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Advt. No. NITP/Rect/01/2025 Dated: 03/04/2025
ADVERTISEMENT FOR RECRUITMENT OF FACULTY POSITIONS
National Institute of Technology Patna (NIT Patna) is an Institute of National Importance under
the aegis of Ministry of Education- Government of India. The Institute invites online
applications for filling up under-mentioned faculty positions in the specified area of
specialization of various department area of Civil Engineering, Computer Science &
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Mechatronics & Automation, Applied Physics & Material Engineering,
Mathematics & Computing Technology, and Humanities & Social Sciences under 4 tier
flexible faculty cadre structure. Candidates may refer to the subsequent pages of this
advertisement for vacancy details, eligibility criteria, and other instructions.
Table I: Name of Posts & Pay level
Name of the Post Level of Pay Tentative Number of Remarks/
Posts Department/
Disciplines where
vacancies exist
Assistant Professor Level-10 (Entry pay Total Vacancies:
Grade-II (on ₹70,900/-) (Pre- [UR:10, EWS:02,
Contract Basic) revised pay in PB-3, OBC-NCL:07,
AGP ₹ 6000). SC:04, ST:07]
Out of total
Assistant Professor Level-12 (Entry pay Total Vacancies: vacancies indicated,
Grade-I ₹1,01500/-) (Pre- [UR:04, Posts are reserved for
revised pay in PB-3, OBC-NCL:04, PwD as per GoI
AGP ₹ 8000). SC:01, ST:01] norms
Associate Professor Level-13A2 (Entry Total Vacancies: Detailed on
Pay ₹1,39,600/-) [UR:03, subsequent pages of
(Pre-revised pay in OBC-NCL:03, this advertisement.
PB-4, AGP ₹ 9500). SC:01, ST:01]
Professor Level-14A (Entry Total Vacancies: The candidate must
pay ₹1,59,100/-) [UR:02, have prescribed
(Pre-revised pay in OBC-NCL:02, credit-points.
PB-4, AGP ₹ 10500). SC:01, ST:01]
Note: The vacancies indicated above are tentative and may increase or decrease without any
notice.
Apart from Indian Citizens, candidates holding Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card would
also be eligible to apply for above posts, as per GoI norms. Candidates may refer to subsequent
pages for detailed instructions and eligibility criteria.
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Table II: Due Date for Application
Opening Closing Last date of Remark
Date of date of submission of hard
online online copy of application
application application along with supporting
form form documents
09/04/2025 25/04/2025 30/04/2025 (5:30PM) The Institute reserves the right to
modify/defer or cancel full/part of
(Submit hard copy of the advertisement/recruitment at any
the duly filled online stage of process without assigning
application form along any reason.
with all supporting Number and nature of posts shown
documents (Self above may change and vary at the
Attested) by Speed Post time of selection/recruitment.
/ Registered Post. It is mandatory to submit hard copy
The Institute will not of application form along with
be responsible under relevant documents.
any circumstances for Incomplete applications/Application
any sort of postal without supporting documents (Self
delay. Attested) will be summerly rejected.
Essential Qualifications
B. Tech./BE/BS(4-Years) or integrated UG and PG in Engineering and Ph.D. in relevant
discipline.
All new entrants should have PhD in the relevant discipline and should have first class (60%
or 6.5/10 CGPA) in preceding degrees.
For detailed requirements of different posts, please refer the enclosed Schedule ‘E’ of first
statutes of NITs (Recruitment rules).
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS & INFORMATION
How to apply
1. Application form will be available in online mode only i.e. http://www.nitp.ac.in
2. Only the following emails to be used for any correspondence regarding Faculty
Recruitment:
a) Related to any Administrative/Academic/qualification matters -
[email protected]
b) Related to any Technical issues of Online Application Portal –
[email protected]
3. The applicant must be a citizen of India or should be a person registered as an Overseas
Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder under Section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of
1955).
