Pharma Fellowship 2026 at IIT Delhi - 5 positions for MPharm / MSc

The Industrial Research & Development (IRD) Unit, established in 1975 through Board of Governors Resolution No. 37/75, serves as a cornerstone of the Institute's research ecosystem, empowering faculty with specialized administrative and managerial support for sponsored research and consultancy projects. Over the decades, it has enhanced the Institute's R&D profile by facilitating industry-relevant research, developing cutting-edge laboratories, and advancing research infrastructure to drive impactful scientific and technological breakthroughs.

Applications from Indian nationals are invited for project appointment under the following project. Appointment shall be on contractual basis with consolidated pay, renewable yearly or upto the duration of the project, whichever is earlier.

Title of the Project : Development and Management of Adivaani Project. (RM00002G)
Funding Agency : Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Name of the Project Investigator : Prof. Sandeep Kumar Email : ksandeep@ee.iitd.ac.in
Deptt./Centre : Department of Electrical Engineering
Duration of the Project : Upto 31/03/2027

Research Associate (II) – (02)
Consolidated fellowship / Pay-lab : Rs. 61,000/- p.m. Plus HRA @30%
Qualification : Ph.D / MD/MS / MDS or equivalent degree or having 3 years of research teaching and design and development experience after M/Sc/M.Pharm/ME/M.Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation (SCI) Journal.
We are seeking Research Assistants (RAs) to conduct research and develop multilingual AI and speech models, including Text-to-Text, Text-to-Speech (TTS), Speech-to-Text (STT), Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), and Machine Translation (MT) systems.

Research Associate (I) – (03)
Consolidated fellowship / Pay-lab : Rs. 58,000/- p.m. (Consolidated)
Qualification : Ph.D / MD/MS / MDS or equivalent degree or having 3 years of research teaching and design and development experience after M/Sc/M.Pharm/ME/M.Tech with at least one research paper in Science Citation (SCI) Journal.
We are seeking Research Assistants (RAs) to conduct research and develop multilingual AI and speech models, including Text-to-Text, Text-to-Speech (TTS), Speech-to-Text (STT), Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), and Machine Translation (MT) systems.

The posts may be downgraded as per discretion of the Selection Committee if none of the candidate is found suitable for the post.
The candidates who are interested to apply for the above post should download Form No. IRD/REC-4 from the IRD Website (http://ird.iitd.ac.in/rec) of IIT Delhi and submit the duly filled form with complete information regarding educational qualifications indicating percentage of marks/division, details of work experience etc. by e-mail with advertisement No. on the subject line to Prof. Sandeep Kumar at email id : amit007.cstaff@iitd.ac.in

IIT Delhi reserves the right to fix higher criteria for short-listing of eligible candidates from those satisfying advertised qualification and requirement of the project post and their name will be displayed on web link along with the online interview details. Only short-listed candidates will be informed for online interview. In case any clarification is required on eligibility regarding the above post, the candidate may contact Prof. Sandeep Kumar at email id : ksandeep@ee.iitd.ac.in

5% relaxation of marks may be granted to the SC/ST Candidates. In case of selection of a retired/superannuated government employee, his/her salary will be fixed as per prevailing IRD norms.

The last date for submitting the completed applications by email is 13/10/2026 by 5.00 p.m.