West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences invites applications for the following posts via direct recruitment:

Post Name: Professor (Law)

Essential Qualification:

(A) (i) An eminent scholar having a PhD degree in the concerned/allied/relevant discipline, and published work of high quality, actively engaged in research with evidence of published work with, a minimum of 10 research publications in UGC CARE/SCOPUS listed journals and a total research score of 120 as per the criteria prescribed by the UGC.

(ii) A minimum of ten years of teaching experience in university/college as Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor, and/or research experience at equivalent level at the University/National Level Institutions with evidence of having successfully guided doctoral candidate. OR

(B) An outstanding professional, having a PhD degree in the relevant/allied/applied disciplines, from any academic institutions (not included in A above) / industry, who has made significant contribution to the knowledge in the concerned/allied/relevant discipline,supported by documentary evidence provided he/she has ten years teaching experience.

Post Name: Associate Professor (Law)

Essential Qualification:

(i) A good academic record, with a PhD Degree in the concerned/allied/relevant disciplines with relevance to the post advertised along with teaching experience and who has made significant contribution to the knowledge in the concerned area of specialized subject with relevance to the post advertised;

(ii) A Masters Degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale, wherever the grading system is followed).

(iii) A minimum of eight years of experience of teaching and / or research in an academic/research position equivalent to that of Assistant Professor in a University, College or Accredited Research Institution/industry with a minimum of seven publications in UGC CARE/SCOPUS listed journals and a total research score of Seventy five (75) as per the criteria prescribed by UGC.

Post Name: Assistant Professor (Law)

Essential Qualification:

(A) (i) A master degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in a concerned/relevant /allied subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign University.
(ii) Besides fulfilling the above qualifications the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) Conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET/ SET or who are or have been awarded a PhD Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M Phil/PhD degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments form time to time as the case may be, are exempted from NET/SLET/SET: OR

Provided, the candidates registered for the PhD programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances/Bye-laws/Regulations of the Institution awarding the degree and such PhD candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions:-

(a) The PhD degree of the candidate has been awarded in a regular mode;

(b) The PhD thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners;

(c) An open PhD viva voce of the candidate has been conducted;

(d) The Candidate has published two research papers from his/her PhD work, out of which at least one is in a refereed journal;

(e) The candidate has presented at least two papers based on his/her PhD work in conferences/seminars sponsored/funded/supported by the UGC/ICSSR/CSIR or any similar agency.
(B) The PhD degree has been obtained from a foreign university/institution with a ranking among top 500 in the World University Ranking (at any time) by any one of the following:

(i) Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)

(ii) the times Higher Education (THE) or

(iii) the Academic Ranking of world Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai).

Desirable: A research experience with relevance to the post advertised along with teaching experience and who has SCOPUS listed publications in the concerned area.; Explanation Teaching Experience will be counted if the candidate hold any whole time post U.G.C. scale of pay designated as Assistant Professor against a substantive post and not in ad-hoc basis.

Address to send the application: The Candidate must fill in the application form and send it to Registrar, the West Bengal National University Juridical Science, Dr Ambedkar Bhavan, 12 LB Block, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700106 along with relevant documents.

For more details related to eligibility criteria, fee, pattern, annexure, place of posting etc. refer to the attachments below.