HOD & Associate Professor For Department Of Law (Full-Time | Candidates From Delhi NCR Only)

About the job

Requirements (Must Have):

• Minimum 8-10 years of teaching experience.
• Candidates must be based in Delhi NCR only.
• Immediate joiners preferred.

Position

Head of Department (HOD) & Associate Professor, Department of Law

Role Description

Applications are invited from highly qualified, experienced, and dynamic academicians for the position of Head, Department of Law. The Institute seeks a visionary academic leader capable of providing strategic direction, fostering academic excellence, promoting research, and ensuring compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements governing legal education.

Key Responsibilities

1. Providing academic, administrative, and strategic leadership to the Department of Law.
2. Ensuring effective implementation of the curriculum and academic policies in accordance with the norms and standards prescribed by the Bar Council of India (BCI), UGC, and other regulatory authorities.
3. Planning, monitoring, and evaluating teaching-learning processes to maintain high academic standards.
4. Supervising faculty performance, mentoring faculty members, and promoting professional development initiatives.
5. Facilitating research, publications, consultancy projects, and other scholarly activities within the department.
6. Overseeing student mentoring, academic progression, discipline, and overall development.
7. Coordinating departmental activities including moot court programmes, legal aid clinics, seminars, workshops, conferences, and outreach initiatives.
8. Ensuring timely preparation and submission of academic reports, accreditation documents, statutory compliance records, and other institutional requirements.
9. Managing departmental budgets, resources, infrastructure, and academic assets effectively.
10. Promoting industry-academia interaction, collaborations with legal institutions, courts, law firms, and professional bodies.
11. Supporting institutional quality assurance initiatives, accreditation processes, rankings, and regulatory inspections.
12. Performing such other academic and administrative duties as may be assigned by the Institute from time to time.

Essential Qualifications

1. Qualifications and experience as prescribed by the Bar Council of India (BCI), University Grants Commission (UGC), and other statutory bodies applicable from time to time.
2. Ph.D. in Law from a recognized University.
3. LL.M. with a consistently good academic record.
4. Eligibility for appointment to the post of Professor in Law as per prevailing UGC/BCI norms.
5. Minimum teaching, research, and academic administrative experience as prescribed under applicable regulations.
6. Desirable Qualifications and Experience
7. Proven experience in heading a department, school, faculty, or academic unit in a recognized institution.
8. Demonstrated leadership in academic administration, curriculum development, institutional quality assurance, and regulatory compliance.
9. Experience in handling BCI inspections, NAAC accreditation, and other statutory requirements.
10. Significant research contributions evidenced through quality publications, funded projects, consultancy assignments, patents, or other scholarly achievements.
11. Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

Salary 

Salary shall be as per AICTE/UGC norms and commensurate with qualifications, experience, and merit.

Why BVIMR?

✅ NAAC A++ Accredited University

✅ Research incentives + MDP opportunities

✅ Dynamic, reputed academic environment

✅ Competitive salary (negotiable for the right fit)

✅ Adjacent to Paschim Vihar East Metro Station, New Delhi

📩 Application Process

Interested candidates should send the below mentioned documents to: admin.bvimr@bharatividyapeeth.edu and anupam.dhingra@bharatividyapeeth.edu

1. Detailed CV
2. Copies of academic certificates
3. List of publications
4. Experience certificates (if any)

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

The institution reserves the right to fill or not to fill the position without assigning any reason.