Job Description:

Desired Skillset

• Applicants should hold Ph.D. in the relevant subject from reputed Institutions like IIT, NIT, etc.
• Should have sufficient experience in Teaching, Industry & Research with reputed Institutions.
• Should have research papers published in International / National Journals.
• Should have books published and Scholars awarded / currently working for.
• Applicants with patents registered / consultancy works carried out will be given preference.
• Exposure in handling high-value funded projects will be an added advantage.

Required Experience:

Minimum 10 years of experience at the level of Professor or Sr. Professor Level

Responsibilities

• The Dean of School is the Chief Executive of the School and will work in the respective disciplines, towards the achievement of
  • Become a pioneering, world class centre of excellence
  • Nurture effective capabilities for the development of high quality technical and scientific manpower to meet the challenges of modern Science and Technology
  • Provide cost effective solutions and value added services to a variety of organizations
  • Foster learning and creative community that will continuously strive to advance the frontiers of knowledge and promote the application of Science, Engineering and Technology for the betterment of society by providing the necessary leadership and planning within the broad policy framework set by the Board of Management and overall direction by the Vice-Chancellor of the Institute
• The Dean will act as an interface between the management and the staff of the school for effective functioning of the school
• The Dean will motivate his/her Employees and get the best out of them so that the school will get international recognition within a short time as a Centre of Excellence in teaching, research and industrial consultancy.
• The Dean will establish linkages with reputed institutions and industries to facilitate cross fertilization of ideas, optimal utilization of physical and human resources and cooperative efforts in research and education.
• The Dean will act as Facilitator and a catalyst for external resource generation by the Faculty of the school through funded Projects and Consultancy.
• The Dean is the custodian and overseer of the quality standards of education, research and value system within the school which should be in consonance with those of other schools within the Institute and those of the Institute itself. The Dean of a school should therefore work in close cooperation and coordination with the Deans of Other Schools, Dean (Academics), Director (Academic Research), Director (International Relations) and the Vice-Chancellor.

Empowerment

For achieving the objective and effectively discharging the duties and responsibilities assigned, the Deans are bestowed with sufficient authority and power as detailed below:

1. The Dean would be associated with the selection and promotion of all the Employees of the school concerned.
2. The Dean would be the approving and forwarding authority for all travel requests of the Faculty, Staff and Research Students of the School for travel within India.
3. A budget is prepared by the Deans taking into consideration the future requirements and also the previous year expenses. The budget is submitted to the Management for approval and the Deans have the absolute Operational control of the budget allotted.
4. The Dean of a School will have a say in the incentives (reward) and disincentive (punishment) awarded to any Employee of the respective school for his / her performance / non-performance

Department: VIT Business School (VITBS)
Location: Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Posted On: 28-Dec-2021
Years Of Exp: 10 to 20 Years