Assistant Professor (Actuarial Sciences), SVE -Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Last date for receiving application December 9, 2022

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (www.tiss.edu), established in the year 1936 is a Deemed to be University, fully funded by the University Grants Commission, Govt of India. TISS is a Grade I University with NAAC score of 3.89/4 and NIRF 2022 rank of 60 among Indian Universities and 99 overall.

With campuses at Mumbai (Main) and off-campuses at Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad, TISS offers over 51 Post Graduate programmes, 16 Doctoral programmes, 4 Under Graduate programmes in social science disciplines, and over 34 Under Graduate programs in vocational education (B.Voc. programmes).

Freedom and autonomy shape the positive work ethos and culture of the Institute and facilitate strong linkages between teaching, research, field action and policy engagement. The Institute encourages and supports researchers to engage in foundational, applied, field and action-oriented research, and nurtures research collaborations nationally and internationally, with a commitment to creating a just society through education, generation of knowledge and field action initiatives.

School of Vocational Education (SVE) The approach adopted by TISS-SVE is called the ‘Internship Embedded Skill Training Programme’. The Vocational Educational Programme is being implemented for the first time in India with a focus on job-specific skills rather than providing only a broad knowledge based education. The aim of this ‘Earn While You Learn Model’ is to enable the students to learn the skill by engaging in internship at real shop floor of the industry/company along with theory training in the classroom. Through this model, the student may also earn a modest stipend during internship of the course

Post Advertised with Remuneration & Last Date for Application.

SVE invites applications for the post of Assistant Professor (Actuarial Sciences) (01 post), to be filled on a contract basis, for a period of two years, initially, and extendable based on the School and Institute’s need and performance of the candidate, with the first year being the performance test period.

Nature of Position: Contractual, initially for 2 years and likely to be extended.

Job Description To teach and provide academic support to the vocational education program implemented through the School of Vocational Education, and to further the goals of its teaching programs in the skill education sector. The job responsibility will involve 60 percent teaching and 40 percent other related duties, as assigned by the Dean of the School/ Institute, from time to time

Remuneration: Rs. 1,00,000/- (consolidated) per month as per Level-10, 7th CPC, with annual increments as per Institute’s rules.

Location: Mumbai

Essential Qualification :

Eligibility (A or B):

Master’s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in Actuarial Sciences OR Economics OR Statistics OR relevant disciplines.

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 Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time, as the case may be exempted from NET/SLET/SET

Provided, that the candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances/Bye-laws/Regulations of the Institution awarding the degree and such Ph.D. candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of ‘Assistant Professor’ subject to the or equivalent positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions fulfillment of the following conditions: –

The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in a regular mode; b) The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners; c) An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted; d) The Candidate has published two research papers, out of which at least one is in a refereed journal; e) The candidate has presented at least two papers based on his/her Ph.D. work in conferences/seminars sponsored/funded/supported by the UGC/ICSSR/CSIR or any similar agency.

The fulfillment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned.

Note: NET/SLET/SET shall also not be required for such Masters Programmes in disciplines for which NET/SLET/SET is not conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET.

OR

The Ph.D degree has been obtained from a foreign university/institution with a ranking among the top 500 in the World University Ranking (at any time) by any one of the following: (i) Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) (ii) the Times Higher Education (THE) or (iii) the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai).

Desirable Qualifications:

• Ph.D. with specialization in economics/ actuarial sciences/statistics • Experience in teaching at the university-level
• Experience in using quantitative and/or mixed methods research
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and highly demanding environment, in diverse teams, self-driven,
• Experience in designing, implementing and analysing large surveys
• Experience of work with Financial Market and Insurance, and Statistical modelling
• Teaching/work experience in university / industries, with evidence of integrated curricula development that enhance academic and generic skills, to a diverse group of students
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to engage with industry partners, other faculty, staff, and students; and
• Capacity to create teams for state-of-the-art subject related syllabi/ curriculum, in vocational education areas.

Last date of Receipt of Application: 09 December 2022.

Interview: The eligible candidates will be communicated by e-mail to appear for the presentation and interview.

Application Fee: The application fee of Rs. 1000/- be paid online. The SC/ST/PWD candidates will be waived from the application fee if they attach the required certificate to the online application form. The women candidates are waived for payment of application fee. The application will be valid only on receipt of the application fee for those who are required to pay. Fees, once paid, shall not be refunded under any circumstances.

The candidates are requested to apply online through the link (Apply Now) provided along with this advertisement on the Institute’s website at www.tiss.edu. The candidates are requested to take a print of the acknowledgement of the online application and keep it for future reference.

Other Conditions:

1. The Institute reserves the right to relax the qualification of the candidate based on the work experience and to relax age in the case of persons already holding comparable positions in a University/Research Institution of repute.

2. The Institute reserves the right to invite persons for interview who may not have applied for as per the above procedure and not fill up the vacancy advertised.

3. Since applications received may be short-listed, merely possessing the prescribed qualifications and the requisite experience would not entitle a person to be called for interview.

4. The post is unreserved, but candidates belonging to reserved category can apply.

5. No queries or correspondence regarding issue of call letter for interview/selection of candidates for the post will be entertained at any stage and canvassing in any form is strictly prohibited and will lead to the candidate being debarred from consideration for the post.

6. The candidate under employment must bring ‘No Objection Certificate’ from their employer to appear for presentation/interview.

7. No TA/DA is payable for appearing for the interview.

8. In case of any inadvertent error in the advertisement and in the process of recruitment, which may be detected at any stage, even after issue of appointment order, the Institute reserves the right to modify/withdraw/cancel any communication made to the candidate(s).

9. Any changes/ amendments/addendum/ updates/notice in this regard shall be posted on the University website only. Hence, candidates are advised to check the Institute website www.tiss.edu regularly.

Note: The selected candidate has to join with in 10 days of the selection.