Univs chase int'l faculty for global experience

At Plaksha University, 90% full-time faculty have international experience

Mumbai: Across the landscape of Indian private universities, there are faculty originating from several corners: from Syria to Singapore, Taiwan to Tanzania, from Hong Kong to Hungary. Professor Armin Rosencranz, a lawyer and political scientist from Princeton earlier taught at Berkeley and Stanford; professor Stephen Marks, a dean at Jindal School of Public Health and Human Development lives on the Sonipat campus, and was formerly with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Magdalena Golebiowska, who teaches western vocals, has taught in several universities but her treasured achievement was teaching at the African Music School in Central African Republic.

“We have been conducting recruitment drives in major cities in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia and many other countries to attract candidates from international academia. Also, we conduct campus recruitment drives in top international universities such as Stanford University, Harvard University, Tufts University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, King’s College, and QMUL, among many other top universities to hire faculty members,” said Jitu Mishra, chief operating officer and senior director HR, OP Jindal Global University.