Vacancy for One Project Executive Officer

Essential Qualification: PhD with 5 years experience OR M.E./M.Tech/M.B.A. with 8 years experience.
Areas of Educational Qualification: Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Sciences, Environmental Engineering and Management, Environmental/Energy Policy, Instrumentation Engineering, Project Management with experience in areas of Air Quality and/or Sustainable Energy
Required skills: Operational strategies; working knowledge of MS office suite; excellent content writing capability including compilation of reports, newsletters and social media posts; knowledge of GFR and government purchase procedures; ability to organise events/meetings/interviews (both online and offline); strong command in oral and written English and Hindi. Excellent interpersonal and public speaking skills. Experience with coordination of large teams and good team player. Experience managing multi-institutional, interdisciplinary projects required.
Salary: INR 50400-4200-126000 per month (Salary shall be commensurate with experience & skills)
Nature of position: Temporary / Contractual
Duration of appointment: 1 Year appointment with high probability for extension till the end of project. Renewal of appointment on annual basis.
How to apply: Interested candidates may apply via email (to dstccp@gmail.com)
About the group/team: The team has made impactful contribution at national level to address the challenges of Air Pollution and Climate Change. Under the leadership of Prof.S.N.Tripathi, the team has built ground-breaking innovative approaches for indigenously built low-cost sensor-based network technologies for nation-wide urban air quality monitoring and Real Time Source Apportionment (RTSA). Recently, the group has been awarded the International Centre of Excellence on advanced pollution monitoring technologies recognized by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. This work will be carried out as a part of this Centre. The group is presently establishing large-scale Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) sensor network across Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The group has also set-up a mobile AQM laboratory for Dynamic Hyper-local Source Apportionment studies across Lucknow and Kanpur.
Other benefits:
- He/she will get the opportunity to work in a conductive environment and can avail the hostel/family accommodation facility (according to availability) at IIT Kanpur.
- As regards the medical facilities, only the OPD facility for self shall be available at the Health Centre of IIT Kanpur without any reimbursement of cost of medicines. Any outside referral shall not be For the purpose, a medical booklet shall be provided to you on request.
Selection: The department reserves the right to fix suitable criteria for short listing of eligible candidates satisfying qualifications and experience. The selection will be based on online interview. Short listed candidates will be informed via email about the date of interview.

Dr. S.N.Tripathi Coordinator, National Aerosol Facility, IIT Kanpur.

Project Executive officer