ISM Dhanbad notifies Post Doctoral Fellowship Program 2014
INTRODUCTION
ISM Dhanbad notifies Post Doctoral Fellowship Program 2014
Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, invites applications for Post Doctoral Fellowship Program 2014.
Applications will be received any time during the year and will be considered from time to time till the vacancies are filled up
Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad was estd in 1926 for catering to the manpower needs of coal and mineral industries
COURSE AND ELIGIBILITY
The Institute is directly under financial and administrative control of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt of India since 1996 The academic profile of the Institute changed over the time to keep abreast with the technological challenges and societal aspirations The Institute has been in service of the nation contributing immensely in nation building for last 88 years
CAREER PROSPECTS
The Institute has following 18 Departments: 1) Applied Chemistry; 2) Applied Geology; 3) Applied Geophysics; 4) Applied Mathematics; 5) Applied Physics; 6) Chemical Engineering; 7) Civil Engineering; 8) Computer Science & Engineering; 9) Electrical Engineering; 10) Electronics Engineering; 11) Environmental Science & Engineering; 12) Fuel & Mineral Engineering; 13) Humanities & Social Sciences; 14) Management Studies; 15) Mechanical Engineering; 16) Mining Engineering; 17) Mining Machinery Engineering; 18) Petroleum Engineering
ISM Post Doctoral Fellowship: The Fellowship will be awarded for a maximum period of three years, with initial offer for a period of 1 year extendable on yearly basis on satisfactory progress as certified by the Performance Appraisal Committee (PAC)
However, the Post Doctoral Fellows (PDF) will be assessed every six months The selected PDFs will be attached to regular faculty members of the Institute, who will act as mentors. PDFs will be eligible to serve as co-guides for B.Tech, Dual Degree, Integrated M.Tech, M.Sc, M.Sc Tech, M.Phil, MBA & M.Tech projects along with their mentors
No. of Fellowships: 100 at any given time
PAY PACKAGE
Eligibility: PhD holders (within 5 years of completion of PhD) with first class / 60% marks / 6.5 CGPA in 10 point scale or equivalent in the preceding degree in relevant disciplines, with a consistently good academic career Should have published at least two papers in Journals of repute Foreign nationals / Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) / Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) are also eligible to apply; if selected, offer of appointment such candidates will be made with prior intimation to the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Institute specifically encourages applicants from SC/ST/OBC category as well as persons with disability to apply for PDF position PhD holders of ISM will not be eligible to apply for a period of two years from the date of award of PhD, except for branches Mining Machinery Engineering, Mineral Engineering, Mining Engineering and Petroleum Engineering Age: Maximum 35 years (to be relaxed by 5 years in case of persons with disability, SC/ST and 3 years for OBC - NCL) Amount of Fellowship: 1st Year - Rs 40,000/-; 2nd Year - Rs 45000/-; 3rd Year - Rs 50,000/- (Consolidated Fellowship per month (including HRA)
Other benefits
A contingency grant of Rs. 50,000 per annum
i. Provision to attend conferences subject to availability of contingency grant
ii. Medical benefits as applicable to research scholars
30 days leave per year with fellowship on a pro rata basis
Application Processing & Interview: Applications received will be scrutinized as per eligibility criteria and short listed candidates will be called for interview Candidates called for interview may be reimbursed II AC to and fro fare from their place of stay by the shortest route Candidates from abroad may be interviewed through Video conferencing / Skype Submission of Application: Application form can be downloaded from the Institute website http://www.ismdhanbad.ac.in and submitted to the Deputy Registrar (Examination &Academic), Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad-826004, with a processing fee of Rs.500/- in the form of demand draft drawn in favour of Registrar, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad payable at Dhanbad Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected and no communication will be issued to the candidate Institute reserves rights to reject any application and to amend any of the clauses mentioned above