4. Before filling the Application Form, the candidate must ensure his/her eligibility for
the post in respect of qualification and other requisite criteria. The candidate should
carefully go through details and instructions available on NIT Patna website
http://www.nitp.ac.in. This is an advertisement governed by the Flexible Faculty
Recruitment Rules for NITs and IIEST Shibpur. Relevant instructions issued from the
Ministry of Education till the date of interview will be applicable on this advertisement.
Apart from Schedule E available in this Advertisement, candidates are also advised to
go through the following important Rules/Orders:
Sl. No Document/order/guidelines Uploaded with
this Advt. as
1. NITSER Act, 2007 Annexure I
2. First Statutes of NIT Annexure II
3. MoE F.No.33-9/2011/TS.III dated 16th April 2019 Annexure III
4. MoEF.No. 33-9/2011-TS.III dated 30th November 2017 Annexure IV
5. MoEF.No. 33-9/2011-TS.III dated 20th April 2018 Annexure V
6. MoEF.No. 33-9/2011-TS.III dated 13th September 2017 Annexure VI
7. Gazette Notification dated 07th March 2019 of CEI (Reservation Annexure VII
in Annexure VII Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019
8. Prescribed format for Category Certificate (SC/ST/OBC- Annexure VIII
NCL/EWS/PwD)
9. NIT (Amendment) Statutes 2023 Annexure IX
5. Candidates serving in Government/Semi-Government/PSUs/Universities/Educational
Institutions should send their applications either through PROPER CHANNEL. They
should furnish a No Objection Certificate (NOC) and vigilance clearance from their
employer/competent authority at the time of interview otherwise they may not be
allowed for interview. However, they may send an advance copy of the application
form and relevant enclosures
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6. Candidates should apply in time without waiting for last date, no request for any
extension of last date will be considered on any ground whatsoever.
7. Since all the posts are to be filled-in by open advertisement only, internal candidates
aspiring for higher posts/Pay Levels/Higher cadre may also apply subject to fulfilling
eligibility criteria.
8. The candidates are advised to fill online application form on the Institute website
(https://www.nitp.ac.in). The candidates are advised to download the submitted
application form and keep a hard copy of the same. Online application form once
submitted, no further modification would be possible.
9. Candidates shall indicate two references of eminent persons in the field/profession, with
full postal address, email and telephone number, who may be contacted by the Institute
for their recommendations.
10. The duly completed application form, along with duly self-attested supporting
documents, such as the self-attested copies of relevant testimonials, certificates,
enclosures, must reach the office of Director, NIT Patna, Ashok Rajpath, Patna-
800005, India latest by 30/04/2025; 5:30 PM failing which their candidature will not
be considered.
11. Application form without relevant supporting enclosures shall be summarily rejected.
No correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.
12. The envelope containing the application be super-scribed as “Application for the Post
of …………… in the Department /Centre/ Programme
of………………….…………………”
13. The Institute will not be responsible under any circumstances for any sort of postal
delay.
Application Fee
14. Candidates are exempted from application fee.
15. Candidates will be required to submit separate Application Form for each post and each
Department.
Vacancy Details
Refer Table I: Name of Posts & Pay level
16. The Institute reserves the right to modify/defer or cancel full/part of the
advertisement/recruitment at any stage of processing without assigning any reason.
Number and nature of posts shown above may change and vary at the time of
selection/recruitment. Further, the Institute reserves the right not to fill any post(s).
17. The Institute has the right to set higher norms than minimum and areas of specialization
[Table IV] while short-listing. Norms may not be uniform across the departments/ posts
of the Institute and shall be binding on all the applicants. The decision of the Institute
related to all matters pertaining to the recruitment shall be final and binding on the
applicants.
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18. The shortlisting criteria will be decided by the Institute to restrict the number of
candidates to be called for Presentation and/or Interview.
