IIT Madras offers regular faculty positions across multiple academic pay levels. The following details outline the eligibility, pay structure, and criteria for each rank.
Candidates not eligible for direct recruitment may be put on tenure track for the regular post of Assistant Professor. On completion of one year of service, the incumbent shall move to Academic Pay Level 11. After three years, they shall move to Academic Pay Level 12 following an internal performance assessment.
For direct recruits, the minimum starting pay is fixed at Academic Pay Level 12, Cell No. 1 — Rs. 1,01,500/-. On completion of 3 years of service as Assistant Professor Grade-I, the incumbent shall move to Academic Pay Level 13A1.
At least 6 years of industrial / research / teaching experience, of which at least 3 years should be at the level of Assistant Professor Gr I / Senior Scientific Officer / Senior Design Engineer. The minimum starting pay is fixed at Academic Pay Level 13A2, Cell No. 1 — Rs. 1,39,600/-.
At least 10 years of industrial / research / teaching experience, of which at least 4 years should be at the level of Associate Professor in IITs, IISc Bangalore, IIMs, NITIE Mumbai and IISERs, or at an equivalent level in any such other Indian or foreign institution of comparable standards. The minimum starting pay is fixed at Academic Pay Level 14A, Cell No. 1 — Rs. 1,59,100/-.
Up to a maximum of 40% of the posts of Professors at this Institute, at any given point of time, shall be eligible to apply for HAG Academic Pay Level 15 after six years of regular service in Academic Pay Level 14A as Professor, subject to a performance evaluation based on research, research guidance, research publications, Ph.D. supervisions, teaching, consultancy, IPR development, resource generation through sponsored research, administrative responsibilities, etc.
The faculty member should have completed 10 years in the rank of Professor at IITs / IISc or a similar reputed university. The candidate must have achieved prominence at national level and should have achieved some degree of international reputation from reputed institutions abroad. The overall and recent (last 4 years) research output of the faculty member, including publications and guidance, should be significantly above the Institute and Department average. The candidate should have a consistently good teaching record.
IIT Madras recognizes senior faculty who have made exceptional contributions at a national and international level through the Institute Lifetime Achievement Research Award. A Professor selected for this award is also designated as "Institute Professor". The Institute recognizes a maximum of one faculty member in this category each year.