Teaching Faculty recruitment 2025 Job vacancy notification announced by Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi for 2025-2026 academic year. Eligible candidates may apply through Online
Post Date: 12th September 2025
Hiring Organization: Indian Institute of Mass Communication
Organization Profile: Indian Institute of Mass Communication is an Indian media center of learning funded and promoted by the Government of India in New Delhi. The IIMC is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Job Title:
- Professor
- Assistant Professor
Departments having vacancy: Journalism & Mass Communication
Essential Qualifications:
- Professor:
Eligibility (A or B) :
A. i) An eminent scholar having a Ph.D. degree in the concerned/allied/relevant discipline, and published work of high quality, actively engaged in research with evidence of published work with, a minimum of 10 research publications in the peer-reviewed or UGC-listed journals and a total research score of 120 as per the criteria given in Appendix II, Table 2.
ii) A minimum of ten years of teaching experience in university/college as Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor, and / or research experience at equivalent level at the University/National Level Institutions with evidence of having successfully guided doctoral candidate.
OR
B) An outstanding professional, having a Ph.D. degree in the relevant/allied/applied disciplines, from any academic institutions (not included in A above) / industry, who has made significant contribution to the knowledge in the concerned/allied/relevant discipline, supported by documentary evidence provided he/she has ten years’ experience. - Assistant Professor:
Eligibility (A or B) :
A. i) A Master‘s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in a concerned/relevant/allied subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.
ii) Note: 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 or equivalent positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions subject to the 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.
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: New Delhi, Delhi
Pay Scale :
- Professor Level 14
- Assistant Professor Level 10
Apply Mode: Online
Organization Website: http://www.iimc.nic.in/
How to Apply: Application forms have to be filled only in online mode as available on the website of the IIMC, New Delhi www.iimc.gov.in/vacancy, within the prescribed time limit as indicated in the advertisement. Payment should be made through Demand Draft in favor of Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. No addition/modification request will be consider after submission of the application form. Fee submitted in any other mode will not be accepted nor refunded.
Applicants should clearly fill out their qualifications in the online form, including the details of desirable qualifications that they meet. They should upload the documents to support qualifications, both essential and desirable.
The Last date for submitting online application is 6th October, 2025.
Address:
Indian Institute of Mass Communication
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, JNU New Campus, New Delhi 110067
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