Faculty Recruitments


Applications are invited for faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras. Candidates should be Indian citizens having a Ph.D and an excellent record in research in the frontier areas of chemical engineering. Post-doctoral experience of one or two years is preferable.

IIT Madras is a premier technological institute located in Chennai, South India. It has a vibrant academic environment and its mission is to nurture excellence in research and development and contribute to human resource development. The chemical engineering department has a dedicated and motivated team of faculty actively involved in industrial consultancy and sponsored research at both fundamental and applied levels. They collaborate in research with faculty from other departments across the institute as well as with the Industry/Government organizations on Research Based Consultancy Projects. Interdisciplinary research groups are actively pursuing emerging areas such as nano-technology.

The job involves teaching and working with some of the brightest students of the country at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as leading a scholarly research program. The department is involved in state of the art research and possesses facilities and equipment to match. Funding from various Governmental and private industries is available for innovative research. More details on the faculty and research areas are available in the research section of this website.

Please email your application to Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, I.I.T Madras 600036, India. Applications should contain a detailed bio-data indicating educational back ground, work experience, a brief abstract of research done in doctorate and post-doctoral period , a statement of research plan for the next three years , a list of publications and other achievements. Three reference letters are also needed and should be sent directly to the head of the department.

Applications are considered on a continuous basis and hence there is no dead line.

Should you have any queries please contact office@che.iitm.ac.in.

Phone: +91-44-22578206
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