• Serve as the point of contact for all health (physical & mental) and welfare related matters concerning students. Coordinate with the Doctors, staff at the health center and the external Counsellors.
• Provide expert short-term counseling/psychological therapy to clients from the Krea community, both individually and in groups, maintaining confidentiality
• Provide professional clinical assessments and make appropriate decisions regarding the potential course of action for students
• Ensure adequate protocols are set up at the University level to address mental health emergencies. Provide supervision and guidance to key stakeholders and offices for addressing mental health emergencies on campus
• Work and collaborate with the various Offices at Krea (Student Life, HR, Inclusive Learning Support) to deliver training in the areas of mental health and wellbeing for university staff, faculty and students during orientation week and induction sessions aimed at raising awareness of the service and appropriate referral mechanisms.
• Work in compliance with all health and safety policies, procedures and guidelines and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions code.
• Work to ensure the availability of relevant and accessible information on a range of student wellbeing issues and host workshops/talks and campaigns to create a culture of well-being on campus

2. 2-3 years of experience working with young people using counseling methods and at least 2 years of experience working under clinical supervision. Must be queer-affirmative and have a deep consciousness of caste, class, religion, gender and disability intersections.

3. Evidence of mental health training or qualifications. Demonstrable skills and experience in relation to conducting clinical assessments, including the management of risk

4. Should be comfortable with communicating in English language. Knowledge of languages such as Tamil/Telugu/Hindi will be an additional advantage but not essential

5. Ability to work within safeguarding procedures

6. Good IT skills, sufficient for producing reports/presentations, and for monitoring purposes. Ability to professionally operate meetings via digital platforms

7. Should be willing to reside on campus

Title: Sr. Manager – Outreach, Executive Education

No of positions: 1

Exp:  8 to 10 years

Educational Qualification: Masters

Salary: As per Institution standard 

Department: GSB Outreach

  Job Description

• Developing and leading strategic initiatives designed to attract high potential Executive Education participants, Krea University.
• Responsible for admission counseling and meeting enrolment objectives of the assigned geographic areas. Ensure the target numbers of leads are generated and applications submitted in the allocated region.
• Represent the university at various important platforms and events to build the brand appeal.
• Conceptualizing and executing events like corporate events, meetups, open houses and mega promotional event
• Manage events/exhibitions/fairs end to end within and outside the campus.
• Create attractive and meaningful presentations to be delivered in such events.
• Conceive outreach events, outline activities in detail with accountabilities and timelines.
• Work with executive education head wherever their participation is required.
• Liaison with the agency/communication team for permissions, organizing events, lead generation using social media and other means and closure of activities.
• Work with the communications department with respect to the development and production of marketing collaterals like brochures, presentations, online ads and other promotional material. Providing application support to prospective students and applicants throughout the admissions cycle.

Interested candidates mail us at: [email protected]

Title: Post-Doctoral Fellowship – Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences                              

Job Location: Sricity, Andhra Pradesh

No.of Position: 1

Education: Ph.D

Salary: As per Institution standard  

Job Description:

The Krea University offers Post-Doctoral Fellowships under the newly established Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences to scholars to pursue their research in Humanities and Social Sciences. The Fellowships are for a duration of two years.

Qualifications:

Good Academic record, a Ph.D., and evidence of published work.

Interested scholars are requested to send an application along with a note of about a 2,000-word research proposal, CV, two references and writing sample through email: [email protected].

Remuneration:

The Fellowship pays competitive rates and has a research allowance. Residence on campus in Sri City is preferred and accommodation here subsidized.

Applications should reach the Krea University on or before October 15, 2021. The Krea University, however, reserves the right to accept applications that may come in even after the last date. The Krea University also reserves the right to invite any scholar who may not have applied to be considered for the fellowship. All decisions of the Selection Committee will be final and binding.

