IIT Gandhinagar Post-Doctoral Fellow Recruitment 2026 – Apply Online

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar has invited applications for 2 Post-Doctoral Fellow positions in the project "Building Foundations of Parallel, Concurrent and Distributed Software for Emerging Applications on Modern Computing Hardware", under Principal Investigator Ajay Singh. The consolidated monthly remuneration including HRA is Rs 72,000 to 84,000 for 1 year, extendable based on performance. The essential qualification is a PhD in computer science and engineering or related areas, and candidates who have submitted their thesis are also eligible. Applications go through the application link on recruitment.iitgn.ac.in, and the last date is 25 November 2026.

IIT Gandhinagar Post-Doctoral Fellow at a Glance

The official notification does not specify the age limit, the application fee or the selection stages.

About the Project

The notice comes from the Research & Development Office of IIT Gandhinagar and covers a project led by Ajay Singh in the Computer Science and Engineering department. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will contribute to designing the fundamental building blocks of next-generation software systems that are increasingly concurrent, parallel and distributed. The notice says the specific research direction would be fixed together with the selected candidate.

Who Can Apply

Essential qualification: PhD in computer science and engineering or related areas (Information Technology / Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science). Candidates who have submitted their thesis are also eligible. The notice ticks "Institute norms" as the eligibility norms.

The percentage or grade points for the academic qualifications must be a minimum of 60% or equivalent grade from graduation onwards, and 55% or equivalent grade in class 10th and 12th.

Desirable qualification and experience: research experience in theory or practice of concurrent, parallel and distributed computing, with at least one of the following as a primary interest:

• Concurrent data structures, algorithms, synchronization, and memory management.
• Software performance engineering for modern hardware: multicore, chiplet-based servers, GPUs, disaggregated memory (RDMA/CXL) and non-volatile memory.
• Systems where concurrency is the bottleneck: programming libraries, in-memory databases, key-value stores, AI/ML training and inference systems, network software, real-time systems.
• Machine verification of concurrent software.
• Energy efficient and sustainable computing.

Also valued: programming in C/C++ (or Rust, Java) and experience with Linux tools, and a good publication record or record of git artifacts.

Candidates should check the official notification for the full eligibility details.

Pay and Tenure

The consolidated monthly remuneration including HRA is 72000 to 84000/- per month. House Rent Allowance per month (if applicable) is as per the institute norms. The duration of appointment is 1 year, extendable based on performance.

IIT Gandhinagar Post-Doctoral Fellow Job Description

The activities of the researcher, as listed in the notice, are:

1. Design, implement, and analyze efficient concurrent data structures, algorithms and synchronization mechanisms.
2. Implement and evaluate scalable, multithreaded code (primarily in C/C++/Java) tailored for modern multi-core NUMA machines, GPUs, and memory disaggregation platforms (enabled by RDMA/CXL), and persistent/non-volatile memory architectures.
3. Investigate performance, scalability, memory and energy efficiency using rigorous experimental methods, and reason about correctness and theoretical bounds for concurrent algorithms.
4. Publish research in leading parallel/distributed computing venues and contribute to open-source software.

The notice says a group member may work at the intersection of Concurrency and AI/ML, Network Software Systems, Real Time Systems, Database Systems, or Green Computing.

How to Apply for IIT Gandhinagar Post-Doctoral Fellow

1. Use the application link given in the notice: http://recruitment.iitgn.ac.in/projectstaff/.
2. To express interest, email [email protected].
3. Include your CV.
4. Include a one-page statement describing your research so far and what you would like to work on at IIT Gandhinagar.
5. Include links to your publications and code.
6. Include the names and contact details of two referees.
7. Apply by 25 November 2026, the last date of application submission.

Informal enquiries before applying are welcome and can be sent to Ajay Singh at [email protected]. His website is given as https://sites.google.com/view/aajayssingh.

Important Instructions

• Merely meeting the minimum eligibility criteria will not guarantee shortlisting and/or appointment, and a higher cutoff level may be used.
• The Institute reserves all rights not to call an applicant for a selection test or not to fill up the position, without assigning any reason.

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