CESS Faculty Economics and Sociology Recruitment 2026

CESS Professor and Assistant Professor Recruitment 2026: Overview

The Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad is hiring faculty in Economics and Sociology. Set up in 1980 as an autonomous research centre and recognised as a national institute by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) in 1986, CESS is backed jointly by the Telangana Planning Department and ICSSR.

The centre runs applied development research and a regular Ph.D. programme in Development Studies, so these are research-heavy posts with teaching for doctoral scholars. The drive covers a Professor post in the Research Unit for Studies in Inclusive Development, regular Assistant Professor posts and a three-year contract Assistant Professor post in Public Finance.

Posts and Disciplines

The regular Assistant Professor posts are reserved for the SC (backlog) and EWS categories; the Professor and contract posts are in the General category.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Blended pay: Basic pay is a weighted blend of the 7th CPC and 6th CPC academic scales, because the ICSSR salary grant is capped — so your actual pay sits below the full 7th CPC figure.
• Contract post tenure: The Public Finance Assistant Professor post is a contract position for three years.
• Ph.D. teaching: Every faculty member works on the Centre's research projects and must teach and supervise scholars in the Ph.D. programme.
• Interview-only selection: The UGC 2018 academic score is used only to shortlist; the final choice rests on interview performance, and CESS may shortlist fewer applicants than those who qualify.
• Publications: Papers in peer-reviewed or UGC-listed journals count up to 13 June 2019 and UGC-CARE journals after that; predatory or dubious journals are not considered.
• Experience counting: Teaching experience counts from UG level and research experience only from the date your Ph.D. was awarded; experience in private aided colleges needs the university's ratification.
• In-service applicants: Send your application through proper channel, or be ready to show a No Objection Certificate at the interview.
• Other terms: Canvassing disqualifies you, posts may be left vacant if no one suitable is found, and legal disputes fall under the High Court of Telangana.

Application Submission Notes

Fill the prescribed application format with your age, qualifications, research and teaching experience, theses guided and past positions, and attach the listed documents plus three references. Post it to The Director, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Nizamiah Observatory Campus, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500016.

Write "Application for the Post of Professor / Assistant Professor" at the top of the envelope. For queries, the centre lists director@cess.ac.in.

• Carry out research in your specialisation under the Centre's research projects
• Teach courses in the CESS Ph.D. programme in Development Studies
• Supervise and guide Ph.D. scholars through their research
• Publish research output in peer-reviewed or UGC-CARE journals
• Lead inclusive development research in the Research Unit for Studies in Inclusive Development (Professor post)