Eligibility and Application Guidelines

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Application Guidelines

  • Applications for faculty positions are open throughout the year.
  • Citizenship of India is not a requirement. Foreign nationals with fluency in English are encouraged to apply.
  • Interested applicants are encouraged to visit plaksha.edu.in/faculty or reach out to academic.relations@plaksha.edu.in for more information.

Plaksha encourages applications from women, LGBTQ+ community members, persons with disabilities, and other diverse communities. It supports dual careers and is an equal-opportunity/affirmative-action employer.

Role Specifications

Responsibilities include teaching at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels; developing innovative curriculum and pedagogy; conducting research; and helping build research centers and laboratories of global eminence.

Faculty are expected to:

  • Teach up to four courses per year (one course = three credits = up to 42 contact hours per semester).
  • Contribute to Plaksha’s research mission by supervising undergraduate and graduate students, PhD scholars, and post-doctoral fellows.
  • Raise research funds through government and private agencies and international consortiums.

An Ideal Faculty Candidate:

  • Faculty who are inspired, creative and passionate about what and how they teach, who truly enjoy teaching and mentoring students, and are highly committed to student learning and success.
  • A willingness to embrace Plakshas vision of reimagining education by adopting new pedagogical methods, including in teacher training, education workflows, course formats, and the role of technology in teaching and learning.
  • A strong commitment and track record in one or more of the following:
    • Research framed by grand challenges of India and the world in 21st century.
    • Research with impact on industry, public policy, practice, sustainable development etc.
    • Making inventions commercializing technology /software or other entrepreneurial experience.
    • Experience in leading companies, or other significant industrial /corporate experience.
    • Innovative pedagogy and/or scholarship of education and/or interdisciplinary education
  • An interdisciplinary mindset, in the broadest sense, recognizing the need for partnerships between social sciences, humanities and STEM disciplines, and willingness to learn from colleagues with different perspectives.
  • A passion for institution-building with a desire for continuous improvement, entrepreneurial mindset and a can-do attitude.
  • A willingness to work in a team, by accepting others ideas, partnering, leading or following, as needed to accomplish team objectives.
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