TU IPR Chair Professor Recruitment 2026

TU IPR Chair Professor Recruitment 2026: Overview

Tezpur University (TU) is appointing a full-time IPR Chair Professor under the Scheme of Pedagogy and Research in IPRs for Holistic Education and Academia (SPRIHA). The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Government of India, sponsors the scheme, while the role is based at the university's Napaam campus in Assam. The chair is meant for a senior intellectual-property specialist who can connect university teaching and research with substantial academic, legal or IP Office experience.

The notice deliberately opens the chair to more than one professional route. It can suit an established university academic, a long-serving IP attorney or recognised IPR professional, or a retired senior official from the Indian IP administration. This broad route mix gives the university access to both scholarly and practice-based expertise, but meeting a minimum route does not automatically secure consideration; the screening committee controls shortlisting.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Tenure: The appointment runs for five years from the date of joining.
• Full-time chair: The advertised package applies to a full-time IPR Chair Professor under the SPRIHA scheme.
• Shortlisting: The university may limit the interview pool after examining academic standing, research, teaching or professional records.
• Serving applicants: If you are employed, your employer's No Objection Certificate is needed. An advance copy may be sent within the closing window, subject to the later receipt condition in the notice.
• Institutional decision: The screening committee's shortlisting decision is stated to be final and binding.

Application Submission Notes

Send the signed scanned application in PDF format to turecruit@tezu.ernet.in. Use the subject line “Application for the post of IPR Chair Professor against Advt. No. 28/2026” so the recruitment office can identify the submission correctly. Your email package should include the filled form, bio-data, Annexure I, Annexure II and the relevant certificates or testimonials as PDF files.

The attached form asks for a detailed record of education, employment, research activity and publications, beginning with Class 10. It also records GATE or UGC/CSIR NET information where relevant and asks you to separate peer-reviewed publications, teaching or post-doctoral work and recognised awards. Complete these tables carefully because the annexed shortlisting sheet assigns weight to the academic and research record; do not rely on a general CV to replace the prescribed entries.

A hard copy of the filled application and supporting records may reach the university within seven days after the email closing date. Applicants already in service may send an advance copy, but the employer-forwarded original or the No Objection Certificate must also reach the university within that stated period. Keep the emailed PDF and dispatch proof together for your own record.

• Lead intellectual property rights teaching and research under the SPRIHA scheme
• Guide university researchers on patents, trademarks, copyrights and related IPR issues
• Develop practical IPR learning activities for students and academic staff
• Connect university research with current intellectual property law and practice
• Mentor scholars working on intellectual property policy and innovation
• Support IPR awareness, outreach and institutional capacity-building programmes