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Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar invites applications for full-time faculty positions from exceptionally bright and highly motivated candidates with an established record of independent, high-quality research and commitment. IIT Gandhinagar, as an institution of higher learning in science, technology, and related fields, aspires to develop top-notch scientists, engineers, leaders, and entrepreneurs to meet the needs of society- now and in the future. We are looking for colleagues who will advance the vision of the Institute and will foster collaborations. We seek to hire driven colleagues who aspire to combine fundamental and applied research to solve high-impact problems. Candidates should be dedicated to research and teaching that expands scientific boundaries in service to society and to educating a broad and diverse group of students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

While exceptional candidature in all research areas would be considered, topics of particular interest across the disciplines include

S. No.	Discipline	Particulars of Specializations
1.	Biological Engineering	• Proteomics • Big Data in Life Sciences and Healthcare • Therapeutic Bioengineering
2.	Computer Science and Engineering	• Programming languages • Cryptography and information security • Quantum computing • Computer and embedded systems and Networking
3.	Civil Engineering	• Geotechnical Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Construction Technology and Management
4.	Chemical Engineering	• Process Systems Engineering • Energy and Environmental Engineering • Materials, Biomaterials and Nanotechnology
5.	Chemistry	• Battery Research, Thermoelectrics, Fuel Cells, and Photovoltaics • Ultrafast spectroscopy • Synthetic polymer chemistry
6.	Cognitive and Brain Sciences	• Open in all areas
7.	Earth Sciences	• Archaeology • Structural Geology • Geochemistry • Computational/Mathematical Geophysics
8.	Electrical Engineering	• Microelectronics and integrated circuits (IC) design • Control systems • Communication engineering, advanced RF, and terahertz technologies
9.	Humanities and Social Sciences	• Economics (priority for Macroeconomics, Financial Economics) • Sociology
10.	Materials Engineering	• Advanced Manufacturing and Processing • Energy Materials • ICME
11.	Mathematics	• Applied and Computational Mathematics • Combinatorics • Harmonic Analysis • Probability and Statistics
12.	Mechanical Engineering	• Robotics and Dynamical Systems including mechatronics • Experimental research in Energy and Thermal Sciences • Applied Mechanics (Theoretical, Computational, and Experimental): computational mechanical engineering/precision manufacturing
13.	Physics	• Theoretical Condensed Matter: Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems, Superconductivity and Magnetism • Quantum Computation and Information Technology • Low Temperature Physics, Topological Insulators • Multi-messenger Astronomy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

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