Associate/ Senior Associate

You should have at least 1-2 years of work experience, strong interpersonal and communication skills, a keen eye for detail and ability to work with large volumes of data. You would be called upon to

• Strategize and execute the outreach plan to drive applications across the country among the relevant stakeholders
• Conduct student and parent interactive sessions across different schools and events
• Manage timely, thoughtful and detailed review of applications for the undergraduate programs
• Plan and organize interviews with applicants across the country

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Associate

Young Technology Scholars is our high school summer program. We are looking for someone with atleast 1-2 years of work experience, strong leadership and organizational ability, creative out-of-the-box thinking, openness, and willingness and flexibility to learn in a start-up environment, to manage the program.

You would be called upon to

• Plan and strategize outreach by identifying schools where we can conduct student sessions and participate in career fairs to reach out to our target audience
• Coordinate and design the communication material that is needed for outreach purposes including website, collaterals, video, and video blogs
• Own and drive the entire admission process by nurturing and engaging the leads, screening applications, interviewing and finally rolling out the offers
• Plan the academic vertical and engage with Global Faculty and Teaching Assistants to curate a comprehensive academic plan for the summer program

Program Manager

Technology Leaders Program is a postgraduate level program co-delivered in partnership with UC Berkeley. We are looking for a Program Manager – someone with atleast 2-3 years of work experience, who has the ability to structure complex ambiguous problems and conduct a high-quality analysis, has good writing skills, and is willing to learn in a start-up environment.

You would be called upon to

• Participate in envisioning the overall academic strategy of the University and coordinate with various stake-holders in execution of aforesaid strategies.
• Develop the academic proposition for the program, including program structure, curriculum design, and pedagogy – in close coordination with founders, academics and program directors.
• Develop, implement and monitor day to day operational systems and processes towards successful running of the program
• Think of innovative ways to constantly improve the program structure.
• Be the face for Student and Faculty engagement
• Be the voice of the program while working with internal teams

Teaching Tech Leaders

We are looking for Teaching Tech Leaders at Plaksha. If you are passionate about reimagining tech education and learning, pedagogical innovation, mentoring students, and being part of an intellectual community of educators, innovators and researchers, this role is fit for you. You will be mentored by exceptional faculty who are also passionate educators. This is not a routine TA role.

You would be called upon to

• Do the usual: Attend lectures, help faculty with grading, preparation of instructional resources, and other administrative duties as required, in addition to leading tutorials and laboratories each week.
• Beyond the usual: Push the boundaries of pedagogical innovation and enlarge the intellectual imagination of the students. Mentor students on exciting and innovative projects based on Grand Challenge themes.
• The extra edge: Be a part of the team setting up Plaksha’s ‘Collaboratory for Innovation in Education’ (CIE). CIE will be the first-of-a-kind center in India, dedicated to advancing student learning and success.
• Applications are invited for Design Thinking, Computer Science and AI, Applied Math, Physics/ Physical World /Mechanics and Intersection of humanities and technology

Manager, Outreach & Partnerships

Experience: 3-5 years in outreach and brand relationship To establish Technology Leaders Program among the world’s best technology leadership programs and a preferred choice of upskilling for country’s top tech talent

What does the candidate do?

• Plans and implements successful brand outreach programs
• Strategizes and executes the outreach to Top 100 Tech & Science Institutes of India aimed at building program awareness, ensuring continuous engagement, and contributing to admissions pipeline.
• Sets and runs the annual outreach calendar comprising events, presentations, information sessions, meet-ups, coffee-chats, and other marketing activities. It includes planning processes, timelines, resource budgeting and ensuring timely completion of all deliverables.
• Establishes and manages partnerships with external organizations (such as institutions, coaching centers, incubation centers, etc.) aimed at promoting the program.
• Represents the company and provides support as needed at various external events such as admissions fairs, career guidance seminars, tech fests, counsellor meets, startup events, tech industry events and conventions.
• Measures and reports performance of all marketing campaigns, and assess ROI and KPIs

Research Fellow – Energy Efficiency/Smart Grids

PCCE invites applications for a ‘Research Fellow’ to help realize its mission through cutting-edge research with a clear focus on a deep and far-reaching impact on economy and society. The Research Fellow is expected to establish centre’s footprint in chosen area of research by setting up collaboration with research institutes/academia/think tanks/ private sector and collectively build R&D infrastructure and implement research projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead R&D projects in Energy Efficiency/Smart Grids domains with other faculty members and scientific staff and develop strategy and vision for the future.
• Set up and steer collaborations with research institutes/academia/think tanks/private sector towards building R&D infrastructure and implementing research projects.
• Assist writing of funding and partnership proposals with faculty and development team.
• Create and disseminate periodic updates and bulletin, organize guest lectures and panel discussions with stakeholders
• Research & benchmark with various global Energy-related postgraduate, fellowship, and doctoral programs to establish a curriculum with the help of faculty.

Teaching Assistant (Intern)

Curated for students in Class 9, 10 and 11, YTS aims to expose young minds to cutting-edge technology innovation and research. Through interdisciplinary coursework and hands-on project work, students will learn how to use mathematics and computational tools to build their own solutions to global challenges. We are inviting 18 motivated Teaching Assistants to join us in this exciting journey to co-create and deliver this program. The TAs will work very closely with 5 faculty leaders in this journey.

Responsibilities

• Assist faculty in developing course content and defining problem sets (March to April)
• Develop and discuss a set of optimal solutions to problem sets (April to May)
• Guide students in project work, help with problem analysis, coding and modeling
• Engage students in extra-curricular activities as per full day program schedule