Faculty
The quality of faculty members is the backbone of an academic institution. Since UPID aims at providing hands- on and interdisciplinary learning, deploying the right mix of skilled professionals and academicians as faculty resource is crucial. The Institute shall require faculty members who are both, good with their subject and its application in creative problem solving. Therefore, the educational programmes at the Institute will have by a judicious combination of in-house faculty, industry experts and visiting faculty.
The primary task of a faculty member shall be knowledge creation and its dissemination. UPID faculty members shall also be encouraged to take on additional roles as the Head of Programmes or activities like Outreach, Incubator, etc. Such additional responsibilities would be shared on a rotational basis. Various levels of faculty are,
The Institute will have 3 full time senior faculty & 3 junior faculty when it is fully functional.
Presently the posts of one senior faculty, 2 associate senior faculty and one junior faculty are proposed to be created .
The Qualification recommended by NID are as follows :
Senior Faculty
Educational Qualification:
Post Graduate Degree/Diploma (minimum 2 years program) in Design from premier institutions like NID, IIT, NIFT, IICD or equivalent with subjects specified as per the requirements of UPID.
Professional Experience:
12 years of experience in industry / academia in the area of design. Any additional details shall be mentioned as per the requirements of UPID.
OR
Educational Qualification:
Under Graduate Degree/Diploma (minimum 4 years program) in Design from premier institutions like NID, IIT, NIFT, IICD or equivalent with subjects specified as per the requirements of UPID.
Professional Experience:
10 years of experience in industry / academia in the area of design. Any additional details shall be mentioned as per the requirements of UPID.
NID has recommended that in the first year 6 full-time faculty members, 3 Senior Faculty and 3 Junior Faculty should be appointed. Over the next five years this number should reach to 26.
Faculty
Educational Qualification:
Post Graduate Degree/Diploma (minimum 2 years program) in Design from premier institutions like NID, IIT, NIFT, IICD or equivalent with subjects specified as per the requirements of UPID.
Professional Experience:
3 years of experience in industry / academia in the area of design. Any additional details shall be mentioned as per the requirements of UPID.
OR
Educational Qualification:
Under Graduate Degree/Diploma (minimum 4 years program) in Design from premier institutions like NID, IIT, NIFT, IICD or equivalent with subjects specified as per the requirements of UPID.
Professional Experience:
5 years of experience in industry / academia in the area of design. Any additional details shall be mentioned as per the requirements of UPID.
Visiting faculty
UPID framework and curriculum pedagogy entails extensive engagement of visiting faculty. Each of the certificate programme workshops shall be conducted by one or more visiting faculty members in conjunction with the residential faculty of UPID. Diploma programmes shall also engage the visiting faculty actively. The visiting faculty shall comprise of subject experts, academicians, and experts from industry, independent professionals, master craftspeople and artisans. They shall be responsible for providing inputs in specialised knowledge and skills relevant to the curriculum.
They could commit to one or more modules of the programme/s at the institute. Besides teaching regular students, they would also contribute as a resource person for the Design Clinics organised by the institute. UPID will draw upon visiting faculty from a range of domains such as Arts & Craft, Design, Management, Technology, Liberal arts, IPR & Legal, Entrepreneurship, etc.