IIIT Surat Energy Science Faculty Recruitment: 2025 Call Closed

IIIT Surat Energy Science Faculty Recruitment: What the 2025 Call Actually Offered

IIIT Surat issued Advertisement No. IIITS/RF/2025-26/01 on 19 September 2025 for direct recruitment of Assistant Professors across several departments.

The advertisement listed 10 Assistant Professor Grade-I posts at Level-12 across four departments:

• Computer Science & Engineering;
• Electronics & Communication Engineering;
• Physical & Applied Sciences; and
• Mathematics & Computational Science.

It separately listed 11 Assistant Professor Grade-II posts at Level-10, but those were confined to CSE and ECE.

Physical & Applied Sciences: Accepted Specialisation Areas

Energy Science was one of several specialisation areas accepted under PAS. The advertisement listed:

• Theoretical & Computational Physics;
• Quantum Computing;
• Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science;
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology;
• Photonics;
• Optics & Lasers;
• Nuclear & Particle Physics;
• Energy Science (Renewable & Sustainable Energy);
• Space Science; and
• Astrophysics.

Assistant Professor Grade-I Eligibility for PAS

For Physical & Applied Sciences, the 2025 advertisement required:

• PhD in a relevant discipline;
• Bachelor’s degree in Physics / Engineering Physics or equivalent;
• Master’s degree in Physics / Engineering Physics or equivalent;
• either 3 years of experience after the PhD; or
• 6 years of total teaching and research experience in a reputed academic institute, R&D laboratory or relevant industry; and
• a minimum of 20 cumulative credit points under the Institute’s recruitment rules.

Desirable indicators listed by IIIT Surat

The advertisement also identified several desirable indicators, including:

• research papers in journals indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus;
• GATE qualification;
• ongoing research projects;
• granted patents;
• consultancy or revenue-generation activity;
• prestigious awards or fellowships;
• NPTEL / SWAYAM activity;
• industry collaboration experience; and
• degrees from Institutes of National Importance or foreign universities.

How the 20-Point Credit Requirement Worked

Assistant Professor Grade-I required at least 20 cumulative credit points. The IIIT Surat recruitment rules assigned credits to activities such as:

The actual score depended on documentary evidence and the precise sharing rules stated in the advertisement.

Pay, Appointment Type and Benefits

The PAS post was Assistant Professor Grade-I, Level-12 under the 7th CPC pay matrix.

The advertisement stated that salary components could include:

• pay in the applicable 7th CPC level;
• House Rent Allowance;
• Dearness Allowance;
• Transport Allowance;
• DA on Transport Allowance;
• Child Education Allowance; and
• employer’s NPS contribution,

in accordance with Government of India and Institute rules in force from time to time.

Probation

The Level-12 appointment was to be made with a two-year probation period from the date of joining.

How the Closed 2025 Application Process Worked

IIIT Surat required both electronic and hard-copy submission.

Step 1: Prescribed application form

Candidates had to complete the official faculty application form for Advertisement IIITS/RF/2025-26/01.

Step 2: Google Form submission

The application and supporting documents had to be uploaded through the Google Form provided by the Institute.

Step 3: Signed hard copy

A signed hard copy, together with all required documents, had to reach IIIT Surat by Speed Post, Courier or Registered AD.

The Director
Indian Institute of Information Technology Surat
Kholvad Campus, Kamrej
Surat – 394190, Gujarat, India

The envelope had to be superscribed with the post and department. Eligibility was determined from the hard-copy application.

Application fee

Supporting documents

The official advertisement required self-attested documentary evidence including, as applicable:

• signed prescribed application form;
• 10th and 12th certificates;
• all graduation marksheets and degree certificate;
• all Master’s marksheets and degree certificate;
• PhD award / provisional award notification;
• NOC from current employer where required;
• experience / service certificates;
• reservation certificates in the prescribed format; and
• proof supporting claimed credit points.

Selection Process

The 2025 advertisement described the following process:

• scrutiny of applications;
• shortlisting;
• screening test where applicable;
• presentation / demonstration;
• interview; and
• final administrative approval.

IIIT Surat stated that merely satisfying the minimum qualification and experience did not create a right to be called for the selection process.

The Institute subsequently published a PAS scrutiny report for Assistant Professor Level-12, listing eligible, provisionally eligible and ineligible applicants. This confirms that the 2025 application stage is over.

Eligible candidates residing abroad could request online participation in the demo/interview with prior approval, but any written test had to be attended in person.

Current IIIT Surat Faculty Recruitment Status in 2026

The exact PAS / Energy Science direct-recruitment opportunity covered by this article has not reopened as of 18 September 2026.

IIIT Surat did issue a new regular faculty advertisement on 16 April 2026, but that recruitment was for 15 Assistant Professor Grade-II, Level-10 positions in Computer Science & Engineering only. The Institute later published selection updates for that CSE recruitment.

IIIT Surat has also posted other contractual and visiting-faculty notices during 2026. Candidates interested in Physics, materials, renewable energy or related areas should verify the discipline explicitly in each current advertisement rather than assuming that the 2025 PAS specialisation list remains continuously open.

CareerAidHub Guidance for a Future PAS / Energy Science Call

Check the exact grade first

Do not assume that both Grade-I and Grade-II will be available. In the 2025 call, PAS was Grade-I only.

Check academic antecedents carefully

The 2025 PAS route specified Physics / Engineering Physics or equivalent at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. A future applicant from materials science, chemistry or another neighbouring discipline should not assume eligibility unless the next advertisement explicitly broadens the qualification pathway.

Document credit points before applying

The 2025 PAS scrutiny report shows that missing credit-point evidence was a recurring issue. Applicants should prepare project sanctions, patent documents, publications, consultancy evidence, supervision records and service certificates in advance.

Do not over-specialise the research pitch

Energy Science was one accepted PAS area alongside condensed matter, nanoscience, photonics, nuclear physics and astrophysics. A future research statement should match the wording of the new advertisement rather than relying on themes invented from a general clean-energy profile.

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