Last Date:05 November,2020
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
Maharashtra
TISS is inviting eligible candidates to apply online for 1 contractual posts of Assistant Professor (SMCS).Interested and Eligible Candidates may apply online by 05-11-2020 , after making sure that they meet the concerned eligibility criteria. All personal and educational details must be mentioned properly.
Employment Notification Assistant Professor Vacancy – TISS,Maharashtra
JOB DETAILS:
Name of the post – Assistant Professor (SMCS)
No of post – 01
Pay Scale – Rs 71952
Educational Qualification:
Master’s degree with 55% marks in Humanities and Social Sciences or Media and Cultural Studies and allied fields and NET/ SLET/ SET qualified
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General Information:
- Required Assistant Professor (One Post) on Contract Basis for School of Media and Cultural Studies at TISS-Mumbai Campus.
- The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 and was awarded the‘Deemed to be University’ status in 1964. TISS is fully funded by the University Grants Commission, Government of India and operates from its main campus in Mumbai, and the offcampuses at Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad. Currently the Institute offers 52 Masters’ Degree programmes and 18 M. Phil. and Ph. D. programmes in a range of socially relevant interdisciplinary areas of Social Work, Social Sciences, Education, Public Policy, Public Health, Human Resource Management, Labour Studies, Media and Culture, Applied Psychology, Disaster Studies, and Habitat Studies. BA degree programs in Social Sciences and Social Work are also offered from its off-campuses. A high degree of freedom and autonomy shape the positive work ethos and culture of the Institute facilitating strong linkages between teaching, research, field action and dissemination. The Institute provides significant space and resources
for basic and policy research and nurtures multiple research collaborations with some of the best universities and institutions across the globe. - The Institute reserves the right to relax qualifications of the candidate based on the work experience and to relax age in the case of persons already holding comparable positions in a University/Research Institution of repute.
- The Institute reserves the right to invite persons for interview who may not have applied for as per the above procedure and not fill up the vacancy advertised.
- Since applications received may be short listed, merely possessing the prescribed qualifications and the requisite experience would not entitle a person to be called for interview.
- The post is unreserved, but candidates belonging to reserved category can apply.
- No queries or correspondence regarding issue of call letter for interview/selection of candidates for the post will be entertained at any stage and canvassing in any form is strictly prohibited and will lead to the candidate being debarred from consideration for the post.
- The candidate under employment must bring ‘No Objection Certificate’ from their employer to appear for presentation/interview.
- No TA/DA is payable for appearing for the interview.
- In case of any inadvertent error in the advertisement and in the process of recruitment, which may be detected at any stage, even after issue of appointment order, the Institute reserves the right to modify/withdraw/cancel any communication made to the candidate(s).
- In case of any inadvertent error in the advertisement and in the process of recruitment, which may be detected at any stage, even after issue of appointment order, the Institute reserves the right to modify/withdraw/cancel any communication made to the candidate(s).
- 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.edu.
- The candidates are requested to take a print of the acknowledgement of the online application and keep it for future reference.
- Interested candidates with qualifications may apply online for concerned posts as per given online application form. No need to send print to Tata Institute of Social Sciences at this stage. Eligible candidates will be intimated about further proceedings. Keeping a print copy for future use is advised.
About Us:
Vacancy Notice Assistant Professor Vacancy – TISS,Maharashtra
- The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. In 1944, it was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the Institute, when it was declared Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act (UGC), 1956.
- Since its inception, the Vision of the TISS has been to be an institution of excellence in higher education that continually responds to changing social realities through the development and application of knowledge, towards creating a people-centred, ecologically sustainable and just society that promotes and protects dignity, equality, social justice and human rights for all.
- In pursuance of its vision and guiding principles, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences organises teaching programmes to facilitate the development of competent and committed professionals for practice, research and teaching; undertakes research; develops and disseminates knowledge; and reaches out to the larger community through extension, at the local, national, regional and international levels.
- Vision of the TISS has been to be an institution of excellence in higher education that continually responds to changing social realities through the development and application of knowledge, towards creating a people-centred, ecologically sustainable and just society that promotes and protects dignity, equality, social justice and human rights for all. The TISS works towards its vision through:
- Creation and provision of socially relevant and high quality professional education in a wide range of inter-disciplinary areas of Social Sciences to a larger number of students from all sections of the society in the country.
- Facilitation of autonomous research and dissemination of knowledge.Support knowledge creation through strong M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes and Post-Doctoral scholars.
- Initiate field action and advocacy to demonstrate and facilitate creation of policies and programmes.
- Professional response to natural and human-made disasters, through participation in relief and rehabilitation activities.
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