Vice Principal - Architecture & Planning

Vice Principal:

Location: Vadodara Campus

Parul University is seeking candidates who will be responsible for driving academic and administrative excellence within the faculty. Key responsibilities include ensuring the efficient conduct of classes, examinations, and technical training programs, fostering innovation and research, strengthening industry partnerships, and promoting international collaborations and exchange programs.

Eligibility -

PhD degree with minimum 15 years experience in Teaching/Research with a minimum Administrative experience of not less than 3 years.

Roles and Responsibilities of the Vice Principal:

1. Ensure that Heads of Departments in the institutes prepare and submit the master timetable, class-wise timetables, and individual timetables, accurately reflecting the total workload for the institute and each teacher, and ensure strict adherence to these schedules in the conduct of classes. Provide guidance to Heads of Departments and teachers in designing timetables to optimize the utilization of infrastructure and human resources effectively.
2. Oversee the timely preparation and distribution of information and syllabus booklets among students upon commencement of the semester/ term containing essential details about studies, examinations, rules, schedules, and guidelines and Ensure that, before the commencement of each semester/term, time tables, syllabus/curriculum, teaching and examination schemes, and information booklets are uploaded on the MIS and university website and circulated among students.
3. Ensure adherence to department/institute time tables for theory/ lab/ tutorial sessions and examination schedules.
4. Conduct regular classroom/ lab/tutorial observations to monitor teaching quality, student engagement, and adherence to academic schedules.
5. Serve as the single point of contact for the institution to ensure the timely completion of the enrollment generation process for newly admitted students, verifying compliance with all stipulated requirements, and maintaining accurate, regularly updated, and discrepancy-free student enrollment details on the MIS.
6. Serve as the single point of contact for matters related to conduct of internal and external examinations ensuring that institutional internal and external exams are conducted smoothly addressing any related issues promptly
7. Ensure that institutional data related to teaching and learning, staff, examinations, academic programs, and circulars/notices for students is regularly updated on the university website and the MIS.
8. Ensure that the detailed profiles of teachers, including their experience, qualifications, research activities, participation in seminars/conferences, and contributions as external experts or members of BOS/AC etc are regularly updated on the MIS to facilitate timely and accurate data retrieval for submissions to government bodies, accreditation, and ranking agencies.
9. Conduct regular meetings with teaching and non-teaching staff to understand challenges related to teaching and learning process and examinations and explore solutions in consultation with the Principal.
10. Hold periodic meetings with students to gather feedback on the teaching-learning process and the conduct of examinations and explore avenues for continuous Updation/ enhancement in the same in consultation with the Principal.
11. As per university guidelines, prior to teacher recruitment, to analyze the department-wise teaching load for each semester/term against the availability of existing teachers and to determine and submit the requirement for additional teachers to the university as needed.
12. Assist the Principal and Dean of the respective faculty in preparing for the scheduled visit of the expert committee for the institute's inspection.
13. Organize training programs, workshops, seminars, and symposiums in collaboration with the Principal and the Centre for Human Resource Development.
14. Collaborate with the Admissions Cell to organize career awareness seminars in various regions to promote the institute's programmes among prospective students.
15. Act as the in-charge Principal in the physical absence of the Principal, taking responsibility for the day-to-day operations and decisions of the institute.

Interested candidates can send their updated CVs to hrap8@paruluniversity.ac.in