Total No. of Vacancies: 179
Job Location: Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
Last date for Submission of Application: 25.06.2018
Name of the Post & No of Vacancies:
TNAU Invites Applications for the Following Posts
1. Professor - 05
2. Associate Professor - 10
3. Assistant Professor - 164
Ii. Discipline wise distribution of vacancies
(A) Professor
1. Agronomy - 01
2. Horticulture - 03
3. Plant Breeding and Genetics - 01
(B) Associate Professor
1. Agricultural Economics - 01
2. Agricultural Entomology - 02
3. Agricultural Extension - 01
4. Agricultural Microbiology - 01
5. Agronomy - 01
6. Horticulture - 02
7. Plant Breeding and Genetics - 01
9. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry - 01
(C) Assistant Professor
1. Agricultural Economics - 05
2. Agricultural Entomology - 14
3. Agricultural Extension - 08
4. Agricultural Meteorology - 04
5. Agricultural Microbiology - 04
6. Agricultural Rural Management - 03
7. Agricultural Statistics - 01
8. Agronomy 19 9. Bio-Chemistry - 01
10. Bio-Energy - 02
11. Biotechnology - 08
12. Community Science / Home Science - 11
13. Crop Physiology- 06
14. Environmental Sciences - 03
15. Farm Machinery - 03
16. Food and Agricultural Processing - 02
17. Forestry 2 18. Horticulture - 09
19. Mathematics - 01
20. Nano Science and Technology - 02
21. Plant Breeding and Genetics - 13
22. Plant Nematology - 05
23. Plant Pathology - 09
24. Remote Sensing - 04
25. Seed Science and Technology - 02
26. Soil and Water Conservation - 07
27. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry - 13
28. Veterinary and Animal Science - 03
Educational Qualification:
1. Professor
i. A Candidate with Ph.D. qualification(s) in the concerned / relevant discipline and published work of high quality, with a minimum of 10 publications as books and/or research/policy papers, of which at least five papers in refereed journals in the previous cadre.
ii. A Master's degree with at least 55% marks or equivalent.
iii. A minimum of ten years of experience in teaching/ research/ extension in university/college or accredited Research Institutions including experience of guiding candidates for research, in the cadre of Assistant Professor and above, with at least two years of experience in the Associate Professor cadre or equivalent.
iv. A minimum score as stipulated in the academic performance Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) set out in the UGC guidelines communicated by the ICAR.
2. Associate Professor
i. A candidate with a Ph.D. Degree in the concerned / relevant disciplines.
ii. A Master's degree with at least 55% marks or equivalent (or an equivalent grade in point scale wherever grading system is followed).
iii. A minimum of five publications as books or research/policy papers of which at least three papers in refereed journals in the cadre of Assistant Professor.
iv. A minimum of eight years of experience in teaching/research/ extension in the cadre of Assistant Professor or in an academic/research/extension in University or College or accredited Research Institution in the cadre of Assistant Professor.
v. A minimum score as stipulated in the academic performance Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) set out in the UGC guidelines communicated by the ICAR.
3. Assistant Professor
i. A Master's degree in the relevant subject with a minimum OGPA of 3.20/4.00 (under 4 point grading system) or 7.00 / 10.00 (under 10 point grading system) or its equivalent grade in the State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) / ICAR Institutes/ Government and other recognized Agricultural Institutes irrespective of community is essential with good academic records. The candidate should possess the basic degree in the concerned Faculty from any State Agricultural University (SAUs) / ICAR / Government Institutions. The candidates should enclose the proof for the conversion of Grade Points/ class obtained to percentage of marks.
ii. NET is compulsory along with one publication in NAAS (National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi) rated refereed journal for recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor and equivalent in the disciplines in which NET is conducted. iii. NET essentiality for recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor and equivalent in the disciplines in which NET is conducted, for the candidates registered for Ph.D. prior to July 11, 2009 shall be exempted as per ICAR Lr. No.Edn.23/46/2010-EQR(pt) dt. 09.03.2017 subject to the conditions that; a) Ph.D. degree of the candidate awarded in regular mode only; b) Evaluation of the Ph.D. thesis by at least two external examiners; c) Open Ph.D. viva-voce of the candidate had been conducted; d) Candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work out of which at least one must be in refereed Journal. e) Candidate has made at least two presentations in conference / seminars, based on his/her Ph.D. work
Pay Scale:
1. Professor - Rs.37,400- 67,000 + 10,000 (AGP)
2. Associate Professor - Rs. 37,400- 67,000 + 9,000 (AGP)
3. Assistant Professor - Rs. 15,600- 39,100 + 6,000 (AGP)
Application Fee:
For General/OBC Candidates Application Fee is - Rs.1000/-
For All Other Candidates (ST/SC/Ex-s/PWD) Application Fee is - Rs.750/-
