Information for Prospective and Current Faculty at ISI

Note: This page is maintained by a few faculty in ISI. The opinions and guidelines expressed here are personal and not authorized by ISI.

Last modified on: January 31st, 2023. All links to rules are as per this date. We will try to keep this updated.

Disclaimer:The benefits mentioned below are governed by statutes and rules in force in the institute from time to time.

Pay and Allowances

Pay (before Tax), allowances, and Total Emoluments can be calculated by filling in the details.

Based on this document and following MHRD pay matrix.

(Currently, the 7th pay commission report is being implemented. All components may have changed since the last modified date.)

Functions

Research, Teaching, Training, Project work, case studies, consultancy, and other academic activities and academic administration.

Recruitment of Faculty

See Document here.

Relocation Allowance

Reimbursement of travel expenses and transportation of goods can be claimed. One is required to give an undertaking to serve ISI for 3 years. The relevant GoI rules are here and here.

Duration of Appointment

On confirmation, the appointee will be retained in service of the Institute on a permanent basis up to the age of 65, which is the superannuation age.

Promotion Guidelines

Rules governing review procedure for Assistant to Associate to Full Professor are mentioned here.

Medical Benefits

All workers of the Institute and their families, as defined by the rules framed by the Government of India and the statutes of the Institute, are covered by CS(MA) rules for outdoor medical treatments. For indoor medical treatments, including certain daycare procedures, the worker can choose either to be governed by CS(MA) rules or enroll in a Contributory Group Health Insurance scheme provided by the Institute. See here for outdoor medical treatments.

Child Education Allowance

A maximum of ₹18,000 per child is reimbursed towards child educational allowance. This is admissible up to a maximum of two surviving children. The relevant office order can be found here.

Leave and Vacation

Other than the statutory leave allowed by the Government of India, the Institute allows On Duty Leave and Academic Leave to the faculty members for professional purposes as per statutes and rules of the institute. The workers of the Institute are also eligible for Leave Travel Concession as per Government of India rules in force. Leave Rules office order.

Residential Accommodation

Faculty members may be eligible for on-campus housing, subject to availability. Rent is deducted as per government rules.

CPDA (Cumulative Professional Development Allowance)

Faculty members receive CPDA for attending conferences and professional development activities. CPDA Rules

Telephone Reimbursement

ISI provides reimbursement for official telephone and internet expenses.

Start-Up Grant

New faculty members may be eligible for a start-up research grant to support initial research activities.

Project Proposals

Faculty can propose a project under the plan budget funded by the Indian Statistical Institute. The proposal form is available here as a simple excel file. The proposals are invited by the divisional chair person (called Professor-in-charge) in February-March of each year for the next to immediate financial year begining on April 1st (i.e. Proposals for April 1 2018-March 31st 2019 are invited in Feb-March of 2017). Projects can range from: conferences, lecture series, schools, to individual research projects.

Office Orders

Collection of all office orders (including those concerning the above items) is here. The page comes with cautionary warning that an office order listed on the page may have changed subsequent to the date of that order. Another resource on government rules in general is Swamy's Handbook

External Fellowships & Grants

Faculty members are encouraged to apply for fellowships and grants from national and international agencies.