Assistant Professor Wanted at Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Mumbai

Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Mumbai has announced Teaching Faculty jobs 2025 for the post of Assistant Professor. Interested candidates may apply Online.

Post Date: 29th December 2025

Hiring Organization: Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, 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

Department that has vacancy:

•  Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies

Qualifications:

Essential Qualification:
A Master’s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in Disaster Management / Planning / Climate Change / Sustainability Studies /Geoinformatics /Data Analytics /Data Science/Environment /Engineering /Actuarial Science / Statistics / Mathematics / Public Policy / Political Science / Social Science / Public Health 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 th 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: 8th January 2026

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.ac.in.
• The candidates are requested to take a printout of the acknowledgement of the online
  application and keep it for future reference
• Last date of receipt of online application: 8th January 2026.
• Interview: The eligible candidates will be communicated by an e-mail to attend Online interview.
• Verification of documents: The shortlisted candidates are required to send scanned copies of their coloured passport size photograph, and self-attested photocopies of relevant certificates in support of the essential qualification & experience at [email protected]. Original certificates will be verified only for the selected candidate at the time of appointment

Organization Address:

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

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