NISER Bhubaneswar (National Institute of Science Education & Research) advertises for regular positions

Following is from http://niser.iopb.res.in/careers/. The ad in pdf format is at http://niser.iopb.res.in/careers/niser-fac-08.pdf. (Thanks to Debendra babu for the pointer.)

Faculty Positions at NISER
Invitation to be part of a new initiative in science education

The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) has been setup at Bhubaneswar by the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India to be a unique institution of its kind pursuing undergraduate and post-graduate education in science combined with frontline research. The Government of India has made a very generous financial outlay to NISER for the purpose of setting up state-of-the-art research facilities in all branches of basic science and to promote interdisciplinary areas of research.

NISER is being setup in a sprawling 300 acre campus about 3 km from Khurda Road Railway Station on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar overlooking Barunei Hills. It will be a fully residential campus with modern living amenities including children’s school and health centre. Presently NISER operates from the campus of Institute of Physics, a premier research institution funded by the Department of Atomic Energy. The Institute of Physics has vibrant research programmes in theoretical and experimental nuclear physics, condensed matter physics and high energy physics. The infrastructure includes well established library, computer centre, 3MV Pelletron accelerator, a high resolution TEM and several other state-of-the-art instruments for experimental condensed matter research (for details see www.iopb.res.in).

NISER’s own academic block of about 5000 m² area is under construction in the Institute of Physics campus which will also provide research laboratories for the faculty. Until NISER operates from the Institute of Physics campus, it may provide limited residential accommodation within the town. It is expected to move to the main campus by the academic session of 2011-12.

NISER invites applications from extremely motivated Indian scientists with a high-profile research agenda and a flair for teaching (especially at the undergraduate level) for the following faculty positions bearing scale of pay given against each:

Qualifications: Ph.D. in any area of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics

Experience: One/two years postdoctoral research and/or teaching experience is desirable for Assistant Professor Grade. For higher grades it should be appropriate to the positions applied for.

The age of superannuation is 65 years. The scale of pay is under revision. In addition to the basic salary, NISER faculty is entitled to allowances as admissible to Central Government Employees stationed at Bhubaneswar and to the DAE’s update allowance, which is currently Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 30,000 per year depending on the scale of pay. They will also receive other fringe benefits (like Relocation Grant, Reimbursement of telephone charges, financial support to attend national/international Conferences/Seminars/Workshops, etc.) which will be comparable to the best in the country.

NISER has sufficient funds to provide seed money to the new faculty to start their research programme. In addition the Department of Atomic Energy provides generous grants from its Prospective Research Fund to bright young scientists.

Interested candidates may apply enclosing:

• Curriculum Vitae
• List of Publications (with reprints of important papers as pdf files)
• Names and addresses (with e-mail and fax number) of at least three referees
• A statement of purpose and research programme

The qualification and experience prescribed are the minimum and mere possession of the same does not entitle a candidate to be considered for any position. However, the experience criteria may be relaxed for exceptionally meritorious candidates.

Applications should be sent by e-mail to careers@niser.iopb.res.in marking "Faculty in (branch)" in the subject field (branch being one of the disciplines mentioned above). This is an open advertisement and there is no time limit for sending the application, but the applications received will be taken up for consideration at regular intervals. Candidates are advised to request the Referees to send their letters of recommendations (preferably signed versions as pdf file) directly to NISER at the above e-mail address. Those having regular job in any organization should also send a "No Objection Certificate" from the current employer in electronic form.

All correspondence should be addressed to the above e-mail address only (or any other e-mail address that is notified on the NISER website in future). No postal correspondence is required at any stage. Enquiry regarding the outcome of the application is generally discouraged.

9 comments June 3rd, 2008

Details of NISER Bhubaneswar interview for admission

Following is from http://www.iopb.res.in/niser/session08-09/niser-interview.html.

The list of candidates short-listed on the basis of performance in NEST-2008 held on April 20, 2008 and called for interview is available HERE.