Short-Listing and Eligibility Criteria
19. The selection process will consist of scrutiny of applications for eligibility of applicants
as per Gazetted notification 24/07/2017 schedule E, Statute 23(5)(A). Short-listing of
eligible applicants will be based on their credit point score subsequently followed by
presentation and interview, as per stages given in Table III.
Table III: Shortlisting Criteria
➢ For the post of Assistant Professor (Grade-II) at the Pay Level – 10
Stage Criteria Remarks / Max Score (Weightage)
Qualifying criteria - as Shortlisting will be done based on NIT RRs
I per NIT Recruitment and candidates will be called for presentation
Rules (RRs) (Stage-II)
Marks Obtained in Stage II is purely Qualifying in nature that is for the
recommendation to next stage (Stage III)
Educational Max Score:10; Calculation as per Criteria 1
Publication (Research Max Score: 20; Calculation as per Criteria 2
Paper/Patent)
Presentation (Stage-II) Max Score: 70
Part I - Research
presentation – to assess 10 minutes’ OPEN presentation on each (Part
research potential I & II), followed by question answer session
Part II- Fundamental
II
aspects on any topic of
interest to assess
teaching-learning
i. Assessment will be done by duly constituted committee. Qualifying
marks for the recommendation to next stage (Stage III) will be 40%
(30% for SC/ST/PwD).
ii. The Maximum number of candidates to be called for Personal
interaction/ interview (Stage-III) as per merit are as follows-
UR: 10, OBC-NCL: 10, EWS: 5, SC:5, ST:5 and PwD: 5
Personal Candidates recommended by assessment
interaction/interview committee will be called for Personal
III interaction/interview at a later date via a notice
on the institute website at least 10 days in
advance.
Criteria 1 (Max 10 Scores):
S.No Type of Institute UG PG PhD
i. Top 500 institutions in THE-QS rankings / IITs / /IIMs /IISc / 04 02 04
NITs /IISERs/SPA
ii. Other Centrally funded Institute 03 01 03
iii. All state Government Universities or Institutions, Institute or 02 01 02
University listed amongst top 100 institutions in NIRF ranking
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of MHRD for any three years preceding the date of
advertisement
iv. Other than above 01 0.5 01
Criteria 2 (Max 20 Scores):
i. 02 points per Granted Patent
ii. Quality Research Paper
S.No. Journal Scores/ Remarks
quartiles paper
1. Q1 05 Two authors: Score will be divided between two.
2. Q2 03 More than two authors: 50% of score for the
3. Q3 02 First/Supervisor/Corresponding authors and rest will be
4. Q4 01 divided among rest of the authors.
➢ For the post of Assistant Professor (Grade-I) (Pay Level – 12),
Associate Professor (Pay Level – 13A2), Professor (Pay Level – 14A)
Stage Criteria Remarks / Max Score (Weigtage0
Qualifying criteria - as per Shortlisting will be done based on NIT RRs
I
NIT Recruitment Rules (RRs)
Marks Obtained in Stage II is purely Qualifying in nature that is for the
recommendation to next stage (Stage III)
Educational Max Score:10; Calculation as per Criteria 1
Publication since last Max Score: 15; Calculation as per Criteria 2
promotion
Patent Granted Max Score: 10; Calculation as per Criteria 3
Sponsored R&D Project Max Score: 20; Calculation as per Criteria 4
II
UG/PG Core Courses Taught Max Score: 10; Calculation as per Criteria 5
since last promotion
PhD guided since last Max Score: 20; Calculation as per Criteria 6
promotion
Administrative Max Score: 15; Calculation as per RRs
Responsibilities
i. Assessment will be done by duly constituted committee. Qualifying marks
for the recommendation to next stage (Stage III) will be 40% (30% for
SC/ST/PwD).
ii. The Maximum number of candidates to be called for Personal interaction/
interview (Stage-III) as per merit are as follows:
UR10, OBC-NCL: 10, SC:5, ST:5 and PwD: 5
Personal interaction/interview Candidates recommended by assessment
committee will be called for Personal
III interaction/interview at a later date via a notice
on the institute website at least 10 days in
advance.
