Online applications are invited from the qualified candidates for the Post of Senior Project Manager and Project Associate/Young Professionals. Registration for the Post of Project Manager is closed.

CPMU (Central Project Management Unit) at IIT Jammu
under
AI-CoE initiative of MoE (Ministry of Education)
Advertisement No. IITJmu/CPMU/03/2024-25

Date August 16, 2024

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has established CPMU (Central Project Management Unit) at IIT Jammu via the letter F. No. 34-3/2O23-T.S.I dated October 13, 2023, under the initiative of establishing three Centres of Excellence (CoE) in Artificial Intelligence as a part of “Make AI in India and Make AI Work for India”. This initiative is targeting three thrust areas – Agriculture, Health and Sustainable Cities. The initiative envisages the setting up of three centers of excellence (one CoE per thrust area) for Artificial Intelligence. Details of this initiative can be found at https://iitjammu.ac.in/aicpmu/cfp.pdf. CPMU is entrusted with creating a vibrant team of committed and enthusiastic minds to manage the AI CoE project over the next five years (2023-2028). The CPMU team will work under the overall guidance of the Apex Committee set up by the Ministry of Education Govt. of India to drive the project.

To set up the team at CPMU, online applications are invited from the qualified candidates for the following positions (temporary project positions till the duration of the project November 2028). Total duration of the appointment shall be 05 years or project duration whichever is earlier. Initial appointment shall be for 01 Year and is extendable up to the duration of the project subject to satisfactory performance in yearly reviews.

This is a rolling advertisement for receiving applications under this initiative and shall remain active till the vacancies are filled or project duration whichever is earlier. Applications shall be processed as and when sufficient number of applications are received for a given position.

For Senior Project Manager and Project Manager, deputation-based recruitment shall also be considered and salary shall be mapped to appropriate level/cell in 7CPC pay matrix subject to a maximum of upper limit on the salary range.. Irrespective of the mode of recruitment, these project posts are co-terminus with the project

Please note that CPMU is free to set the benchmark and call only the eligible candidates above set benchmark for Test and/or Interview. Further, CPMU also reserves the right NOT to fill any of the posts advertised, in the event or exigency so decided without assigning any reason thereof.

* Positions are co-terminus with the project.