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A large number of prestigious chair positions have been established in the Institute with the generous financial support and cooperation of the sponsors from the industry, public and private sector organizations, alumni and individuals to promote excellence in specific areas. A well established procedure is followed to appoint Chair Professors in the Institute. The Institute endeavors to appoint professionals with well acclaimed credentials to its Chair positions.
Apply for Chairs
Two externally-funded chair positions have fallen vacant as well as two new chair positions have been recently created from donor contributions. In addition, institute chair positions are also available across all areas.
Each chair has an initial tenure of three years, which is extendable up to a further period of two years. Each chair position will carry a monthly honorarium up to INR 25,000 per month and a research grant of INR 2 Lakh per annum. Refer CDN Notification
Know about the eligibility criteria for each vacant chair.
Interested faculty members may apply for chair position on the online portal.
One can apply for multiple chair positions as long as he/she fulfill the eligibility of the corresponding chair position. But, no faculty can hold more than one chair position at a time, irrespective of whether it is an externally-funded chair or an institute chair.
The application for all chair positions should be forwarded by the respective departments. For this, please print the first page of the completed application form and forward it to the office of Dean Faculty through respective HoDs/HoCs/HoSs. The deadline for application is January 13, 2020, Tuesday.
Chairs @IITD
| Occupant Name | Occupant Dept./Centre/School | Duration | Area | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. Siddharth Pandey | Department of Chemistry | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 2 | Prof. Swades Kumar De | Department of Electrical Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 3 | Prof. Jayadeva | Department of Electrical Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 4 | Prof. Ashwini K Agrawal | Department of Textile Technology | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 5 | Prof. (Ms.) Ratnamala Chatterjee | Department of Physics | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 6 | Prof. Shantanu Roy | Department of Chemical Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 7 | Prof. Ranjan Kumar Mallik | Department of Electrical Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 8 | Prof. Sunil Kumar Khare | Department of Chemistry | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 9 | Prof. Neeraj Khare | Department of Physics | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 10 | Prof. Vijaya Prakash G | Department of Physics | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 11 | Prof. S Dharmaraja | Department of Mathematics | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 12 | Prof. Josemon Jacab | Material Science & Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 13 | Prof. Sagnik Dey | Centre for Atmospheric Science | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 14 | Prof. Purnima Singh | Humanities & Social Sciences | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 15 | Prof. Abhijit R Abhyankar | Department of Electrical Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | Power Generation Technology at the Dept. of Electrical Engineering of IIT Delhi | NTPC Chair |
| 16 | Prof. Niladri Chatterjee | Department of Mathematics | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | Artificial Intelligence at IIT Delhi | Soumitra Dutta Chair |
| 17 | Prof. Saroj Kanta Mishra | Centre for Atmospheric Science | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Yes Bank Chair |
| 18 | Prof. Manjeet Jassal | Department of Textile Technology | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | As per MOU | Rita Duggal Chair |
| 19 | Prof. Nilanjan Senroy | Department of Electrical Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | Power System Engineering | Powergrid Chair |
| 20 | Prof. Sukumar Mishra | Department of Electrical Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | Power and Automation | ABB Chair |
| 21 | Prof. Kalaga Ramachandra Rao | Department of Civil Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | Urban Transport and Traffic Planning | MoUD Chair |
| 22 | Prof. Seema Sharma | Department of Management Studies | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | Discipline of Economics in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. | Sulaiman Mutawa Chair |
| 23 | Prof. Kolin Paul | Department of Computer Science & Engineering | 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022 | Computer Science & Engineering | Microsoft Chair |
| 24 | Prof. (Ms.) G Bhuvaneswari | Department of Electrical Engineering | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 25 | Prof. Abhijit Majumdar | Department of Textile Technology | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 26 | Prof. Sourabh Ghosh | Department of Textile Technology | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 27 | Prof. K Sreenadh | Department of Mathematics | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 28 | Prof. (Ms.) Kanika T Bhal | Department of Management Studies | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 29 | Prof. BR Chahar | Department of Civil Engineering | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 30 | Prof. BK Panigrahi | Department of Electrical Engineering | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 31 | Prof. IN Kar | Department of Electrical Engineering | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 32 | Prof. AK Ganguli | Department of Chemistry | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 33 | Prof. KB Khare | Department of Physics | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | As per MOU | Institute Chair |
| 34 | Prof. Amit Gupta | Department of Mechanical Engineering | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 | Power Generation Technology | NTPC Chair |