IIT Bombay / Offerings and Resources for New Faculty / 2011

Offerings and Resources for New Faculty

IIT Bombay has adopted a well-planned, inclusive approach to receive new faculty, which is also expected to enable his/her prompt integration into the institute’s academic and research system. Select such offerings and resources available to individuals joining the academic community of IIT Bombay are listed below.

 Campus Ambience and Facilities

1.	Approximately 30 kms from the main city of Mumbai, the IIT Bombay campus provides a sylvan, soothing ambience. It is well-connected to both railway stations and airports (within 30-60 min of travel time).
2.	Expansive sports and recreational facilities available on campus (More details at:http://www.iitb.ac.in/students/clubs.html)
3.	All round the year a host of cultural and programs are organized by students and other campus residents (http://www.iitb.ac.in/events/events.html)
4.	There are two schools on campus for faculty with children: Kendriya Vidyalay and Campus School (More details at: (http://www.iitb.ac.in/facilities.html)
5.	All faculty residences are provided with intercom and broadband Internet access.

 Assistance at Joining

6.	Relocation allowance up to Rs 100,000/- for faculty returning from abroad for reimbursement of air fare for self and spouse and transportation of belongings. The limit is Rs 50,000/- for faculty joining from within India.
7.	Young Faculty Award (Rs 100,000/- per year for the first three years) for all faculty joining at the Institute at the Assistant Professor level.

 Academic 

8.	Excellent library, computer and sophisticated instrumentation facilities for research and teaching. These are being continuously upgraded to be world-competitive.
9.	Excellent student profile and working atmosphere that is conducive to academic activities. Every faculty member is granted full independence in his or her research work.
10.	The Institute provides an annual grant for purchase of professional books and also provides support for membership of one professional society.
11.	The Institute provides financial support for travel (maximum of Rs 1,00,000/-) to enable presentation of paper(s) in one international conference in a three year block period. One additional conference in the block period is supported from donation funds subject to availability.
12.	Several faculty awards have been established at the Department level from donations.

 Research, Technology Development and Transfer

13.	Seed grant up to Rs 10,00,000/- to new faculty member for initial set up cost of research laboratory. This enables an early start to research work until sponsored projects from outside agencies are secured by the faculty.
14.	The Institute has developed many international linkages with universities and industries to facilitate collaborative projects and sponsored projects for Institute faculty.
15.	The Institute provides infrastructure support for consultancy projects and for conducting Continuing Education Courses for industry to promote Industry-Academia interactions. Such activities result in income for the Institute and the concerned faculty members.
16.	The Institute provides the facility of a Research Development Fund, based on consultancy income and sponsored project income, to be used by faculty for professional expenses such as conference expenses, office consumables.
17.	The Institute provides support for patenting of research results based on work carried out in the Institute.
18.	The Institute has a Technology Business Incubator to provide support for starting of new businesses with faculty participation based on technology developed in the Institute.

 Awards & Endowments

19.	Awards for Excellence in Teaching are conferred each year to about 10 faculty members based entirely on student feedback. The prize money comes from a corpus donated by alumni.
20.	The Institute recognizes outstanding faculty by appointing them Chair Professors. In addition to standard monthly emoluments, such faculty are provided a special contingency grant (set up through a donation) for professional expenses.
21.	IRCC Research Paper Awards are given by the Institute to recognize outstanding papers written in terms of citations to three to four faculty members each year.
22.	The IRCC Young Scientist Awards are given by the Institute to one or two faculty members below the age of 35 years for outstanding research contributions.
23.	P K Patwardhan Technology Development Award is given each year based on a corpus donated by the family of Dr P K Patwardhan.
24.	The H. H. Mathur Award for Applied Science and the S. C. Bhattacharya Award for Pure Science are given each year for outstanding research contributions by a faculty member in the previous ten years. The awards have been established through an alumni donation. FOR DETAILS CLICK; http://www.iitb.ac.in/recruit/facultyrecruit.html