IIT Gandhinagar Assistant Scientific Officer Recruitment 2026 - CCL Eklavya, 1 Post, Rs 87,000-1,50,000 | Apply by 23 November

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Research & Development Office, invites applications for the post of Assistant Scientific Officer under project 30-30 Eklavya 2024-26, Center for Creative Learning.

Post particulars

• PI – Prof Manish Jain, Center for Creative Learning
• Designation – Assistant Scientific Officer
• Number of positions – 1
• Consolidated monthly remuneration – Rs.87,000 to Rs.1,50,000 per month, depending on the qualification and experience of the candidate
• HRA – Not applicable
• Duration – 1 Year, extendible based on performance
• Eligibility norms – Institute norms

Essential qualification and experience

• Ph.D. in Physics or a Physics-related engineering/technical field with a very good academic record throughout and a minimum of 04 years of post-qualification experience; OR
• M.Tech./M.S. in Physics or a Physics-related engineering/technical field with minimum 06 years of post-qualification experience; OR
• B.Tech./B.E. or M.Sc. in Physics or a related engineering/technical field with minimum 08 years of post-qualification experience.
• Minimum 60% or equivalent grade from graduation onwards and 55% or equivalent grade in class 10th and 12th.

Desirable

A self-driven, hard-working and creative Physics educator/researcher with demonstrated experience and capability to work in school STEM education through hands-on and inquiry-based learning. Desirable background:

• Strong competency in Physics concepts and numericals at the level of grades 11-12.
• Experience in teaching Physics to students of grades 11-12/UG/PG (e.g. PGT, CBSE, IB, IGCSE, ICSE, JEE, competitive exams, college faculty etc.), designing learning modules, worksheets, videos, chapters.
• Experience in making setups/tinkering with hands, designing/conducting physical experiments, use of lab instruments.
• Good communication and facilitation skills; professional fluency in spoken-written English and spoken Hindi; good digital documentation skills.

Key responsibilities

• Create high-quality rigorous hands-on Physics modules for grades 9-12 by using resources for 11-12/JEE/UG-PG level and update/organise the repository.
• Study journal papers and standard textbooks for graduate level Physics and JEE numericals to design modules, experiment setups/activities and sessions.
• Adapt, make, test and optimise the hands-on models/prototypes/activities.
• Create manuals, worksheets, presentations, videos, articles and chapters of modules.
• Convert models into kit items with detailed specifications, coordinate kits-manuals preparation and testing.
• Conduct sessions for school students and coordinate-execute teachers training workshops (in-house and external locations).
• Coordinate-execute testing of CCL content in schools through collaborations with teachers/schools and self-testing for increasing adoption of CCL content in schools.
• Help plan and coordinate Physics Team tasks and direction; conduct team progress/challenges reviews and knowledge building/mentoring for internal capacity growth; conduct new hirings and internships whenever needed.

Important date

• Last date of application submission – 23/11/2026. No closing time is stated in the advertisement; the deadline is treated as the end of the day.

How to apply

Apply online through the Institute’s project staff recruitment portal: http://recruitment.iitgn.ac.in/projectstaff/

Contact

Prof Manish Jain – [email protected]

Merely meeting the minimum eligibility criteria will not guarantee shortlisting and/or appointment. A higher cutoff level may be used, and the Institute reserves all rights not to call an applicant for a selection test or not to fill up a position through this round of the selection process without assigning any reason.

No application fee is prescribed in the advertisement.