ISEC Bengaluru Professor & Associate Professor Recruitment 2026 – Apply Offline for 5 Posts

Vacancies: 5 · Posts: 2 designations · Type: Regular Government Service (backlog faculty) · Mode: Offline · Fee: Not mentioned · Apply: By 16 October 2026 · Salary: Academic Level 14 / 13A · Selection: IQAC/API screening + 30-min presentation + interview · Location: Bengaluru

Most campus faculty ads leave an unreserved lane open. Advertisement No. A/1/2026 from the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, does not. ISEC is filling 5 backlog faculty seats only for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates: 3 Professor posts and 2 Associate Professor posts, all on the Nagarabhavi campus.

ISEC is an all-India interdisciplinary social science research institute set up in 1972 by Professor V.K.R.V. Rao. It works with support from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), the Government of Karnataka and the Government of India. Pay printed in the notice is Academic Level 14 (₹1,44,200 basic) for Professor and Academic Level 13A (₹1,31,400 basic) for Associate Professor.

Applications must reach the Registrar in person or by Registered Post on or before 16 October 2026, 5:00 PM. There is no online form. Eligible SC and ST scholars with the named Master’s subject, a PhD, the printed publication count and 8–10 years of teaching or research experience should treat the postal packet, the unmodified API Excel sheet and the CD as one complete application.

⚠️ Application Alerts

• Every seat in this advertisement is a backlog reserved post (Professor: SC 2 + ST 1; Associate Professor: ST 2). Unreserved, OBC and EWS candidates have no vacancy in this notice.
• The hard copy must reach ISEC by 16 October 2026, 5:00 PM. The institute says it takes no responsibility for postal delay or loss in transit.
• Do not edit the official MS Excel API sheet by adding or deleting rows or columns. A soft copy of the API sheet may also be mailed to recruitment@isec.ac.in, but that mail does not replace the sealed hard-copy packet plus CD.

📋 Official Source Chain

• Official notice: Advertisement No. A/1/2026, dated 16 September 2026 — Download ISEC Advertisement No. A/1/2026 PDF
• Official application route: Offline — prescribed form + unmodified API Excel printout + attested documents + CD, in person or by Registered Post, to The Registrar, ISEC, Nagarabhavi P.O., Bengaluru – 560 072, to reach by 16 October 2026, 5:00 PM; API soft copy may also be sent to recruitment@isec.ac.in
• Official updates page: isec.ac.in backlog faculty advertisement page
• Last checked: 27 September 2026, 11:17 PM IST

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Who Should Apply? (Quick Eligibility Check)

• MA (Economics) with specialisation in Environment and Ecology + Ph.D. in Environmental / Ecological Economics or related topics + 10 years’ teaching/research + 10 publications (7 Scopus) + research score 120 + doctoral guidance → Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources – 1 post
• MA (Education) / MA (Economics) / MA (Sociology) / MA (Psychology) + Ph.D. in the same stream + 10 years’ teaching/research + 10 publications (7 Scopus) + research score 120 + doctoral guidance → Professor, Centre for Human Resource Development – 1 post
• MA (Political Science) / MA (Public Administration) + Ph.D. in Political Science / Public Administration + 10 years’ teaching/research + 10 publications (7 Scopus) + research score 120 + doctoral guidance → Professor, Centre for Political Institutions, Governance & Development – 1 post
• MA (Economics) / MA (Sociology) / MA (Political Science) / MA (Public Administration) + Ph.D. in those subjects + 8 years’ teaching/research (Assistant Professor equivalent, including accredited research institution/industry) + 7 publications (5 Scopus) + research score 75 → Associate Professor, Centre for Decentralisation and Development – 1 post
• MA (Sociology) / MA (Social Anthropology) / MA (Social Work) + PhD in those subjects + 8 years’ teaching/research (Assistant Professor equivalent, including accredited research institution/industry) + 7 publications (5 Scopus) + research score 75 → Associate Professor, Centre for Study of Social Change and Development – 1 post

Reservation note: All 5 seats are SC/ST backlog seats as printed in the vacancy table. A 5% relaxation at the Master’s level is allowed for SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/PwBD categories, and for PhD holders whose Master’s was obtained before 19 September 1991 (55% to 50%), on qualifying marks only, with no grace marks.

