Student Innovation & Incubation | FoundersLab | HyderabadAbout the Role

FoundersLab is looking for a agile and entrepreneurial
Incubation Associate
to lead and manage
student innovation, entrepreneurship and incubation activities
across partner institutions.

The role will be responsible for building a strong innovation pipeline among students, identifying promising ideas, supporting student founders through validation and prototyping, and helping promising ventures progress towards
incubation, market launch and startup formation
.

This is a
hands-on role
for someone who enjoys working directly with students, faculty, mentors, startups and industry stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead Student Innovation Programs
- Drive student innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives across assigned institutions.
- Conduct and coordinate ideation, design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship activities.
- Identify high-potential student ideas and nurture them through structured innovation journeys.
- Build an active pipeline of student innovators and potential founders.

2.



Manage Pre-Incubation & Incubation
- Guide students from
idea → validation → prototype → business model → MVP → market testing → startup
.
- Support student teams in customer discovery, problem validation and market research.
- Help teams develop Business Models, Value Propositions, Pitch Decks and Go-to-Market strategies.
- Track progress of incubated teams and ensure timely milestones.

3. Mentor & Enable Student Founders
- Conduct regular mentoring sessions and founder clinics.
- Help students identify gaps in their ideas, technology, business model and execution.
- Connect founders with relevant mentors, industry experts, investors and ecosystem partners.
- Encourage students to participate in hackathons, competitions, grants and startup programs.

4. Build Innovation Culture on Campus
- Work closely with faculty coordinators, IIC/EDC/IDEA Lab teams and institutional leadership.
- Develop

📌 Incubation Associate (Hyderabad)
🏢 FoundersLab
📍 Hyderabad