Assistant/Associate Professor (Climate Finance) - Anant National University

Anant National University in Ahmedabad seeks an Assistant/Associate Professor in Climate Finance. Candidates must hold a PhD and possess relevant teaching experience. Responsibilities include curriculum development, teaching, mentoring, and research publication. The position is full-time and requires active participation in university committees and labs. The university focuses on innovative, sustainable design education to address global challenges.
About Anant National University

Anant National University, Indias first DesignX university, is dedicated to training students to devise solutions for global problems through creative thinking.

Our DesignX way is unique in helping young designers develop a better understanding of the context we live in through community immersion, innovation and collaboration. The core of our pedagogy is sustainable design multiplied by a host of knowledge disciplines and technology to make problem solving impactful. Our multidisciplinary undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in design, architecture, climate action and visual arts harness the knowledge from various disciplines and traditional practices to integrate it with cutting edge technology to address diverse challenges.

About Anant School For Climate Action

Anant School for Climate Action, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, is Indias first education institution offering comprehensive climate-focused programs at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including a distinctive Bachelor of Technology in Climate Change. Notably, the BTech in Climate Change is Indias first and only engineering degree program that prepares students to create technology solutions for climate change.

Job Type

Full Time

Reporting to

Director, Anant School for Climate action

Required Education Qualifications

Applicants should have a PhD degree in the area of Climate Finance with a master's degree in Climate Finance or a related subject in first class.

Years Of Experience
• A minimum of 2 years of full-time teaching/research/professional work experience in the area of Climate Finance for Assistant Professor.
• A minimum of 8 years of full-time teaching/research/professional work experience as Assistant Professor or equivalent in the area of Climate Finance for Associate Professor. Minimum of two publications in SCI/SCOPUS Journals for Assistant Professor.
• A minimum of 8 Publications in SCI/SCOPUS Journal for Associate Professor.

Key Responsibility Areas (KRAs)
• Teaching and developing a high-quality curriculum for the courses in Climate Finance and related areas.
• Teaching a minimum of 16 hours per week (for Assistant Professor)/14 hours per week (for Associate Professor) and delivering associated results such as student grades, feedback, mentoring applied research projects etc.
• Holding office hours for students.
• Participating and contributing to relevant leadership committees, boards, groups at Anant National University.
• Actively developing the labs related to her/his area of research/teaching at Anant School of Climate Action in hand with the Director of the Anant School for Climate Action and the Provost of Anant National University.
• Secure grants and work for research projects and publish a minimum of two research publications in an academic year in SCI/SCOPUS indexed journals.

Areas of expertise:
• Fluency in verbal and written English.
• Demonstrate excellence in research, including research grants and peer-reviewed publications, in the relevant field.