Designation:  Head of Department  

Departments have vacancy 

• Electronics and Communication Engineering

Qualification: Ph.D., Master’s degree, Bachelor’s Degree with First class in all the preceding degrees in the appropriate branch of ECE 

Experience:

Must have a minimum 12 years experience in Academia.

Must have minimum 2 years experience in a leadership position (HoD/Dean)

Must have expertise in NBA Accreditation Process, NIRF, NAAC

.

A proven track record achievement in a leadership role

.

Purpose of the position :

To contribute to teaching &; learning process, provide strong academic leadership, and ensure

department growth

Scope:

The head of department will play a major role, under the direction of the academic and

leadership team, in achieving the department’s vision and objectives in alignment with the

Institutions vision and implementing appropriate policies and procedures to ensure the

objectives are achieved.

Responsibilities 

1. Lead, manage and develop the department to ensure it achieves the highest

possible standards of excellence in all its activities.

2. To oversee the smooth functioning of the department and ensure consistent

provision for academic ambiance.

3. To take ownership of NBA Accreditation for the Department and ensure that

Accreditation is successfully attained.

4. To set goals for individual faculty in the criteria required by NAAC/NBA as well

as monitoring said goals.

5. To mentor and train faculty in order to up-skill them in the fields of Teaching,

Research, Proposal writing etc.

6. HOD will actively participate in Teaching, Research, Publication, Real world

knowledge application and Administrative work

7. HOD shall always maintain the academic standard in the departments. In

addition to the allotment of classes to the teachers, he / she shall assess the

workload of the teachers, lab Instructors and other technical persons in the

department, requirements of staff members etc

8. He / She shall also maintain a liaison with the other departments. He / She shall

keep vigil about the quality teaching in every theoretical & practical subject as

per the syllabus of the University. The HOD shall ask the teachers to prepare lesson

planning on each subject and he / she shall monitor whether the schedule is

maintained. He / She shall prepare a list of the equipment, books etc. well before

the beginning of the semester and forwarded straight to the Principal for early

procurement. He / She shall take care of conducting all the examinations,

evaluation methods, keeping all records of examinations as per regulations under

the guidelines of the Principal. In any case of urgency or anything related to

academic affairs which are not mentioned above the HOD shall take advice from

the Principal and shall take necessary steps

9. Teaching Effectiveness- Shall ensure, through the effective operation of

assessment, recording and reporting systems that all students within the

departments meet agreed targets, both individually and across the department, and

shall ensure that schemes of work include provision for personalized learning.

10. HOD to ensure the Overall Department results to be achieved above 85 % and

that all members of the department are performing as effectively and efficiently

as possible and ensure to the best of her/his ability. To initiate steps necessary for

obtaining good results through sustained efforts of the staff.

11. HOD to ensure that the staff abide by the standards and achieve the set goals as

per the academic Activity based learning, Group tasks, lesson planning and

execution, Technology enabled learning- Internet and ICT Techniques.

12. Facilitate and promote the development of intra- and inter-disciplinary academic

activity (in teaching and research).

13. HOD will provide effective leadership towards industry Institution partnership.

Organization of special lectures, seminar, workshops by the industry

professionals for total development of the future professionals. Interaction with

Industry and the Institute development of the students

14. Focus on the Holistic development of students and ensure that student’s needs

are met, and learning is effective.

15. Ensure the skills and abilities of staff are used as effectively as possible, make

recommendations staffing allocations to courses.

16. Support innovation in course design and delivery, learning, teaching and

assessment methods.

17. Ensure that the quality and standards of programmes within the department’s

remit are maintained and enhanced as per the Industry needs

18. Conduct regular meetings with staff and students and timely communication with

parents.

19. Developing Resource Materials and Lab Manuals

20. Student Retention rate: Increase the eligibility of students and minimise the

dropouts/ attrition of department staff.

21. Conduct / Organise Training Programs/Refresher programs for staff and students

22. Enable and motivate department staff to attend /Organise / conduct STTP/FDP/

SDP/Workshops/ conference /symposiums to enhance the knowledge, skills and

abilities of staff and also to improve the credibility of the dept.

23. Modernization of Department- Has to ensure that the laboratories in the

department are well equipped and maintained according to the curriculum, all the

equipment in the laboratories/ workshops must be functional to conduct the

Practical’s properly.

24. Research : Encourage the faculty at all levels to enhance their competencies in

R&D activities and submit project proposals at different levels.

25. Submit funded project proposals to DST, VGST, AICTE etc. Effective

interaction with monitoring and collaborating agencies. Establish proper, healthy

and positive rapport with the concerned industry and get projects from them.

Track the no of proposals from the department.

26. Generation of Funds through Consultancy- To drive the faculty towards

consultancy that would help generate funds

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27. Paper Publications- Encourage faculty to submit papers in Journals / conferences

and file patents if the research outputs are felt new and novel. Publish 1-2 papers

in journals of repute per year

28. Promote Diversity equal opportunities within the department.

29. Introduce new best practices to the department.

30. Compliance- Participate and update the progress of the dept in the IQAC

meetings.

31. Feedback for the department- To collect feedback from existing and outgoing

students- Student exit survey, Alumni Survey , Employer survey,

32. Department Budget- To prepare and manage the department budget within the

set guidelines

33. Placement of students – Enable and track of the placement record of the

department

34. Ensure all the necessary training/s are provided which helps the students in

making them ready for placement

35. Shall work within the Institutions training and development team to ensure that

s/he and the members of the department keep their knowledge and expertise up

to-date.

36. she/he shall represent the interests of the department within the wider management

of the Institution, and participate in any collaborative arrangements with other

Institutions/ Universities which may benefit the development of the department.

How to Apply: Interested and Eligible candidates request to send their application with a scanned copy of all necessary certificates and passport size photograph to the following Email Address within 30th Dec 2024

Email Address to- hkbkce.hr@hkbk.edu.in