Candidates should report at the above address at 8.00 a.m. on the day of the interview. The interview will be held throughout the day. The interview of a candidate may be held anytime between 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on that day. Outstation candidates should make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. SC/ST and PD (Persons with Disability) candidates will be entitled to travel allowance (second class train fare/bus fare from place of residence to Bhubaneswar and back, by the shortest route) as per the institute norms.

Candidates are required to bring with them at the time of interview the following documents in original :

• Class X and Class XII mark sheets.
• Proof of date of birth.
• Caste/tribe certificate issued by a competent authority (in case of SC/ST students).
• OBC certificate and undertaking (in case of OBC candidates in the non-creamy layer)

In case of non-availability of class XII mark sheet in original, the candidate will have to give an undertaking to that effect. In case of candidates in the PD category, a Medical Officer appointed by the Institute for the purpose will certify whether a candidate qualifies to be under that category. Format of OBC certificate and undertaking can be seen HERE.

In case of any problem, please send e-mail to admission@niser.iopb.res.in

May 30th, 2008

Result of NEST 08 for NISER out

The site http://www.tifr.res.in/~nest/Results.html lists the roll numbers of students with a percentile of more than 50. There are about 4000 such students. (So total number of students that appeared this exam is 8000.) The site http://www.tifr.res.in/~nest/NISER-int.html list the 330 or so students who have been called for interview. In this list of 330 or so there are 47 from the Orissa centers. Out of these 47, two of them are among the top 8 that have a perecntile more than 99.9. Those two are (i) 1523056 Soumyashanta Nayak with 99.93 percentile and (ii) 1513038 Aditya Acharya with 99.92 percentile.

After the interview NISER will admit 40 students. So 4% of the students who appeared the entrance are called for interview and 0.5% (one out of 200) of the students who appeared the entrance will be selected. 

47 of the 330 candidates called for interview are from Orissa centers. I.e., a percentage of about 14%.

May 21st, 2008

Revised tender by NISER for barbed wire fencing and MS gate at Jatni

The earlier tender mentioned at https://www.orissalinks.com/?p=1062 is at http://www.dcsem.gov.in/page/pcd202.htm reached via http://www.dcsem.gov.in/Page/Tender.htm. The revised tender is at http://www.dcsem.gov.in/page/ced204.htm and its content is as follows:

Government of India

Department of Atomic Energy

Directorate of Construction, Services & Estate Management

NOTICE FOR PREQUALIFICATION CUM TENDER (TWO BID) Tender No DCSE/Head (PCD)/NISER-/Fencing /204/2008       dt 08 April 2008

