Jobs at Rishihood University

Lead Rishihood University's technology strategy and build an integrated digital ecosystem connecting stakeholders, workflows, applications, and institutional data. Responsibilities include defining architecture and roadmaps, evolving RishiVerse, leading engineering delivery, establishing security and data standards, managing vendors, enabling dashboards and automation, and driving adoption. The CTO will build and mentor the technology team while delivering phased workflow improvements and strengthening institutional reliability, usability, and decision-making.

Analyzes financial data, prepares reports, budgets, forecasts, and financial models, and supports accounting operations including reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, statutory compliance, and month-end close. The role monitors budget variances, cash flow, costs, and business performance; maintains accurate financial records; provides management insights; and improves reporting processes through automation.

Perform manual and functional testing across ERP and LMS modules, including regression, smoke, API, database, cross-browser, responsive, and role-based testing. Write test cases, validate PostgreSQL data with SQL, report and track defects, support releases and production checks, and help triage issues. Gradually automate high-value regression scenarios using frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.

Manages campus IT infrastructure, networks, firewalls, Wi-Fi, switches, systems, and end-user support. Oversees troubleshooting, monitoring, incident resolution, help desk operations, IT assets, vendors, ISP coordination, documentation, and infrastructure projects. Leads the IT support and network team while ensuring service availability, security, performance, and SLA-based support for faculty, staff, learners, and campus facilities.

Leads Rishihood University's communications and brand storytelling across digital, social, website, newsletters, press, and campus channels. Develops integrated campaigns, creates written and video content, manages media relations, strengthens internal communications, tracks performance, collaborates across departments, and mentors junior team members. The role requires at least five years of communications, content strategy, public relations, or brand storytelling experience.

Build and manage the ecosystem surrounding a university makerspace by coordinating technology clubs, industry projects, partnerships, innovation programs, grants, sponsorships, and demo events. The role scopes real-world projects, manages timelines and budgets, supports IP and confidentiality agreements, connects students with internships and placements, and develops pathways from prototypes to startups, patents, or deployment. Technical mentoring and lab operations remain with the Makerspace Lead.

Manage and strengthen the university brand through market and competitor analysis, performance tracking, storytelling, advertising, and brand asset development. Collaborate with content, design, admissions, and production teams to maintain brand consistency. Coordinate external agencies, vendors, and partnerships, while leading long-form and short-form video storytelling initiatives.

Counsel prospective students through the admissions process by making 70–80+ daily outbound calls, scheduling interviews, maintaining CRM records, coordinating with academic and administrative teams, conducting campus tours, and engaging walk-in students. The role requires flexible availability, strong communication, resilience, and comfort working in a target-driven environment.

Maintain and update the university CRM, clean and organize data, generate reports and insights using Power BI and Excel, track campaign and student engagement performance, collaborate with marketing and technical teams, and help automate data workflows.

Manage the complete Ph.D. scholar lifecycle, including admissions, onboarding, coursework, research proposal and progress tracking, compliance, thesis submission, examiner coordination, viva-voce, degree awarding, record archiving, and alumni data management. The role ensures adherence to university regulations, maintains accurate scholar records, coordinates academic stakeholders, tracks milestones and pending requirements, and prepares documentation for approvals and certification.

Leads campus-wide procurement operations, including sourcing, tendering, purchasing, vendor management, inventory planning, cost control, compliance, and payment coordination. Oversees procurement for food, housekeeping, maintenance, office, and project materials. Builds vendor relationships, negotiates contracts, maintains procurement MIS and spend analysis, and partners with Kitchen, Estate, Facilities, and Projects teams to ensure timely, quality-assured purchasing.

Leads venture studio operations across startup deal sourcing, screening, evaluation, investment memos, due diligence, term sheets, portfolio tracking, and investor reporting. The role also produces major ecosystem events such as demo days, hackathons, investor mixers, and founder showcases. Responsibilities include building investor, mentor, and accelerator partnerships and collaborating with university leadership and external startup stakeholders.

Leads the university’s integrated brand, marketing, communications, outreach, and admissions-growth function. Owns positioning, reputation, enrolment funnel performance, PR, digital and content strategy, outreach partnerships, team building, budget management, and measurable marketing systems. The role requires balancing creative brand leadership with data-driven demand generation and conversion optimization.

Leads Rishihood University's philanthropic strategy, institutional fundraising, donor cultivation, endowment development, corporate and foundation partnerships, and advancement systems. Builds a high-value donor pipeline across India and international diaspora networks, structures complex gifts, oversees corpus growth, develops the advancement team, and leads donor events and international engagement. The role reports to the CEO and requires substantial domestic and international travel from Mumbai.

Owns the university’s cross-functional management information system across operations, learner affairs, technology, finance, and career advancement. Designs unified data architecture and standards, builds dashboards and automated reporting, tracks operational and learner metrics, monitors IT infrastructure, prepares financial reports, and analyzes placement pipelines. The role requires strong SQL, BI visualization, Python-based automation, stakeholder management, data governance, and discretion with sensitive information.

Teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in computer networks, operating systems, and systems engineering. Develop curricula, laboratories, assessments, simulations, and project-based learning aligned with industry standards. Mentor faculty, instructors, and students; support placements, internships, research, and higher education opportunities. Contribute to accreditation, quality assurance, publications, conferences, committees, and strategic academic planning while fostering practical, application-oriented learning.

Leads end-to-end recruitment for university faculty and staff roles. Develops hiring strategies and annual plans, sources candidates, manages academic searches, coordinates interviews, negotiates offers, advises leadership, supports employer branding, tracks recruitment metrics in an ATS, ensures applicable compliance, and facilitates onboarding handoffs.

Build SASTech’s external engineering ecosystem by mapping Indian deep-tech companies, government technology missions, and research institutions. Develop relationships with technical leaders, source meaningful engineering problems, and structure them into capstones, research collaborations, fellowships, internships, and employment pathways. Establish government and research-lab partnerships, assess ecosystem quality, and track outcomes including prototypes, collaborations, solved industry problems, and student placements.

Provides strategic leadership for the university’s IT ecosystem, including infrastructure, cloud, enterprise applications, ERP, cybersecurity, academic technology, data governance, analytics, and IT service management. The role develops technology strategy, leads digital transformation, manages vendors and budgets, ensures compliance and business continuity, and builds a high-performing IT organization supporting academic, operational, research, and learner-experience goals.

Leads Rishihood University's internal and external communications, including newsletters, digital PR, media relations, leadership communications, thought leadership, social media engagement, admissions emails, stakeholder communications, and internal content. The role manages agencies and media partners, ensures brand consistency, supports institutional reputation, and coordinates communications for founders, donors, partners, prospective students, parents, and faculty.