25 September2024

South Asian University (SAU) is an international University focused on mainly postgraduate teaching & research, jointly established and funded by the eight SAARC countries. SAU is looking for outstanding, highly qualified and experienced faculty members.

To apply for a faculty position, applicants should be outstanding scholars whose research and teaching interests will expand or complement the existing academic programmes of the University.

Citizens of the SAARC Member States are especially encouraged to apply for these positions. Selected candidates from countries other than India will be sponsored for a work visa in India. Interested candidates may apply in the prescribed form.

1. Applications are invited against the following positions in the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science (FMCS),  and Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science (FMCS):

   1. Professors

   2. Associate Professors

   3. Assistant Professors

2. Information on the academic programmes, current interests of Faculties/Departments can be found on their respective web pages of the university website. You may also look at the last few Annual Reports of the University.

3. Eligibility – Professor (US$ 30,000- US$45,000 per annum)

   1. A Professor should be an eminent scholar with evidence of outstanding scholarship and international recognition.

   2. Essential Qualifications: PhD degree from a recognized University/Institution; and Master’s Degree in relevant subject area with at least 60% marks or equivalent grade (for Science subjects); OR with at least 55% marks or equivalent grade (for Social Science and Humanities). Post-doctoral research and/or postgraduate teaching experience of at least 12 years (excluding the period spent for obtaining the research degree).

      Notes: (i) Post-PhD experience will only be counted if the experience was not obtained while pursuing PhD or other degrees, and was acquired on a regular confirmed position and/or regular full time contractual position with responsibilities of full-time teaching/ research. (ii) Experience of teaching at the undergraduate level will not be considered as relevant experience.

   3. Desirable Qualifications:

      1. High quality research publications in journals of repute.

      2. Experience in guiding doctoral research and a productive research group.

      3. For laboratory based research in sciences, proven ability to get research funding from National / International granting agencies.

   4. Other Provisions: Research and teaching experience during the period a candidate is registered for obtaining PhD degree, will not be considered as relevant experience. However, if a candidate with an M.Phil/ M.Tech degree was involved in the teaching of post-graduate courses as a regular faculty before enrolling for PhD degree, half of the period of such teaching experience will be considered as a relevant experience.

4. Eligibility – Associate Professor (US$20,000 to US$30,000 per annum)

   1. An Associate Professor at SAU should be an established independent researcher with immaculate academic credentials.

   2. Essential Qualifications: PhD degree from a recognized University/Institution; and Master’s Degree in relevant subject area with at least 60% marks or equivalent grade (for Science subjects); OR with at least 55% marks or equivalent grade (for Social Science and Humanities). Post-doctoral research/teaching experience of at least 6 years (excluding the period spent for obtaining the research degree).

   3. Notes: (i) Post-PhD experience will only be counted if the experience was not obtained while pursuing PhD or other degrees, and was acquired on a regular confirmed position and/or regular full time contractual position with responsibilities of full-time teaching/ research. (ii) Experience of teaching at the undergraduate level will not be considered as relevant experience.
   4. Desirable Qualifications:

      1. High quality research publications in journals of repute. Evidence of independent research and unsupervised research.

      2. Experience in guiding doctoral research students.

      3. For laboratory based research in sciences, proven ability to get research funding from National / International granting agencies.

   5. Other Provisions: Research and teaching experience during the period a candidate is registered for obtaining PhD degree, will not be considered as relevant experience. However, if a candidate with an M.Phil / M.Tech degree was involved in the teaching of post-graduate courses as a regular faculty before enrolling for PhD degree, half of the period of such teaching experience will be considered as a relevant experience.
5. Eligibility- Assistant Professor (US$15,000 to US$20,000 per annum)
   1. An Assistant Professor at SAU should be a brilliant and highly productive scholar with a great promise to excel in academics.

   2. Essential Qualifications: PhD degree from a recognized University/Institution; and Master’s Degree in relevant subject area with at least 60% marks or equivalent grade (for Science subjects); OR with at least 55% marks or equivalent grade (for Social Science and Humanities). Post-doctoral research and/or postgraduate teaching experience of at least 2 years (excluding the period spent for obtaining the research degree).

