The Dean – Allied Sciences & Healthcare will provide strategic, academic and administrative leadership to the Faculty, ensuring excellence in teaching, research, clinical training, institutional development and regulatory compliance.

The position will be responsible for developing and implementing academic strategies, strengthening industry and hospital collaborations, enhancing student employability, ensuring quality standards and driving the overall growth of Allied Health Sciences and Healthcare programmes.

2. Key Roles & Responsibilities

A. Academic Leadership & Administration

- Lead the overall academic and administrative functioning of the Faculty.
- Develop new academic programmes in Allied Health Sciences and Healthcare.
- Ensure curriculum development and periodic revision in line with UGC, relevant statutory councils and industry requirements.
- Supervise academic calendars, teaching plans, examinations and assessments.
- Ensure effective implementation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE).
- Monitor academic performance, student progression and faculty effectiveness.
- Establish academic benchmarks and promote interdisciplinary learning.

B. Regulatory Compliance & Accreditation

- Ensure compliance with UGC regulations and applicable statutory and professional regulatory requirements.
- Ensure adherence to relevant NCAHP requirements for applicable allied and healthcare programmes.
- Maintain academic documentation, faculty records, infrastructure details and statutory registers.
- Coordinate NAAC, IQAC and other accreditation-related activities.
- Ensure programme approvals, affiliations and recognition requirements are fulfilled.
- Facilitate internal and external academic audits.
- Maintain documentation for clinical training, internships and practical exposure.

C. Faculty Management & Development

- Lead faculty recruitment, selection and onboarding.
- Define faculty KRAs and performance indicators.
- Conduct periodic faculty performance reviews.
- Identify faculty development and training requirements.
- Encourage research publications, patents, conferences and academic collaborations.
- Mentor faculty members and develop future academic leaders.




- Ensure appropriate faculty strength and qualifications as per applicable norms.

D. Clinical Training & Hospital Collaborations

- Establish collaborations with multispecialty hospitals, diagnostic centres, rehabilitation centres and healthcare institutions.
- Develop structured clinical posting and internship programmes.
- Monitor students' practical training and clinical exposure.
- Ensure availability of laboratories, equipment and simulation-based learning facilities.
- Develop partnerships for internships, placements and research.
- Ensure clinical training arrangements comply with applicable patient safety, ethical and institutional requirements.

E. Research & Innovation

- Promote interdisciplinary healthcare research.
- Encourage faculty and students to undertake funded research projects.
- Facilitate research publications in reputed indexed journals.
- Develop partnerships with hospitals, research centres and healthcare organisations.
- Promote innovation, patents and evidence-based healthcare practices.
- Ensure compliance with research ethics and applicable institutional review requirements.

F. Student Development & Placements

- Monitor student admissions, retention, academic progression and overall performance.
- Develop student mentoring and career counselling systems.
- Strengthen placement opportunities through hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, healthcare companies and research institutions.
- Promote internships, skill development and professional certifications.
- Establish alumni engagement initiatives.
- Monitor graduate employability and programme outcomes.

G. Institutional Growth & Strategic Development

- Develop annual strategic plans for the Faculty.
- Identify opportunities for introducing new programmes and specialisations.




- Contribute towards admission growth and institutional branding.
- Establish national and international academic collaborations.
- Prepare annual budgets and monitor departmental expenditure.
- Coordinate with university leadership for institutional development.
- Represent the Faculty at academic conferences, professional forums and institutional meetings.

H. Quality Assurance & NAAC

- Ensure continuous quality improvement in academic delivery.
- Maintain programme-wise documentation and evidence.
- Coordinate with IQAC for quality initiatives.
- Monitor feedback from students, faculty, alumni and employers.
- Ensure implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
- Contribute to NAAC criteria-related documentation, particularly teaching-learning, research, infrastructure, student support and governance.

3. Educational Qualifications

- Ph.D. in Allied Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Healthcare, Life Sciences or a relevant discipline.
- Master's degree in a relevant healthcare or allied health discipline.
- Bachelor's degree in the relevant professional field.
- Academic and professional qualifications should meet the applicable UGC and statutory requirements.

4. Experience

- Minimum 10–15 years of relevant academic/professional experience.
- Significant experience in university-level academic administration.
- Experience in heading a Faculty, School, Department or Institution.
- Experience in NAAC accreditation, academic audits and regulatory compliance.
- Demonstrated experience in faculty management, curriculum development and institutional growth.
- Experience in hospital partnerships and clinical training arrangements will be preferred.

5. Key Competencies

- Academic leadership and strategic planning.
- Regulatory and accreditation knowledge.
- Institutional administration and governance.
- Faculty mentoring and performance management.
- Research orientation and academic networking.
- Hospital and healthcare industry engagement.
- Budgeting and resource management.
- Solid communication, interpersonal and decision-making skills.

Work Location: In person

📌 Dean Allied Sciences and Health care (Bathinda)
🏢 Guru Kashi University
📍 Bathinda