The National Institute of Technology Agartala, an Institute of National Importance, invites applications from eligible candidates for the engagement of Professor of Practice. Highly motivated retired professionals, who have outstanding academic records along with commitment and passion to quality teaching, as well as research, are encouraged to apply in the following academic departments of the Institute
Date Posted: 29th September 2026
Hiring Organization: National Institute of Technology, Agartala

Organization Profile: The National Institute of Technology Agartala(NITA),an Institute of National Importance (INI) was instituted by Government of India with the mission to herald excellence in technical education and research in the North-East region. The institute was established by the Ministry of Education (MoE) in the era of renaissance in technical education in north east. NIT Agartala, in its strategic initiatives realizes the responsibilities of higher education to meet the future challenges of a sustained development in knowledge-based economy and roots its commitment in inculcating the values of quality education as per National Education Policy 2020 (NEP2020). The institute strives to the causes of higher education taking the academic and research dissemination in its stride. These impetus will be the key in furthering, fostering and enhancing the frontiers of creating sustained employment potential for the rural and socio-economically challenges for the country and particularly in the North East region. The details about the various programme offered by the institute can be seen in out website www.nita.ac.in
Job Title:
Department Having Vacancies:
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Bio Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Management, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
Essential Qualifications:
The candidates must be superannuated scientists, engineers, professionals and managers/executives. The candidates need to fulfill the following requirements:
1. The candidate must have bachelor and post-graduate degrees in the related discipline from a recognized University/Institute.
2. The possession of Ph.D. degree is desirable, but not mandatory.
3. The candidates must be skilled professionals with significant domain knowledge of his/her field.
4. Professor of Practice positions are not open for those candidates who belong to teaching
profession (serving or retired).
5. The minimum experience of different categories is mentioned below:
Experience should be from any of the following:
a) Reputed industries,
b) Central Govt./ State Govt. Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) organizations
c) Research and development organizations
d) Professional councils and statutory bodies
e) Overseas research industrial organizations
Honorarium: The monthly honorarium for Professor of Practice post is Rs. 1,20,000/= (Rupees One lakh twenty Thousand) consolidated only to carry out the responsibilities assigned by the department/Institute.
Job Location: Agartala, Tripura
Apply Mode: Email and Postal
Organization Website: https://www.nita.ac.in/
How to Apply:
- Candidates are exempted from the application fee.
- Eligible candidates may submit the hard copy of the application along with all the relevant documents, including educational qualification, CV/Resume, list of publication, patent, copyright, research project suitable for the position, consultancy project, specific professional contributions to:
“The Registrar,
National Institute of Technology Agartala,
Barjala, Jirania, West Tripura, India,
PIN: 799046” - The application should be reached/ submitted to the above-mentioned address (email – [email protected] /physical) latest by 26 October 2026 at 5:00 PM failing which the candidature will not be considered.
Address :
National Institute of Technology Agartala
Barjala, Jirania, Tripura- 799046
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Disclaimer for Candidates: Candidates are requested to carefully read and review the official notification before applying, as the information above is presented for general reference only and the official advertisement shall be treated as final and authoritative in case of any discrepancy.


