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Dear all, does anyone know if iit indore shortlisting has begun/completed or if anyone has received an interview call?
Hi all, does any one know if shortlisting process for iit indore has begun or if anyone has received an interview call? Tia.
When is the IIT's going to announce or tell the applicant about their selection. I was interviewed at 4 place but havent heard anything back yet. Whats the end date of faculty selection this year.
"How competitive is SERB-ECRA (early career research Award). All applications from iit go through?"
Yes, most of us who are not affiliated to any of the IITs do have such thoughts. I, for example, heard that unless a proposal from a non-IIT caters to the existing societal needs, it doesn't go through. It is quite difficult to align our areas of expertise/interest to address immediate social needs, while, I agree that every one of us should bear in the mind the outcome of a project should, at least in the near future, be of some value to the industry and or society.
Particularly, the purpose of ECRA is to help a budding researcher establish herself/himself in conducting independent research. So, rather than looking at the immediate usefulness, the panel should look at the merit of the proposal.
I am a new faculty (regular) at one of the new IITs and am planning to apply to one of the older IITs soon. Should I get an NOC while submitting the application? Or should I get the NOC only if I am called for the interview before selection committee? Will there be any problem in getting NOC just before the interview? Please advice. Thanks.
Do you have any information about the tentative faculty interview schedule in IIT Indore and Mandi?
Sir, I am a phd student at an old iit in Mechanical Engineering. I have a doubt that for faculty recruitment does the college name and supervisor name matters or not. Or they only see the publication record of the applicant only.
Please clarify this i am in confusion because in iits they are allotting guide and i did not choose guide of my choice...
I am presently employed as a postdoctoral fellow in the USA. I am currently in the process of applying for faculty positions in India, primarily at the IITs. While preparing my applications, I noticed that I am missing my undergraduate degree certificate! I am contacting my undergraduate university in India to see what procedure I need to follow to get duplicate copies, but this will likely take a long time. I was wondering at what stage during the faculty recruitment process is the original undergraduate degree document required? Also, will having just my complete transcripts and xerox of undergrad certificate suffice?
- Many thanks!
Faculty Aspirant
Any updates on IIT-Ropar selection committee interviews?
Does anyone know when will be IIT-Ropar's selection committee interviews be held? (Done with the departmental research & teaching seminars)
@IIT Ropar Anon...May I know which dept did u apply? and against which advertisement?
May I know when and which dept did you apply? and against which advertisement?
@iitmsriram
Dear Prof. Sriram, Is it true that IIT-M has started a tenure system recently?
Thank you.
Not entirely true; this was discussed in the July meeting of the board and the board approved the idea but specific details of implementation will have to be worked out before it is actually rolled out. This may come out like the IISc model or something else, will have to wait and see.
Dear Prof. Sriram and other,
I need some guidance on the following issue.
IITKgp has recently started recovery of LTC (full amount) from the salary of all the employees (Faculties as well as staffs) who booked their tickets from other than the approved agencies.
http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/files/LTC_(Unauthorized)_Recovery-2018.pdf
The amount is whopping 5.04 Cr. (Please read from Page No. 160 onwards)
https://cag.gov.in/sites/default/files/audit_report_files/Report_No.12_of_2017_-_Compliance_Audit_Observations_Union_Government_%28Civil%29.pdf
However, all the employees traveled after approval from the competent authorities. Furthermore, we got reimbursement of all the amount whoever booked tickets from the travel agents inside the IIT campus. An official notification was sent to all in 2016 by IITKgp that you have to book the tickets through the authorized agencies only. However, nobody was informed before 2016 about this.
Now, after CAG report, IITKgp authority swung in to action without doing any homework and started deduction from the salary without informing individual.
We received the individual letter many days after deduction started and that too mentioning only final amount (not any type of break up). It is also observed that some faculties who traveled by train also got deduction. Some cases, two faculties traveled together. One is getting deduction and other not.
In short, Authority has no clue or answer for this. Director verbally said that that he was informed by MHRD that if this is not recovered, your IIT will not get next grant from MHRD. When he was requested for any such document, he did not talk further.
We all (faculty association, staff association) are trying to stop this deduction by talk or legal action. Many are thinking of filing litigation and some are not in favor.