   3. Notes: (i) Two years of pre-PhD teaching will be counted as equivalent of one year of post-doctoral teaching/research experience. (ii) Post-PhD experience will only be counted if the experience was not obtained while pursuing PhD or other degrees, and was acquired on a regular confirmed position and/or regular full time contractual position with responsibilities of full-time teaching/research.
   4. Desirable Qualifications:

      (i) High quality research publications in reputed journals/books.

   5. Other Provisions: Selection committee may ask the short-listed candidates to make a short class-room type presentation on a given topic at the time of interview so as to assess his/her ability to teach. Ability to teach and communicate effectively with students should form an important component of the assessment of a candidate for a faculty position.

6. Selection Process:

   All applications will be screened by a Screening Committee that will shortlist candidates. Short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview. Ability to teach and communicate effectively with students will form an important component of the assessment of a candidate for a faculty position. Candidates from outside India who are unable to attend the interview may be interviewed online.

   The Selection Committee will be free to set its own modus operandi for conducting interviews, including the time duration involved for each interviewee.

7. Salary, Benefits and Incentives: Salary will be at par with most Indian and other SAARC universities. In addition, faculties do not have to pay income tax.
8. Allowances: In addition to the basic salary the other components like university housing or HRA, and contribution to pension fund will be added to salary as admissible from time to time to other employees of the University. All necessary support for research is given to faculty.
9. Annual increment: A 3% annual increment in basic salary will be provided.
10. Privileges and Immunities: The faculty members will enjoy privileges and immunities as regulated by the SAU Act. 2008, and the Headquarters Agreement. The salary of faculty members will be exempted from Income tax.
11. Health coverage: The University offers health benefit schemes as per SAU Rules/Regulations.
12. Relocation allowance: Newly appointed faculty members are entitled to a relocation allowance for travel to Delhi along with their family members, and for covering the cost of transporting household goods and luggage as per SAU Regulations. The allowance (upper limit of one month’s basic salary) will be payable upon submission of receipts of actual expenses on travel and transportation of household goods.
13. Duties and Responsibilities

    In all matters, employees will follow the University Rules, Regulations and Bye-laws laid down by the Executive Council and Governing Board from time to time.

    SAU follows a 40-hour work week with holidays on Saturdays and Sundays and some other notified holidays. An average of at least 10 credits of teaching contact hours per semester is a minimum essential eligibility condition for faculty promotion. Teachers are expected to regularly update the contents of the courses they teach in view of the new knowledge that becomes available from time to time in their areas of teaching and research. In addition, they will evaluate the performance of students and conduct/ guide their research work.

    A faculty member is expected to:

    1. Apply for and obtain external funding to enable development of independent research as well as to develop links with other departments across the University and elsewhere.

    2. Have the ability to teach effectively over a range of topics at the post-graduate level, not exclusively in the area of his/her research expertise, in lectures, lab sessions and tutorials.

    3. Supervise the research of students registered for a Master’s or M.Phil/PhD programme.

    4. Contribute to various institution-building tasks implicit in the growth of SAU. For example, faculty members may be called upon to share some administrative responsibilities including working on various University committees, and expert groups, participating / overseeing extra-curricular activities of students or other duties assigned by the University authorities from time to time. Faculty members may also be required to devote part of the vacation period for work related to admissions and evaluation.

