IIT Indore Assistant Professor Recruitment 2026

IIT Indore Assistant Professor Recruitment 2026 — 8 posts

The Indian Institute of Technology Indore has invited online applications for 8 posts of Assistant Professor, Grade I and Grade II, under Advertisement IITI/FACREC/2026/NOV/11 dated 10 November 2026. All 8 posts are unreserved. The notice does not split the 8 posts by department or by grade, so no department-wise or grade-wise break-up is given here. Applications must be submitted online by 5:00 PM on 26 November 2026.

Pay

Assistant Professor Grade II is in Level 10, with a minimum basic pay of Rs. 70,900 per month and total emoluments including HRA of Rs. 1,41,483. Assistant Professor Grade I is in Level 12, with a minimum basic pay of Rs. 1,01,500 per month and total emoluments of Rs. 1,97,481. HRA is not admissible if campus accommodation is provided. Dearness allowance, HRA, travel allowance, LTC, Children Education Allowance and NPS apply as per Government of India rules. Grade II is on a contract basis; the notice prints no contract length.

Departments and areas

Chemical Engineering: experimental electrochemistry and battery technologies, process control and dynamics, bio manufacturing, semiconductors, nanotechnology, separation processes, renewable energy, critical minerals, polymer synthesis and related areas.

Mehta Family School of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering: computational biomolecular modeling, AI, ML and DL for biological, biomedical and healthcare data, computer vision for medical image analysis, computational health informatics, computational multi-OMICS data science, computational epidemiology, Internet of Medical Things, wearable healthcare devices, AI-driven health monitoring systems; strong applications across all areas of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering may also be considered.

Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies: applied optics, lasers and photonics, hybrid electric vehicles, quantum technologies, design and communications, innovation, system design, project management, robotics and autonomous systems, computational AI-driven engineering, digital twin and multiscale modelling.

Who can apply

For Grade II, you need a Ph.D. with first class or equivalent at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch, with a very good academic record throughout. For Grade I, you need the same Ph.D. requirement plus a minimum of 3 years of industrial, research or teaching experience, excluding experience gained while pursuing the Ph.D. The maximum age is 32 years for Grade II and 35 years for Grade I, reckoned as on the last date of online submission. No age relaxations by category are listed in the notice. Minimum eligibility may be relaxed for candidates with exceptional credentials.

Fee

No application fee is mentioned anywhere in the notification. The word "fee" appears in the notice only in "membership fee" and "fee reimbursement", not as an application fee.

Selection

Selection is by shortlisting followed by interview. Interview travel is reimbursed (economy air or II AC rail, via IRCTC or authorised agents); applicants from abroad are generally interviewed by video conference. Referees should send reference letters by email to fac.recruit@iiti.ac.in. This recruitment is distinct from the IIT Indore Junior Research Fellow posts advertised separately.

How to apply

Apply online only, uploading all completed application materials by 5:00 PM on 26 November 2026. No hard copy or email submission is accepted. A separate application must be made for each position. Read the official notice PDF linked below in full before applying.