IITB also have the same problem as given in the CAG report. However, it is heard that they have not recovered anything from their employees. Only IITKgp is doing this without giving any proper explanation.
Any suggestion on stopping this deduction will help us to move ahead in this institute where brainless peoples are sitting on the top. We wish that he would not get any further extension of his tenure.
A frustrated faculty on behalf of many such.
Dear Prof. Sriram and others,
IITKgp recently started recovery of full LTC amount from the salary of the employees (faculties as well as staffs) who booked their tickets from the local travel agents inside the IIT and not from the authorized agencies.
"irregular reimbursement ltc iit kharagpur" search in google.
This was started before any intimation to the individual about the same. They informed us after they deduct the first installment and that too by mentioning the final amount (without any breakup like, which year, from where to where, etc.). It is also surfaced that a faculty traveled by train also got deduction. Some cases, two faculties traveled together but one got deduction and other not.
When talking to the Finance section, nobody has any concrete answer. They named this as irregular reimbursement. But they forgot that each and every file was approved by the Registrar for the payment settlement.
The amount is whopping 5.04 Cr. (Page No. 160 onwards in the CAG report). I am not able to add the link here but you can search "irregular reimbursement ltc iit kharagpur cag report".
When the Faculty association tried to contact the director, initially he did not give any time. However, after some effort he informed that MHRD told him that if this amount is not recovered, IITKgp will not get the running grant of the next quarter. When we requested the director for any written communication for the same, he was not in the mood to discuss anything. Basically, he was lying.
IITkgp authority informed officially in 2016 that we have to book tickets from the authorized agents only. But they never informed anything before 2016 and they clear all the reimbursement with approval of the Registrar.
Now, after CAG report, they swung in to action and started deduction without doing any homework and informing officially to all the affected employees.
We are not trying to talk to the authority but they are not in mood of any talk as they know that it is their fault and they are scared of facing the questions from all of us.
We are planning to file litigation to get stay on the deduction from the salary but some affected persons are not in favor due to many reasons.
This director has created more problems than solving some existing and we wish he would not get any other extension.
IITB is also in the list as per the CAG report. But it is heard that they have not recovered the full amount from their employees. Only IITKgp is doing it now without any reasons.
I request all of you to suggest on how to stop this financial punishment without guilty. Is it worth to go to court?
- A frustrated faculty on behalf of many such from IITKgp.
Hi, I am posting my query again with a request from experienced applicants to answer.
I am presently employed as a postdoctoral fellow in the USA. I am currently in the process of applying for faculty positions in India, primarily at the IITs. While preparing my applications, I noticed that I am missing my undergraduate degree certificate! I am contacting my undergraduate university in India to see what procedure I need to follow to get duplicate copies, but this will likely take a long time. I was wondering at what stage during the faculty recruitment process is the original undergraduate degree document required? Also, will having just my complete transcripts and xerox of undergrad certificate suffice?
- Many thanks!
Faculty Aspirant
dear @frustrated IITKGP colleague,
I don't believe much can be done. I don't believe legal route will yield much solution, but may be enough. At most, I expect the court to issue a direction to IITKGP to hear out affected parties before taking action through recovery (natural justice and all that), but other than that, I don't see what can be done. This is an issue that is actually running since 2010. The original OM from finance ministry is dated 16.9.2010 but most organisations seem to have ignored that. There was a reminder in 2011, which also went mostly ignored, except in government departments etc (not autonomous organisations) where it was slowly getting implemented. IITM also got audit paras a few years ago, but we took immediate action and switched over to strict implementation right away. If you read the audit report carefully, you will notice that audit appears to have decided that IITKGP was not taking the issue seriously. The number of cases is large (731 cases over 5 years or so) and correspondingly amount is also significant, over 5 crores. And, it is not just getting tickets from other than authorised agencies, there are other issues like processing late claims, not acting on advances in time etc. So, audit seems to have pushed hard and in turn, it would appear MHRD has pushed back hard on IITKGP. In fact, looking at the numbers, at IITKGP, it would appear that basically all LTC claims are coming under this whereas it is not like this in other institutions. The number in IITB is about 100, which would suggest only a fraction of total claims are affected; numbers are smaller at other 3 institutions, so even smaller issue. It also appears that IITKGP Board has authorised recovery over 36 instalments, so one cannot claim financial problem due to recovery, but only the concept of being subject to recovery without much or any warning or explanation called for.
dear @faculty aspirant,
Not having original UG degree should not be a major issue. You can defer it at least until the point of joining and maybe even further, as long as you have other supporting materials. But, you will have to produce the original (or officially issued duplicate) at some point, not at the time of application. In any case, at the time of applying, you are only uploading or sending copies, you appear to be fully geared up for that. Some institutions may insist on producing original at the time of interview, but if you can show that you have applied for a replacement to your university, I don't see how anyone can turn you away at that point.
