Location: Ashoka University Campus, Sonipat, Haryana(Delhi-NCR)Department: Office of Academic AffairsReports To: Dean – Office of Academic AffairsRole Type: Full-timeExperience: 20+ years, including at least 10 years in academic or institutional leadership

ABOUT THE ROLE

Ashoka University invites applications for the position of Director, Office of Academic Affairs, a senior leadership role at a defining moment in the University's institutional evolution as it expands across seven Schools, deepens its interdisciplinary academic model, and establishes current standards of academic governance within Indian higher education.The Director will be responsible for the overall architecture of Ashoka's academic experience, spanning policy, governance, and the operating systems that support a community of over 3,000 students and a faculty of international distinction. The role requires a leader equally adept at shaping strategic direction in partnership with the Dean and senior University leadership, and at maintaining sufficient proximity to operations to identify where processes require attention or improvement. The role demands a leader who demonstrates robust ownership, provides mentorship to their team, and regards the quality of academic life not merely as an administrative responsibility but as a personal and institutional commitment.

ABOUT THE OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS The Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) plays a pivotal role in advising students and in assisting them as they navigate their academic pathway towards completing their undergraduate degree.The Office of Academic Affairs facilitates students with a wide range of academic functions, including course planning, pre-registration for classes, class schedules and grade functions, scheduling academic classes, and processing student requests.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Responsibilities● Translate the University's academic strategy into an operating plan for Academic Affairs, and hold the department accountable to it.● Shape academic governance at Ashoka — developing, reviewing, and evolving policies, procedures,



and regulatory compliance as the University scales.● Bring an informed view on emerging trends in higher education and translate them into recommendations that shape Ashoka's future academic offerings.● Represent Academic Affairs in University-wide forums, building trusted working relationships with Deans, Heads of Departments, faculty, and senior administrators.

Academic Operations● Own the full academic calendar — planning, course offerings, registration, and scheduling — ensuring it runs with precision across a complex, multi-School structure.● Safeguard the integrity and continuity of student academic records and progression data, partnering with other colleges and university offices to keep them current.● Lead the University's academic integrity framework and academic counselling model, working across departments to ensure students are supported, not just monitored.● Partner with IT, Learning Support, Global Education, and other administrative functions to modernise and simplify academic processes end to end.

Academic Governance & Policy● Develop, review, implement, and periodically update academic policies.● Ensure compliance with University policies, academic regulations, and applicable statutory/regulatory requirements.Institutional Effectiveness & Process Improvement● Build a genuine mastery of how Ashoka's academic processes work in practice — and use that understanding to identify inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities others might miss.● Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives that measurably raise the quality, consistency, and efficiency of academic operations and the student experience.● Champion the use of academic information systems and data to inform decisions, rather than relying on institutional memory alone.

Team & Culture Leadership● Build and mentor a high-performing Academic Affairs team, creating a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.● Model a consultative, transparent leadership style that earns trust across faculty, students,



and administrative colleagues alike.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Qualifications

- 20+ years of professional experience in academia, including at least 10 years in academic or institutional leadership.
- Master's degree required; a Doctorate is strongly preferred, along with substantial academic management experience — ideally at a private or international university.
- A track record of leading cross-functional academic initiatives in partnership with senior university leadership.

Who You Are

- Fluency in academic governance, curriculum management, student progression, academic integrity, and quality assurance — and the judgment to know when each matters most.
- A change-oriented mindset: comfortable identifying root causes, challenging the status quo, and building practical, durable solutions.
- Sharp written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills, with the presence to influence at the senior-most levels of the University.
- Data-informed and technology-enabled, with the ability to use academic information systems and data to support decision-making and process improvement.

ABOUT ASHOKA UNIVERSITY

Ashoka University is India's premier interdisciplinary higher education and research institution, built on a model of collective philanthropy and offering world-class programmes across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Since its founding in 2014, Ashoka has grown into a community of 3,000+ students across seven Schools, with more than 57% women, 4% international scholars, 100+ students with disabilities, and over 47% students on scholarships — backed by more than Rs 723 crores in cumulative scholarship support. Its faculty includes distinguished authors, scientists, historians, journalists, artists, and entrepreneurs recognised with leading fellowships and awards worldwide.

In 2025, Ashoka was named 'University of the Year (Emerging)' at the FICCI Higher Education Summit and secured the top position in two categories of the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) — recognition of an institution still building toward what it wants to become.

Website: https://www.ashoka.edu.in/Careers Page: https://careers.ashoka.edu.in/

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