October 18, 2025

IUST Jobs Recruitment 2025 Assistant Professor posts.

IUST Jobs: Online applications are invited from eligible candidates for engagement as contractual Assistant Professor(s) on academic arrangement for teaching, research and allied academic activities in the following Departments/Subjects :

Name of the Posts : Assistant Professor

Departments/ Subjects : Journalism and Mass Communication

Eligibility :

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(i) A Master‘s degree with 55% marks or an equivalent grade in a point- scale wherever the grading system is followed in a concerned / relevant /allied subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.

(ii) Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or the CSIR, or a similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET or who are or have been awarded a Ph D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time as the case may be exempted from NET/SLET/SET.

Emoluments :
For candidates having :

PG : Rs. 45,000/- per month

NET/SET/GATE : Rs. 48,000/- per month

Ph. D. : Rs. 50,000/- per month

NET/SET/GATE and Ph.D. : Rs. 50,000/- per month

Tenure :

The engagement is initially for the year 2025 ending 31st December, 2025 or till the post is filled on substantive basis (whichever is earlier) and is extendable on the basis of annual performance appraisal by the University based on the recommendations of the concerned Head of the Department, Student feedback, requirement and other related parameters.

Leaves/Vacations :
As per norms of the university governing such engagements.

How to Apply :
Eligible candidates shall apply online and pay the requisite fee of Rs 500/- (non-refundable) and thereafter submit the hard copy of the application form along with self-attested copies of the documents and certificates in the concerned Department on any working day by or before the last date for submission. The candidature of those who fail to submit the hardcopies shall not be considered.

Screening / Shortlisting / Selection Procedure :
The shortlisting of the candidates for interview shall be made as per the criteria/ parameters of UGC Regulations 2018 (Appendix II (Table 3A)) and the criteria for shortlisting of candidates for interview for the post of Assistant Professor shall be as follows:
“20 candidates shall be shortlisted for one post and 05 candidates for every additional post”, and the final selection shall be made strictly in terms of the UGC Regulations 2018 (Interview only). Further, the panel recommended by the selection committee shall be valid for one year and during this year, if any vacancy arises due to the resignation or any other reason, the vacancy shall be filled from the panel.

Important Dates :
Availability of online application forms : 18-10-2025 (Saturday)
Last date of submission of online application : 22-10-2025 (Wednesday) Upto 04:30 pm
Last date of submission of hard copy of the form : 23-10-2025 (Thursday)

Terms and Conditions :
1. Candidates are required to apply online through University website www.iust.ac.in. No other means/ mode of application will be accepted. The non – refundable fee of Rs. 500/- (Rupees five hundred only) shall have to be deposited as application fee through online mode by debit card / credit card/ net banking. The instructions for filling of online application are available on University website.

2. The candidates are advised to fill up the online application form carefully. Information not provided under the relevant heads / columns shall not be considered.

3. Candidates will have to produce original documents relating to their qualification, experience etc. at the time of appearing in the interview.

4. No TA/DA shall be paid to candidates for appearing in the interview.

5. The time taken by candidates to acquire PG / M.Phil and /or Ph.D degree shall not be considered as teaching /research experience. The period of active service spent on pursuing Research Degree simultaneously with teaching assignment without taking any kind of leave (Part time), shall be counted as teaching experience subject to the submission of certificate to this effect issued by the concerned employer.

6. Qualifications / Experiences shall be counted as on the last date of submission of the application forms.

7. Any publications in predatory / dubious journals or presentations in predatory / dubious conferences shall not be considered for academic credit for selection & confirmation. With effect from 14-06-2019, research publications from journals indexed in UGC-CARE List only would be considered for all academic purposes.

8. An undertaking is to be given by the candidate stating that ‘the publications submitted by him / her are free from any plagiarism and if any plagiarism is found later, his / her candidature/selection shall stand rejected’.

9. In case of any disputes /suites or legal proceedings against the University, the jurisdiction shall be confined to the court of Srinagar only.

10. The engagement of the recommended candidates shall be subject to the outcome of the writ petition(s) (if any) pending in the Hon’ble Courts of J&K.

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IUST Jobs Recruitment 2025 Assistant Professor posts.