Dear Prof. Sriram,
Thank you for your information on LTC recovery by IITKgp.
What we feel that the mistake was done by the authority and all the employees are paying the price. As far as we know, all of us have booked the tickets after approval and our payment was also cleared subsequently.
Now, question is why the full load is put on the employees without any discussion. Many staffs have 4 family members and they are paying now lakhs of rupees. Same for the faculties also. A case is also surfaced that a faculty never availed LTC and he/she got deduction from the salary. Recovery of 5.04 Cr is not a small amount.
If this matter was taken seriously by the administrator earlier and passed to the employees (as done in IITM), then severe damage could have been neutralized.
We expect an official discussion with the administrator but they are very rude now. We also feel that LTC recovery has nothing to do with the institute grant by MHRD. This is the story fabricated by the director to release himself from his responsibilities.
We are in no mood to let this thing go ahead without any resistance. IITKgp has long history of nepotism and clueless administration. And we cannot see any improvement in future also as long as these people stay on the top.
A court case may force the administration to answer with proof which they do not have. They are very casual with us but cannot be the same case if they are pressed by the court.
-IITKgp faculty.
Dear Prof. Sriram,
In continuation of my post on LTC recovery.
If a faculty files a court case and he/she is on probation period or applying for higher position, does the court case create any problem legally?
Some faculties are under this situation and they do not know if filing a court case make them ineligible for higher position or they have to continue on probation till the final verdict.
Any guidance will be helpful. We are also in talk with the renowned lawyers for their suggestion for the next action.
Thank you very much for IITKgp.
@IITKGP colleague, there cannot be any legal issue because you have filed a case against your institute. This has no effect on your probation or promotion. However, having a case alive can cause the "empire to strike back", if you are unfortunate enough to have petty administrators.
Dear IIT KGP colleague,
I would suggest you take it easy this time. The headache of dealing with administrators and lawyers is not worth your time and career. At the end its only one LTC, just assume that you have spent the vacation with your own money. As professor Sriram said, it can be an issue if you have petty administrators and in my opinion most are (exceptions are few).
Best wishes,
Dear Prof. Sriram and Anonymous,
Thank you for your suggestions. I am also thinking the same way. IITKgp administration is well known to everybody. We wish after 1 year someone from outside IITKgp will join as a director. No more inbreeding.
-IITKgp faculty.
@Swami about IIT-Ropar...sorry for the delayed response..it was for CBME...against Advertisement No. IITRPR/FACRECT/103/2017..thank you!
Respected Sir,
I am a phd student at an old iit in Mechanical Engineering. I have a doubt that for faculty recruitment does the college name and supervisor name matters or not. Or they only see the publication record of the applicant only.
Please clarify this i am in confusion because in iits they are allotting guide and i did not choose guide of my choice...
I came across this article https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/nit-trichy-makes-recruitment-after-a-10-years/articleshow/63291368.cms recently and I never knew of the existence of a rule as stated in the article. It states one of the degrees should be from a centrally funded institute (btech masters or PhD). Is there such a rule that exists for other institutes in India too?
As Prof Sriram said "However, having a case alive can cause the "empire to strike back", if you are unfortunate enough to have petty administrators."
Please do keep in this mind. You don't need to file a case even questioning the petty administrators can land you in big trouble in case you happen to be in a new IIT and on top of that "on Contract" !
IIT Jodhpur will provide you ample literature on what petty administrators can do.
