Registrar

Emeritus Institute of Management; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Emeritus Institute of Management seeks a Registrar to provide leadership in academic governance, regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and student records across the Delhi NCR Campus. You will ensure operations align with Indian higher education laws, governance standards, and data integrity while engaging regulators and university leadership.

You will oversee policies, student conduct, appeals, and disciplinary processes, and coordinate with regulators, faculty, and students to maintain

Qualifications

• Significant relevant professional experience, normally including at least 5 years in a senior administrative or regulatory leadership role within a higher education institution.
• Demonstrated expertise in academic governance, regulatory compliance, and policy implementation within Indian higher education.
• Comprehensive understanding of Indian regulatory bodies and frameworks (UGC, AICTE, NAAC, NIRF, etc).
• Familiarity with UK higher education standards, Office for Students (OfS) requirements and international regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all academic administrative functions including student registration, student support, programme and module maintenance, records management, timetabling, assessment, grading and examinations, stage 1 misconduct, complaint and appeals procedures, data reporting, certification, transcripts, graduation processes, and academic calendar implementation.
• Maintain and safeguard the integrity of institutional data, academic documentation, and student records in accordance with internal policies and applicable laws.
• Ensure the integrity, accuracy and consistency of academic outcomes and qualifications.
• Ensure compliance with professional bodies’ accreditation requirements, where applicable.
• Serve as Secretary to key academic governance and statutory committees, ensuring effective governance, record keeping and implementation of decisions.
• Ensure that academic regulations, policies, and procedures are developed, implemented, and reviewed in alignment with applicable Indian requirements and University’s academic governance and quality framework.
• Lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive Quality Assurance and Institutional Effectiveness Framework, including internal audits, programme reviews, faculty evaluations, and policy reviews.
• Collaborate with the University to ensure alignment of standards, data reporting, and compliance with the UK reporting and quality assurance requirements.
• Prepare and submit all statutory, regulatory, and accreditation-related reports, returns, and audits in a timely and accurate manner.
• Develop, communicate and enforce institutional policies related to student codes of conduct, attendance, academic integrity, disciplinary actions, and progression requirements.
• Oversee institutional processes relating to student appeals, complaints, academic misconduct and disciplinary matters, ensuring procedural fairness and regulatory compliance.
• Lead compliance tracking processes for academic eligibility, credit accumulation, progression standards, and degree requirements and address non-compliance issues.
• Oversee timetabling and facilities allocation for academic purposes to ensure optimal use of space and equipment.
• Manage the workloads of direct reports to ensure efficient and effective operation and delivery of tasks on schedule.
• Provide oversight of processes relating to parent and guardian queries concerning academic regulations, student records, institutional policies, student conduct and disciplinary matters.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Regulatory compliance

Policy development

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Master's degree

Doctoral degree

Job description

The Registrar will provide institutionalleadership for academic governance, regulatory compliance, quality assurance,student records, and academic administration This position is responsible forensuring that the Delhi NCR Campus operates in accordance with applicableIndian higher-education laws and regulations, policies and systems, and theacademic, quality, privacy, and administrative standards governing the relevantUniversity’s programmes.

The Registrar will be responsible for academicpolicies and procedures and student records and is the key liaison withregulators, faculty, students, parents or guardians, and the University’s leadership.Additionally, the role includes oversight of student compliance and resolutionof queries related to academic standing, policies, and institutionalrequirements. The role will also lead the management of student conduct,disciplinary, academic misconduct, complaints and appeals processes, ensuringfair and consistent application of institutional regulations and procedures.

The Registrar will be a key interface between TheUniversity, systems, and the India Campus, translating institutional standardsinto effective local processes and maintaining strong working relationshipswith relevant Indian authorities and University’s role-holders.

Key Responsibilities:

Academic Administration

• Oversee all academic administrative functionsincluding student registration, student support, programme and modulemaintenance, records management, timetabling, assessment, grading andexaminations, stage 1 misconduct, complaint and appeals procedures, datareporting, certification, transcripts, graduation processes, and academic calendarimplementation.
• Maintain and safeguard the integrity ofinstitutional data, academic documentation, and student records in accordancewith internal policies and applicable laws.
• Ensure the integrity, accuracy and consistency ofacademic outcomes and qualifications.
• Ensure compliance with professional bodies’accreditation requirements, where applicable.