Chief Engineer ,DCSEM, DAE, 3^rd floor, Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai-400 094, on behalf of President of India, invites sealed tenders (in TWO BID) from eligible Contractors for “PROVIDING BARBED WIRE FENCING AND MS GATE FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH (NISER) AT PROPOSED LAND AT Teshil: JATNI, District:KHURDA, ORISSA.”. Estimated cost          Rs.55 Lakhs.:  E.M.D. Rs.1.10 Lakhs    Security Deposit      @ 10% of tendered amount (as per Clause 1 & 1A of General Conditions of Contract.    Completion Period  3 (Three months). Pre-bid meeting shall be held on 12-05-2008 at 14.30 Hrs. in the Office of the Engineer-in-charge, DCSEM, D.A.E , Institute of Physics, Sachivalya Marg,  Bhubaneswar 751 006. Tenders shall be received in the Office of the Engineer-in-charge, DCSEM, D.A.E , Institute of Physics, Sachivalya Marg,  Bhubaneswar         751 006 on 20-05-2008 up to 15.00 Hrs and only Technical bid shall be opened on 20-05-2008 at15.30 Hrs. Financial Bids shall be opened at a later date, which will be notified separately. Opening of Financial Bids shall be subject to short listing of the bidders on verification of their credentials and inspection of works carried out by them, through a Technical Committee of experts formed by DCSEM. EMD in a separate sealed cover shall be received at the time of opening of Financial Bids. Tender documents can be had from 15-04-2008  to         05-05-2008 on any working day between 11-00 Hrs. and 16-00 Hrs. from Office of the Project Engineer (EW), DCSEM, DAE, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700 064  & Office of the Engineer-in-charge, DCSEM, D.A.E , Institute of Physics, Sachivalya Marg,  Bhubaneswar 751 006 on application with the following credentials : 1.  Proof of registration with Government/Semi Government organizations like CPWD, MES, Railways, and State PWD’s in appropriate class or having experience in carrying out similar type of works.2.  List of construction plants, machinery and infrastructure facilities to complete the work in time. 3.  List of technical staff possessed etc. 4.  List of similar works in hand and works carried out by them for the last five years indicating annual turnover, the agency for whom executed, value of work, completion time, stipulated and actual or present position of the work. 5.  Performance certificates. 6. Latest Solvency Certificate of minimum Rs.22 Lakhs from any scheduled banks. Parties fulfilling following criteria shall only be considered for issue of tender documents and pre-qualification :  i)  Average Annual Turnover not less than Rs.66 Lakhs during last three years   ending 31.03.2008 indicated in ITCC or Profit & Loss Statement.  ii)  Should not have incurred any loss in more than two years during last 5 (five) years ending 31.03.2008.  iii) Experience of having successfully completed works as follows during the last five years ending on 31-03-08:  1.  Three similar completed works costing not less than Rs. 22Lakhs each     OR  2.  Two similar completed works each not less than Rs. 33 Lakhs each OR   3. One similar completed work costing not less than Rs. 44 Lakhs.           iv) Similar works shall mean experience in construction of fencing / civil  works.  In the absence of any documents listed above, the requisition for issue of tender forms will not be considered.  Cost of tender documents Rs. 1000/- (non-refundable) payable in Cash to Pay & Accounts Officer, VECC, DAE, Kolkata.  Chief Engineer, DCSEM,, Mumbai reserves the right to accept or reject the tender in full or in part without assigning any reason thereof.  Tender with any condition including conditional rebate shall be rejected forthwith.

April 19th, 2008

Prof. T. K. Chandrashekar to soon join as NISER director

Update: August 2 2008. The approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet is still awaited. I am told that it takes arbitrary time. For some it has taken 7 months.

I am told that the cabinet committee approval is in place and Prof. Chandrashekar will soon join as NISER director. Lets hope the "soon" means days or weeks and not months.

April 17th, 2008

NISER tender for barbed wire fencing and MS gate at Jatni

(Editor’s comment: Does it mean that NISER now has the full possession of the land?)

Following is from http://www.dcsem.gov.in/page/pcd202.htm reached via http://www.dcsem.gov.in/Page/Tender.htm.

Government of India                

Department of Atomic Energy

Directorate of Construction, Services & Estate Management

 

NOTICE FOR PREQUALIFICATION CUM TENDER (TWO BID) Tender No DCSE/Head (PCD)/NISER-/Fencing /202/2008       dt  05March 2008

