Database Management System - Professor Vacancy in Guhwati, Assam
The Assam Royal Global University
Job Description
About This Role
The Assam Royal Global University invites applications for the position of Professor in Database Management System. The Department of Computer Science at The Assam Royal Global University maintains a strong research profile with active collaborations in data analytics, cloud computing, and AI-driven database systems. The university’s emphasis on interdisciplinary research provides opportunities to lead projects that integrate database technologies with domains like finance, healthcare, and e-governance.
What You Will Do
Teach advanced courses in Database Management System at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including specialized electives like Big Data Management and NoSQL Systems. Develop and update curriculum to align with industry trends and emerging technologies in database engineering.
Engage in high-impact research with focus on scalable database architectures, query optimization, and security in distributed systems. Publish findings in peer-reviewed journals indexed in Scopus or Web of Science.
Guide doctoral students in their thesis work, including defining research problems, supervising experiments, and reviewing drafts. Contribute to grant proposals for funding from agencies like DST, SERB, or UGC under The Assam Royal Global University’s research initiatives.
Collaborate with industry partners in Guwahati and across Northeast India to solve real-world data challenges in sectors like logistics and agriculture. Mentor junior faculty and coordinate academic events such as workshops on PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
Required Qualifications
PhD in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field with specialization in Database Systems is mandatory. Candidates with post-doctoral research experience or industry exposure in database administration will be preferred.
As per UGC norms, candidates without PhD must hold UGC-NET with JRF or equivalent qualifications like CSIR-NET or SET for the position of Assistant Professor. A minimum of five years of teaching and research experience at the university level is required.
Academic Projects
The Assam Royal Global University encourages participation in funded projects under DST-SERB schemes or industry-sponsored research in database optimization. Faculty members can lead initiatives in smart city databases, IoT data storage, or blockchain-based transaction systems.
Opportunities exist to collaborate with other universities in the Northeast through DST’s NE-SERB programs. Recent publications by the department include studies on in-memory databases for real-time analytics in Assam’s tea industry.
Ph.D. Supervision
Guide doctoral candidates in areas such as graph databases for social network analysis or federated learning with distributed data storage. Serve as internal or external examiner for PhD theses submitted to The Assam Royal Global University or other institutions.
Participate in doctoral committees to evaluate research progress and ensure alignment with academic standards. Supervise students working on applied projects with local enterprises in Guwahati’s growing IT sector.
Salary and Benefits
The salary for this Professor Database Management System position ranges from Rs.75,000 to Rs.120,000 per month, as per UGC scales and The Assam Royal Global University norms. Additional research grants are available for approved projects through university and external funding bodies.
Benefits include furnished accommodation or house rent allowance, medical coverage, and travel support for conferences. Faculty members also receive support for patent filings and technology transfer initiatives.