tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post846773459491528263..comments2024-03-03T13:39:26.399+05:30Comments on Life in IISc: Pinned post for prospective faculty to IITs/IIScGiri@iischttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11819278945207995261noreply@blogger.comBlogger3339125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-36029878091138255402018-08-02T00:06:55.880+05:302018-08-02T00:06:55.880+05:30Hi everyone can anyone tell me what should be the ...Hi everyone can anyone tell me what should be the seminar topic or presentation supposed to be made at the interview of assistant professor post in IIIT/IIT Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-15226704052054815652017-08-31T16:49:32.216+05:302017-08-31T16:49:32.216+05:30Had a much better interview experience at another ...Had a much better interview experience at another new IIT recently... <br />Director, Dean, HOD, even selection committee members had their lunch after the candidates. <br />They were smiling and cordial to all the candidates ---(although during interview, the candidates were grilled as is normally done at other places). <br /><br />A query from senior people on this blog -- can i include my parents as a dependent for medical benefits? My father recently retired from a state govt service. He has no health plan (no CGHS, State scheme etc.), only the health expenditure will be reimbursed upon production of original bills, i.e. no cashless treatment. Being the only child, my parents would be staying with me and I want to include my parents as my dependent at the new IIT where I am joining. I could not find any details on internet or in the forms provided to me. It would be really helpful if anyone can elaborate the dependent rules for retired parents.<br /><br />Thanks.... <br />new AP....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-24946463570776611072017-08-31T10:26:47.232+05:302017-08-31T10:26:47.232+05:30I had a similar experience at IIT Delhi. They call...I had a similar experience at IIT Delhi. They called us 9 am in the morning and my interview was at 5:30 pm in the evening. Nobody came to ask us even for water or tea, forget lunch. My interaction with the office staff and the HOD gave me an impression of bureaucratic system infested with red tape. Selection committee asked me questions that they did not know correctly. I had to explain it to them. I was offered the position with enhanced pay, but I had multiple offers from other top IITs where I was treated more professionally. It gave me good vibes about the work environment and culture. I joined here and never regretted for a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-66447536676408045102017-08-31T06:16:13.663+05:302017-08-31T06:16:13.663+05:30The point is it is the same everywhere. If you app...The point is it is the same everywhere. If you apply for DST or dbt for funding, you will be called for presentation at 9 am if you are shortlisted. No accommodation will be provided and you have to travel air India. After reaching the venue, you will be as slotted for the 16th presentation. That will be at 5 pm. <br /><br />You will have a separate lunch from selection committee members so that you will not influence them to give you funding.<br /><br />This is how everything works in India. So think of selection committee in IIT Delhi as training for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-51025471839613017422017-08-31T02:27:02.503+05:302017-08-31T02:27:02.503+05:30At one of the interviews we were arranged lunch bu...At one of the interviews we were arranged lunch but the selection committee was running late so we were not allowed to eat either. We were not given a time slot, made to wait from morning till midday for the interview and some were interviewed only at the end of the day but were asked to show up at 9am. Also the selection committee was having lunch at a table next to us bus would not even smile at us or talk to us as if we were not humans. The head of the department and the dean were the two people who gave us company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-31968549359022635152017-08-30T23:00:45.941+05:302017-08-30T23:00:45.941+05:30IIT Jammu experience is not uncommon. It is only a...IIT Jammu experience is not uncommon. It is only a primer after you join. If you think that the bathroom of the board room of IIT Delhi is not neat, just imagine the state of the restrooms of your department in IIT Delhi. Everywhere it will stink. <br /><br />Even in IISc, aspirants are treated badly because that is the state of affairs even after they join. Please don't compare ivy league schools to IISc. It is an insult. People don't come back to India to do science. Most come back because they are lazy or have family issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-46093656357682289502017-08-30T21:33:32.743+05:302017-08-30T21:33:32.743+05:30@IIT Jammu IIT Delhi Interview Candidates
This is...@IIT Jammu IIT Delhi Interview Candidates<br /><br />This is the big issue with recruitment. At most places, candidates are treated as beggars. The selection committee is also aware that candidates do not have much choice so they do not make any specific attempt to keep candidates comfortable. In West, candidates are treated royally. They are taken for faculty dinners. Every meal is in the company of some one from the department. Best possible accommodation near the venue is provided. Candidates are given tours. Selection committee knows that the effort made to short list and invite a candidate is huge and is very expensive. So they do not want to repel excellent candidate just because the department was not responsible enough. Every candidate has a choice of multiple excellent institutes so they are sorted aggressively. Hope in India, selection committees realise that they are trying to attract the best talent. I have seen at least 4 excellent candidates who did not feel good about the top institute in Bangalore and instead joined ivy league universities and Univ of California system in the US. I am sure Indian science is at loss by creating such a bad impression. Also, I hope this forum will set a ground for making an effort by committees in future. This is usually visited by aspirants so hope once they are in they can bring the change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-54677095198762871402017-08-30T11:01:44.136+05:302017-08-30T11:01:44.136+05:30Dear Prof. Sriram at IIT-M and others,