Chief Engineer ,DCSEM, DAE, 3^rd floor, Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai-400 094, on behalf of President of India, invites sealed tenders (in TWO BID) from eligible Contractors for “PROVIDING BARBED WIRE FENCING AND MS GATE FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH (NISER) AT PROPOSED LAND AT Teshil: JATNI, District: KHURDA, ORISSA.”. Estimated cost Rs.55 Lakhs.:  E.M.D. Rs.1.10 Lakhs    Security Deposit      @ 10% of tendered amount (as per Clause 1 & 1A of General Conditions of Contract.    Completion Period  3 (Three months). Pre-bid meeting shall be held on 07-04-2008 at 14.30 Hrs. in the Office of the Engineer-in-charge, DCSEM, D.A.E , Institute of Physics, Sachivalya Marg,  Bhubaneswar 751 006. Tenders shall be received in the Office of the Engineer-in-charge, DCSEM, D.A.E , Institute of Physics, Sachivalya Marg,  Bhubaneswar 751 006 on 11-04-2008 up to 15.00 Hrs and only Technical bid shall be opened on 11-04-2008 at15.30 Hrs. Financial Bids shall be opened at a later date, which will be notified separately. Opening of Financial Bids shall be subject to short listing of the bidders on verification of their credentials and inspection of works carried out by them, through a Technical Committee of experts formed by DCSEM. EMD in a separate sealed cover shall be received at the time of opening of Financial Bids. Tender documents can be had from 12-03-2008 to  02-04-2008 on any working day between 11-00 Hrs. and 16-00 Hrs. from Office of the Project Engineer (EW), DCSEM, DAE, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700 064  & Office of the Engineer-in-charge, DCSEM, D.A.E , Institute of Physics, Sachivalya Marg,  Bhubaneswar 751 006 on application with the following credentials : 1.  Proof of registration with Government/Semi Government organizations like CPWD, MES, Railways, and State PWDs in appropriate class or having experience in carrying out similar type of works.2.  List of construction plants, machinery and infrastructure facilities to complete the work in time. 3.  List of technical staff possessed etc. 4.  List of similar works in hand and works carried out by them for the last five years indicating annual turnover, the agency for whom executed, value of work, completion time, stipulated and actual or present position of the work. 5.  Performance certificates.          6. Latest Solvency Certificate of minimum Rs.22 Lakhs from any scheduled banks. Parties fulfilling following criteria shall only be considered for issue of tender documents and pre-qualification :  i)  Average Annual Turnover not less than Rs.150 Lakhs during last three years   ending 31.03.2008 indicated in ITCC or Profit & Loss Statement.  ii)  Should not have incurred any loss in more than two years during last 5 (five) years ending 31.03.2007.  iii) Experience of having successfully completed works as follows during the last five years ending on 31-10-07:  1.  Three similar completed works costing not less than Rs. 22Lakhs each     OR    2.  Two similar completed works each not less than Rs. 28 Lakhs each        OR          3. One similar completed work costing not less than Rs. 44 Lakhs.  iv) Similar works shall mean experience in construction of either Compound wall alongwith barbed/chainlink etc or in association with other civil works Fencing works .  In the absence of any documents listed above, the requisition for issue of tender forms will not be considered.  Cost of tender documents Rs. 1000/- (non-refundable) payable in Cash to Pay & Accounts Officer, VECC, DAE, Kolkata.  Chief Project Engineer (N), DCSEM,, Mumbai reserves the right to accept or reject the tender in full or in part without assigning any reason thereof.  Tender with any condition including conditional rebate shall be rejected forthwith.

 

1 comment April 6th, 2008

New IITs to have a broad array of disciplines and have a seven year total budget of 760 crores each

Following is an excerpt from a report in Times of India.

The three new IITs in Bihar, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh will teach not only engineering, but also design and creative arts, management, health sciences, humanities and social sciences.

… To be set up at an outlay of Rs 760 crore each over six years, outsourcing will be resorted to in the three IITs for various routine services. In fact, the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) has only approved creation of the post of director and the registrar in each institute along with minimum support staff. The HRD ministry would submit a separate proposal to EFC for support staff.

… Initially, each institute will have an intake capacity of 200 students, but when fully developed, each IIT will have a total student strength of about 3,000 students with approximately 2,000 of them in B Tech, 500 in M Tech, 400 in Ph.D and 100 as post-doctoral fellows.

The new IITs will be mentored by one of the existing IITs to enable them to attain high standards. Each institute will have a faculty strength of 262 at the end of the seventh year of operation and adhere to the teacher-student ratio of 1:9, as in the case of other IITs.

Our earlier article at https://www.orissalinks.com/?p=630 gives numbers related to NISER, IISERs and some of the IITs.

March 6th, 2008

Some Budget numbers relevant to Orissa HRD (NISER, AIIMS-like, etc.)

Following is from Volume 2 of the expenditure of Budget 2008-09.

