Assistant Professor in the department of Design

Assistant Professor in the department of Design

We are looking for a creative and qualified Assistant Professor in the department of Design for Vishwakarma University, Pune with 5+ years of experience in academia/industry (min 5 years in Industry) and who is passionate about teaching and ready to develop and deliver quality content for assigned courses. We need a person ready to take the responsibilities and challenging opportunities in order to exhaust his/her knowledge and skills to the fullest extent.

Specialization Required

User Experience Design, UI design, UX research

Job duties and responsibilities

Assistant Professor job contains the following duties and responsibilities:

Academic teaching at UG/PG level

Program and curriculum design and development,

Academic Administration

Supervision and Guidance for Ph.D. Scholars, if eligible,

Examinations and evaluation,

Training, consultancy and extension activity,

Placements and industry connect,

Student counselling, institutional admissions and administration,

Quality assurance and academic research,

Any other work assigned by higher authority.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements

As per the norms of AICTE,

Bachelor's Degree or minimum 4-year Diploma in any one of the streams of Design and Architecture or Bachelor's degree in Engineering with First class or equivalent

AND

Master's degree or equivalent Post Graduate Diploma in relevant disciplines with First Class or equivalent in a concerned / relevant /allied subject of Industrial Design / Visual Communication / Interaction Design / New Media Studies / Human Factors Engineering / and related fields of Engineering or Design.

AND

Minimum 5 years of professional design experience in Industry / research organization / Design studios.

M. Des degree is preferable (From Premium institutes is preferable e.g. IIT, NID, NIFT, MIT)

Ph.D. degree / pursuing is preferable

Skills required

Ability to communicate and teach through new pedagogies

Ability to write instructional material,

Ability of conducting interdisciplinary research,

Excellent fluency of English language,

Effective communication skills.

To apply for the post, click on the following link:

https://erpadmin.vupune.ac.in/RecApplicationLogin/login

1) Fill the required information, upload the documents & submit the application form.

2) Last date for submitting the application is 20/03/2026.

In case of difficulty in submitting the application, please write to [Confidential Information] with your contact number.