Who cannot apply: Candidates who are not SC or ST for the seat they want; applicants without a PhD in the named stream; packets that arrive after 16 October 2026, 5:00 PM; incomplete files without the prescribed form, API sheet, attested publications and CD.

Because the notice uses “or related topics” for the CEENR PhD, candidates whose doctorate sits outside Environmental / Ecological Economics should obtain written confirmation from ISEC rather than assume equivalence.

Important Dates

Quick Overview – ISEC Faculty Recruitment 2026

• Organisation: Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC)
• Sector: Teaching & Education
• Recruitment / Exam Name: ISEC Backlog Faculty Posts (Professor and Associate Professor)
• Notification / Advertisement No.: A/1/2026
• Posts/vacancies: 2 designations, 5 total vacancies
• Job Location: ISEC campus, Dr V.K.R.V. Rao Road, Nagarabhavi P.O., Bengaluru – 560 072, Karnataka
• Official Website: ISEC official website
• Last Date: 16 October 2026, 5:00 PM
• Apply Offline: ISEC backlog faculty advertisement page (forms and PDF)
• Notification PDF: Download ISEC Advertisement No. A/1/2026 PDF
• Application Form: Download ISEC faculty prescribed application form (MS Word)
• Pay: Professor Academic Level 14, ₹1,44,200 basic; Associate Professor Academic Level 13A, ₹1,31,400 basic
• Selection: IQAC authentication and evaluation, API score, 30-minute presentation, interview
• Application mode: Offline (in person or Registered Post)
• Probation: Two years from the date of joining

What Posts Are Available? – Vacancy & Eligibility 2026

ISEC has named five centre-locked seats, not a general faculty pool. You apply to one designation and one centre. Professor posts need a longer teaching/research record and a higher API floor than Associate Professor posts. There is no UR, OBC or EWS row in this table.

Category split printed in the notice

The notice does not map SC/ST seats to individual centres. Verify the category you can claim against the caste certificate issued by the jurisdictional Tahsildar before you pick a centre.

Your API score is checked before anyone sees you. There is no written test in this recruitment. Shortlisting rests on IQAC authentication of the API sheet and documents. Interview candidates must still deliver a 30-minute presentation. A thin publication list or a predatory-journal stack will not reach that room.

Eligibility – Education, Age & Domicile

Education (common floor): Master’s in the centre’s named subject with at least 55% marks, or an equivalent grade on a point scale, from a recognised university. PhD in the named field is essential for every seat.

Experience: Professor: 10 years in a university/college/research institution as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor, or equivalent research experience at university / national-level institutions, with evidence of having guided a doctoral candidate. Associate Professor: 8 years of teaching and/or research in an academic / research post equivalent to Assistant Professor in a university, college, accredited research institution or industry.

Publications: Professor: 10 papers in peer-reviewed or UGC-listed journals, of which at least 7 are Scopus-listed, and a research score of 120. Associate Professor: 7 papers, of which at least 5 are Scopus-listed, and a research score of 75. Predatory journals and books are excluded.

Desirable (not a substitute for the essential list): curriculum design, technology-mediated teaching, doctoral guidance, and the centre-wise specialisations printed in the notice (environmental valuation and climate policy for CEENR; economics/sociology/psychology of education for CHRD; Indian government and politics and social movements for CPIGD; fiscal/political/administrative decentralisation plus Excel/SPSS/STATA/GIS for CDD; marginalities, medical sociology, sociology of work and qualitative methods for CSSCD).

Domicile: Not mentioned. ISEC describes itself as an all-India institute. The barrier in this cycle is category (SC/ST) plus subject fit, not a Karnataka domicile clause.

Age: Not specified in Advertisement No. A/1/2026. No numerical band and no reckoning date are printed. Do not assume a UGC ceiling from another campus advertisement.

Examples cannot be built from a printed maximum, because this notice does not give one.

Use our Age Eligibility Calculator only if a later official note prints a cut-off date and a number.

Use our Experience Calculator to line up your Assistant Professor-equivalent years against the 8-year or 10-year floor.