14. Visa: SAU will sponsor selected candidates, who are not citizens of India, for special SAU Visa from the Government of India.
15. Leave: SAU has provision for duty leave, casual leave, earned leave, medical leave etc. as per the University’s Rules, Regulations and Bye-laws.
16. Instructions:
    1. Please read the instructions and general conditions before preparing and submitting the application form.
    2. The application form for Teaching Positions is a editable document that may be filled on computer and printed out for signing and submission.
    3. Application Fee: A fee of US$ 20 or Indian Rs.1700/- for Teaching post can be paid via online payment process available on SAU website by using credit/debit card or net banking, OR via a bank draft drawn in favour of “South Asian University”, New Delhi. The applicant must write his/her name and post applied for, on the reverse side of the bank draft.
    4. In career history, please fill only those positions that were held for at least 6 months.
    5. On the Publications page, please include those, and only those, research publications that were peer-reviewed. Please do not include abstracts, and articles submitted or under preparation. Magazine and newspaper articles should not be included.
    6. Under “honours, awards and distinctions”, please include only significant national and international recognitions. These would include Elected Fellowships of Prestigious Professional Academies, competitive scholarships, medals, orations, invited memberships to prestigious bodies, and consultancies. Please do not include paid memberships of professional bodies and memberships of internal bodies of the institution where you are working or are employed.
    7. Please note that the candidates who are currently employed will have to submit a no-objection certificate from their current employer. This no-objection certificate may be submitted along with the application form itself or at the latest, presented at the time of interview. However, it is not needed in case the applicant is currently employed in a private institution / organization. This certificate is to ensure that selected candidates will be relieved from their current positions without undue delay.
    8. Candidates, who wish to apply for more than one position, should fill up and send a separate application form for each position. Application fee will have to be paid separately for each application.
17. General Conditions:
    1. The applications received in response to this advertisement will be scrutinized and only shortlisted candidates will be called for selection process. Merely fulfilling the requirements laid down in the advertisement will not automatically entitle any candidate to be called for further participating in the selection process.
    2. No correspondence will be entertained from any ineligible and non-selected candidate. In all matters regarding eligibility, the selection process, the stages at which the scrutiny of eligibility is to be undertaken, documents to be produced for the selection process, assessment, prescribing minimum qualifying standards in the selection process, number of vacancies, communication of results, etc., the University’s decision shall be final and binding on the candidates and no correspondence or personal enquiries shall be entertained in this regard.
    3. The University reserves the right to:
       1. To fix criteria for screening the applications so as to reduce the number of candidates to be called for interview.
       2. Offer the post at the level lower than that advertised, depending upon the qualifications, experience and performance of the candidates.
       3. Draw reserve panel(s) against the possible vacancies in the future.
       4. Relax any of the desirable qualifications/experience/age at its discretion.
       5. Not-to fill up any or all the advertised posts.
       6. Modify/change the qualification/age limit and experience criteria from time to time for various non-teaching posts even after publication of this advertisement.
       7. Consider the applications of candidates who have not applied.
    4. The prescribed essential qualifications are the minimum and mere possession of the same does not entitle candidates to be called for interview. Where the number of applications received in response to an advertisement is large and it will not be convenient or possible to interview all the candidates, the University, at its discretion, may restrict the number of candidates to a reasonable limit on the basis of qualifications/experience higher than the minimum prescribed in the advertisement.
    5. Incomplete applications are liable to be rejected.
    6. Applications received after last date shall not be entertained, the University will not be responsible for any postal delay.
    7. The offer made to the selected candidates will be subject to the submission of medical fitness certificate in the prescribed form at the time of joining. The University may also ask the candidate to undergo medical check-up from the empaneled hospital/agency immediately on joining at University’s cost.
18. Submission of Applications:

    (a) Applications, along with all the requisite documents as mentioned in the application form must be submitted by post/courier to the following address:

    Registrar, Room No. ES 404, 4^th Floor, South Asian University, Rajpur Road, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi- 110068, India.

    (b)  Application deadlines will be indicated subsequently.
    

Nothing in this advertisement may be construed as prejudicing in any manner the SAARC Intergovernmental Agreement, Rules, Regulations and Bye Laws.

NOTE:

1. The Retirement age of all Teaching staff at SAU will be 65 years.

2. At the time of initial recruitment at all entry levels, the faculty members will be offered a contract appointment for five years. At the end of the contract period, on the basis of academic performance, in addition to contribution to University corporate life, of the faculty member will be evaluated. A favourable assessment will result in regularization of the services of the faculty member.

3. Those who have applied in response to the advertisement no- 01/2024 earlier need not apply again. Their existing applications will be considered while screening of applications for the respective post.