nird-logoNational Institute of Rural Development is a government autonomous organization which is responsible for providing one year PGDRDM course. It comes under the ministry of rural development and committed towards providing training to candidates which will handle cases related to rural region. This firm was earlier named as National Institute of Community Development (NICD) which was formed after the merger of Central Institute of Study and Research in Community Development, Mussoorie and Trainers Training Institute at Rajpur.

NIRD is now recruiting candidates for the post of Assistant Professor. Total number of seats for is 12 for which OBC, SC and general candidates will have 3, 1 and 8 seats respectively. Pay scale for the same is Rs. 15,600 to Rs. 39,100. Age is not an issue for post. Qualification required for the same is Ph.D with Master’s degree in any technical branch with minimum 55% marks and teaching experience of 2 years in a recognized university. Last date of application of through offline mode is 10th February 2014.

Post Name – Assistant Professor

  • No. of Posts – 12 (Gen – 8, OBC – 3, SC – 1)
  • Pay Scale – Rs. 15600 – 39100/-
  • Grade Pay – Rs. 6000/-
  • Age Limit – No age limit is required.

Educational Qualification – Master’s degree in any of the technical disciplines with minimum 55% and above marks with Ph.D.


Experience Required – Minimum 2 years of teaching experience in teaching in a recognized university.

How to apply – Interested candidates are required to apply offline through prescribed format along with all required documents and send to the following address before the last date –

The Assistant Register,
National Institute of Rural Development,
Rajendra Nagar,
Hyderabad – 500030

Last Date – 10th February, 2014.

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