What Is the Faculty Salary in Bengaluru?

The notice prints only the Academic Level and the corresponding basic: Professor ₹1,44,200 (Academic Level 14) and Associate Professor ₹1,31,400 (Academic Level 13A). It does not print DA, HRA, transport allowance, NPS or an in-hand figure.

The figures below are an illustrative estimate using those printed basics, current central DA at 60% (effective 1 January 2026) and Bengaluru as an X-class city for 30% HRA. ISEC’s own service rules sit with the institute and the Government of Karnataka; they may not copy every central allowance line. Confirm the offer from the appointment order.

Proof bracket for Professor: basic ₹1,44,200 + DA ₹86,520 + HRA ₹43,260 ≈ ₹2,73,980 before TA and other additions. A 10% NPS deduction on basic+DA would be about ₹23,072. Net is always lower than gross.

Probation is two years from joining. The notice does not print a separate trainee pay. Use the 7th CPC Salary Calculator for a Level-14 / Level-13A walk-through; the official formula in the appointment order prevails.

What Is the Application Fee?

Not mentioned in Advertisement No. A/1/2026. No category-wise fee, portal or refund clause is printed. Do not pay anyone who claims a facilitation charge. If a later note introduces a fee, use only the official ISEC channel.

How to Apply?

Application is offline only. There is no ISEC application portal for this advertisement.

1. Download the prescribed faculty application form (MS Word), the API Score Card Input Sheet (MS Excel) and the API methodology PDF from the ISEC backlog faculty page.
2. Fill the form for one designation and the matching centre. Keep the Excel structure unchanged.
3. Paginate supporting documents year-wise and mark the matching API row and column (preferably bound).
4. Add attested copies of marksheets, age proof (SSLC marks card or birth certificate), Tahsildar caste certificate, experience certificates, publications (not predatory), and web links of papers where available.
5. Burn the same set onto a CD. You may also email the API sheet to recruitment@isec.ac.in. That email is extra, not a substitute.
6. Seal the packet. Superscribe the cover: “Application for the backlog post of Professor/ Associate Professor.”
7. Deliver in person or send by Registered Post to: The Registrar, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarabhavi P.O., Bengaluru – 560 072, to reach on or before 16 October 2026, 5:00 PM.

If you work in a government, semi-government or PSU organisation and the application was not forwarded through proper channel, carry a No Objection Certificate to the preliminary interview. The notice says you may be kept out of the process without it.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Treating this as an open-category faculty drive and applying on a UR/OBC/EWS certificate.
• Posting the packet on 16 October and assuming the postmark is enough. ISEC requires receipt by 5:00 PM that day.
• Editing the API Excel file, then scoring yourself on a layout the screening committee will not accept.
• Counting predatory journals toward the 10-paper or 7-paper floor.
• Sending only the email API sheet, or only a CV, without the prescribed form, bound annexures and CD.
• Arriving for interview without NOC when the parent office did not forward the application.

ಐಎಸ್‌ಇಸಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕ ಮತ್ತು ಸಹ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕ ನೇಮಕಾತಿ 2026 – 5 ಹಿಂಬಾಕಿ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಫ್‌ಲೈನ್ ಅರ್ಜಿ

ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಮತ್ತು ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ (ISEC), ನಾಗರಭಾವಿ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ಜಾಹೀರಾತು ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ A/1/2026 ರಡಿ 5 ಹಿಂಬಾಕಿ ಅಧ್ಯಾಪಕ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಕರೆದಿದೆ. 3 ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕ ಮತ್ತು 2 ಸಹ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು. ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಪರಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಜಾತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಪಂಗಡದ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ. ಅರ್ಜಿ 16 ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 2026 ಸಂಜೆ 5:00 ರೊಳಗೆ ರಿಜಿಸ್ಟ್ರಾರ್ ಕಚೇರಿಗೆ ತಲುಪಬೇಕು.

