Professor of Practice (AI / ML)

About Us

Atria University desires and enables research impact beyond publications. We operate without traditional departments (HoDs). Faculty are housed within Centres of Excellence (CoE), fostering deep, cross-disciplinary collaboration. This role will primarily be affiliated with the CoE (AI).

Why this role?

Translate your high-impact experience into an academic setting. This role is designed for the practitioner who wants to go beyond corporate deliverables to find deep intellectual satisfaction by solving complex, long-horizon problems with real societal impact in collaboration with faculty and highly motivated students.

What you’ll do

• Translate complex, ambiguous problems into structured data science pipelines. Guide student teams through the entire lifecycle, from data ingestion and model training to deployment and maintenance (MLOps).
• Leverage your existing professional network to secure industry sponsorships and consultancy contracts that fund research operations and student stipends, ensuring a sustainable project pipeline.
• The expected output is not just academic papers, but deployable software artifacts, validated models, patents / IP, and tangible solutions implemented by external partners.
• Design and lead a light teaching load (approx. 2-3 project sprints per year). These are not traditional lectures but intensive, 4-credit, project-driven modules based on current, live industry problems.
• Act as a senior mentor, preparing students for real-world careers by teaching them industry best practices, project management, technical communication, and ethical considerations in AI.
• Conduct workshops and masterclasses focused on cutting-edge industry tools and techniques (e.g., cloud platforms, distributed computing, Responsible AI).
• Serve as a vital bridge between the University and the Indian Data Science / Tech ecosystem, facilitating knowledge transfer, guest lectures, and placement opportunities.

What will set you up for success (Must-Have)

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