Governance and Compliance

• Serveas Secretary to key academic governance and statutory committees, ensuringeffective governance, record keeping and implementation of decisions.
• Ensurethat academic regulations, policies, and procedures are developed, implemented,and reviewed in alignment with applicable Indian requirements and University’sacademic governance and quality framework.

Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance

• Lead the development and implementation of acomprehensive Quality Assurance and Institutional Effectiveness Framework,including internal audits, programme reviews, faculty evaluations, and policyreviews.
• Ensure full compliance with applicable Indianregulatory bodies including the University Grants Commission (UGC), All IndiaCouncil for Technical Education (AICTE), National Assessment and AccreditationCouncil (NAAC), and other relevant authorities.
• Collaboratewith the University to ensure alignment of standards, data reporting, andcompliance with the UK reporting and quality assurance requirements.
• Prepare and submit all statutory, regulatory, andaccreditation-related reports, returns, and audits in a timely and accuratemanner.

Student Compliance & Policy Adherence

• Develop, communicate and enforce institutionalpolicies related to student codes of conduct, attendance, academic integrity,disciplinary actions, and progression requirements.
• Oversee institutional processes relating tostudent appeals, complaints, academic misconduct and disciplinary matters,ensuring procedural fairness and regulatory compliance.
• Lead compliance tracking processes for academiceligibility, credit accumulation, progression standards, and degreerequirements and addressnon-compliance issues.

Resource Allocation

• Oversee timetabling and facilities allocation foracademic purposes to ensure that best use is made of space and equipment.
• Manage the workloads of direct reports to ensureefficient and effective operation and delivery of tasks on schedule.

Parent and Guardian Liaison

• Provide oversight of processes relating to parentand guardian queries concerning academic regulations, student records,institutional policies, student conduct and disciplinary matters

ensuringappropriate escalation and adherence to institutional requirements.

Institutional Policy, Risk & LegalOversight

• Oversee the drafting, implementation, andmaintenance of academic policies and standard operating procedures in thecontext of the University’s quality framework.
• Ensure legal compliance across academic andadministrative operations, in collaboration with external legal advisors anduniversity counsel.
• Maintain oversight of academic and regulatoryrisks identified within the risk register for the campus, ensuring appropriatereporting, mitigation and escalation processes are in place.
• Support internal audits, inspections, andinvestigations pertaining to academic integrity, operational risk, andinstitutional performance, as well as requirements of the University’s qualityframework.

Cross-Functional and Strategic Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with academic leadership,faculty heads, student affairs, admissions, andoperations to ensure institutional coherence and accountability.
• Provide strategic guidance in institutionalplanning, programme development, and policy innovation.
• Represent the University to external regulatoryand accreditation bodies, legal fora, and inter- institutional consortia asrequired.

Person Specification

Professional Experience

• Significant relevant professional experience, normallyincluding at least 5 years in a senior administrative or regulatory leadershiprole within a higher education institution.
• Demonstrated expertise in academic governance,regulatory compliance, and policy implementation within Indian highereducation.
• Comprehensive understanding of Indian regulatorybodies and frameworks (UGC, AICTE, NAAC, NIRF, etc).
• F amiliaritywith UK higher education standards, Office for Students (OfS) requirements andinternational regulatory frameworks

Academic Credentials

• Master’s degree, doctoral degree, or equivalentqualification in any academic field.
• Demonstrated commitment to professionaldevelopment in global higher education trends, international compliancestandards, and quality assurance frameworks is essential.

Knowledge and Skill

• Experience of acting as Secretary to academicgovernance bodies.
• In-depth knowledge of national andinternational higher education regulations, academic operations, andinstitutional accreditation standards.
• Experience of student appeals, complaints, anddisciplinary frameworks.
• Knowledge of student records and informationgovernance.
• Strong leadership, planning, and organizationalskills with attention to detail and institutional protocols.
• Exceptional written and verbal communicationskills, particularly in high-stakes or sensitive compliance matters.
• Stakeholder management skills, includingengagement with students, parents, regulators, and faculty.
• Proven capacity to manage confidentialinformation with integrity and discretion.