IIT Gandhinagar Post-Doctoral Fellow Recruitment 2026 (Civil Engineering, Advt SPON/70142/Advt0300)

IIT Gandhinagar Post-Doctoral Fellow Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar) is hiring a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Civil Engineering department to work with Prof. Udit Bhatia on a project sponsored under the GAPD Scheme and AICOE. The role, advertised through the Research and Development Office (Advertisement No. SPON/70142/Advt0300), focuses on urban water systems, flood modelling and control-oriented research — an area the institute is actively strengthening through this hire. Only one position is open, so competition will be tight. The work blends mathematical modelling, physics-guided machine learning and field-level data from Indian urban and peri-urban case studies, so candidates comfortable working across theory and application will find this role interesting. PhD holders and candidates who have already submitted their doctoral thesis in a related field can apply, subject to Institute rules.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Tenure: The appointment runs for one year, extendable based on satisfactory performance — this is a temporary, project-linked role and not a permanent faculty position.
• Thesis-submitted candidates: If you've submitted your doctoral thesis but not yet received the degree, you can still apply, subject to Institute rules.
• Selection discretion: Meeting the minimum eligibility does not guarantee shortlisting — the Institute may apply a higher cutoff and reserves the right not to fill the position at all without giving a reason.
• Interview only: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview — there's no written test for this role, and selection follows IIT Gandhinagar's standard recruitment process.

Application Submission Notes

Apply directly through the IIT Gandhinagar project staff recruitment portal using the application link in the notification. For questions about the project or the role itself, you can write to the Principal Investigator, Prof. Udit Bhatia, at bhatia.u@iitgn.ac.in.

• Develop mathematical and control-oriented models of urban drainage, rainfall-runoff and water-depth dynamics
• Integrate high-fidelity hydrodynamic simulations with compact, interpretable and computationally efficient models
• Design robust, adaptive or model-based control strategies for flood mitigation under uncertain conditions
• Explore physics-guided machine-learning methods for prediction and infrastructure-resilience applications
• Work with geospatial, hydrometeorological and sensor data for Indian urban and peri-urban case studies
• Publish research findings in high-quality journals and conferences
• Contribute to project deliverables and collaborate with students and research partners