ಯಾರು ಅರ್ಜಿ ಹಾಕಬಹುದು? ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿತ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂ.ಎ. ಕನಿಷ್ಠ 55%, ಪಿಎಚ್.ಡಿ., 10 ವರ್ಷ ಬೋಧನೆ/ಸಂಶೋಧನೆ, 10 ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆಗಳು (7 ಸ್ಕೋಪಸ್) ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಅಂಕ 120 ಬೇಕು. ಸಹ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರಿಗೆ ಎಂ.ಎ. + ಪಿಎಚ್.ಡಿ., 8 ವರ್ಷ ಅನುಭವ, 7 ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆಗಳು (5 ಸ್ಕೋಪಸ್) ಮತ್ತು ಅಂಕ 75 ಬೇಕು. ಕೇಂದ್ರವಾರು ವಿಷಯ ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ: ಪರಿಸರ ಅರ್ಥಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ, ರಾಜ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ವಿಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕರಣ, ಸಮಾಜಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ.

ವೇತನ ಮತ್ತು ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಏನು? ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರ ಮೂಲ ವೇತನ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಹಂತ 14, ₹1,44,200. ಸಹ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರದು ಹಂತ 13A, ₹1,31,400. ಲಿಖಿತ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಇಲ್ಲ. IQAC ಮತ್ತು API ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ, 30 ನಿಮಿಷದ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತಿ, ನಂತರ ಸಂದರ್ಶನ. ನೇಮಕಾತಿಯ ನಂತರ ಎರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಗಡುವು (ಪ್ರೊಬೇಷನ್).

ಅರ್ಜಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುವುದು? ಐಎಸ್‌ಇಸಿ ಜಾಲತಾಣದಿಂದ ನಿಗದಿತ ನಮೂನೆ ಮತ್ತು API ಎಕ್ಸೆಲ್ ಇಳಿಸಿ. ದಾಖಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ದೃಢೀಕರಿಸಿ, ಸಿಡಿ ಹಾಕಿ, ಕವರಿನ ಮೇಲೆ “Application for the backlog post of Professor/ Associate Professor” ಬರೆಯಿರಿ. ವಿಳಾಸ: ರಿಜಿಸ್ಟ್ರಾರ್, ಐಎಸ್‌ಇಸಿ, ನಾಗರಭಾವಿ ಅಂಚೆ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು – 560 072. ವಿವರ: www.isec.ac.in.

How Are Candidates Selected?

No written examination is mentioned in Advertisement No. A/1/2026. Selection is not “marks alone equal appointment.”

1. Receipt and completeness check — late, incomplete or undersubmitted packets are not considered. IQAC and Screening Committee decisions on incomplete files are final.
2. IQAC authentication — applications are authenticated and evaluated by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell against the Academic Council / Board-approved API method.
3. API floor — Professor 120 and Associate Professor 75 during the assessment period. Below that floor, there is no interview call, as per the wording of this notice.
4. Shortlist for interview — meeting essential and desirable qualifications does not itself create a right to be called.
5. 30-minute presentation — every candidate who appears for interview must present before ISEC faculty members.
6. Interview and offer — subject to document checks, caste certificate, NOC where required, and ISEC’s right not to fill a post. Canvassing disqualifies.

Call letters and interview dates are not printed. Watch the ISEC recruitment listing.

Why Does ISEC Bengaluru Matter?

Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarabhavi, Bengaluru, is a society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960. Professor V.K.R.V. Rao founded it in 1972 as an all-India institute for interdisciplinary social science research and training. The Governor of Karnataka is President of the ISEC Society. The Board includes nominees of the Government of India, the Government of Karnataka and ICSSR.

Work is organised through centres that match this advertisement: ecological economics and natural resources, human resource development, political institutions and governance, decentralisation and development, and social change. The campus also houses units linked to Union ministries, including an agro-economic research presence and a Population Research Centre. Doctoral work is affiliated with the University of Mysore and Bangalore University.

Candidates search “ISEC recruitment”, “ISEC Bengaluru faculty vacancy” and “ICSSR institute professor jobs” because a regular faculty chair here sits inside policy research rather than a large undergraduate teaching load. They also search whether ISEC is a “government job”: the employer is an autonomous research society funded by ICSSR and state and Union governments, not a ministerial cadre post. Explore more Karnataka government job notifications and Teaching & Education recruitments.

