IIITDM Kancheepuram Junior Research Fellow (ECE) Recruitment 2026

About the project

The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram (IIITDM Kancheepuram) invites applications for one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The position is for the DST–SHRI funded project "Development of Artificial Intelligent System for Character Recognition of Tamil Epigraphy Scripts", under Principal Investigator Dr. Rohini P, with Co-Principal Investigators Dr. Pandiyarasan V and Dr. Karthik C. The engagement is purely contractual, initially for six months and extendable till 24 October 2027. No TA or DA is paid.

Eligibility

There are three routes to eligibility. First, a Master's degree in Engineering or Technology (ME, M.Tech or M.Des), or an MS by Research, or a five-year integrated Master's degree, with a good academic record. Second, a Master's degree in Sciences or Arts with a good academic record and exceptional merit, together with a valid GATE score or CSIR UGC NET, NBHM or DAE-JEST qualification or equivalent. Third, a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology with an exceptionally good academic record, plus either a BE or B.Tech from a Centrally Funded Technical Institution with a CGPA of 8.0 or above or a valid GATE score, or a top-10 university rank with a valid GATE score, or employment in a reputed research and development organisation with an excellent research record (DST R&D brochure). Desirable skills are Python coding, knowledge of machine learning and deep learning, and mobile or web application development.

Age limit

The maximum age is 32 years as on the last date of receiving the application, 01 December 2026. Relaxation is as per Government of India norms. No minimum age is stated in the notification.

Fellowship

The fellowship is Rs. 37,000 per month plus 27 percent HRA, which works out to Rs. 46,990 per month in total. The HRA is paid only if no institute accommodation is provided, so Rs. 46,990 is the total with HRA and not the base fellowship.

Application fee

No application fee is mentioned in the notification.

How to apply

Apply online through the Google Form link printed in the official notification. Take a printout of the submitted form, sign it, and bring the hard copy with your original certificates to the interview. The last date to apply is 01 December 2026. Selection is through a written test and an interview; the dates will be shared later, and candidates must attend in person at IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai-600127.

Note — a different advertisement from the other IIITDM Kancheepuram JRF posts

This is Advt IIITDMK/PR/JRF/A35/2026 dated 11 November 2026, for the DST–SHRI Tamil epigraphy project. It is a different advertisement from the institute's other live JRF posts: Advt A33/2026 (ECE antenna-design project, MeitY funded, last date 25 November 2026) and Advt A34/2026 (Mechanical Engineering walk-in, last date 18 November 2026).