Premji's gurukul will hire 4,500 in the next 5 years
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Premji's gurukul will hire 4,500 in the next 5 years
Bangalore: The hunt for deans, professors and administrators begins at Azim Premji's University as the institution will be operational from the next academic year. After the Karnataka government approved the formation of the University under a special legislative act, they are hiring faculties for different courses and people for management. They plan to hire about 4,500 people in the next five years reports Swetha Kannan and Anjali Prayag for the Business Line. Anurag Behar, Co-CEO, Azim Premji University said that the University's faculty would come from existing practitioners who have worked in the field of education and young PhDs who can fill the talent pipeline. "We will recruit very few from existing universities as we do not want to poach from them.They will also hire talent from the U.S. and Europe who are interested in working for education in India." The university, located in Bangalore already has about 25 faculty members on board and is looking for deans and professors across various disciplines including natural sciences, anthropology, health, governance, ecology and environment, apart from registrars to manage finance, student affairs, placements and information resources management. The University hopes to be a centre of excellence in teaching and research. It is looking to have a "multidisciplinary" approach, offering a range of post-graduate programmes in Education Policy, Teaching and Learning, Education Psychology, Educational Leadership and Management, Education Technology, Education Research and Development Studies.