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What is Process to become a IIT professor aftr qualifying iit jee..??


Akanksha Gupta 18th Mar, 2019
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mansi jain 18th Mar, 2019

To become a iit professor or any other faculty role in TIER-1 colleges(7 IITs, 5NITs, DTU, BITS and IIITH) is very long process. Candidates should need PhD from a reputed colleges such as IIT Delhi, Bombay Kanpur etc. Apart from this, if you do good in your project and your presentation impress your HOD’s then you have more chances to grab a job as guest faculty which you get paid. Through this guest faculty role, you will get good work experience. Don’t forget to add your past project experience or any achievements. Your skills will be tested, prepare welll for the interview roudn with excellent communication skills to impress your Head of the Department or any other senior most professor who are going to be examine you. Once, you get any TIER 1 college, you need minimum 10 years of experience to be promoted.

Ph.D. is the necessary and basic minimum qualification to become a professor in IIT. Some times you need to take IIT Entrance Exam, if you are eligible in IIT Entrance Exam then you can apply for IIT Faculty Recruitment. Job seekers those who are looking for indian faculty jobs can apply for latest IIT Faculty or IIT Professor recruitment notifications. Check out the IIT Professor Eligibility criteria before applying for iit faculty recruitment Notification.

To become a professor, you need to have a total of 10 years of experience, of which you need to have a minimum of 4 years of experience as an Associate Professor or a designation in an equivalent position. The experience can be in the fields of teaching or research or it can also be industrial.

To be eligible for the post of an Associate Professor, you must have a total experience of 6 years, of which three years of experience should be in the post of an Assistant Professor or in an equivalent position.

An Assistant Professor needs to have a PhD and 3 years of experience in the field of teaching or research or industry.

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