@wondering about NITT recruitment, there is no rule at NITT or elsewhere that candidates should have one degree from centrally funded institution. It would appear that NITT has decided to do this as part of the short listing - there is provision to do shortlisting based on "reputation of institutions from where the candidate has obtained his degrees". I also feel it is quite meaningful to do this for engineering departments, except that we might miss out a small number of candidates who did all their degrees in institutions outside this CFTI ambit; and the director's reply is worded as BTech MTech or PhD, so it would appear she was specifically commenting on engineering faculty candidates only.
Dear Anonymous @ August 23, 2018 at 11:19 PM
I am aware of IITJ situation. However, IITKgp is little different in terms of faculty strength and their experience. Many senior faculties and staff are not ready to let it go and we all are fully supporting them. Yesterday, we had a silent protest in front of the Administration building. The acting registrar is following divide and rule tactics between Faculties and staffs by sending useless mail and not talking straight to the point. The director is completely clueless as always and not paying any attention or caring anything.
-from Kgp.
More on NITT type recruitment, restricting to candidates who have at least one degree from CFTI. If there is an aggrieved candidate with all degrees from private institutions (perhaps UG from private, PhD from overseas), I think this candidate can challenge the recruitment legally and is likely to succeed.
In a recent case in the Delhi High Court (Utkarsh vs. Chairman and MD, Air India), the court ruled against the petitioner as the petitioner did not make the cut on other grounds, but made some observations that apply here; the case came about because Air India was recruiting pilots and reserved 50% of vacancies to those who had got their pilots license through the central government run IGRUA (flight school) in UP. The court quoted previous rulings and noted broadly "... Institutional preference cannot be used in public employment". The court further observed "... merely because an institution is funded by the Government, does not set such an institution apart from the other institutes in the rest of the country. The IGRUA cannot stand a scrutiny as a distinct class or category, justifying a valid classification. That apart, even if, it were to be assumed that the selection from IGRUA is based on an intelligible differentia, there is no attempt to show how that has a rational nexus with the object sought to be achieved, viz appointment of most suitable candidates to the post. The non-consideration of candidates from the other institutes, rather would be against public interest as the candidates from such institutes might be better qualified with better experience."
Respected Sir,
I do not know if you are really interested to help me by giving answers to my question. I am constantly asking this in this blog from last three months and no one is replying. Please give me your valuable suggestions so that i can take my carrier in a better path.
I am a phd student at an old iit in Mechanical Engineering. I want to build my carrier in research and academics. I have a doubt that for faculty recruitment does the college name and supervisor name matters or not. Or they only see the publication record of the applicant only.
Please clarify this i am in confusion because in iits they are allotting guide and i did not choose guide of my choice...
Few things about nitt type recruitment , thanks for the info prof sriram. But why is cfti institutes better than some state funded institutes. Lets say someone has a btech from a well known state funded institute and didnt do a mtech but a direct phd overseas. This is my case and few of of my friends too.in which case i will be at a disadvantage. Also how is one to know why one was not shortlisted when no reasons or even rejection letter is provided at times to dispute such cases.
@Sanjay
I will suggest you to go for a research lab that you are interested in / has a good track record of alumni. Try your best to go around the administrative rules of your department and find a solution. Discuss with your current supervisor, head of department and the professor you want to work with. Sometimes it is also possible to have co-guides. This suggestion does not really answer your question but I hope it helps you in finding a good supervisor for your research.
Dear Sanjay,
Everything matters, your guide name (his/her reputation), your institute and your papers. Since it is clear from your post that your guide has been decided, it is better to work with him sincerely and tirelessly. Relations changes with time and success.
All the best.
@nitt applicant anon, NITT did put out the short list on the recruitment web site, I can see it is still there. NITs have statutory recruitment rules which includes details on how short listing is to be done. You can file an RTI and ask for an extract of the short listing minutes showing the reasons (if any) as to why you have not been short listed. If we are to believe the ToI report, you will find that the reason given for you as "not having degree from CFTI". As I have mentioned above, if that is the case, you can consider a legal challenge. Easiest way to file RTI is to use the online RTI GoI portal - the RTI will wind its way to NIT from MHRD (and take some time), but will save you the effort of getting postal order etc., and the information will all be available on line.
