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Advertisement No.: ICTS-Notice-2020/01
Date: 06 March 2020

The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), a premier research centre (an Autonomous, Grant-in-Aid Institution of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India), invites highly motivated and self-driven individuals for a recruitment for the post of Scientific Assistant to work on a project on ‘Anomalous heat transport in open classical interacting many-particle systems’ at its Bengaluru office. The candidates should have the following qualifications and experience. 

Position

      Essential qualification & experience

Desirable

Scientific Assistant ​

  • Science Graduate (with an aggregate of  60%)

  • Knowledge of use of personal computers and its applications.

  • 2 years of experience in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and stochastic process

  • M Sc in statistical physics

 

Job Profile: The project offers excellent opportunities for fundamental research. The study will be computational and analytical, and will involve study of anomalous behaviour in the transport of heat through materials in low dimensional systems at macroscopic level. The candidate will be expected to work on analytical and computational techniques for open classical stochastic systems with many interacting particles. The ideal project assistant should be extremely strong academically, especially in mathematics and scientific computation.

Upper Age Limit: ​28 years (as on 01st Jan 2020)

Salary: Rs. 44,000/ month (consolidated)

How to Apply: Interested candidates should APPLY ONLINE ONLY. Candidates will need to upload the latest CV, latest transcripts and provide details of at least two referees who will be contacted by the institute for recommendation letters. The deadline is 13 March 2020. 

Tenure: ​Initial appointment will be for 6 months which may be extended depending upon the individual’s performance and the requirements of the Centre. The selected candidate will be required to join immediately.

The Centre reserves the right to not fill this post or fill more vacancies. Canvassing in any form shall disqualify the candidate. 

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