Interested candidates mail us at: [email protected]

Position: Faculty Director, Sapien Labs Center for the Human Brain and Mind at Krea University

About the Centre:

Krea University aims to establish, in partnership with Sapien Labs, a center for research and learning related to the human brain and mind. The overall mission of the centre is to enable a cross-disciplinary ecosystem that helps understand the nature and relationship of the brain and mind, its evolution and diversity across humanity and the environmental and social determinants of our cognitive and mental health.

Among the main goals, the centre envisages to: (1)  Assist in the creation of an all India collaborative network to enable practical applications of insights; (2) Build a core program of data acquisition across a large cross-section of people across their lifespan; (3) Develop a substantial analytical capability for large-scale insights; (4) Develop a generation of research scholars with a broad cross-disciplinary perspective; (5) Foster research and develop new curriculum across disciplines; (5) Communicate scientific research findings on brain development widely available to diverse constituencies; (6) Promote public awareness and impact policy by discussing the implications of brain/mind research in the fields of education, health, law, parenting, and mental health, and enhance the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience.

One of the key flagship activities of the centre will be the India host of “The Human Brain Diversity” initiative, a big data project of Sapien Labs that measures brain activity on a large scale across the globe using EEG, along with various other measures of life experience, mental and cognitive outcomes and other physiological and metabolic measures. The centre is anticipated to have synergistic collaborations across various entities within the Krea ecosystem.

The Role:

The Faculty Director will guide and build the research program at the Sapien Labs Center for Human Brain and Mind at Krea University in collaboration with key research advisors at the centre.  He/she will hold a faculty position at Krea University, and will hold this responsibility along with their teaching/research work. The Faculty Director will also be responsible for fostering synergies among faculty members, students, post-docs, and the broader academic community at Krea University, along with promoting the centre’s research within wider academic networks in India and abroad. The Faculty Director will work closely with the Executive Director and the Steering Committee, particularly on issues of strategic planning as these relate to research.

Responsibilities:

 Research Leadership 

• Engage in research on the human brain and mind that aligns with the mission of the center.

• Bring together a cross-disciplinary faculty at Krea and beyond to collaborate on research within the center.

• Manage the data center along with the Executive Director (possibly in collaboration with the Center for Data Science and Computation).

• Collaborate with the Executive Director to build, and provide sufficient support for, a community of innovative researchers to enhance research capacity at Krea and to increase internal and external research opportunities for faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and students in the research domains of the centre;

• Develop mutually beneficial linkages with partners and collaborators for dissemination and outreach. Organize periodic seminars, workshops, and lectures; and provide meaningful content and publications for the centre’s website;

• Enhance the overall reputation of the research centre and Krea University by ensuring quality research, and communicating that research to relevant stakeholders;

• Ensure all research activities are in conformity with prevalent laws, ICMR and all other Government guidelines, rules and regulations along with Krea’s IRB protocols;

• Evangelize the center and its research to develop collaborations across the country and internationally.

Academic Leadership

• Develop a teaching curriculum to build scholarship in the field;
• Facilitate pathways for student internships and work-study positions;
• Represent the centre at Krea’s Research Council.

The Faculty Director should have the following qualifications:

• D. in neuroscience, psychology, clinical psychiatry, or cognitive science;
• Multidisciplinary, broad, thoughtful perspective spanning at least two of the following fields – neuroscience, psychology, clinical psychiatry, psychiatry, cognitive science, social science, physics, data science, and complex systems;
• Must have a significantly data-oriented background and skills as the center will have a heavy focus on big data (e.g. understanding of data structures and some programming background);
• Excellent communicator with an ability to teach and communicate with the different stakeholders;
• Strong relationship and team building skills with ability to bring together faculty across disciplines and establish external collaborations;
• A practical translational perspective for how research can translate into useful policy, products and services. Some experience outside academia, therefore, is a plus.
• Assist in ethics/IRB proposals.

Salary: As per Institution standard  

How to apply:

Please send cover letter and resume to Dr Shyam Kumar Sudhakar <[email protected]> . Please specify in email subject – Sapien Labs – Faculty Director.   The position will be advertised until the position is filled.