Designation: Teaching Fellow (TF) Department: International Relations Location: Ashoka University Campus, Sonipat, Hary
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Designation: Teaching Fellow (TF) Department: International Relations Location: Ashoka University Campus, Sonipat, Haryana About Ashoka: Ashoka University (non-profit) is a pioneering initiative in India’s higher education space. The vision is to build a world-class university in the tradition of the Ivy League and other top ranked global institutions. It is also the country’s first Liberal Arts and Sciences University built on the principles of collective, public philanthropy. About the Department: The department offers a minor in International Relations that is designed to equip students with knowledge of the theory, history and substantive domains of international politics. The department has a range of offerings from introductory courses in IR theory and international history to advanced courses in international security and public international law, globalization and Asian geopolitics. Faculty Members: Srinath Raghavan, Nayan Chanda, Pallavi Raghavan, Ananya Sharma, Rudra Chaudhuri Amb. Shivshankar Menon, Lavanya Rajamani and AVM (Retd) Arjun Subramaniam. Roles and Responsibilities: ● The TF is expected to help the department with primarily the Introductory courses. Each Introductory course will have a class strength of minimum of 50 students. Each course has two classes every week, each of 90 minutes. There will also be Discussion Sessions in addition to the normal classes each week. The TF will also be required to hold office hours with students from time to time (minimum of 3 hours per week). ● The TF will be responsible for attending the lectures, helping the professor formulate and evaluate quizzes, exams and homework assignments, photocopying and distributing assignments and notes, taking attendance, setting up the projector and any other similar work. Duration: The TF will be expected to join by 1st August 2019 for the Monsoon Semester 2019 (August-December). Required Skills: The TF should have completed Masters (preferably in International Relations or any other related discipline) and should be enrolled in a M.Phil/PhD programme. Accomodation: Ashoka helps TFs find accommodation in apartments in the neighbourhood of the university or in the student’s hostels (subject to vacancy). Accommodation is not covered in the contract. Compensation: As per the standard TF policy of the University. Procedure to Apply: Email your CV, Writing Samples and Expression of Interest to [email protected] UNIVERSITY CAMPUS – Plot No. 2, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, P.O. Rai (Sonepat) Harayana – 131029 CONTACT: 0130-2300000 ADMISSIONS OFFICE - No. 2, Green Avenue Street, Pocket D-3, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110070, CONTACT: 011-69405807 WEBSITE - www.ashoka.edu.in .