Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship (DSSE) – IIT, Bombay

In 2010, IIT, Bombay envisioned a dedicated centre to offer courses on Innovation and Entrepreneurship with the relevant content, context and contacts to aspiring students. This vision took shape in 2014 when an alumnus of IITB, Mr. Bharat Desai (B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, 1975) and his wife Ms. Neerja Sethi donated one million dollars to start the Centre. The Desai Sethi Centre for Entrepreneurship was approved on 31 January 2014 by the Board of Governors of IIT Bombay, chaired by Padma Vibhushan Dr. Anil Kakodkar. In December 2019, the Board of Governors of IIT Bombay approved the conversion of the Centre into the Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship (DSSE).

DSSE is an integral part of IIT Bombay’s entrepreneurship ecosystem with symbiotic relationships with upstream student bodies and research labs and centres of excellence, as well as with downstream grant-giving organizations, incubators and investors.

DSSE is currently expanding its faculty cohort (Assistant and Associate Professor) and seeks outstanding faculty members across entrepreneurship, innovation, technology management, and related interdisciplinary areas.

Qualifications:

Ph. D. with a first class or equivalent (in terms of Grades) in the preceding degree and an excellent academic record throughout.

Additional eligibility criteria are specified separately for each academic unit. 

Experience:

Assistant Professor Grade I

A minimum of three years of post-Ph.D. teaching / research / professional experience, excluding the experience gained while pursuing Ph.D.  The candidate should have demonstrated research capabilities in terms of publications in reputed journals and conferences.

Assistant Professor Grade II

Candidates satisfying all criteria of Assistant Professor Grade I, except the post-Ph.D. experience criterion for Assistant Professor Grade I, may be appointed as Assistant Professor Grade II with appropriate pay based on the number of years of post-doctoral experience. After satisfying the experience criteria required for Assistant Professor Grade I, they will be moved to Assistant Professor Grade I.

Associate Professor

A minimum of 6 years post-Ph.D. teaching/research/professional experience of which at least 3 years should be at the level of Assistant Professor Grade I in IITs, IISc, IISERs, IIMs or at an equivalent level in any other Indian/Foreign Universities/ Institutions/Industries of comparable level. The candidate should have demonstrated research ability with an excellent record of publications in reputed journals and conferences and must have supervised Ph.D. students. The candidate should also have demonstrated excellent teaching abilities at higher educational institutions. It is desirable that the candidate has carried out laboratory development/course development/ technology development/ innovative work leading to patents and has generated sufficient funding for research. The criteria of supervision of Ph.D. students and teaching at higher educational institutions may be relaxed for candidates who have joined from industry.

Professor

A minimum of 10 years post-Ph.D. teaching/research/professional experience of which at least 4 years should be at the level of Associate Professor in IITs, IISc, IISERs, IIMs or at an equivalent level in any other Indian/Foreign Universities/ Institutions of comparable level. The candidate should have demonstrated leadership in research in a specific area, with an excellent record of publications in reputed journals and conferences and should have graduated Ph.D. students. Candidates should also have demonstrated excellent teaching abilities at higher educational institutions. It is desirable that the candidate has carried out laboratory development/course development/ technology development/ innovative work leading to patents and has generated sufficient funding for research. It is also desirable that the candidate has external recognition in the area of specialization. Teaching and Ph.D. guidance requirements may be relaxed for candidates from research labs if they have an exceptional research record. 

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