• NISER/IOP: The IOP+NISER budget (item 9.04 of the DAE budget) is 69 crores in plan + 9 crores in non-plan  = 78 crores. The nornal IOP budget is about 20 crores. Hence, 50-58 crores is the budget for NISER in 2008-09.  (Note that in 2007-08  IOP was allocated 32.75+7 crores and it spent 27.6+8 = 35.6 crores. I..e, Probably 15-18 crores were spent for NISER. )
• IISER: There is a budget of 150 crores (item 61 of the Higher education budget) for the five IISERs. (The budget for three of  them was 125 crores in 2007-08, out of which only 60 crores was spent.)
• new IITs: There is a budget of 50 crores (item 60 of the Higher education budget) for the establishment of three new IITs. (The budget for them was 80 crores in 2007-08, out of which only 0.01 crores was spent.)
• new IIITs: There is a budget of 21.4 crores (item 57 of the Higher education budget) for the establishment of new IIITs.
• AIIMS-like: There is a total budget of 490 crores (item 26 of the Health ministry budget) for the establishment of 6 new AIIMS-like institutes and upgradation of 10 other institutes. In 2007-08 the budget for this was 150 crores out of which only 90 crores was spent; most of it went to the upgradation part.
• NITs: The budget for the NITs (item 69 of the Higher education budget) is 808 (plan) + 285 (non-plan) = 1093 crores. Rs 608 crores of that is for enhancing the number of students to account for the OBC quota.
• IITs: The budget for the IITs (item 38 of the Higher education budget) is 1171 (plan) + 525 (non-plan) = 1696 crores. Rs 771 crores of that is for enhancing the number of students to account for the OBC quota.
• IISc Bangalore: The budget for the IISc (item 41 of the Higher education budget) is 130 (plan) + 91 (non-plan) = 221 crores. Rs 70 crores of that is for enhancing the number of students to account for the OBC quota.
• UGC: The budget for UGC (item 3 of the Higher education budget) is 3095.5 (plan) + 2009.4 (non-plan) = 5104.9 crores. Rs 875 crores of that is for enhancing the number of students to account for the OBC quota.
• NIRTAR and other 6 institutes for blind, deaf, mentally retarded and orthopaedically handicapped: The budget for them (item 21 of Ministry of Social Justice budget) is 47+27.05 crores.
• IIST (Indian Inst. of Space Sc. & Tech): Its budget (item 12 of ministry of space) is 65.25 crores. 25 crores out of a budgeted 75 crores was spent in 2007-08.
• ISIs: Its budget (item 4 of ministry of statistics) is 22.5 + 51.96 crores.
• NIFT: Its budget (item 11.01 of ministry of Textile) is 31.75 + 10 crores.
• Tourism: Its budget for training (item 5 of Tourism ministry) is 71 + 0.8 crores. It includes 26 Institutes of Hotel management, 7 Foodcraft institutes, IITTM, and NIWS (National Institute of Water Sports).
• CIPET: Its budget (item 2 of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) for the 15 centers is 31 crores.
• NIPER, Mohali: Its budget (item 7 of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) is 75+15 crores.
• National Institute of design: Its budget for (item 3 of ministry of commerce) is only 0.25 crores. It was 20.25 crores in 2007-08. It seems the funding pattern has been changed. There is now 50 crores (item 7 of ministry of commerce) for project based support to autonomous institutions which includes NID and several other institutions.

February 29th, 2008

Prof. T. K. Chandrashekar is the Director designate of NISER, Bhubaneswar

I am told that Prof. T. K. Chandrashekar is the Director designate of NISER, Bhubaneswar. He is currently the director of National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (formerly RRL) Trivendrum. Following is from his profile.

February 29th, 2008

Orissa cabinet approves 298.8 acres of free land for NISER

See http://tathya.in/story.asp?sno=1619.

February 13th, 2008

Updates on NISER Bhubaneswar

During my visit to Bhubaneswar, I met various people involved with NISER. Following is a quick update.