Thanks prof sriram. I have not applied to NITT this year but am considering as my attempts at central institutes seem to not go anywhere. I have also heard from this same forum that filing an RTI could create a bad impression about the candidate. So I am not sure if that will help in anyway. Thanks though for the suggestions. I
Update on IIT Kharagpur LTC issue.
https://www.facebook.com/awaaziitkgp/photos/pcb.1990091957677816/1990091187677893/?type=3&theater
Complete post of the above FB link.
https://www.facebook.com/awaaziitkgp/posts/1990091957677816
@considering_applying_to _NITT_anon, yes, filing and RTI will label you as a possible trouble maker, but it need not be that way always. I would like to see it as one is either a trouble maker or not a trouble maker. If one sees something unfair being done, one may have to be a trouble maker, being silent is not the right thing to do. I have filed some RTI at IITM many years ago (non academic matter). The director saw me on some other occasion and commented that I need not have filed an RTI and just asking for the information would have been sufficient and it would have been given - and I pointed out to him that I had asked for and not got it from the concerned unit and hence filed an RTI request and got it. I might have been labelled a trouble maker, but that same director picked me for administrative positions ...
BTW, I informed NITT director of this line of posts on this blog and she replied that she will be taking legal advice on the issue and proceed accordingly in future.
Dear Prof Sriram and other respected faculty members:
I have recently appeared for a couple of interviews for the Asst Professor position at some IITs (some old and some new) but haven't succeeded so far. In your experience, what are the chances of an applicant who has been rejected during the interview process to succeed should he apply again to the same IITs (provided he/she makes progress in the meantime in terms of publication etc.). How does the shortlisting/selection committee view such applications? Are they scrutinised more rigorously because of increased expectations?
Also, when the selection committee does not appear interested in your research (not one question on the presentation), does this mean they are not looking for people in that specific area? How do these things change in a new IIT vs an old IIT?
Thank you for your valuable comments.
One faculty aspirant.
Thanks prof sriram
@ Prof Sriram, Thanks for the NIT Trichy follow up and I agree about being the troublemaker or non troublemaker. Only thing being, I guess I will take the risk once Iam in the system not when I am still trying to make it into the system ;). But I will make a mental note of this point as it may be something which could help me in interviews. I was told by some people that assertiveness doesnt go down well with the selection committee in India, which given what you say might be misinformation.
Anon at August 27, 2018 at 8:28 PM.
If you've appeared for several interviews it means that your application has been shortlisted by several departments - which means that you stand a good chance and have been unlucky with the selection committees.
Perhaps you can informally ask the department heads for a feedback on your profile/ performance during the interview. I would certainly do that before applying to the same department again to make sure that my application is better than before.
Having said that, please note that interview outcome also depends on several factors beyond your application - fit to the department, background of the selection committee, constraint on the number of offers that can be made, nepotism (occasionally)... so one should not stop trying.
Good luck.
ProfNewIIT
@ProfNewIIT: Thank you for your comments.
One faculty aspirant.
I have a question regarding publications. Are first author publications given higher weightage or what matters is publication number( if someone mostly is one of many authors in their publications with very few first or second author papers).
Hi all, do you have any information about the tentative faculty interview schedule at IIT Indore and/or Mandi?
Any updates on IIT Jammu selection/shortlisting for the Assistant Prof. positions? Thank you.
To Anonymous on September 4, 2018 at 12:07 PM,
The result has already been declared for the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Jammu. They have contacted the selected candidates only (as informed by one of my colleagues, who has been selected in this recent recruitment). For other Departments, I have no information.
Hi All,
I am preparing my research statement for faculty application to IITs. I searched in google but do not get much help on how the research statement should be for faculty applications in India. I am looking for some inputs on the following:
1. How long should it be? I am aiming for 3-4 pages, is it too long or too short?
2. Currently, I first describe my PhD work followed by postdoc projects and then talk about my future work. Is this a good structure? or should i focus more on my research philosophy and future direction in the beginning and describe PhD and postdoc work later?
3. How important is the research statement? Does the selection committee place a lot of emphasis on the research statement, do people actually read it?
I hope to get some answers from people already working as faculty and also those who have already gone through the application process. This will be extremely valuable info for me and several other prospective faculty lurking on this forum for some advice.
I will like to know if in other IITs a faculty member can send email to all institute faculties or say students in his department. Even the department office cannot send email to all departmental students for invitation to a seminar/thesis presentation. Dr. CVR Murty has stopped all these since past couple of months in IITJ without issuing any office order.