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Criteria 1 (Max 10 Scores):
S.No Type of Institute UG PG PhD
i. Top 500 institutions in THE-QS rankings / IITs / /IIMs 04 02 04
/IISc / NITs /IISERs/SPA
ii. Other Centrally funded Institute 03 01 03
iii. All state Government Universities or Institutions, 02 01 02
Institute or University listed amongst top 100
institutions in NIRF ranking of MHRD for any three
years preceding the date of advertisement
iv. Other than above 01 0.5 01
Criteria 2 (Max 15 Scores):
S.No. Journal Scores/ Remarks
quartiles paper
i. Q1 5 Two authors: Score will be divided between
ii. Q2 3 two.
iii. Q3 2 More than two authors: 50% of score for the
First/Supervisor/Corresponding authors and rest
iv. Q4 1 will be divided among rest of the authors.
Criteria 3 (Max 10 Scores): 05 scores per Granted Patent (in case more than one person,
scores will be divided equally among all)
Criteria 4 (Max 20 Scores):
For Professor (Pay Level – 14A): Full Points (8 points) for project cost equal or above
50 lakhs and for less than 50 lakhs value pro-rata basis. PI will get credit for full project
cost. In case of Co-PIs: Half value of project cost will be equally divided among all Co-
PI.
For Associate Professor (Pay Level – 13A2): Full Points (8 points) for project cost
equal or above 25 lakhs and for less than 25 lakhs value pro-rata basis. PI will get credit
for full project cost. In case of Co-PIs: Half value of project cost will be equally divided
among all Co-PI.
For Assistant Professor (Pay Level 12): Full Points for project cost (8 points) equal
or above 10 lakhs and for less than 10 lakhs value pro-rata basis. PI will get credit for
full project cost. In case of Co-PIs: Half value of project cost will be equally divided
among all Co-PI.
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Criteria 5 (Max 10 Scores):
S.No Type of Institute Score/ Remarks
subject
i. Top 500 institutions in THE-QS rankings 05 [UG Courses]:
/ IITs /NITs /IIMs /IISc /IISERs i. Minimum Batch size is 50
ii. Other Centrally funded Institute 03 for UG course
iii. All state Government Universities or 02 ii. Full Points for sole teacher.
Institutions, Institute or University listed In case of joint teaching,
amongst top 100 institutions in NIRF marks will be divided
ranking of MHRD for any three years equally among faculty.
preceding the date of advertisement [PG course]:
iv. Other than above 01 i. As a sole teacher only
Criteria 6 (Max 20 Scores):
S.No Type of Institute Score per Remarks
PhD
awarded
i. Top 500 institutions in THE-QS 08 Full score per PhD
rankings / IITs / /IIMs /IISc / NITs student. In case there are
/IISERs/SPA more than one
ii. Other Centrally funded Institute 06 supervisor, then main
iii. All state Government Universities or 04 supervisor will get 60%
Institutions, Institute or University of full marks and rest
listed amongst top 100 institutions in will be divided equally
NIRF ranking of MHRD for any three among other supervisors
years preceding the date of
advertisement
iv. Other than above 01
20. The areas of specialization [Table IV] and the post/level applied-for will be considered
while short listing. Due consideration shall be given to the requirements of the
individual departments. In addition, short listing criteria may vary for different posts
intra-department and inter-department as per specific requirements of each department.
Ministry of Education guidelines received from time to time for recruitment will be
followed. The decision of the Institute related to all matters pertaining to the recruitment
shall be final and binding on all applicants.
21. As per Schedule “E” of the Statutes of NIT vide Gazette of India No.651 dated July 24,
2017, previous experience must be from the Institute of repute as per oversight
committee resolution (MoE vide F.No.33-9/2011/TS.III dated 16th April 2019-
Annexure III with this advt.). The above definition of Institute of repute shall only be
considered to determine eligibility and calculation of credit points.