The honest limit is scale. Five backlog seats and a high Scopus/API bar mean most applicants will be screened out on paper. Campus housing, leave and pension wording are not in this advertisement; treat those as offer-letter questions, not as printed guarantees.

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The SahisarkariJobs.in Analyst’s Take

This is closer to an Institute of Economic Growth (Delhi) or Centre for Development Studies (Thiruvananthapuram) faculty hire than to a UGC-NET Assistant Professor mass drive or a state university rolling advertisement. You are judged on a bound API file and a 30-minute faculty seminar, not on a 100-mark MCQ. The trade-off is fewer seats and a narrower subject list against a research-institute setting in Bengaluru.

Best fit: SC or ST scholars who already sit at Assistant Professor / Associate Professor level in the exact centre subject, with Scopus papers that survive a predatory-journal filter, and who can show doctoral guidance (Professor) or eight years of Assistant Professor-equivalent work (Associate Professor).

Skip this cycle if you are counting on an unreserved vacancy, if your Master’s subject is only “nearby” to the centre list, or if your publication count depends on journals ISEC will throw out. A strong generalist CV without the named MA/Ph.D. pair will not be rewritten into eligibility by the screening committee.

Practical tip: Print the API methodology PDF first and score yourself against Table 1 before you pay for binding and courier. If you are under 120 (Professor) or 75 (Associate Professor) on that sheet, the rest of the packet will not open an interview slot on the rules printed here.

What Documents Are Required?

Required with the packet

• Prescribed application form, filled
• Unmodified API Excel sheet (hard copy, year-wise, paginated, row/column marked) and the same file on CD
• Attested marksheets and degree certificates for the prescribed qualifications
• Attested age proof: SSLC marks card or birth certificate
• Attested caste certificate from the jurisdictional Tahsildar (SC/ST seat)
• Attested experience certificates
• Attested copies of all claimed publications, excluding predatory journals/books
• Web links of articles and journals where available

Conditional / at interview

• No Objection Certificate, if you are in government / semi-government / PSU service and the application was not forwarded through proper channel
• Originals of the attested set, when called

Suggested (not a notice rule): keep a spare photocopy set and a tracking number for the Registered Post, and send the API sheet to recruitment@isec.ac.in the same day you dispatch the packet.

What Happens After Selection?

1. ISEC shortlists from authenticated API files and calls selected applicants for a 30-minute presentation plus interview. Dates are not in the notice.
2. Produce originals, caste certificate and, if needed, NOC at that stage. A missing NOC can stop the process on the day.
3. An offer follows only if the Board-approved process clears you and ISEC chooses to fill that centre seat. The institute keeps the right not to fill posts.
4. Joining is at Nagarabhavi, Bengaluru. The notice does not print a joining timeline, hostel allotment or transfer policy.
5. Probation runs for two years from the date of joining. Confirmation is not automatic in the text of this advertisement; it follows ISEC service rules after that period.
6. Teaching, doctoral supervision and centre research begin under the Director and the centre head. Promotion and allowance details are not printed here.

Contact & Helpline

• Postal: The Registrar, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Dr V.K.R.V. Rao Road, Nagarabhavi P.O., Bengaluru – 560 072, India
• Phone: 91-080-23217011 (Director); 23215468 Ext: 112
• Fax: 91-080-23217008
• Email: registrar@isec.ac.in
• API soft copy: recruitment@isec.ac.in
• Website: www.isec.ac.in

⚠️ Contact details sourced from the official notification/website. Verify before contacting. NEVER pay any money over the phone or to any person claiming to offer job assistance. Report fraud to cybercrime.gov.in.

Important Links – ISEC Faculty Recruitment 2026

FAQs – ISEC Faculty Recruitment 2026

What is the last date to apply for ISEC faculty posts 2026?

16 October 2026, 5:00 PM. The hard copy must reach the Registrar, ISEC, Nagarabhavi P.O., Bengaluru – 560 072, by that time, in person or by Registered Post. Late or incomplete packets are not considered. No extension is printed in Advertisement No. A/1/2026.

What is the age limit for ISEC Professor and Associate Professor posts?

Not printed. Advertisement No. A/1/2026 gives no numerical age band and no reckoning date. Do not copy a UGC age line from another institute’s notice. If ISEC later issues a corrigendum with a number, use that text and our Age Eligibility Calculator.