Dr Murty ran his corrupt dictatorship with the help of couple of retired personal acquaintances (and of course some regular staff) . Can anyone from new IITs comment if they see similar trend of hiring retired people who have zero accountability in the system?
Furthermore with the help of his minions he continues to create all kinds of hurdles in the life of faculty members even to the extent of making daily necessities inaccessible in a campus which is located far away from city.
The good news is that it is expected that we will get rid of him soon and send him back to IITM. We will like to know if faculty members can file a legal case against him for his awful acts once he packs his bag?
He and his minions have indulged in blatant favoritism and corruption making a complete mockery of the system. His favorite discourse is to talk about satya, nyay and dharma and all his actions are completely devoid of these virtues. It will be pathetic to let a person like him go unpunished. Please suggest how he can be prosecuted
Dear IITJ,
In old IIT, we generally do not send to mail to all the faculties. However, we are free to send mail to all faculties and students of our department.
Nothing can be done to punish this type of person. Even if it is attempted, who is going to lead and spend time for legal matters?
Similar situation is in IITGn. He has also recruited many retired faculties who are dancing on his tune and doing nothing for institute and faculties. In IITGn, there are no HoD in any department. So, all the power is retained by the Director.
When their terms are over, I am sure nobody will pay any attention to them and they will be considered as garbage. That is the real punishment to them.
almost all iits have corrupt bunches. dont waste time on legal processes.
Hello all, I have recently joined a new IIT (a few months back) but recently received an interview call from an older IIT for which I have given the seminar before joining the present IIT. During joining I have also mentioned my pending applications in other IITs. Do I need to get NOC from my current IIT to attend that interview?
To Anonymous on September 10, 2018 at 10:18 PM,
One of my friends had faced similar situations. He was told that a NOC from his current institute was strictly required to attend the final interview (although it was not needed during the research seminar).
@anon's reply about NOC is on right track; formally, the NOC is required to attend the interview. Also, as you had indicated to your current employer that you had an application pending, the employer is required to issue you an NOC. To take a completely different tack, these are all mostly meaningless now. With NPS in vogue, there is nothing to be lost by resigning your current post to take up a new post at a different institution. It is only for those who are on the old pension scheme that these things become important as all these processes are required to establish continuity of employment, carry over of pension to new employer etc etc. For this reason, most new IITs don't bother with asking for NOC (they don't have pension anyways).
Dear Prof. Sriram/Giri
1.When the institute is provided loan under HEFA does the institute have to show the
various heads of expenditure or is it just a lump sum amount granted based on institute demand?
2.Is it possible to change the allocation amongst different heads after the HEFA loan amount is received at institute?
3. At a new IIT how can one know that the money for research is not diverted to construction?
Regards
@anon, HEFA loans have typical bank loan structure; the money is not released to the Institute, but bills are paid directly by HEFA. If it is a construction loan, for example, the building contractor's bills will be sent by the Institute to HEFA and HEFA will pay those bills directly, no money will come to the Institute. Similarly, if the loan is for some equipment, the Institute will go through the purchase process and when the vendor bills are to be paid (or LC is to be opened), HEFA will do that, no money will be given to the Institute. So, question of changing allocation heads or diverting HEFA loan amounts to other purposes does not arise.
@anon asking about "money for research not diverted to construction", I suppose the context is HEFA. HEFA loans are like standard bank loans, the loan application has details on what the loan covers, HEFA does due diligence like any bank loan etc etc. In any case, being tax payer funded institutions, the entire accounts of all IITs are in the public domain along with the annual report. This is tabled in parliament and one can get it through the parliament library. One can also file an RTI with MHRD and ask for a copy of the audited statement of annual accounts, that will detail all the income and expenditure. MHRD grants are not tied specifically to activities, though the whole budget is considered and passed by the finance committee of each Institute and the finance committee has someone from MHRD on it. It is broadly within the power of the Board and the Director to apportion expenditure between various activities as they see fit.
Dear Prof Sriram
Please spare few minutes to look in the financial statement
of IITJ in the last annual report at
http://ir.iitj.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/57
and off course it is not needed for you but others can view that of IIT Madras at
https://www.iitm.ac.in/content/annual-reports
Please comment whether the Financial Statement of IITJ is transparent enough?
