Aditya Vaibhav |The TrickyScribe: Resignations are pouring in! Those lamenting lack of jobs in India be told about another vacancy for a high-profile job headquartered in the national capital region. The Energy and Resources Institute School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS) needs a Pro VC.

Although the university is yet to start hiring, The TrickyScribe confirms creation of such vacancy following the resignation by Pro VC, Dr Rajiv Seth. His resignation comes close on the heels of the recent dip in the quality of academics in TERI SAS.

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Significant drop is visible in TERI SAS if recent accreditations and markings during inspections are concerned. Faculty cries foul attributing the quality dip to the recent change in focus from academics to non-academic activities.

It may be mentioned here that faculty is known to have mixed opinions on the involvement of TERI SAS in programmes including Climate Jamboree. Dr Seth refused to comment.

He is the latest entrant in the galaxy of star performers who tabled their resignations during NDA-II. Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen was the first one amongst academicians to step down. Later the likes of Raghuram Rajan, Urjit Ravindra Patel and Surjit Bhalla found their jobs unworthy. They left.

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An Aerospace Engineer by training, Group Captain Rajiv Seth has a B Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and an M Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is a Ph D in Business Administration (Finance) from the Aligarh Muslim University and has spent 27 years in Indian Air Force where has worked on various aircraft types and aero engines being directly involved in technical evaluation, field testing and technology transfer.

Over the past few years, Dr Seth was associated with the conceptualization and the growth of the TERI University having held positions as the Registrar and Dean (Admin) of the University besides being a Professor of Finance in the Department of Business Sustainability.

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He has been deeply involved in an international consortium of universities in the Asia-Pacific, which is led by the United Nations University, and which focuses on the integration of sustainable development in higher education. He is a Board Member of this international consortium.

Dr Seth is also the author of ‘Never Say Goodbye’ besides his research interests in areas of financial derivatives, risk management and green aviation.