National Institute of Technology Meghalaya invites applications in Prescribed Format from Indian Nationals and OCIs of all categories possessing consistently good academic record and requisite qualifications and experience for faculty positions in various Departments of the Institute. Reservation policy of Government of India will be followed. Interested candidates must fill-in on-line application form available on the Institute website (www.nitm.ac.in) by 11:45 p.m of 5th July 20th July 4th August 2023 and send the signed hard copy application with payment receipt and other relevant documents (self-attested) to reach the “Registrar, NIT Meghalaya, Bijni Complex, Laitumkhrah, Shillong-793003” on or before 5:00 pm of 19th July 31st July 11th August 2023. Online application form and other details will be available on the Institute website (www.nitm.ac.in) from 12 noon of 1stJune 2023.
Hard copies of the applications received after the due time and date will be summarily rejected
This advertisement for faculty positions is in supersession of the Advertisement No. NITMGH/REC/F/2020-21/332 dated 13.07.2021 released by NIT Meghalaya. The candidates who have already applied for faculty positions against the advertisement dated 13.07.2021 need to submit fresh applications and also submit the hard copies as instructed in the present advertisement. However, they need not pay the application fees, if paid earlier.
Faculty Position
SL No |
Name of the Post |
Pay Scale |
1 |
Assistant Professor (Grade-II) (on contract) |
Pay Level 10 of Pay Matrix (7th CPC) |
2 |
Assistant Professor (Grade-II) |
Pay Level 11 of Pay Matrix (7th CPC) |
3 |
Assistant Professor (Grade-I) |
Pay Level 12 of Pay Matrix (7th CPC) |
4 |
Associate Professor |
Pay Level 13A2 of Pay Matrix (7th CPC) |
5 |
Professor |
Pay Level 14A of Pay Matrix (7th CPC) |
Vacancy Positions of Faculty in Different Departments:
S.No |
Departments |
No. of vacancies |
Reservations |
1 |
Civil Engineering |
0 |
Total no. of vacant posts: 06 + 2(against lien) (Flexible cadre) |
2 |
Computer Science & Engineering |
2 + 1(against lien) |
|
3 |
Electronics & Communication Engineering |
1 |
|
4 |
Electrical Engineering |
3 |
|
5 |
Mechanical Engineering |
0 |
|
6 |
Physics |
0 |
|
7 |
Chemistry |
1(against lien) |
|
8 |
Mathematics |
0 |
|
9 |
Humanities & Social Sciences |
0
|
Prescribed Minimum Qualification and Experience
Sl. |
Name of the Post (Departments*) |
Essential Qualification |
Essential Requirements |
Cumulative Essential Credits Points |
[1] |
[2] |
[3] |
[4] |
[5] |
1. |
Professor |
Ph.D. |
Ten years after Ph.D. or thirteen years total working experience, out of which seven years should be after Ph.D. At least three years at the level of Associate Professor with AGP of ₹9,500/- or four years at the level of Associate Professor with AGP ₹9,000/- or combination of ₹9,000/- and ₹9,500/-, or equivalent in an Institution of repute/ R&D lab or relevant industry |
80 |
2. |
Associate Professor (Pay level 13 A2) |
Ph. D |
Six years after Ph.D. of which at least three years at the level of Assistant Professor with AGP ₹8,000/-. |
50 |
3. |
Asst. Professor (Grade-I) |
Ph. D |
Three years after Ph.D. or six years total teaching and research experience in reputed academic Institute/ R&D Labs/ relevant industry. |
20 |
4. |
Asst. Professor (Grade-II) |
Ph. D |
One year post Ph.D. experience of Teaching and Research in Institution of repute / Industry |
10 |
5 |
Asst. Professor (Grade-II) (Contract) |
Ph. D |
NIL |
NIL |
Department Wise Specialization:
Name of the Department |
Desirable Specializations |
Qualification |
Computer Sc. and Engineering |
Natural language processing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, High performance computing, Security, Data mining, IoT, Big data, Theoretical Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Vision |
UG and PG in relevant branch/department / specialization, PhD must be awarded in relevant field |
Electronics & Communication Engineering |
RF & Microwave Engineering, Signal processing and Communication Engineering |
|
Electrical Engineering |
Control Sytsems, Power Electronics & Drives, Power& Energy Systems |
|
Chemistry |
Bioinorganic chemistry, Synthetic organic chemistry |
NOTE I: This being an advertisement governed by the flexible faculty recruitment rules, relevant instructions from the Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India (GOI) issued till the date of interviews will be applicable as a part this advertisement.
NOTE 2: Since all the posts are to be filled-in by open advertisement, internal candidates who are aspiring for higher Pay Level need to apply.
NOTE 3: This being an advertisement governed by the flexible recruitment rules as per NITs Statutes, the number of positions for internal candidates is not restricted by the number of positions advertised at various levels. However, the total number of faculty positions will not exceed the sanctioned position for the institute.
Movement of faculty to higher Pay Level shall be carried out as per the prescribed selection process, even if there is no vacancy in a Department. This will be restricted to only the serving faculty members of NIT Meghalaya in the respective Departments [As per point no. 5 in Note 1 of Schedule “E” of First Statutes of the National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Statutes, 2017 (Ref. Gazette of India No. 651 dated 24.07.2017)].
NOTE 4: The number of positions may vary depending upon vacancies available and sanctions received from MoE, GOI
NOTE 5: Depending upon the number of applications received and the number of vacancies for faculty positions in a department, the Institute reserves the right to fix higher eligibility criteria for the shortlisting of the candidates for the selection process.
NOTE 6: The selection process for the new faculty positions shall be conducted in two stages:
Stage I- Candidates shortlisted after the scrutiny of applications shall be asked to make an Academic/Research presentation before an expert committee.
Stage II- The candidates shortlisted from Stage I shall be called for a personal interview. However, eligible internal candidates shall have to attend only Stage II of the selection process.
NOTE 7: The Institute reserves the right to modify / defer or cancel full / part of the Advertisement / Recruitment at any stage of processing without assigning any reasons thereof.
NOTE 8: Candidates applying against post reserved for OBC category must submit a valid (up-to-date) “Non Creamy Layer” caste certificate from the appropriate authority issued not more than six months before the closing date of the advertisement i.e 05.07.2023and shall have to produce the same at the time of joining
General Instructions and Information
Opening date of Online portal: 01.06.2023
Last Date for Submission of online application: 05.07.2023 20.07.2023 04.08.2023
Last Date for receiving hardcopy: 19.07.2023 31.07.2023 11.08.2023
Step 1 – Visit the official website www.nitm.ac.in
Step 2 – Click on the ‘Apply Online’ link given in the Advertisement for Faculty Positions at NIT Meghalaya.
Step 3 – Users can register (click on “Register”) and proceed with the registration process by providing their basic personal and application fee payment details after which, they will be redirected to their complete application form page to complete the process.
Step 4 – Candidates can re-login again to their application profile to complete the form in case they are not able to complete filling up the form or want to make necessary changes.
Step 5 – Please read and follow the instructions mentioned in the form carefully, as you go on filling the form.
Step 6 – Users can do the final submission of their applications after which, they will not be allowed to make further changes to their applications except to view their status and take printout of the same.
For any help/query, you may communicate through e-mail (faculty_recruitment@nitm.ac.in).
Sd/- Registrar