Assistant Professor Wanted at The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

The School of Social Work, invites applications from interested scholars for Four posts of ‘Assistant Professor’ to be filled on a contract basis, for a period of Six months based on the performance of the candidate and requirement of the Institute..

Post Date: 23rd October 2025

Hiring Organization: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Organization Profile: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (www.tiss.edu), established in the year 1936 is a Deemed to be University, fully funded by the University Grants Commission, Govt of India. TISS is a Grade I University with NAAC and is ranked 60 under NIRF University Rank Category for 2022. With four campuses at Mumbai (main campus), Hyderabad, Guwahati, and Tuljapur (rural campus), TISS currently offers 05 Undergraduate programmes, 54 Masters’ Degree programmes, and 18 Ph.D. programmes in a range of socially relevant inter-disciplinary areas of applied Social Sciences including 34 Bachelor of Vocational degree programmes.

Job Title: Assistant Professor

Employment Type: Contract basis

Department : 

• School of Social Work
  • Centre for Health and Mental Health
  • Centre for Centre for Livelihoods and Social Innovation (CLSI)
  • Centre for Community Organisation and Development Practice
  • Center for Women Centered Social Work

Qualifications: A Master’s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in Social Work, preferably with specialisation or other allied fields from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.
Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, Eligibility (A or B)
A. The candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC, or a similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET or who are or have been awarded a Ph.D. degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time as the case may be exempted from NET/SLET/SET:
Provided, the candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances/Bye-laws/Regulations of the Institution awarding the degree and such Ph.D. candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET / SLET / SET for recruitment and appointment of ‘Assistant Professor’ subject to the or equivalent positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions fulfilment of the following conditions: –
a) The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in a regular mode;
b) The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners;
c) An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted;
d) The Candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work, out of which at least one is in a referred journal;
e) The candidate has presented at least two papers based on his/her Ph.D. work in conferences/seminars sponsored/funded/supported by the UGC/ICSSR/CSIR or any similar agency.
The fulfilment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned.
Note: NET/SLET/SET shall also not be required for such Masters Programmes in disciplines for which
NET/SLET/SET is not conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET.
OR
B. The Ph.D. degree has been obtained from a foreign university/institution with a ranking among top 500 in the World University Ranking (at any time) by any one of the following:
i. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
ii. the Times Higher Education (THE) or
iii. the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai).

Job Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Pay Scale: Consolidated salary of Rs. 86,088/- p.m. (Pay Band Rs. 15,600 – 39,100/- with AGP Rs. 6,000/- in 6th CPC).

Apply Mode: Online

Last Date: Last date of receipt of online application: 24th October, 2025.

Organization Website: https://tiss.edu/

How to Apply: 

• The candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply Now) provided along with this advertisement on the Institute’s website at www.tiss.edu.
• The candidates are requested to take a printout of the acknowledgement of the online application and keep it for future reference.
• To Apply : https://tiss.ac.in/
• Last date of receipt of online application: 24th October, 2025.
• Interview: The eligible candidates will be communicated by an e-mail to attend Online interview.

Organization Address:

Tata Institute of Social Sciences
V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar,
Mumbai 400088

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