Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Wanted Assistant Professor

School of Education invites applications for Teaching positions to be filled on a contract basis for the period of ONE year initially and extendable based on Centre/School/ institute need and performance.

Date Posted: 3rd March 2026

Hiring Organization: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Organization Profile: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (www.tiss. ac.in), established in the year 1936 is a Deemed to be University, under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, a grant-in-aid Institute under Ministry of Education, Government of India. TISS is a Grade I University as per NAAC assessment 2024. With four campuses at Mumbai (main campus), Hyderabad, Guwahati and Tuljapur (rural campus), TISS currently offers 05 Undergraduate programmes, 52 Masters’ Degree programmes and 21 Ph.D. programmes in a range of socially relevant inter-disciplinary areas of applied Social Sciences including 28 Bachelor of Vocational degree programmes.

Job Title: Assistant Professor

Employment Type: Contract basis

Department : School of Education

• Assistant Professor (Science Education-biological Sciences) & Ed Tech
• Assistant Professor (Science Education-Physical Sciences) & Ed Tech

Qualifications:

A Master’s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in Biological sciences/Physical Sciences/Related fields from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.

• 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, that 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 fulfillment 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

• 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
  the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  (Shanghai)

Job Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Remuneration: As per 7th CPC scale (UGC) in the Academic Pay Level – 10

Apply Mode: Online

Last date to receive applications: 10th March 2026

Organization Website: www.tiss.edu

How to Apply: 

• Candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply now) provided along with this advertisement on the Institute website www.tiss.edu
• Candidates are required to take a print of acknowledgment of the online application and keep it for future reference.
• Short-listed candidates will be informed over e-mail to appear for the interview.
• To Apply : https://recruitment.tiss.edu/
• Last date to receive applications: 10th March 2026
• Interview: The eligible candidates will be communicated by an e-mail to attend the online interview.
• Date of joining: Selected Candidates are expected to join within 15 days of their selection

Organization Address:

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

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