22. The date for determining eligibility of candidates in every respect, i.e., qualifications,
experience and age limit etc. shall be considered as on the closing date, i.e., the last date
of the submission of online application form.
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23. More than six months of experience in relevant regular position in any organization will
only be considered in total experience.
24. Reservation for EWS /SC/ST/OBC-NCL and PwD candidates will be strictly as per the
Central Govt. Rules. Valid Category certificates are required to be submitted in the
prescribed format [Annexure VIII] issued by the competent authority. No other
certificate will be accepted as a sufficient proof.
25. The differently abled persons (PwD) shall be required to submit along with application
form the Disability/Medical Certificate in the prescribed form issued by the competent
medical authorities for the purpose of employment as per Government of India. Persons
suffering from 40% of the disability or more shall only be eligible for the benefit of
reservation under this category.
26. Original documents along with one set of self-attested copies will have to be produced
at the time of interview for verification.
27. In order to avoid in-breeding, candidates obtained their PhD degree from NIT Patna
will not be considered for recruitment, except where there is a 3 years gap between
award of PhD degree (provisional or final) and last date of application under this
advertisement. This will not be applicable to the candidates, who are on regular rolls of
the Institute.
28. Candidate having degree in inter disciplinary branches/areas and eligible for teaching
the interdisciplinary subject may also apply.
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Selection Process
29. Institute reserves the right to cancel/restrict/enlarge/modify/alter the Recruitment
Process, if need arises, without issuing any further notice or assigning any reason,
therefore.
30. It is mandatory for the candidates to appear in person for Technical Presentation and/or
Interview.
31. Facility of Technical Presentation and Interview through video conferencing for
candidates residing abroad is available at their own risk as Institute is not responsible
for any technical issue related to internet connectivity resulting in failure to appear
before the presentation/ selection committee.
32. The shortlisted candidates may be required to appear for presentation, in addition to
facing the Selection Committee.
Shortlisted outstation candidates (after Stage II for the post of Assistant Professor
Grade-II (on Contract Basic) will be paid to and fro travelling allowance of normal 3rd
AC Railway fare by the shortest route (subject to production of tickets) as admissible
under the Rules upon furnishing of claim in prescribed format with proof of journey.
However, Travelling Allowance is not admissible to those candidates who have availed
concession from Railways, if any, for undertaking journey for attending examination.
33. All documents in original and valid photo ID proof (Passport/Voter ID/PAN
Card/Aadhar Card/ Any Government issued Id) along with a photocopy will have to be
produced at the time of Presentation and Interview. In case the candidate does not
produce any valid ID proof mentioned above then he/she will not be allowed to attend
the same.
34. Institute reserves the right to reject or accept the candidature of any applicant at any
stage.
Communication and Interim Inquiry
35. All general communications in regard with recruitment will be made through Institute
website only, and communications addressed to specific candidates will be by Email
only. Candidates should check their email including SPAM folder regularly. No
separate intimation will be sent by post or any other mode.
36. Hence, candidates are advised in their own interest to provide their working e-mail id
and to white- list the e-mail id [email protected] / [email protected] so that
communication from Institute does not end up in spam folder. Institute will not be
responsible for non-receipt of intimation via e-mail due to any technical reason/problem
not attributable to the Institute.
37. Schedule of Presentation of shortlisted applicants will be uploaded on the Institute
website in due course of time. Applicants are advised to keep visiting the Institute
website https://www.nitp.ac.in on regular basis.
38. In case of any inadvertent omission in advertisement/selection process discovered even
after issuance of appointment letter, the institute reserves all rights to
withdraw/cancel/modify any communication made to the candidates.
39. The institute reserves the right to alter / insert any corrections / additions in the
advertisement / website in the event of any typographical error etc. before the last date
of submission of application form, for which the candidates are advised to be in the
lookout for announcements on the institute website: https://www.nitp.ac.in
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40. The Institute reserves the right for issuing corrigendum/addendum after the
advertisement. All such addendum/ corrigendum will be published on the Institute
Website only.