I about to...Dear Prof. Sriram at IIT-M and others,<br /><br />I about to join a new IIT and I am wondering if I will run into problems after two years when I apply to an old IIT. Due to professional and personal reasons, the old IIT, which is located in a metro near to my home town, is my first choice. But since my CV is not good enough currently, I am not able to compete with other candidates at the old IIT. I am positive that in two to three years time, my CV will substantially improve and I can reasonably compete at the old IIT. <br />My questions are (a) Will the old IIT reject my application just because I am applying just after two years time joining a new IIT? (b) Will the new IIT refuse to send my application and refuse to give NOC as I am applying immediately after two years?<br /><br />I am just wondering what is the wise thing to do after two years if I join the new IIT now.<br /><br />Thanks,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-19916190023296432017-08-29T08:42:12.331+05:302017-08-29T08:42:12.331+05:30@ Anonymous (Aug 27, 2017 at 10:38 PM)
I am reall...@ Anonymous (Aug 27, 2017 at 10:38 PM)<br /><br />I am really sorry to hear about your experience during the interview at one of the premier institutes of India. I hope that there is some sort of feedback requested from the applicants after the interview process, so that the shortcomings can be rectified in future. You should share your experience with the concerned authorities.<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-69963847829226152642017-08-28T15:51:28.727+05:302017-08-28T15:51:28.727+05:30Skype interview at iit delhi chem engg dept what t...Skype interview at iit delhi chem engg dept what to expect? the presentation seems to focus primarily on research plan with a very short teaching component. How many rounds of interviews are usually conducted and how many panel members are to be expected?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-9281286901568277832017-08-27T22:38:50.491+05:302017-08-27T22:38:50.491+05:30Would like to share the pathetic experience of IIT...Would like to share the pathetic experience of IIT-Jammu seminar+interview held recently at IIT-Delhi.<br /><br />1. No accommodation was initially offered in the interview letter. Once requested, accommodation was offered in IIT Delhi.<br /><br />2. We were asked to vacate the rooms in the evening of the second day. Imagine someone has a flight/train the next day. Where he/she is supposed to stay??<br /><br />3. There was no arrangement for lunch on both the days. Candidates were called at 930 in the morning and the seminars/interviews were continuing till evening. Only tea and light snacks were served in the first day but there was absolute nothing on the second day.<br /> <br />4. Forgot about lunch there was even no proper arrangement for drinking water.<br /><br />5. Washrooms near the boardroom in the main building where interviews were held were in pathetic condition with shit lying all around. Can't believe I was in IIT Delhi, one of the premier institute in India. <br /><br />Please bear in mind that we candidates are human and need food/water like others. If this is the way they conduct interviews and treat us, GOD knows what will be the ground situation in Jammu.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-26401874306054178962017-08-26T00:02:05.402+05:302017-08-26T00:02:05.402+05:30What kind of questions to expect in DST presentati...What kind of questions to expect in DST presentation of 10mins?<br />-New APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-33349450891159831392017-08-24T19:15:39.869+05:302017-08-24T19:15:39.869+05:30Students are trained to repeat exactly text for ge...Students are trained to repeat exactly text for getting admission for research for 22 years - how to expect original output at research? Training should be for attempts than for success. System should prepare for changes as they progress Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-70963279952547795722017-08-21T14:29:09.510+05:302017-08-21T14:29:09.510+05:30Anon @aug 9th 2017 I think the extension if in its...Anon @aug 9th 2017 I think the extension if in itself is a new area to be done in India what is wrong in setting up research in a similar field. And the examples you give are very short term extensions and those are not a 5-10 year research statement. The case that was putforth is that sometimes, the committee is impatient to listen out the candidate and if any keyword remotely related to the postdoc is mentioned like nanoparticles they stop and say dont relate to your postdoc. <br />Well if X worked on mass spec for PDF and wants to set up a new research using mass spec in collaboration with their PDF group (if this was not done before in India) why it cannot be accepted as new research. Novelty is not coming up with new ideas always but to use existing techniques in new ways or improving techniques too. Unfortunately all you examples are about going to war with the PDF boss while it can be a collaborative effort too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-58057498190455288372017-08-20T07:35:01.114+05:302017-08-20T07:35:01.114+05:30Hi everyone....
