Designation: Teaching Assistant/Teaching Fellow

School: School of Arts and Sciences, Sai University

Reporting to: Faculty Incharge

Location: Chennai

Role Summary: 

The Teaching Assistant (TA) or Teaching Fellow (TF) will assist the Faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences with the instruction and administration of courses in the undergraduate foundation curriculum. Depending on the candidate’s intellectual background and interests, these courses may include Global Challenges, Critical Thinking, Frontiers in Arts and Sciences, and Writing and Communications.

About Sai University:

Sai University is committed to an interdisciplinary, liberal educational ecosystem with strong international partnerships, and aims to integrate the three pillars of education – learning, research, and societal impact.

Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Assisting students with assignments, deadlines, team learning activities, preparation for assessments, and access to learning materials
• Fostering cohesion and active participation by students in the classroom
• Holding discussion sessions and office hours to reinforce course material 
• Maintaining student academic records and working with faculty to collect and distribute student assignments, assessments, grades, and feedback
• Collecting data and preparing reports on student achievement, grade assignments and feedback to share with Dean and faculty
• Managing course Learning Management System (LMS) and supporting logistical needs of faculty for in-person and online learning 
• Communicating, updating and recording course syllabus, assignments, and materials 
• Encouraging student participation by recommending individualized academic support, e.g., for absentee or underachieving students
• Supporting students to uphold a high standard of academic integrity and referring instances of academic dishonesty to faculty
• Supporting student internship opportunities with guest lecturers and partners

Key Skills:

• Effective communicators possessing excellent English communication and writing skills 
• Highly organized, proactive and responsive
• Have a passion for learning and teaching
• Intellectually curious, attentive to detail, flexible, independent & prepared to take initiative in a growing institution
• Requires strong interpersonal, motivation and influencing skills 
• Ability to be assertive in a classroom setting

Qualification: 

• Bachelors or Masters degree (preferably from a liberal educational setting)
• Work experience in higher education or a relevant field an added advantage
• Broad understanding of various disciplines and fields of study in the arts and sciences, with the ability to teach in two to three fields

 

 

 

Designation: Teaching Assistant / Teaching Fellow

School: School of Computing and Data Science, Sai University

Reporting to: Faculty Incharge

Location: Chennai

Role Summary: 

The Teaching Assistant (TA) or Teaching Fellow (TF) will assist the Faculty in the School of Computing and Data Science with the instruction and administration of courses in the core curriculum for the BTech course.

About Sai University:  Sai University is committed to an interdisciplinary, liberal educational ecosystem with strong international partnerships, and aims to integrate the three pillars of education – learning, research, and societal impact.

Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities may include but not limited to:

• Assisting students with assignments, deadlines, team learning activities, preparation for assessments, and access to learning materials

• Fostering cohesion and active participation by students in the classroom

• Holding discussion sessions and office hours to reinforce course material 

• Maintaining student academic records and working with faculty to collect and distribute student assignments, assessments, grades, and feedback

• Collecting data and preparing reports on student achievement, grade assignments and feedback to share with Dean and faculty

• Managing course Learning Management System (LMS) and supporting logistical needs of faculty for in-person and online learning 

• Communicating, updating and recording course syllabus, assignments, and materials 

• Encouraging student participation by recommending individualized academic support, e.g., for absentee or underachieving students

• Supporting students to uphold a high standard of academic integrity and referring instances of academic dishonesty to faculty

• Supporting student internship opportunities with guest lecturers and partners

 

Key Skills:

• Effective communicators possessing excellent English communication and writing skills 
• Highly organized, proactive and responsive
• Have a passion for learning and teaching
• Intellectually curious, attentive to detail, flexible, independent and prepared to take initiative in a growing institution
• Requires strong interpersonal, motivation and influencing skills 
• Ability to be assertive in a classroom setting

Qualification: 

• Masters or Bachelors degree in Computing and Data Science or relevant field
• Professional experience in higher education or an equivalent position in the private sector
• Broad understanding of subdisciplines and topics in Computing and Data Science including programming languages (e.g. Python), artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science (e.g., R), blockchain, search engine algorithms, etc.

 

 

Designation: Teaching Assistant/Teaching Fellow-Robotics and embedded systems

School: School of Computing and Data Science, Sai University

Reporting to: Faculty Incharge

Location: Chennai

Role Summary: 

The Teaching Assistant (TA) or Teaching Fellow (TF) will assist the Faculty in the School of Computing and Data Science with the instruction and administration of courses in the core curriculum for the BTech course specific to robotics and embedded systems course. The TA/TF will also be involved in managing the robotics lab.

About Sai University:  Sai University is committed to an interdisciplinary, liberal educational ecosystem with strong international partnerships, and aims to integrate the three pillars of education – learning, research, and societal impact.

Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities may include but not limited to:

• Setting up and maintaining the Robotics lab including inventory management, liaising with vendors, and projecting requirements for student projects.

• Setting up software environments and actively initiating use of new software tools and training in such tools.

• Be a resource person for courses in Embedded systems and Robotics assisting students with their projects, supporting and guiding in the project implementations.

• Managing course Learning Management System (LMS) and supporting logistical needs of faculty for in-person and online learning 

• Communicating, updating and recording course syllabus, assignments, and materials 

• Encouraging student participation by recommending individualized academic support, e.g., for absentee or underachieving students

• Supporting students to uphold a high standard of academic integrity and referring instances of academic dishonesty to faculty

• Supporting student internship opportunities with guest lecturers and partners

 

Key Skills:

• Highly organized, proactive and responsive.
• Intellectually curious, attentive to details, flexible, independent & and prepared to take initiatives in a growing institution.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  

Qualification: 

• B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech (Computer Science/IT/Electrical/Mechanical) with exposure to Embedded Systems and Robotics. Programming skills in C/C++/Python/Lua are mandatory. 
• Experience with Robotic platforms and design tools Coreldraw/CAD/Blender is preferred.
• Familiarity with robotics simulation platforms coppeliaSIM/ ROS-gazebo and exposure to Image processing, Machine learning would be added advantages.
  

 

 

Designation: Junior Research Fellow (JRF), School of Arts and Sciences (Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Environmental Biotechnology)

School: School of Arts and Sciences, Sai University

Reporting to: Professor. Toleti Subba Rao

Location: Chennai

Role Summary: 

The JRFs will be working in the area of advanced life science applications in the context of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Environmental Biotechnology.

About Sai University:  Sai University is committed to an interdisciplinary, liberal educational ecosystem with strong international partnerships, and aims to integrate the three pillars of education – learning, research, and societal impact.

Responsibilities:

The selected JRFs will be responsible for:

• Research: The incumbent to carry out the research work in the given area.
• Teaching: The incumbent will be responsible to teach the under graduate students of the required course work.

   

Laboratory: To organize the laboratory experiments and also to maintain the biology laboratory clean and neat following all the safety precautions.

Key Skills:

• Effective communicators possessing excellent English communication and writing skills 
• Highly organized, proactive and responsive
• Have a passion for research, learning and teaching
• Intellectually curious, attentive to detail, flexible, independent & prepared to take initiative in a growing institution
• Requires strong interpersonal, motivation and influencing skills 
• Ability to be assertive in a classroom setting
• A good academic record, training in biology experimentation, microbiology analysis, hands on experience in molecular biology and biochemistry techniques.
  

Qualification: 

• Post Graduate degree in Microbiology/ Biochemistry / Biotechnology/ Molecular Biology or equivalent degree from the recognized university
• Research experience in the form of post-graduation projects
• NET/GATE qualified candidates will be given higher preference