Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Off Campus has announced teaching faculty vacancy notification for the post of Assistant Professor jobs. Interested candidates may apply through online.
Post Date: 23rd September 2025
Hiring Organization: Tata Institute of Social Sciences- TISS- Guwahati Off Campus
Organization Profile: In December 2011, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences set up the School of Vocational Education (SVE) to provide immediate and definite interventions to improve the skill levels of millions of youth, through appropriate vocational training programmes. The target beneficiaries include an organized and unorganized workforce across the industries and SVE aims to cover every individual who needs to develop employable skills. A vision of creating an ecosystem that would bring back the dignity of labour to all professions and occupations to create sustainable sources of income for the blue-collar workforce and youth in the country.
Job Title: Assistant Professor
Departments:
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (PSYCHOLOGY), Centre for Undergraduate Studies (CUGS)
Employment Type: Contract
Qualification:
A. A Master’s Degree in Psychology with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed). A relaxation of 5% will be provided from 55% to 50% of the marks at the Master’s level for the SC/ST/differently-abled category candidates, and to the Ph.D. Degree holders who have passed their Master’s Degree prior to 19th September 1991.
B. Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or the CSIR, 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 fulfillment 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 refereed 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.
OR
C. 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: Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the Times Higher Education (THE) or the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai).
Apply Mode: Online
Last Date: 30th September 2025
Pay Scale: Rs. 78,792/- p.m. (Pay Band Rs. 15,600 – 39,100/- with AGP Rs. 6,000/- in
6th CPC)
Organization Website: https://sve.tiss.edu/
How to Apply:
(a) Candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply now) provided along
with this advertisement on the Institute website http://www.tiss.ac.in/.
(b) Candidates are required to take a printout of the acknowledgement of the online
application and keep it for future reference.
(c) Shortlisted Candidates will be informed via email to appear for the Interview to be
conducted at TISS, Guwahati.
(d) The personal interview is tentatively scheduled for the last week of September 2025.
Last date of receipt of online application: 30th September 2025
Organization Address:
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
8A, Bhuban Rd, Latasil, Uzan Bazar,
Guwahati, Assam 781001
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