IIM Shillong Faculty Recruitment 2026: Apply by 31 October

IIM Shillong Faculty Recruitment 2026: At a Glance

The recruitment is for faculty appointments across several management disciplines. Meeting the minimum qualification or experience criteria does not by itself guarantee an interview; the Institute may use screening criteria to shortlist applicants.

Faculty Positions and Advertised Pay

Academic Areas Recruiting Faculty

• Economics & Public Policy
• Finance & Control
• Information Systems & Analytics
• Marketing
• Operations & Quantitative Techniques
• Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources
• Strategy & Liberal Studies, including Sustainability, Business Communication and Entrepreneurship

Candidates should select the academic area that best matches their doctoral training, teaching portfolio, research record and professional experience.

Eligibility by Faculty Rank

Professor

Applicants should hold a PhD in the appropriate branch with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree and a strong academic record. The advertisement requires a minimum of 10 years of teaching, research or industrial experience, including at least 4 years at Associate Professor level or equivalent. Experience gained while pursuing the PhD is not counted toward the stated experience requirement.

Associate Professor

Applicants should hold a PhD in the appropriate branch with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree and a strong academic record. The stated minimum is 6 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years at Assistant Professor level or equivalent. PhD-period experience is excluded from the required experience calculation.

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Applicants should possess a PhD in the appropriate branch, first class or equivalent in the preceding degree and a very good academic record. The recruitment information specifies a minimum of 3 years of teaching, research or industrial experience, excluding the period spent pursuing the PhD.

Assistant Professor Grade-II — On Contract

This contractual route is for suitable young PhD candidates who meet the prescribed academic requirements. The Institute’s Screening Committee may devise relevant shortlisting criteria for this category.

Research Publication and Screening Requirements

IIM Shillong applies publication-based screening criteria for several faculty levels. These are minimum screening benchmarks and do not guarantee shortlisting.

The recruitment information also provides limited equivalence for certain scholarly books and published teaching cases. Applicants relying on these provisions should read the exact wording in the official notification before submission.

Selection Process

The recruitment process includes the following stages:

1. Online application submission.
2. Scrutiny of applications.
3. Shortlisting by the Institute or Screening Committee.
4. Seminar by shortlisted candidates.
5. Interview.
6. Document verification and final institutional decision.

Only shortlisted candidates should expect further recruitment communication. Applicants should therefore use an active email address and monitor it regularly after submission.

Documents and Requirements for Applicants

A practical document set for this recruitment includes:

• PhD degree or relevant doctoral award documentation;
• preceding degree certificates and mark sheets;
• Bachelor’s and Master’s academic records where required;
• experience certificates with clear appointment dates and designations;
• publication list with journal indexing or category evidence;
• proof of books or teaching cases where relied upon for screening equivalence;
• category or disability certificates, where applicable;
• No Objection Certificate or proper-channel documentation for serving candidates, where required; and
• other supporting documents requested in the online portal or advertisement.

How to Apply for IIM Shillong Faculty Recruitment 2026

1. Read the complete official faculty advertisement.
2. Confirm the faculty level for which your qualification, experience and publication record are eligible.
3. Select the most appropriate academic area.
4. Register on the official IIM Shillong online recruitment portal.
5. Complete the application with accurate academic and professional information.
6. Upload the documents requested by the portal.
7. Review the application before final submission.
8. Submit on or before 31 October 2026.
9. Retain the generated application number and proof of submission.

CareerAidHub Applicant Guidance

The following is CareerAidHub editorial guidance and is not an additional IIM Shillong eligibility requirement.

1. Calculate experience exactly

Several faculty levels exclude time spent pursuing the PhD from qualifying experience. Build a month-by-month experience calculation before deciding which rank to select.

2. Audit your publication record against the screening threshold

Classify your papers using the criteria stated in the recruitment notice. Do not assume that every indexed paper contributes equally to the Category A/B/C screening requirement.

3. Align the application with one academic area

Your CV, research profile, courses taught and future research agenda should collectively support the academic area selected in the application.

4. Make documentary evidence easy to verify

Experience dates, designations, degree results and publication details should be presented consistently across the CV, application form and supporting certificates.

5. Prepare for a research seminar, not only an interview

Shortlisted applicants should be ready to present a coherent research trajectory, strongest contributions, future agenda and teaching fit in addition to answering conventional faculty interview questions.