41. The decision of the Institute in all matters related to this recruitment shall be final. No
correspondence /interim inquiries will be entertained from the candidates in connection
with the process of selection / interview/result etc.
Reservation
42. Reservation policies will be as per Government of India norms as applicable to NITs.
43. Relevant valid category (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/PwD) certificates in prescribed
format are required to be submitted at the time of presentation/interview, if shortlisted.
No other certificate will be accepted. Prescribed formats are hosted at Institute website
as Annexure VIII with the advertisement.
Responsibility of Information Submitted & Jurisdiction
44. Any dispute with regard to the selection / recruitment process will be subject to Court
having jurisdiction over Patna.
45. The candidate is responsible for furnishing the correct information in the application
form. If at any stage the information supplied by the candidate is found to be concealed
or distorted his/her candidature is liable to be cancelled at any stage.
46. In case, it is found that the candidate has undesirable clandestine
antecedents/background and has suppressed the said information, then his/her
candidature will be cancelled.
47. Canvassing in any form will be treated as disqualification.
Closing date of application and check list
48. Closing date for submission of online application and receipt of hard copy along with
all supporting documents (Self Attested) shall be as stated in Table II. The cut off date
for determining eligibility of candidates is the closing date as stated in Table II.
49. Completely filled application form along with credit point sheet, summary sheet and all
enclosures in support of educational qualification, experience, category, documents for
credit points claimed etc. must reach to “The Director, NIT Patna, Ashok Rajpath,
Patna, Bihar-800005” so as to reach Institute by last date of receipt of application as
stated in Table II by Registered/Speed Post.
50. The name of the post and department must be super-scribed “Post applied for [name of
the post] Department [Name of the department]” clearly on the envelope without fail.
51. Candidates should enclose only very specific documents in support of claims and
should refrain from enclosing redundant or irrelevant documents (e.g. Ph.D. thesis etc).
Such irrelevant documents will be separated from application dossier and shall be
discarded, and Institute shall not be responsible in any way if some relevant document
is discarded too in the process.
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52. Institute will not be responsible for any postal delay at any stage. Request for individual
acknowledgements shall not be considered. Applications received after last date will be
liable to be summarily rejected. Applications submitted through e-mail will not be
considered.
53. Institute strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women
candidates are encouraged to apply.
54. Documents/Records of the candidates, who are not be selected after declaration of
result, shall not be preserved beyond Six (06) months from the date of declaration of
the result of selection.
Place : Sd/-
Date : REGISTRAR
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Table IV
Departments where Vacancies Exist and Required Specialisations
S.
No. Department Specialisations
Structural Engineering; Transportation Engineering.
1. Civil Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science; Security and Privacy
(Multimedia, Hardware & Network); Real Time Systems (Cyber
Computer Science and Physical Systems, Human -Computer Interaction, Real Time &
2.
Engineering Embedded System); Computing (HPC, Parallel Computing,
Distributed Systems, Cognitive Networks)
Electronics and
VLSI Design/ Technology, Embedded Systems, RF/ Wireless
3. Communication
Technology, Cyber Physical systems
Engineering
Electrical energy Systems; E-Mobility; AI/ML for Electrical
4. Electrical Engineering
Systems; Power Electronics/Instrumentation
Manufacturing; Design Engineering
5. Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics & Robotics, Automation, Control, Instrumentation, Computer
6.
Automation Integrated Manufacturing, Mechatronics, CAD/CAM
Applied Physics and Structural and Industrial Ceramics, Computational materials,
7.
Material Engineering Nano Science and Composites
Design and Analysis of Algorithms; Data Science;
Mathematics and
8. Artificial Intelligence; Information Security and Coding Theory
Computing Technology
Humanities and Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Optimization
9.
Sciences
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