I am Prof. Vaibhav Shrivastava, a higher education
administrator, policymaker, accreditation and approval specialist, physicist,
and materials scientist. I have been working in the direction of making the
latest educational reforms accessible to understand and adopt at the K–12 school
level and in higher education. I have written 17 SCI journal papers, 4 text
books, 1 patent, more than 50 process articles on LinkedIn under the domain of
educational leadership and educational technology, 15 policy documents, and
more than 150 ordinances in the higher education segment. I have handled team
sizes ranging from 50 to 10,000 in various capacities and in almost all
possible roles in higher education. I have a sound record of team success and a
verified outcome-oriented approach to human resources management. I have worked
in various capacities as of today, like Officiating Vice-Chancellor, Pro
Vice-Chancellor, Director-IQAC, Dean-R&D, Center Controller-State
Engineering Entrance, Resource Speaker-State University Faculty Development
Programs, External Examiner, Panelist in reputed media events, Guest Speaker,
and many more.
Could you share your educational
background and specific areas of expertise?
I obtained my doctorate degree in Physics from the
University of Delhi and my masters in the same field from Aligarh Muslim
University. Apart from being qualified for CSIR-UGC NET for recognized teaching
contributions, I have excelled as a single experimentalist and sole author in
my SCI publications. My research students find me interactive and cordial in
assisting them to set tough targets and achieve excellence. My expertise lies
deeper into academic system building and establishing impactful functioning,
students' and parents’ concerns and their addressing, promoters’ interest
evaluation on the grounds of quality benchmarking, and providing expert advice
for execution accordingly.
Could you outline your professional
journey, highlighting the significant milestones and achievements that have
marked your career?
I started my teaching tenure in November 2000 as a guest
faculty member in the B.Tech.-Evening program of the University of Delhi at
Delhi College of Engineering. Since then, I have progressed to various
professional levels of recognition like lecturer, senior lecturer, assistant professor,
associate professor, and professor in various reputed academic higher
educational institutions like RKGIT Ghaziabad, ABES Engineering College
Ghaziabad, Shiv Nadar University, Oriental University, Greater Noida Institute
of Technology, and SKD University. I had the privilege to lead almost all
student committees as faculty coordinator and have been involved in helping
students conduct many mesmerizing cultural and technical events. I could do
that because of affectionately connected students and colleagues and lead many
programs on my own, like beginners and advanced-level workshops, conferences,
National Science Day celebrations, cultural events, and many more similar
events.
What inspired you to pursue a career
in academia, particularly in physics and engineering?
Being a student at the senior secondary level, initially
I had plans to go for management education and serve in the multinational
corporate sector. Later, while studying science, after a parent’s push, I got
attracted to physics and mathematics and started developing a serious interest
in these areas. After performing satisfactorily in my board exams in physics
and narrowly missing a B.Tech. seat at IIT-Roorkee, I decided to pursue my
career in physics and started aiming to enter IITs at the MSc level. Again
failing to secure a seat in IIT during postgraduate level, I started aiming for
CSIR-UGC NET after taking admission at AMU Aligrah. A vibrant academic
atmosphere at AMU converted me completely from an average student to a good student,
and that conversion helped me to qualify for the CSIR-UGC NET in my 5th
attempt. My doctoral supervisor fulfilled my dream to enter IIT by coupling me
with a renowned IIT professor as my co-supervisor. My doctoral studies changed
my life completely and probably converted me into a combative individual who
will never put down his weapons against all odd circumstances.
What are your primary duties as the
Pro Vice-Chancellor at IIMT University?
My duties will be to enhance the quality of academics and
research, inducing students to adopt a disciplined academic life and extract
maximum from this phase, embedding skill content in each course and
collaborations to facilitate excellence in the field. I
will prioritize providing a skill and credit-based marksheet to each of my
students as per the NEP2020 alignment. My focus would be to convert each
student into highly employable individuals and be in a position to be like a
primary hunt by the top recruiters. I am going to convert our campuses into
green campuses with answerability towards Net Zero Global Commitment. I firmly
believe that my whole team of students, faculty, and staff at IIMT University
will play a pivotal role in assisting me to achieve this target.
Could you highlight some of your key
research and publications?
I have been a slow researcher in the area of
ferroelectric photovoltaics and multiferroics due to a shortage of time to
dedicate to laboratory-based research. However, recently I could publish two
SCI journal papers with an impact factor above 4.0 with the help of my former
doctoral student and currently active researcher scientist at Krakov
University, Poland. I am keen on continuing research as a practice of daily
life and look forward to be advising more doctoral students.
What advice would you give to aspiring
academics aiming to effectively blend the worlds of innovative research and
academic administration?
I would like to advise my fellow peers to follow the principles of ethics, introspection, and self-motivation at work. You need to put yourself in the shoes of the individual with whom you are interacting and assume the way it could have come to you. If you can have the answers to how to deal with complex circumstances experienced by you as another individual, you will surely know how to extract that desired output from any adamant individual you are dealing with.
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