The Principal will be the chief academic and executive leader of the institution, responsible for building a future-ready, industry-integrated, and academically rigorous college while ensuring full compliance with the affiliating parent university and statutory regulatory bodies.
This role requires a senior academic leader with the stature and credibility to balance regulatory governance, curriculum innovation, employability outcomes, and institutional reputation building—positioning the college as a benchmark institution in Eastern India.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Institutional Leadership
• Formulate and execute a long-term vision for developing a modern institute aligned with Kolkata’s academic, cultural, and industry ecosystem.
• Lead digital transformation initiatives, interdisciplinary academic models, and learner-centric pedagogies.
• Ensure strict adherence to parent-university statutes, examination systems, academic calendars, and regulatory directives.
Academic Excellence & Program Development
• Oversee academic planning and delivery to meet and exceed parent-university standards.
• Promote faculty research, scholarly publications, and continuous pedagogical innovation.
• Introduce skill-oriented certificates, micro-credentials, and add-on programs within the affiliating framework.
Apprenticeship, Placement & Industry Integration
• Institutionalize structured apprenticeship pathways, internships, and work-integrated learning programs across disciplines.
• Build strategic partnerships with corporates, media organizations, hospitality groups, sports bodies, and emerging industries.
• Strengthen the Training & Placement Cell with outcome-driven KPIs for recruiter engagement, placement ratios, compensation benchmarks, and alumni participation.
• Position employability and career readiness as core institutional success metrics.
Accreditation, Rankings & Quality Assurance
• Lead NAAC, NBA, and other accreditation processes with institution-wide coordination.
• Drive participation in national ranking and benchmarking frameworks.
• Establish robust Internal Quality Assurance Systems, academic audits, and continuous-improvement mechanisms.
Enrollment Growth & Brand Building
• Design ethical, data-led student recruitment strategies and outreach programs across Eastern India.
• Serve as the public academic face of the institution at government, university, and industry forums.
• Build the institutional brand around graduate outcomes, academic integrity, innovation, and societal impact.
Administrative & Operational Oversight
• Direct financial planning, infrastructure expansion, HR systems, and campus operations.
• Ensure compliance with legal, statutory, financial, and academic governance requirements.
• Foster a transparent, inclusive, and high-performance institutional culture.
Faculty & Staff Leadership
• Recruit, mentor, and retain high-quality faculty and administrators.
• Implement performance management systems, leadership pipelines, and professional-development frameworks.
• Encourage collaborative governance while safeguarding academic autonomy within regulatory structures.
Mandatory Qualifications & Experience
• Doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent) — mandatory.
• Minimum 10–20 years of experience in higher education with significant academic leadership responsibility (Principal, Dean, Director, or Head of Department).
• Proven experience in managing affiliating-university compliance, accreditation cycles, placements, and institutional expansion.
• Strong command over regulatory frameworks, quality assurance systems, and industry-academia partnership models.
- • Visionary, data-driven leader with exceptional communication and stakeholder-management skills.
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