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16  Research Scientists

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IIT Bombay research scientist, IITB research scientist position, research scientist hiring, project research scientist

The Institute hires Research Scientists into departments, centres, schools and interdisciplinary programmes to strengthen research and help guide PhD students. The Institute pays for these positions. Project research scientists, paid from sponsored projects, are covered at the end of this page.

16.1 Eligibility

  • Candidates need at least five years of significant research and professional experience after the PhD.
  • IIT Bombay’s own PhD students cannot apply.
  • The academic unit decides; meeting the criteria does not guarantee an appointment.
  • The call has no last date.

16.2 Salary

  • ₹ 1,00,000 a month (consolidated, pro rata), plus HRA at the Government of India rate, currently 30% of the consolidated salary.
  • A non-lapsable contingency grant of ₹ 1,00,000 a year.

16.3 Applying

Candidates send the application form to the Head of the academic unit, and the unit evaluates it.

16.4 Duties

Each Research Scientist works with a faculty mentor from the closest area. They guide PhD students on research, offer technical expertise and can mentor students on independent research. The Head may also give them reasonable academic or administrative work.

16.5 Tenure and extension

The first appointment is for one year. After an assessment, the Institute can extend it by two years.

Source: IIT Bombay, Advertisement No. M-3/26-27, Research Scientist positions (also at iitb.ac.in/research-scientist).

16.6 Project research scientists

You can also hire research scientists on a sponsored project through IRCC, as Project Research Scientist I, II or III. The IRCC project staff guidelines and the funding agency’s norms set their qualifications and pay.

  • IRCC sets up a selection committee of a Chairperson, the PI and a member, plus a nominee of the Head for senior positions. The committee’s report goes for approval on AMS.
  • IRCC’s 2024 project staff guidelines apply from 26.02.2024. Staff get basic pay plus Inflation Compensation (IC), and HRA at 30% from 01.01.2024. IRCC raised IC to 55% from 01.01.2025, if the project has the funds; request it on Drona. Keep everyone on a project on the same norms, 2020 or 2024.
  • You can appoint staff for 89 days, or until the project ends if that comes first, and extend the appointment on your recommendation before it runs out. Either side can end it with 24 hours’ notice. Staff get 2 days of casual leave and 5 days of earned leave, pro rata, and no housing.
  • You approve the joining form and the Head endorses it. New staff must finish the GC101 “Gender in the Workplace” course within two weeks of getting their LDAP ID. IRCC holds their salary until they do.
  • Submit attendance online between the 19th and 23rd of each month.

Source: IRCC help on project staff.