• Apparently the cabinet approval of NISER had a condition that said "subject to finance ministry clearance." Apparently that clearance has not come yet and its delay is guessed to be  due to the difference between the IISER and NISER budget amounts. Its expected any day. But that clearance has some role in NISER not being able to hire a director and hire regular faculty. On the other hand DAE has its plate full with the atomic energy agreement and negotiation between India and US, so perhaps it is not moving at the speed as it should. I think Orissa government and people of Orissa should push DAE on this.
• The first batch just finished their first semester. I was given the impression that the professors are teaching very diligently, have made the syllabus quite tough and are driving the students quite hard.
• The land has not yet been handed over to NISER by the Orissa government. I am told there is no big problem but it is just moving slow. The NISER folks are a bit unhappy at this tardy pace because they would like the full campus to be built as soon as possible. I hope the ad means that there has been some movement, since I met them.
• Several new buildings have been made and are being made in IOP campus to accommodate NISER classes until its own campus is done. The construction of these buildings have been quite fast.
• Currently, in the absence of a director of NISER, the  director of IOP is in charge. The main persons helping him are Prof. Jnana Maharana, Prof. D. P. Mohapatra and Prof. P. C. Das. Prof. Das is in charge of the M.Sc integrated program. Prof. Mohapatra is making sure that the buildings are made in time, the labs are equipped in time, etc. so that the classes can go on in time.
• Following are some of the temporary teachers who are teaching the stduents.
  • Biology: Prof Rabi Nayak of IISc Bangalore is on leave from Bangalore and is the leading person. He has a new laboratory for his research and teaching at IOP. Other names that were mentioned to me were Prof. Anita Roy , Prof. K. M. Das and Prof. Chaini. I am told Prof. Santosh Kar will be teaching for a month in 2008 and some faculty from Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar will also teach.
  • Chemistry: Prof. Anadi Das (retired, Utkal) is in charge and is helped by Prof. Chandrasekhar Panda (retired Berhampur U, Ph.D IIT Kanpur) and Prof. M. Mohanty
  • Physics: Prof. N. Barik (formerly from Utkal University), Prof. Ansari (retired from IOP), Prof. Minaketan Panda (formerly at NEHU) and Professor Pathak (from IOP)
  • Mathematics: Prof. Padhee (formerly from Berhampur University, PhD IIT Kanpur) and Prof. P. C. Das.

January 22nd, 2008

Some progress on NISER land acquisition and transfer; Samaja ad for security agencies to guard the periphery

Update: See also http://www.iopb.res.in/niser/NISER-EOI-security.pdf.

January 21st, 2008

Prof. R. Nayak’s mail about faculty positions in Biology and Life Sciences at NISER, Bhubaneswar

Govt of India has started several institutions modeled after  IISC except that these Institute would also have an integrated MSc   program. These Institutes go by the name Indian Institute of Science   Education and Research.(IISER). The NISER is a similar Institution which is   being funded by DAE rather than MHRD.In that sense it a sister institution   of  TIFR, Mumbai, and NCBS, Bangalore, etc.The sanctioned faculty strength in   the first phase is 200 of which at least 50 will be for the School of   Biology. I seek your help to locate suitable faculty in all branches of   biology through your network. We wish to make the new Institution one of  the best in India and in the world. DAE is good organization so far   financial support is concerned. Please contact  Dr R. Nayak at rnayak@iopb.res.in for further information.

1 comment December 27th, 2007

NISER Bhubaneswar (the DAE funded institute at par with the IISERs) admission test for 2008

The important dates are:

• Last date for request of application forms by post: January 25, 2008
• Last date of receipt of completed application forms along with application fee: February 9, 2008.
• NEST 2008: April 20, 2008
• NEST results declaration date: May 10, 2008
• Classes start: August 1, 2008

(Note: For the claim of equivalence between NISER and IISERs see the PM’s speech at http://www.iopb.res.in/pmspeech.html. An exact quote is: "NISER will be at par with the IISER being established in other places but will operate under the umbrella of DAE".)

Following is from http://www.iopb.res.in/niser/admission.php.

Admission procedure for Five Year Integrated M.Sc. programme will consist of two components:

1. Students seeking admission to NISER will first appear for National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) to be conducted on April 20, 2008 at a number of centres in India. Please see NEST 2008 brochure for more information on NEST.
2. Based on the NEST score a limited number of students will be called for interview at Bhubaneswar. The interview dates will NOT clash with UM-DAE CBS interview dates, so that application to both institutes is permitted.

