IIT Indore JRF MXene Recruitment 2026

IIT Indore JRF Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore) is hiring a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) for a materials research project in its Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science. The project, MXene-based degradation of life-threatening chemicals and toxic industrial gases, is funded by the Defence Research and Development Establishment under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDE-DRDO). You will join a project appointment at the institute’s Simrol campus, with research visits to partner facilities where needed.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Project tenure: The notice sets an appointment period of 30 months. Your appointment ends with the project, and poor performance can also bring it to an end.
• Research travel: You may need to visit the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, for synchrotron studies at the Indus beamlines. The notice also allows for visits to DRDE, Gwalior, for detoxification studies, so the work may take you beyond the IIT campus.
• PhD route: IIT Indore encourages the selected fellow to seek admission to its PhD programme under institute rules. This encouragement is separate from admission itself and does not guarantee a PhD place.
• Fellowship continuation: If you are selected for the PhD programme, the notice provides for extending the fellowship through the PhD period under institute norms.
• Travel costs: The institute will not pay travelling or daily allowance for appearing in the interview.

Application Submission Notes

Email your application to Prof. Rupesh Devan at rupesh@iiti.ac.in. Keep the application material together in a single PDF file and use the subject line “Application for JRF under DRDE-DRDO funded project” so it is identified with this project.

• Synthesise MXene materials for the project.
• Develop MXene heterostructures with metal-organic frameworks and metal oxides.
• Develop prototype fabrics for the research.
• Characterise materials using the advanced techniques named in the notice.
• Study degradation and detoxification of hazardous chemicals and industrial gases.
• Carry out synchrotron and detoxification studies at partner facilities when needed.