IITB Research Scientist Advt M3 26 27 Recruitment 2026

IITB Research Scientist Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) is taking applications for Research Scientist positions across its academic departments, centres, schools and interdisciplinary programmes. The appointments support research at the institute, with a particular focus on helping its PhD students. Each Research Scientist works with a mentor whose expertise is close to their own.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Initial appointment: You join for one year. The institute can extend the appointment for two years after assessing your work, so the extension is conditional rather than automatic.
• Academic-unit setting: The notice covers several types of academic units instead of naming a single department. Your application goes to the unit concerned, which also evaluates applications for its Research Scientist positions.
• Appointment decision: Meeting the stated requirements does not promise an appointment. The academic unit evaluates your application before deciding whether to offer you a position.
• Mentoring arrangement: Your own institute mentor will be chosen for the closeness of their expertise to your research area. This sits alongside the support that Research Scientists provide to the institute's doctoral students.
• Additional assignments: The Head of the academic unit may give you reasonable academic or administrative tasks alongside research. These assignments are part of the arrangement described in the notice.

Application Submission Notes

Use the Research Scientist application form linked in the advertisement and send it to the Head of the relevant Department, School or Centre. The notice directs applications to the concerned academic unit, so address your application to that unit.

For unit-specific information, write to the Head of the academic unit you are interested in. That is the contact route IITB gives for questions about these positions.

• Support the institute's PhD students with research guidance.
• Provide technical expertise to help doctoral research.
• Offer independent research mentorship to PhD students.
• Work with the assigned mentor in your research area.
• Handle reasonable academic or administrative tasks assigned by the Head of the academic unit.