Necessary Information and Documents

Note: Participants who have been already nominated by their institutional head to the MHRD should also complete the application form through the link provided below. This is necessary because we need to collect and maintain a database of all applicants for book keeping and logistics purposes.

  1. Declaration
  2. Personal and service data
  3. Institutional data (Publicly or privately funded, programs offered, NIRF ranking if any)
  4. Contact details of the Director of your organization
  5. Brief motivation for applying for program (below 500 words)
  6. CV upload (including list of publications) as a single PDF file.
  7. Applicants who have already been nominated by their institutional head to the MHRD may skip this step. A nomination letter from the Head of your organization to be uploaded as a PDF file. This should be a scan of a signed letter in the official letterhead of your organisation. If circumstances do not allow you to solicit a reference letter from the Head of your organization, a letter from the Head of any other publicly funded organization would be acceptable.

You are eligible for applying if your answer to the following criteria are in the affirmative:

  1. I have at least 8 years of experience in the grade of a (full) Professor as on 31 December, 2018.
  2. I have at least 3 years cumulative experience in administrative (Department Chair, Dean etc.) positions.
  3. I have around 30 publications SCOPUS indexed international journals.
  4. I have served my profession and my organization with high integrity, empathy and altruism.
  5. I am passionate about nurturing creativity, innovation and an inclusive workplace at the organization I am part of.
  6. I am highly motivated to contributing to excellence and growth in the Indian higher education ecosystem.

Continue to the online application page

Application Deadline: Application Closed