Final selection for admission will be made only on the basis of performance in the interview.

Eligibility

(i) Qualification : 60% marks for general category and 55% for SC/ST/PD category in aggregate (or equivalent grade) in Class XII (or equivalent) examination, from any recognized Board in India. Students who have passed the qualifying examination in 2007 or are appearing in 2008 are eligible to apply. Where only Letter grade is available, a certificate from the Board specifying equivalent percentage marks will be required. In the absence of such a certificate the decision of the NISER Admission Committee will be final.

(ii) Age_Limit : Candidates born on or after 01 Oct. 1983 are eligible to apply; this limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST/PD candidates.

Number of Seats and Reservation.

There will be 40 seats in the academic year starting Aug. 2008, with reservation of 15% for SC and 7.5% for ST Categories. An overall reservation of 3% will be applicable for Persons with Disability (PD), as per Government of India norms. The admission will be very selective and only those students who are highly motivated to pursue higher education and research in science and its applications are encouraged to apply.

Obtaining Application forms for admission to NISER.

Application Form and information brochure can be downloaded from http://www.umdaecbs.in or here.

Information Brochure of NEST(2008) : pdf | doc
Information Brochure of NISER : pdf | doc
Application Form + Admit Card : pdf | doc
Newpaper advertisement : pdf | doc

Applicants are advised to read the information brochure carefully before filling-up the forms.

Application Form (A) and Admit Card (B) together with information brochure can be downloaded from the website: www.iopb.res.in/niser. Alternatively, they can be obtained FREE by sending a self-addressed envelope of size 30cm x 24cm to The Chief Coordinator – NEST-2008, Annabhau Sathe Bhavan, University of Mumbai (Kalina campus), Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E), Mumbai-400 098.

Application Fee

There is a single application fee (even if you are applying to admission to both NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CBS, Mumbai) of Rs.500/- (all general category male candidates) and Rs. 250/- (SC/ST/PD and ALL female candidates), to be sent as Demand Draft in favour of "CBS-NEST", payable at Mumbai.

1 comment December 17th, 2007

Concerns about NISER, Bhubaneswar; DAE should pay urgent attention to NISER

 tathya.in first published this. Pioneer has also published a version of it, which is given below.

December 1st, 2007

NISER, Bhubaneswar ad for fixed term faculty

[The following ad is from http://www.iopb.res.in/niser/NISER-fixedterm-faculty.pdf. Thanks to Nrusingh for the mail on this to the NIS-IISER list. This is indeed a cause for concern as other IISERs have advertised and even hired regular faculty. This delay is probably because NISER still does not have a director.  It was expected by many that DAE would move fatser than MHRD. However, taht does not seem to be the case here and further delay in recruiting regular faculty will make it harder for NISEr to get top-notch faculty; it will then only get the left overs.]

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
(NISER)
BHUBANESWAR – 751005
INDIA

ADVERTISEMENT FOR FIXED TERM FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) has been established for the advancement of science education and research at the national level and is functioning from the campus of Institute of Physics at Bhubaneswar. NISER is funded by the Department of Atomic energy of the Government of India. The Institute has started an integrated M.Sc. programme in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics from the academic year 2007 – 2008. As an immediate measure NISER invites applications for fixed term appointment in all the above mentioned areas for teaching assignments beginning August, 2008. The remuneration and period of appointment will be based on academic qualifications and experiences.

Research infrastructure at Institute of Physics campus consists of a 3MV pelletron accelerator with several beam lines and excellent microscopy facility including 200 KeV TEM with various attachments. General purpose equipments for research in Chemistry and Biology are also being procured.

Interested scientists with a strong track record in teaching and research are requested to send their CV with a list of publications and resume of their teaching experiences to the Director, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar – 751 005. The above document may also be submitted as a pdf file by email to niser@iopb.res.in. The completed application should reach by January 31, 2008.

Faculty members serving in other academic institutions who would like to spend one or two semesters on sabbatical leave are encouraged to apply. Retired faculty members are also eligible for fixed term appointments. They may be provided suitable honoraria for teaching.

November 26th, 2007