Departments, Schools, Areas of Specialization and Educational Qualifications
The recruitment covers multiple Departments and Schools of IIT Guwahati. The areas of specialization and specific educational qualification requirements are given below.
1. Biosciences and Bioengineering
Areas of Specialization
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Biosensor
- Bioinstrumentation
- Computational Biology
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess one of the following qualifications:
- A 4-year Bachelor's degree or a 5-year integrated Master's degree in Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bioinformatics, or Biosciences and Bioengineering.
- A 4-year Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technology, Agricultural Sciences, or Pharmaceutical Sciences.
- MBBS or BVSc.
- A 5-year integrated M.Tech. degree in Engineering or Technology.
- A 5-year integrated MS degree in Biological, Physical, Chemical and Data Sciences, Mathematics, or Statistics.
- A 3-year B.Sc. / B.S. degree followed by a 2-year Master's degree in Biological, Physical, Chemical and Data Sciences, Mathematics, or Statistics.
2. Chemical Engineering
Areas of Specialization
- Process Control in Chemical Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) in Chemical Engineering
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.
3. Civil Engineering
Areas of Specialization
Construction Engineering and Management
- Analytical and Numerical Modelling in Cementitious Materials
- Construction Contract Management
- Construction Informatics (IoT, AI, Blockchain, Digital Twin)
- Building Science
Environmental Engineering
- Environmental System Design and Modelling
- Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
- Water Treatment and Supply
- Air Pollution Control
- Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
- Environmental Planning and Management
Geotechnical Engineering
- Theoretical and Computational Geomechanics
- Offshore Geotechnics
Structural Engineering
- Computational Mechanics
- AI/Data-Driven Structural Engineering
- Any other candidate with an exceptional background in the allied areas of Structural Engineering
Transportation Systems Engineering
- Network Analysis
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Modelling pavement structures
Water Resources Engineering and Management
- Computational & Experimental Hydraulics
- Hydro-Climatology
- River Basin Management
- Urban Hydrology
- Fluvial Hydrodynamics
- Surface Water Hydrology
- Groundwater Hydrology
- Water Resources Systems
- Stochastic Hydrology
Earth System Science and Engineering
- Seismology
- Computational Geosciences
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with first class or equivalent in all the preceding degrees with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess a 4-year Bachelor's degree or a 5-year integrated Master's degree in Civil Engineering.
4. Computer Science and Engineering
Area of Specialization
- All areas of Computer Science and Engineering
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess one of the following:
- A 4-year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, or another discipline relevant to the areas of Computer Science and Engineering.
- A Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in relevant disciplines.
- A 5-year integrated Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, or another discipline relevant to the areas of Computer Science and Engineering.
5. Design
Areas of Specialization
Design & Technology
- Human Computer Interaction Design / User Experience Design / Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality
- Information Design and Data Visualization
- AI in Design
- Smart Products & Systems / IoT-driven Design
- Smart Manufacturing in Design / 3D Printing / 3D Scanning / Material Driven Design
- Mobility Design / Automotive Styling
Design for Society
- Design for Sustainability
- Social Innovation
- Healthcare Innovation
- Design and Craft
Design & Business
- Product-Service Systems / Service Design
- Design Management / Design Strategy / Design Entrepreneurship
Communication Design and New Media
- Visual Design / Graphic Design / Film
- Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics (AVGC)
Design Research & Methods
- Cognitive Ergonomics
- Design Theory and Methodology
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess a 4-year Bachelor's degree, 2-year Master's degree, or 5-year integrated Master's degree in:
- Design
- Technology
- Engineering
- Architecture
- Management
- Fine Arts
- Visual Arts
- Physiology (Ergonomics)
6. Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Areas of Specialization
All areas of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, preferably:
- Communication Networks, Wireless and Radar Systems, AI/ML, and Quantum Communications.
- Biomedical Signal Processing, Core AI, Reinforcement Learning, Remote Sensing, NLP, Image Processing.
- Robotics, Data-driven Control, Control Theory and Applications.
- Analog, Digital, Mixed Signal, RF Circuit Design, IC Packaging and Manufacturing, Testing and Fabrication of Nano, Power, Compound Semiconductor Devices, Semiconductor Process Engineering, Quantum Technologies.
- Electrical Machines and Drives, Power Electronics, Power Systems and High Voltage.
- Silicon Photonics, Optical Communication, Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, RF/Microwave, Terahertz Photonic Devices.
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess a 4-year Bachelor's degree or a 5-year integrated Master's degree in:
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
- Instrumentation Engineering
- Communication Engineering
- Telecommunication Engineering
- Related sub-disciplines
7. Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Specialization
Fluid and Thermal
- Multiphase Flows for Thermal Management
- Turbulent Flows and Climate Modelling
Manufacturing
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- Manufacturing Automation and Control
Machine Design
- Experimental Mechanics
- Multifunctional Materials and Materials by Design
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with First Class or equivalent in the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess a 4-year Bachelor's degree or a 5-year integrated Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
8. Chemistry
Area of Specialization
- All areas of Experimental Inorganic and Organic Chemistry
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree in appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree or a 5-year integrated Master's degree in Chemistry / Chemical Science and Technology.
