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The department cordially welcomes applications for faculty positions from Indian nationals who are exceptionally accomplished and deeply motivated with an excellent track-record of independent, high quality research and passion for teaching. The department expects the candidates to have published in top-ranking fora in their areas of expertise. For an Assistant Professor position, the prospective candidates must have a Ph.D. with a few years of post-doctoral research experience (preferably three years but relaxable in deserving cases) and be preferably below 35 years of age. For senior positions, in addition to a Ph.D. degree, the prospective candidates must be leaders in their area with significant contributions in their area of research and a proven track-record of mentoring doctoral students.

CSA, with its lively research ambiance, is an exciting place to explore the frontiers of computer science and automation. We hope you would be interested in being a part of the research excitement at CSA.

The starting salary for an Assistant Professor will be a minimum of Rs. 30000 (Basic) plus Rs. 8000 (Grade Pay) plus allowances. The salary for an Associate Professor position will be a minimum of Rs. 42800 (Basic) plus Rs. 9500 (Grade Pay) plus allowances and for the Professor position, the salary will be a minimum of Rs. 48000 (Basic) plus 10500 (Grade Pay) per month plus allowances. The above are beginning salaries as per the recommendations of the sixth pay commission.

The allowances include

• Dearness Allowance. This is currently at 58% of the Basic Salary and Grade Pay. The dearness allowance goes through an upward revision, usually twice a year.
• Transport Allowance. This is currently Rs. 4640.
• House Rent Allowance. Faculty members who do not choose the option of campus accommodation are paid 35 percent of their Basic Salary as House Rent Allowance.

CSA and IISc provide numerous benefits for new faculty members to help them build a successful academic career:

• Relocation expenses covered up to institute-specified limits. This is currently Rs. 75,000 for candidates traveling from within India and Rs. 1,25,000 for candidates traveling from other countries.
• An attractive start-up research grant to set up the initial infrastructure for you and your students.
• CSA attracts the best PhD students in India and the best ME students in India. Currently CSA has 91 PhD students and 60 ME students per batch. This is an addition to 35 MSc (Engg.) students. The research students are allowed an interaction of two months with prospective guides before they register with a guide. New faculty members are allocated research students on a priority basis. All research students are funded by the Government of India.
• A grant of Rs. 3 lakhs for attending international conferences and other contingent expenditure during a sliding period of three years. This is typically supplemented by travel support from industry partners, government agencies, and departmental initiatives.
• Administrative support for industrial collaborative, consulting, and sponsored projects. SID (Society for Innovation and Development, located in the campus) and CSIC (Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consulting) help initiate dialogue with industry, national, and international organizations and also provide administrative support for initiating and running the projects. SID also has an incubation cell for start ups, in the form of space, seed money, etc. for faculty members who wish to start their company.
• Summer Vacation. Starting from your second year onwards, you would be able to travel during the summer to visit your collaborators.
• Every six years, each faculty member is eligible for one full year sabbatical leave with partial pay.
• Support for visiting positions. The department attracts long term visitors from various universities around the world both during the summer and the academic year.
• Faculty members are expected to teach 2 courses per year, which typically includes one core course or popular elective course (at 200 level) course. The second course could be a research/seminar (300 level) course in an area of interest.
• On campus housing for all faculty. Faculty members who prefer to live off-campus are eligible for house rent allowance.
• An attractive contributory health services scheme for medical support for the faculty and their family.
• Many other benefits such as reimbursement of annual membership fee of an international professional body of choice.
• Location: Bangalore is the IT capital of India and is home to the research and development wings of several companies and industrial research labs such as Infosys, Wipro, TCS, IBM Research, Microsoft Research India, Google India, Yahoo! Labs, Amazon, Bell Labs, GM India Science Lab, GE Research, Intel, AMD, Cisco, and Texas Instruments. Also, national agencies such as ISRO, HAL, NAL, BEL, CDAC, CDOT, and DRDO, have their research labs in Bangalore. There is unlimited scope for collaborative research with the industry and research laboratories.

More information on faculty benefits is available here.

Additional information is available on this website maintained by some IISc faculty members.

Applications are welcome throughout the year. Interested candidates, with proven research track record (such as publications in top-ranking fora in the area of expertise) may apply by sending the following through email or regular post:

1. Curriculum vitae including Date of Birth
2. List of refereed international publications. In this list, (i) bold-face the titles of papers in which the applicant is the primary contributor, and (ii) mark with an asterisk the papers that have appeared in top publication fora
3. Reprints of important publications in which the applicant is the primary contributor
4. Research statement articulating your contributions and proposed research plan
5. Teaching statement describing your teaching interests and expertise
6. Names and addresses (with e-mail address) of at least four referees who are intimately familiar with the candidate's work, and span the candidate's academic career, and
7. Any other relevant details

Please email to with a copy to . If you are using regular post, please send to:
The Chairman,
Department of CSA,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore - 560012.

Email correspondence is preferred.

The application material is scrutinized by the CSA faculty members and references are sought from the suggested experts. The department may also choose to get additional references if necessary. The prospective faculty member will be invited by the department to spend a couple of days at the department during which the candidate gives a faculty talk and also interacts with members of the faculty. If the faculty members strongly feel that the candidate will be a valuable addition to the department, the department makes a recommendation to the Director through the Chairperson of the Division of Electrical Sciences. The above described process normally requires two months.

The Director sets up a selection committee on a suitable date. At least two experts from outside the Institute will be invited to participate in the selection committee proceedings. The candidate will be required to attend the meeting if he/she is based in India. Otherwise, the candidate is required to appear through a video-conference or a Skype call. Based on the recommendations of the committee and after approval from the Council of the Institute (which meets once every three months), the Registrar makes an official offer of appointment to the candidate. This second phase of the process requires up to another two months. Candidates may join the department at any time of the year but within 3-4 months of the date of offer. A later join date may be granted subject to approval of the Director.