PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh
(Formerly Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh)
(Tel : 0172-2746074, Fax : 0172-2745175)
Advt. No. PEC/Recruitment/Faculty/02/2012                                                  Dated:  28.9.2012       

Recruitment for faculty positions in the PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh

I.          PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh (formerly Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh) invites applications for recruitment to the following posts of Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors in the under mentioned disciplines through direct recruitment:

(Aeronautical Engineering Department has been renamed as Aerospace Engineering Department and Metallurgical Engineering Department has been renamed as Materials and Matallurgical Engineering Department.)

II.        Qualifications & Experience:

Assistant Professor (Engineering)

Qualifications

Essential

1. First class in both Master’s Degree and Bachelor Degree in the appropriate branch of Engineering (Engg.) & Technology (Tech.).

Desirable

2.   Without prejudice to the above, the following conditions may be considered desirable:
i)   Teaching, research, industrial and/ or professional experience in a reputed organization.
ii)  Papers presented at conferences and/or in refereed journals.
iii) Candidates with PhD would be considered for higher emoluments.

Associate Professor (Engineering)
Qualifications

Essential

1.  A Ph.D. degree with first class at Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in the appropriate branch of Engg. & Tech., and experience of eight years in teaching, research and/or industry at the level of Lecturer (designation and pay scale of UGC/AICTE prior to revision in 2006) or equivalent grade excluding the period spent in obtaining the research degree.

Desirable

2.  Without prejudice to the above, the following conditions may be considered desirable:
i)  Teaching, research, industrial and/or professional experience in a reputed organization.
ii)  Published work, such as research papers, patents filed/obtained, books and/or technical reports.
iii) Experience of guiding the project work/ dissertation of PG/ research students or supervising R&D projects in industry.

Professor (Engineering)

Qualifications

 Essential

1. A Ph.D. degree with first class at Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in the appropriate branch of Engg. & Tech. and experience of ten years in teaching, research and/or industry out of which at least five years at the level of Assistant Professor/Reader (designation and pay scale of UGC/AICTE prior to revision in 2006) or equivalent grade.

Desirable

2. Without prejudice to the above, the following conditions may be considered desirable:
i)  Teaching, research, industrial and/or professional experience in a reputed organization.
ii)  Published work, such as research papers, patents filed/obtained, books and/ or technical reports.
iii) Experience of guiding the project work/ dissertation of PG/ research students or supervising R&D projects in industry.
iv)  Demonstrated leadership in planning and organizing academic, research, industrial and/ or professional activities.

Assistant Professor (Applied Sciences)

Qualifications

1.  Good academic record as defined by the concerned university with first class (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) at the Master’s degree level in a relevant subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.
2.  Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate should have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC/CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET/SET.
3.  Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-clauses 1 and 2 above, candidates who are or have been awarded a Ph.D. degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. degree) Regulations, 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET /SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent  positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions.
4.  NET/SLET/SET shall also not be required for such Master Programmes in disciplines for which NET/SLET/SET is not conducted.

Associate Professor (Applied Sciences)

Qualifications

1.   Good academic record with a Ph.D. degree in the concerned/allied/relevant disciplines.
2.  A Master’s degree with first class (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed).
3.  A minimum of eight years of experience of teaching and/or research in an academic/research position equivalent to that of assistant professor in a university, college or accredited research institution/industry excluding the period of Ph.D research with evidence of published work and a minimum of 5 publications as books and/or research/policy papers.
4. Contribution to educational innovation, design of new curricula and courses, and technology- mediated teaching learning process with evidence of having guided doctoral candidates and research students.
5.  A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS), set out in Regulation in Tables I to IX of Appendix III of UGC Regulations notified in the Gazette of India, Sept. 18, 2010 and available on the UGC website http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/regulations/englishgazette.pdf

Professor (Applied Sciences)

Qualifications

1.  An eminent scholar with Ph.D qualification(s) in concerned/allied/relevant discipline and first class at Masters level and published work of high quality, actively engaged in research with evidence of published work with a minimum of 10 publications as books and/ or research/policy papers.
2.  A minimum of ten years of teaching experience in university/college, and/ or experience in research at  a university/national level institutions/industries, including experience of guiding candidates for research at doctoral level.
3.  Contribution to educational innovation, design of new curricula and courses, and technology- mediated teaching learning process.
4.  A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS),set out in Regulation in table I to IX of Appendix III of the UGC Regulation notified in the Gazette of India, Sept. 18,2010 available on the UGC website http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/regulations/englishgazette.pdf

III        Pay Band, Academic Grade Pay and Allowances:

            1.  Assistant Professor:           15,600-39,100+ AGP 6000
            2.  Associate Professor:           37,400-67,000+ AGP 9000
            3.  Professor                :           37,400-67,000+ AGP 10000

            In addition the post carry allowances (such as dearness allowance, house rent allowance, medical allowance, CCA etc.) as approved by the Chandigarh Administration and the Board of Management of the institute.
IV        Degrees in the following relevant branches/specializations at BE and ME level for various departments are required from the applicants:

V         Other Conditions:

i) The candidate should be a citizen of India.

Assistant Professor           :           not exceeding 35 years
Associate Professor          :           not exceeding 45 years
Professor                           :           not exceeding 50 years
ii) The appointment will be made on regular basis subject to initial probation period of duration one year.

                 Deputy Director,
                  PEC University of Technology,
                  Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012

            on or before 31.10.2012.  The Application Form can be downloaded from the link below.   Incomplete applications or those not in prescribed format will not be considered.

 

                                                                                                      Director

 

Click here for application form.

Note:    The API scores will be determined for all posts as per the norms prescribed by the UGC available    at the website http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/regulations/englishgazette.pdf (Appendix III Table I) with following clarifications:

i)          The API score for joint publication will calculated as follows:
      
         a)      When the first author is also the corresponding author or supervisor or mentor, the UGC guidelines will be followed.
         b)      When corresponding author or supervisor or mentor is/are different from the first author, the UGC guidelines will be followed with the clarification that the remaining 40% would be shared equally by all authors.
         c)      When the corresponding author is not identifiable, the UGC guidelines will be followed with clarification that the first author be treated as the corresponding author.

iv) The API score for PhD/MTech thesis guidance will be shared as per the UGC guidelines for research publications with main guide being equivalent to first and corresponding author i.e. 60% to main guide and 40% shared equally among all other co-guides.
                 
         Each candidate is required to fill his/her correct API score in the appropriate table/column in the application forms.  Necessary supporting documents in respect of each entry should be provided with the application, absence of which may result in the particular credit/entry not being considered.