9. Humanities and Social Science
Areas of Specialization
Archaeology
- Prehistoric Archaeology
- Historical Archaeology and Sciences in Archaeology
Development Studies
- Population Studies
- Urban Studies
- Labour Studies
- Ecology and Development
- Rural Development
- Gender and Development
- Social Exclusion Studies
Economics
- Microeconometrics
- Time Series Econometrics
- Financial Econometrics
- Macroeconomics and Growth Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- International Trade
- Corporate Finance
- Machine Learning and Economics
English
- Modern South Asian Literary Studies
- Indian Comparative Literature
- Global Literary Modernisms
- Digital Humanities
- Pre-modern global literature and culture
History
- Labour History
- Gender History
Linguistics
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Psycholinguistics
- Neurolinguistics
- Computational Linguistics
Philosophy
- Logic
- Political Philosophy
- Ethics
- Indian Philosophy
- Continental Philosophy
Political Science
- International Relations
- Indian Politics & Comparative Politics
- Political Theory
Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
Sociology
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. in the relevant advertised areas with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
Candidates specializing in Indigenous Knowledge and Communities with emphasis on the following areas are encouraged to apply:
- History of Indian Science
- Mathematics and Astronomy
- History and Development of Indian Philosophical Thought
- History and Development of Indian Musical Traditions
- Indian Archaeology
- Indian Aesthetics Thought
- Tarka and Vada in Indian traditions
- Vyakarana and Indian Linguistics
10. Mathematics
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science
- Ph.D. Degree in Data Science / Artificial Intelligence / Computer Science & Engineering
- M.Tech. in Data Science / Artificial Intelligence / Computer Science & Engineering / Mathematics & Computing
- B.Tech. in Data Science / Artificial Intelligence / Computer Science & Engineering / Mathematics & Computing
Statistics, Mathematical Finance
- Ph.D. Degree in Statistics / Mathematics
- Master's Degree in Statistics
- Bachelor's Degree in Statistics
Machine Learning / Deep Learning in Optimization / Operations Research
- Ph.D. Degree in Mathematics / Statistics
- Master's Degree in Mathematics / Mathematics & Computing / Statistics / Optimization / Operations Research / Industrial Mathematics
- Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics / Mathematics & Computing / Statistics
Algebraic Geometry, Partial Differential Equations
- Ph.D. Degree in Mathematics
- Master's Degree in Mathematics / Mathematics & Computing
- Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics / Mathematics & Computing
11. Physics
Areas of Specialization
Gravity, Astrophysics, and Cosmology
- Numerical relativistic astrophysics
- Numerical cosmology
High Energy Physics
- Experimental Collider Physics at the Energy Frontier
High Energy Physics Phenomenology
- Effective Field Theory
- Precision studies
- High energy Astro-particle Physics
Condensed Matter Physics Theory
- Symmetry guided, first-principles based prediction, engineering, and modeling of unconventional magnetism for quantum technology
Quantum Optics and Quantum Technology
- Quantum Sensing
- Metrology and Applied Quantum AI
- Experimental Circuit QED
- Quantum Internet
- Quantum Communications
Laser and Photonics
- Optical communication
- Silicon photonics
- Terahertz Photonics
- Fiber optics and sensors
- Intense laser physics
- Biomedical optics and Biophotonics
- Non-linear optics
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. degree in Physics in the advertised area of specialization with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree or a 5-year integrated Master's degree in Physics / Applied Physics / Engineering Physics.
12. School of Business
Areas of Specialization
- Marketing Management
- Management Information System
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. degree in Management with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout.
13. Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Areas of Specialization
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Generative AI (GenAI)
- AI in Internet of Things (AIoT)
- Information Systems and Security
- Data Mining
- Machine Learning
- Human-AI Interaction
- Computer Systems and Networking
- AI in Robotics
- Agentic AI
- Big Data Analytics
- Cloud Computing
- Neuromorphic Computing
- AI in FinTech and High Frequency Trading
- AI in Wireless Networks
- AI in Speech and Language Technologies
- Computer Vision
- Trustworthy AI
- Other emerging areas
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. in Engineering/Science on a topic with relevance to Data Science and AI with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree and with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess a 4-year Bachelor's degree or a 5-year integrated Master's degree in one of the following domains:
- Data Science and/or AI
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering / Electronics and Electrical Engineering
14. School of Energy Science and Engineering
Areas of Specialization
- Control system and automation for renewable energy systems (RES) for its integration with grid and storage system
- On grid or off grid system for solar photovoltaic, wind and other RES
- Intelligent energy management and optimization
- Flexible electronics for energy engineering applications
- Electrocatalysis and/or photoelectrocatalysis for energy engineering applications
- Carbon capture and storage for energy engineering applications
- Hybrid energy storage systems
- Sustainable Buildings
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree with a very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree or a 5-year integrated Master's degree in:
- Energy Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
15. Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology
Areas of Specialization
- Computational Biology
- Computational Neuroscience
- Stem Cell Biology
- Regenerative Medicine
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Host–Pathogen Interactions
- Embedded System
- ASIC related to Medical Devices
- Biomedical Control System
- Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Human computer interface
- Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems
- Drug Delivery
- Any domain of healthcare research, only for candidates with MBBS and PhD degrees
Specific Educational Qualification
Ph.D. with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree with very good academic record throughout.
The candidate must possess one of the following:
- 4-year Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Biotechnology
- 4-year BS Programme
- 5-year integrated Master's degree in Engineering
- BS (4 years) / MS (5 years) in Physics / Maths / Biological Sciences
- B.Pharm
- MBBS
