Maker Bhavan Foundation is pivoting from bilateral partnerships to Ecosystem Orchestration. We are seeking a leader to serve as the facilitator of a energetic stakeholder ecosystem that unites Academia (HEIs), Industry, Government, and synergistic Non-Profit Partners.
Your mandate is not merely to foster higher employability but to fundamentally transform the DNA of engineering education in India. You will catalyze a shift from rote learning to a "Maker and Innovator Mindset" embedded with Design Thinking. By orchestrating deep collaborations, you will ensure that Indias vast engineering talent pool is equipped with domain-specific, hands-on skills required to drive the "Make in India" mission and the "Viksit Bharat 2047" agenda.
You will position MBF as a Nation-Building Catalyst that constructs the architecture for semester-long, immersive apprenticeships and innovation clusters,
creating a generation of problem-solvers and innovators for India.
2. Core Responsibilities
A. Ecosystem Orchestration & Cluster Activation (35%)
- Leverage the Aggregators: Shift focus from 1-to-1 corporate partnerships to high-leverage alliances with Industry Bodies and Associations. You will collaborate with association leadership teams to unlock their aggregate member base for collective action.
- Cluster Strategy: Operationalize "Innovation Clusters" in key geographies using a multi-stakeholder approach.
- Strategic Example (Pune): Architect a consortium involving Pune Auto Ancillary industries, local HEIs, and the Maharashtra Directorate of Technical Education. The goal is to create a seamless pipeline where students work on live problem statements from ancillary units.
- The "Keystone" Strategy: Position MBF as the neutral "Keystone" organization that aligns the disparate incentives of HEIs (accreditation/quality), Industry (job readiness)
📌 Head of Partnerships Ecosystem (Mumbai)
🏢 The Convergence Foundation
📍 Mumbai
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