I can understand the anon concerns on HEFA as we have the same concerns.
Dr. CVR Murthy hands out the grants as he pleases.
Crores and crores are spent on a structure called berm the utility of which is unknown to most of the mortals at IITJ.
Even for the promotions he only rewards who abide by his wishes and corruption.
For few staff members its direct confirmation from contract and for many its extension of contract followed by probation...
The good news is that new Director has been appointed.
https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ceeri-chief-to-be-next-iit-jodhpur-director-official/1313897/
Even on his last days he is keen on inflicting damage by issuing transfer orders and show causes.Recently he removed experienced and honest AR from stores & purchase.
A Junior superintendent on the very day of his review (on contract to confirmation) is made in-charge.
However,I encourage prospective faculty members to apply in all departments.With Severe Murthy gone it is hoped that IITJ will finally attain the glory of being an IIT.
Is the Voluntary Retirement scheme(VRS) also meaningless with NPS?
@anon, NPS (as of now) considers voluntary retirement as premature exit. Under premature exit, 80% of the accumulation has to be applied towards an annuity and only 20% can be withdrawn as lump sum; for normal retirement (superannuation), the minimum annuity limit is 40% and upto 60% can be withdrawn as lump sum. This may change as more people start retiring under NPS, something similar to how VRS operates under pension may be introduced (minimum service period after which one is treated similar to superannuation).
Dear Prof. Sriram, when is the next faculty advertisement of IITM coming out? In october? Thanks.
@iitmsriram, what is the latest status of the revised allowances for the faculty members of CFTIs?
@anon, next IITM faculty ad is expected in October with closing date late November and interviews starting around end of December or early January.
About revised allowances, I am told that ministry has made a proposal and it is under consideration of finance. Revision of CPDA is also under consideration of finance as a separate item (hopefully this will speed up other allowances for which no real policy decision is required).
@iitmsriram, thanks for updating us with the latest status of revised allowances for the faculty members of CFTIs. Since the general election is around the corner, the government will take the decision regarding this. The faculty members of CFTIs are eagerly waiting to hear some good news regarding this.
Dear Prof. Sriram,
We get some money in our FDF/FDA account for GATE/JAM/JEE duty and also some share from our research projects. If I have some money left in this account and I shift to other IIT, is it possible to transfer that amount to the IIT where I joined? Or I have to use everything there itself?
Similar case for CPDA. If I use more than 80% from yearly quota of 1 lakh and I join other IIT (middle of the year), how do they prorate CPDA?
Again same for LTC. Now I am getting 3 home LTC and 1 all India LTC in the 4 year slot and it will continue up to 8 years. After 4 or 5 years, if I join other IIT, How do they trace my LTC history? What will happen if I get (or take) another fresh 8 years with LTC every year?
I am sure none of the IITs are sharing this types of details to other IITs where some faculty moves.
Thank you.
@ regarding NOC - There are IITs which are very specific about getting an NOC, even when you are in probation in another IIT. I have heard cases where NOC wasn't insisted upon. Quite surprising that different registrars interpret the rule differently.
Any updates on IIT-Ropar recruitment/final interviews either with recent Advertisement No. IITRPR/FACRECT/119/2018 or previous Advertisement No. IITRPR/FACRECT/103/2017?
@iit.fac,
(second attempt, my previous response seems to have been eaten up)
Policies on FDF / FDA vary across institutions, what happens will depend on how the two particular institutions want to handle it.
CPDA policy also varies across institutions, so depends. Even the CPDA slabs are not uniform. IITM uses personalised CPDA slabs starting from Jan 1 / Jul 1 of the year of joining, so there is no prorating. If you leave in the middle of a block nothing is done; in any case, it is meant to be 3 lakhs for a block of 3 years with a one lakh per year in brackets, so one can argue that there should be no prorating.
LTC is a different animal, it is as per GoI rules. GoI rules are very clear, the "new recruit" provision is available only to new recruits who enter government service for first time. If you shift from one institution to another, the 8 years is supposed to run together. When you shift like this, your service book (which records all LTC, pay details, leave etc) is supposed to be transferred from your old institution to the new, all these are to be regulated accordingly. With NPS, people may not bother to transfer the service book, but even then, your new institution admin is supposed to see that you are shifting from a prior government employer and accordingly apply the 8 year new recruit LTC rule. If you take another fresh 8 years of LTC ignoring the previous ones, it is basically LTC fraud and you could be subject to disciplinary action.