Is there an exam for ISEC faculty recruitment, or is it interview-based?

No written exam is mentioned. Files are authenticated by IQAC against the API method. Candidates who are called must give a 30-minute presentation before faculty, then attend an interview. Clearing the paper floor does not itself guarantee a call.

What is the salary of ISEC Professor and Associate Professor?

Printed basics are ₹1,44,200 (Academic Level 14) for Professor and ₹1,31,400 (Academic Level 13A) for Associate Professor. Illustrative Bengaluru take-home, using 60% DA and 30% HRA, is about ₹2.50–2.55 lakh and ₹2.25–2.30 lakh if NPS applies. DA and HRA are not in this notice.

Can final-year students or result-awaited candidates apply for ISEC 2026?

No on the wording available. Every post needs a completed Master’s with 55%, a PhD in the named field, and 8 or 10 years of teaching or research. A candidate still finishing the essential degree should not assume eligibility.

Is ISEC faculty a permanent government job?

This is advertised as a regular faculty appointment at an ICSSR-supported autonomous research institute, with two years’ probation from joining. Regular institute appointments often lead to confirmation under service rules after probation. The notice itself does not use the phrase “permanent government job.”

Can candidates from other states apply for ISEC recruitment?

Yes. ISEC is described as an all-India institute, and this notice prints no Karnataka domicile bar. The hard filter is category: these 5 seats are SC and ST backlog posts only. Subject match still has to be exact.

Where will I be posted if I get selected for ISEC faculty?

At the ISEC campus, Dr V.K.R.V. Rao Road, Nagarabhavi, Bengaluru – 560 072. The advertisement does not offer a choice of city or a transfer menu. Work sits in the named research centre.

Do I need UGC NET for these ISEC faculty posts?

Not as a separate printed essential item. The notice asks for the named Master’s, PhD, years of experience, Scopus-linked publications and the API score. NET is not listed as a standalone gate. Do not skip the API sheet because you hold NET.

Is there an application fee for ISEC Bengaluru faculty posts?

Not mentioned in Advertisement No. A/1/2026. No amount, exemption list or payment portal is printed. Ignore anyone asking for a private “processing fee.” Pay only if ISEC itself publishes a fee note later.

What are the disadvantages of an ISEC faculty post?

Worth knowing before you apply: only 5 backlog seats exist, all SC/ST, and ISEC may leave a post unfilled. Screening is document-heavy. Predatory papers are rejected. There is no written exam you can “prep” in six weeks, and housing or pension lines are not in this advertisement.

How much do social science research faculty earn in Bengaluru?

ISEC prints Academic Level 14 and 13A basics of ₹1,44,200 and ₹1,31,400. An illustrative X-city in-hand, after DA and HRA assumptions, sits in the mid-₹2 lakh range for a Professor. University and ICSSR-institute offers still differ on HRA, campus housing and consultancy rules. Read the appointment order, not only the advertisement line.

Can OBC or EWS candidates apply for this ISEC backlog drive?

No vacancy is printed for OBC or EWS in Advertisement No. A/1/2026. The table is for SC and ST only. OBC candidates still appear in the 5% Master’s-marks relaxation clause, but that clause does not create an OBC seat in this advertisement.

Final Checklist – Is This the Right Job for You?

• You are SC or ST for the seat you want, with a Tahsildar caste certificate.
• Your MA and PhD match the named centre subject, not a loosely related title.
• You can document 10 years plus doctoral guidance (Professor) or 8 years at Assistant Professor equivalent (Associate Professor).
• Your API score is at least 120 or 75 on ISEC’s own sheet, with Scopus papers that are not predatory.
• The sealed packet, CD and superscription can reach Nagarabhavi by 16 October 2026, 5:00 PM.
• You accept a Bengaluru campus posting and a two-year probation under ISEC rules.

📄 Source: Primary source: Institute for Social and Economic Change, Advertisement No. A/1/2026 dated 16 September 2026 — Download ISEC Advertisement No. A/1/2026 PDF. Supplementary sources: 7th CPC Academic Level illustration for in-hand pay, clearly labelled where used.