INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ACADEMY MAURITIUS Bel Air, Mauritius

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About IITRA Mauritius

ThroughMemorandumofUnderstandingbetweenMauritiusResearchCouncil(MRC)ofRepublicofMauritiusandtheIndianInstituteofTechnologyDelhi(IITD),IndiahaveintendedtoestablishprinciplesofcooperationwithrespecttothedevelopmentandimplementationonIITlikeinstitutioninMauritius.TheinstituteisofficiallynamedasInternationalInstituteofTechnologyResearchAcademy,MauritiuswhichisinitiallylocatedatBelAir,Mauritiusandlaterwillmovetoitsmaincampusin2015.Accordingly,asperMOU,itisagreeduponthatIITDelhishall:

(i) providetherequiredacademicleadershipnecessaryforsettinguptheIITRAMauritiuswithsimilarreputeasthatofIITDelhi;

(ii) helptosetuptheacademicprogramsatIITRAbasedonthesameacademicnormsaswellasrequirementsasatIITDelhi;

(iii) awardPh.DandMS(Research)degreesonsuccessfulcompletionofacademicprogrammesbyallstudentsregisteredwithIITDelhiatleasttill2018andprovideacademicguidanceforIITRAbecominganautonomousandawardgrantingbodywithintheframeworkofMauritiushighereducationalsystem.

IITRA Mauritius invites applications from qualified Mauritian Nationals, Persons of Mauritius Origin (PMOs), Overseas Citizens of Mauritius (OCMs) and citizen of other countries for the following positions in the various Clusters of Departments.

Post PayScale

Professor MUR.102000 (Fixed)

Associate Professor MUR.95000 (Fixed)

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor (on contract)

MUR. 60575*1800 69575*2425 72000*2500

77000*300083000

MUR.45275*150058775*180069575*2425

72000*250077000*300080000

Candidates with Ph.D. but with less than 3 years experience can be considered for Assistant Professor on contract on pay as approved by the Steering Group.

Qualifiedpersonsinclude:

(a) MauritianNationals,

(b) ForeignNationalswhoarePersonsofMauritianOrigin (PMO)orOverseas CitizensofMauritius

(OCM),inwhosecase,ifselected,permissionwillbesoughtfromGovt.ofMauritiusbeforehe/shecan

joinIITRAMauritius,or

(c) OtherForeignNationals,inwhosecase,ifselected,appointmentwillbeonacontractbasisforupto3

yearssubjecttopermissionfromtheGovt.ofMauritiusbeforehe/shecanjoinIITRAMauritius.

Electrical / Electronic Engineering:ElectroniccircuitsandSensors,Radio frequencyElectronics (includingAntenna), Optical circuits and photonics, Robotics, VLSI Design & Microelectronic, Communication and Signal

processing

Computer Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Algorithms, Data structure, Big Data, Cloudcomputing

CommonAreas:Visionandimageprocessing,Embeddedsystemsandcomputerarchitecture.

MINIMUMQUALIFICATIONANDEXPERIENCE:

PROFESSOR/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: A Ph.D. with first class or equivalent grade at

precedingdegreeinanappropriatebranch/disciplinewithaverygoodacademicrecordthroughout.

PROFESSOR: Minimum10yearsTeaching/Research/Industrialexperienceofwhichat least4yearsshouldbeat

thelevelofAssociateProfessororatanequivalentlevelininstitutionsofrepute.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Minimum6 years Teaching/Research/Industrialexperienceofwhich at least3 years

shouldbeatthelevelofAssistantProfessororatanequivalentlevelininstitutionofrepute.

ASSISTANTPROFESSOR:Minimum3yearsteaching/research/industrialexperiencepostPhDfromreputed

institutions.

ASSISTANTPROFESSOR(contract):ForafreshPhD.,thepositionwillbeoncontractbasisforfirstthreeyears,

afterthecompletionofwhichcanberegularised.

NOTES:

TheareasmentionedaboveagainsteachDepartmentareonly indicativeandnotexhaustive.The IITRAMauritiusisopentoreceivingapplicationsfromcandidateswithspecializationintheseandotherrelated

areas.

Theminimumrequirementofqualificationsand/orexperiencemayberelaxedinrespectofexceptionallyoutstandingcandidatesincertainareas.

Amerefulfilmentofrequiredminimumqualificationsandexperiencedoesnotentitleacandidatetobecalledforaninterview/discussion.

TheIITRAMauritiusreservestherighttofillornottofillthepostsadvertised. Nocorrespondencewhatsoeverwillbeentertainedfromthecandidatesregardingpostaldelays,conduct

andresultofinterview,andreasonsfornotbeingcalledforintervieworselection.

Dependinguponthequalificationandexperience,ahigherstart/salarymaybeofferedindeservingcases. Separateonlineapplicationmustbe filled, ifacandidate isapplying fora facultyposition inmorethan

onedepartment.

Interviewwillbeheldat IITDelhi, INDIA,The candidates called for interviewwillbepaidAC2TierbyTrain/EconomyClassbyAir.

IITRA Mauritius makes every attempt to help faculty members settle in their academic role and to grow

professionally.Facultymembersareentitledtothefollowingperksbesidestheirbasicsalary.

1. InitiationgrantofuptoMUR.5,00,000forresearch.

2. AcumulativeProfessionalDevelopmentAllowanceofMUR.3,00,000foreveryblockperiodof3yearsis

available to everymemberof the faculty tomeet the expenses forparticipating inbothNational and

International Conferences, paying the membership fee of various professional bodies, books and

periodicalsandcontingentexpenses.

3. Thereareprovisionsofthefollowingaspertheprovisionsofthe2013PayResearchBureau(PRB)report

ofMauritianGovernment:

(i)Travelling/movingallowancetofaculty joiningthe Institutefromabroador fromelsewhere inMauritius,

(ii) loanwithdutyexemption for thepurchaseofcar, (iii)sabbatical leave,consultancy, freehealthservice,

healthinsurance,(iv)15%incometax,(v)gratuityetc.

Asaprecaution,after submitting theapplication through thewebsite (https://recruit.iitd.ac.in/iitra),please

retainaprintedcopyoftheapplicationwithyou.CandidatesemployedwithGovernment/SemiGovernment

Organizations orwithAutonomous Bodiesmust print a copy of the electronic submission and submit the

printedversionthroughproperchannelattheaddressgivenbelow.

Thelastdateofreceiptofapplicationsis22.09.2014.(Candidateswhohaveappliedonlineattheendoflast

datepleaselogontooursite(https://recruit.iitd.ac.in/iitra)andcheckthestatuswhetheryourapplication

isreceived.

AllpurposeAddress:

Dy.REGISTRAR(ESTT1)

IITDELHI,HAUZKHAS.

NEWDELHI110016(INDIA)

Tel.+911126591716,FAX:+911126597216

Email:ar_e1@admin.iitd.ac.in

ExecutiveDirector

IITRAMauritius