and computational biology and at all the levels: Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor. Applicants are expected to organize and participate in multi-disciplinary research and contribute to teaching both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE) is a multi-disciplinary department addressing both basic and applied areas of Life Sciences and Bioengineering. Research in BSBE is focused on: regenerative medicine (stem cell biology, tissue engineering, drug delivery, biomedical device); cell, molecular and developmental biology addressing fundamental aspects of cell differentiation and growth; disease models - animal models for human diseases; understanding protein structure-function relationship (structural and computational biology); engineering approaches to understand biological systems (biomechanics, imaging processing).

Applications for faculty positions are invited in the above-mentioned areas at all levels: namely, Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor. Further, applicants with exceptional achievements in any area of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering are also welcome to apply.

-Professor Pradip Sinha, HOD
pradips@iitk.ac.in

Chemical Engineering:

In all the areas of Chemical Engineering including Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis; Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena, Separation Processes, Process Dynamics and Control, Simulation and Optimization, Environmental Pollution and Control, Energy and Related Areas, Computer-aided Design; Bioengineering, Materials, Molecular Simulation, Interfacial Phenomena, Polymer Engineering and Science, CFD, Rheology; Process Engineering and Chemical Process Safety and all other emerging areas of Chemical Engineering.

-Professor Goutam Deo, HOD
goutam@iitk.ac.in

Chemistry:

In all the areas of Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry as well as in the above areas interfacing with biology.

-Profesor V Chandrasekhar, HOD
vc@iitk.ac.in

Civil Engineering:

In the following broad specializations of Environmental Engineering, Geoinformatics, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Engineering Geo-sciences.

In addition to the above any other Civil Engineering related specialization may also be considered. For details of present areas of research of CE faculty members, one can refer to http://www.iitk.ac.in/ce/

- Professor Onkar Dikshit, HOD
onkar@iitk.ac.in

Computer Science and Engineering:

In all the areas of Computer Science and Engineering

- Professor Manindra Agarwal, HOD
manindra@iitk.ac.in

Electrical Engineering:

All areas in Electrical Engineering and at all levels.

Professor A. K. Chaturvedi, HOD
akc@iitk.ac.in

Humanities and Social Sciences:

Economics: Assistant Professor / Associate Professor
Development Economics; Financial Economics/Finance/Computational Finance; Economic History/Economic Thought; Econometrics; Infrastructure Economics; Network Economics; Experimental Economics; Behavioural Economics; Health Economics; Labour Economics; Agricultural Economics

English : Assistant Professor / Associate Professor
Generative Linguistics; Cognitive Linguistics; Semantics; Modern British / American Literature; Indian Writing in English; Literary Theory

Fine Arts: Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor
Painting; Graphic Art (Print Making); Design (Ceramics, Textile); Sculpture; History of Art
Qualifications: M.F.A in any of the areas mentioned above; Ph.D in topics associated with Visual Art Studies. Candidates with Ph.D must have an M.F.A in any of the above mentioned areas. Candidates with MA in Fine Arts or M. Design need not apply.

Philosophy: Assistant Professor / Associate Professor
Indian philosophy; Socio-political philosophy; Philosophy of cognitive Science; Epistemology; Contemporary western & Analytic philosophy.

Psychology: Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor
Organizational Behaviour (with basic degree in Psychology at Master’s or equivalent level, and expertise in Advanced Research Methods and Quantitative Techniques of Behavioural Science Data Analysis); Cognitive psychology.

Sociology: Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor
Economic Sociology; Agrarian Sociology; Political Sociology; Research Methods.

-Professor Lilavati Krishnan, HOD
lk@iitk.ac.in

Industrial and Management Engineering:

In the areas of Marketing, Finance and Accounting, Economics, Organization Behavior and HRM, Operations Management, Operations Research, Strategic Management, Infrastructure Management, Information systems and also other areas of Management.

-Prof. NK Sharma, HOD
nksharma@iitk.ac.in

Mathematics and Statistics:

In all the areas of Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science, Statistics and Probability.

Candidates should have a strong research record in any area within Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science, Statistics and Probability and should be committed to high-quality teaching. Research interests in the Department can be seen at www.iitk.ac.in/math/faculty.htm .

-Professor Neeraj Misra, HOD
neeraj@iitk.ac.in

Materials and Metallurgical Engineering:

Extractive Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, Materials Processing and Manufacturing, Electronic and Photonic Materials, Bio-mimicking Materials, Functional Ceramics, Engineering Polymers, Energy Materials and Devices, Surface Engineering, Computational Materials Science, Process Modeling and Simulation.

Professor Dipak Mazumdar, HOD
dipak@iitk.ac.in

Mechanical Engineering:

In all the areas including the following major streams: Solid Mechanics and Design, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, Manufacturing Science and Technology, Mechatronics.

-Professor N S Vyas, HOD
vyas@iitk.ac.in

Physics Department:

In the theoretical and experimental areas of High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Laser Spectroscopy & Optics, Non-Linear Dynamics, Soft Matter & Physics of Biological Systems, Physics of Nano-scale Systems, Ion Beams, Plasma & Nuclear Techniques for Materials Physics, Quantum Computing and related areas.

Excellent candidates irrespective of field of specialization are encouraged to apply. Appreciable start-up funds are available to setup the laboratory facilities.

-Professor Y N Mohapatra, HOD
ynm@iitk.ac.in

Appointments in the relevant Departments to work jointly with the
Interdisciplinary Programs (IDPs)

Laser Technology Program (LTP) :

In the existing areas of laser technology including Photonics, Laser Physics, with emphasis on Bio-Photonics and Nano-Photonics.

-Professor Utpal Das, HOD
utpal@iitk.ac.in

Materials Science Programme:

Areas:

Nano- and bio-materials
Energy related materials and devices
Mechanical behaviour of materials
Materials processing
Inorganic and organic materials
Functional – electronic, photonic, dielectric and magnetic materials
Polymer science and engineering
Surfaces and interfacial phenomena
Structural ceramics and composites
Materials characterization

Note- Outstanding candidates having expertise in other emerging areas in materials science and engineering will also receive due consideration

Professor Jitendra Kumar, HOD
headmsp@iitk.ac.in

Nuclear Engineering and Technology:

In the areas of Thermal Hydraulics, Reactor Dynamics, Radiation Imaging.

Professor N. S. Vyas, HOD
vyas@iitk.ac.in

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