On a related note, @anon commenting on NOC not being insisted upon, it is mostly the newer institutions which are doing this for incoming faculty. They want to recruit aggressively and lack of NOC is not going to stop them. But I see that the same new IITs are finicky when issuing NOC's when someone wants to leave and sometimes even refuse if everything is not done strictly as per rules. I would think their tight situation with respect to faculty head count nudges them in this direction.
Dear Prof. Sriram,
Thank you for your information on FDF, CPDA and LTC.
Regards,
Hi All,
Can someone throw light on the assistant professor salary ( Both PhD and 3 years postdoc experience from outside India) at the famous private engineering colleges in India like SRM, VIT, SNU etc?
To Anonymous on September 28, 2018 at 4.28 AM,
Final interview was conducted on April 2018 corresponding to the previous Advertisement No. IITRPR/FACRECT/103/2017 (one of my friends had appeared for Electrical Engineering Department). However, no interview announcement has been made against the recent Advertisement No. IITRPR/FACRECT/119/2018 till date, to the best of my knowledge.
Private universites such as SNU, VIT, BITS etc. pay nearly the same as IITs (around 1 lakh per month for assictant professor)
IIT Roorkee interviews were held in september and closed on september 20.
IIT Jammu advertised for Institute Engineer position with application deadline 21/09/2018 and short listing of applications yet to be done.
The person who will be finally appointed is Senior Executive Engineer IIT Jodhpur blessed by Director IIT Jodhpur. The same person who has ruined one IIT will now ruin another.
#saveIITJammu
I would appreciate if someone could share their seminar experience (duration, kind of questions asked, interaction with faculty etc.) at IIT Delhi for an engineering department.
@SG: Thanks for your information on IIT-Ropar's recruitment. Looking forward to any updated information on Advertisement No. IITRPR/FACRECT/119/2018 whenever you have!
@Anon wondering about IIT Delhi seminar exp: mine was in one of the engineering department. Actual seminar was the last thing on agenda (4-5pm) for the day. There were back-to-back 30 min meetings with faculty of interest right from the morning. Lunch was with the HoD and one of the faculty within the institute followed by more faculty meetings. Unlike what we experience in the US, the seminar was a drill where I have been stopped at almost each and every slide for discussion. This was NOT a closed door session but open to campus wide public, widely advertised. Even though the introducer made it clear at the very beginning to save the questions till end, I guess some faculty just preferred to break the flow and ask random questions in between. The quality of the questions was not that great either. It's hard to explain in words - just very weird/unprofessional experience! Some faculty simply asked the same questions which I have already answered during our in-person meetings in the morning. I guess they just want to show off infront of the whole department.
https://www.firstpost.com/india/iit-kanpurs-hesitation-to-act-against-professors-accused-of-harassing-dalit-colleague-exposes-deep-caste-fissures-5200431.html
Prof IITM Sriram sir
Please advice me in this regard, if faculties from central universities resign and he has earned leave to his credit. What are the norms for encashment of earned leave. As per UGC it is followed similar to central govt employees? Please mention reference of CCS rule if there is any. Thanks in advance
@anon, I don't know what are the rules in the central universities or in UGC. Following URL's might be of interest.
http://documents.doptcirculars.nic.in/D2/D02est/14028_3_2011-Estt-L.pdf
http://documents.doptcirculars.nic.in/D2/D02est/Lien%20DraftKdaDv.PDF
Hello all, recently, I am invited to give a faculty selection seminar in an engineering department of an old IIT. However, they already have faculties (at all levels) with similar research profiles as mine. So, I want some insights from senior people here about the recruitment philosophy of older IITs, are they genuinely interested in me or they are just going through the motions? I want to gauge the situation coz to attend this seminar I have to travel to India from abroad (skype option is there but I prefer to have a personal interaction) and I already have an offer from another IIT (joining deferred to Jan).
Hi all, do you have any information about the tentative schedule of the DST Inspire faculty interview? When they usually notify the candidates that they have been shortlisted for the interview?
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