I am a inspire faculty in a csir i...Hi everyone....<br />I am a inspire faculty in a csir institute. I am afraid no regular position has come in that institute so far after 4 years. Please advise what one should do in such caseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-86113079751397839362017-08-18T17:14:47.988+05:302017-08-18T17:14:47.988+05:30
contact physics chairman
iisc fac<br />contact physics chairman<br /><br />iisc facAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-33131450044113121702017-08-15T22:04:44.438+05:302017-08-15T22:04:44.438+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764854282057454244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-86843989268880534532017-08-10T09:52:17.529+05:302017-08-10T09:52:17.529+05:30Anonymous@August 9, 2017 at 7:19 PM Thank you very...Anonymous@August 9, 2017 at 7:19 PM Thank you very much for this advice; your comments have enlightened me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-75901463402346175402017-08-09T19:19:28.439+05:302017-08-09T19:19:28.439+05:30To the person questioning the rationale behind res...To the person questioning the rationale behind research statement away from PhD/ PDF extension.<br /><br />After serving on selection committees for faculty in the US, Canada, and Singapore, I can assure you that your research statement should not conflict with your supervisors. I am sure Indian Institutes are trying to get the same outcome. Logics are very simple<br /><br />1. As a scientist, you are expected to be independent with your original idea. Inspiration can be drawn from the previous work but should not be the extension.<br /><br />2. Ask yourself a simple question, Will you be able to compete with your Ph.D./ PDF supervisor in 5 or 10 yrs time? Study sections will be concerned about the innovation and novelty.<br /><br />3. Niche. You want to be identified as a Prof. XYZ who works on ABC which she/he has discovered/ established/ inveted. Not Prof. XYZ who carried out his PDF work to corroborate findings in different system. <br /><br />For example (not so good ones) <br /><br />After working with C. elegans in PDF, a candidate suggested he will repeat results in mouse! <br /><br />Person "A" worked in liver but would like to work with kidneys to see if the results obtained in liver will have affect on kidneys too (exact same experiments!).<br /><br />Person "X" did Mass Spec in her PDF and would like to do Mass Spec for everyone at the new institue! <br /><br />Person "Y" suggested that he is so smart that he can do a better job then his PDF boss so let him do the same experiments. May be true but again no originality.<br /><br />Person "Z" built an algorithm for radar system for a Western agency, and would like to transfer technology to India. This might not go down well with the country of training for sure.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-15795648710981901262017-08-08T19:45:13.429+05:302017-08-08T19:45:13.429+05:30New software The functionality of pay fixation in ...New software The functionality of pay fixation in terms of 7th CPC which entails new fields like Level & Index in the Pay Matrix should be incorporated in the software that the Banks are using for pension processing and calculation of arrears. The credit of revised pension in the bank accounts of pensioners/family pensioners and payment of arrears should be in a time bound manner after receipt of Revision Authority from CPAO (through electronic mode). It should not be later than the next due date of credit of pension in the pensioners accounts<br /><br />Read more at: http://www.oneindia.com/india/7th-pay-commission-manpower-infrastructure-being-set-up-for-arrears-and-pension/articlecontent-pf28137-2456639.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-45911861746880677482017-08-08T12:00:03.235+05:302017-08-08T12:00:03.235+05:30Never appoint a civil engineer as Director of a Ne...Never appoint a civil engineer as Director of a New/Under Construction IIT.<br /><br />If you don't agree, welcome to IIT Jodhpur!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-61434668723850088282017-08-08T10:30:01.568+05:302017-08-08T10:30:01.568+05:30The government has said that the benefits of the 7...The government has said that the benefits of the 7th Pay Commission and enhanced DA for pensioners will be considered after the finalisation of the pay scales of employees of autonomous bodies in accordance to the pay panel. On the other hand banks have been told to ensure adequate infrastructure and manpower for pension processing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-70458094625567459842017-08-08T10:24:46.210+05:302017-08-08T10:24:46.210+05:30Army protects nations and makes sacrifices for the...Army protects nations and makes sacrifices for their survival but it does not create them (democracies, at least)<br />A university is supposed to promote the power of the intellect - and non-violent didactics, to create new ideas and extend the frontiers of knowledge,to nurture freedom - of thought,sppeech and enquiry=and to question, not comply.<br /><br />A battle tank is the power of the state<br />Nationalism is a concept born out of intellectualism, not militarism; nation making and creation of national identities is a product of thinkers,lawyers,teachers, poets and, most important, the common man on the street facing bullets and lathisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-58472082659497681692017-08-08T10:12:51.166+05:302017-08-08T10:12:51.166+05:30Army protects nations and makes A university ...Army protects nations and makes A university is supposed to promote the power of sacrifices for their survival - and non-violent didactics, to create new ideas but it does not create them (not and extend the frontiers of knowledge,to nurture democracies, at least) freedom - of thought,sppeech and enquiry=and <br /> to question, not comply.<br />To associate, or equate, a weapon JNU tank is nothing but a well-crafted strategy <br />of war with nationalism or patrio<br />tism goes far beyond jingoismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061089355607754501.post-13845917169743623822017-08-07T18:13:20.852+05:302017-08-07T18:13:20.852+05:30Union Minister Prakash Javedekar said at the Natio...Union Minister Prakash Javedekar said at the National Convention on Higher Education Perpectives in India that teachers would soon get the benefits of the 7th Pay Commission.<br /><br />Read more at: http://www.oneindia.com/india/7th-pay-commission-teachers-can-smile-check-guidelines-of-pay-fixation/articlecontent-pf29578-2511803.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com