IIT Bhubaneswar invites applications from well-qualified candidates for Adjunct Faculty positions at the level of Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor to teach the following TWO courses [A. Language 1: Sanskrit; B. Art (Performing and Visual) & Creative Expressions] under the 4-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (BSc.-B.Ed.):

1. Language 1: Sanskrit:

About the course: Language has undeniable links with all kinds of learning. Language enables an individual to understand new concepts, exchange ideas and communicate thoughts with fellow beings. To appreciate fully the role of language in education, one must begin to develop a holistic perspective on language. Language needs to be examined in a multi-dimensional space, giving due importance to its structural, literary, sociological, cultural, psychological, and aesthetic aspects. The National Education Policy 2020 envisages imparting language skills as part of holistic education. It lays thrust on the need to enhance linguistic skills for better cognitive development and the development of a rounded personality of the learners. This course aims at enabling student teachers to enhance their ability to listen, speak, read, write and demonstrate linguistic skills in an effective manner. Linguistic skills – listening, speaking, reading, writing, and speaking effectively – are fundamental to constructing knowledge in all academic disciplines, and. participating effectively in the world of work and creating sense in the everyday life. Through this course, the students will be able to enhance proficiency in reading with comprehension, understanding, thinking, and conceptualizing. The course seeks to enhance critical thinking abilities and effective communication skills of student teachers. The course involves hands-on activities and practical sessions that help student teachers develop and use linguistic skills in a variety of situations.

Qualification: The qualification and expected contributions as articulated in the MoE guidelines for hiring Adjunct Faculty will be as detailed below:

• Any candidate for adjunct faculty for this course should satisfy the following norms:

1. Must have a Ph.D degree in Sankrit.
2. Her/his association must add value to the academic programme/students.

1. Art (Performing and Visual) & Creative Expressions:

About the course: Engagement with various forms of art as self-expression and need to develop sensibility to appreciate them has been an important concern in educational theory and practice. This concern is premised on the claim that forms of self-expression contribute immensely to the development of cognitive, affective, and psycho-motor dimensions among children, as well as that through one or another art form, children come to explore ways of expressing themselves. Further, it is also the case that critical appreciation of art enables children to form judgments of a very special kind, namely, aesthetic judgment. This enables students as they grow into adults to have focused attention on making sense of and appreciating cultural productions. Children enjoy artwork a lot. They explore and find meaning in artwork. Their psycho-motor skills get developed through art. The huge element of socialization is acquired through different forms of art. They get to know each other and understand each other and make friends through art. They develop their peer group through getting involved in art forms. Learning to work with others is also achieved through art. It gives them space to think independently, create and reflect. It is one space where all the three are involved- hand, head, and heart. Therefore, educational practitioners that the students of MA Education aim to be, will need to bring an element of art in practices that they engage in. To be able to do this, they need an appreciation of art in general, familiarity with one art form, and basic skills and capabilities to be creative and artful. Additionally, they should be familiar with some critical debates in art education, even if their work is in other subject areas. To this end in the first semester students will do one course that aims to help them recognize and appreciate the importance of aesthetic judgment, develop familiarity with an art form and basic skills to be creative and artful in their expressions. Skills develop from practice, therefore hands-on training in doing art will be emphasized in this course. This course aims to help students develop a habit of performing skillful activities that are essentially aesthetic and artful which is expected to contribute to other educational practices that they develop in other courses in the programme. Therefore, this course will explicitly relate this skill to activities that practitioners of education engage in, like teaching, development of teaching-learning material, and content of other subject areas wherever possible.

Qualification: The qualification and expected contributions as articulated in the MoE guidelines for hiring Adjunct Faculty will be as detailed below:

• Any candidate for adjunct faculty for this course should satisfy the following norms:

3. Must have a Ph.D degree in Dance, Song, Art & Craft.
4. Her/his association must add value to the academic programme/students.

Method for Selection:

The shortlisted candidates will have to appear for a seminar presentation and interaction.

Responsibilities: The faculty members will be expected to teach the above course as per the norms of the Institute.

Appointment duration: Initial appointment will be for a semester and may be extended for another semester as per the Institute norms.

Compensation: The salary structure of such an appointment is as follows:

• Adjunct Assistant Professor – Honorarium of Rs. 3,000/- per lecture hour.
• Adjunct Associate Professor – Honorarium of Rs. 4,000/- per lecture hour.
• Adjunct Professor – Honorarium of Rs. 5,000/- per lecture hour.

In addition to the above, Adjunct faculty would be provided the following travel assistance with local hospitality as stated below:

1. Institute will provide a hired vehicle for the local travel (Bhubaneswar-Puri-Cuttack) for their visit(s). In case of non-availability of such arrangement, Institute will bear Rs. 1,000/- per visit subject to the maximum ceiling of Rs. 25,000/- in a semester.
2. In case, any visits made by the faculty members from the cities other than those mentioned above, Institute will bear the travel expenses (as per actual costs) subject to a maximum 6 (six) number of visits in a semester.

No accommodation would be permissible, however she/he shall be provided free lodging and boarding in the Institute Guest House as per the availability of the rooms in the Guest House. She/he shall be given the above honorarium per lecture hour subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs. 1,20,000/- per month.

How to Apply: Qualified and interested applicants may send a detailed resume clearly mentioning course she/he would like to teach and other relevant information via email to the Head, School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Management (E-mail: hos.shssm@iitbbs.ac.in) with the subject of the email as “Adjunct Faculty position for ITEP” on or before 31 May, 2024.