IITGN Postdoctoral Fellow Chemical Engineering 2026

IITGN Postdoctoral Fellow Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering under Prof. Prachi Thareja. The temporary project appointment supports CFD and Machine Learning Approaches for 3D printing of protein food-based inks, bringing experimental research and computational approaches into the same study. The position sits within the institute’s research programme in Gandhinagar, with opportunities to work across disciplines.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Initial appointment: The engagement is for one year. An extension depends on satisfactory performance, so the notice does not promise continued appointment beyond the initial term.
• Project setting: The research connects the behaviour of protein food-based inks with their use in extrusion printing. This gives the appointment a specific experimental focus within the wider Chemical Engineering department.
• Independent research: The notice describes an environment where you can work independently as well as with an experimental team. Both ways of working form part of the research setting.
• Research direction: The project brings machine learning into rheology and extrusion-printing studies. Your work would therefore sit at the meeting point of computational methods and laboratory experiments.
• Academic environment: IITGN highlights opportunities for interdisciplinary research collaboration. The notice also emphasises building an independent research career with strong publication output.
• Shortlisting: Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee that you will be shortlisted or appointed. The institute may use a higher cutoff when considering applications.
• Institute discretion: IITGN can decide not to call an applicant for a selection test or leave the position unfilled in this round, without giving a reason.
• Project contact: Prof. Prachi Thareja is the contact named in the notice, at prachi@iitgn.ac.in. The advertisement separately directs applications through the project-staff portal.

• Conduct rheology experiments for the research project.
• Run extrusion-printing experiments with protein food-based inks.
• Integrate experimental studies with a machine-learning approach.
• Carry out independent research within the project.
• Work with the experimental team on the research studies.
• Develop research outputs for publication.