Job Description

Position: Assistant Manager – Pre-Incubation

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Department: University Industry Interaction Centre (UIIC) / Innovation & Incubation Centre

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Reporting To: Manager/Director – Incubation & Innovation

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Key Responsibilities

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- Support pre-incubation and startup incubation activities for student, faculty, and external entrepreneurs.
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- Coordinate Entrepreneurship Development Programs (EDPs), innovation initiatives, and startup mentoring activities.
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- Organize innovation conclaves, startup summits, hackathons, ideathons, workshops, and related events.
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- Facilitate industry-academia collaborations and stakeholder engagement within the innovation ecosystem.
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- Assist startups in YUKTI applications, grant proposals, funding applications, startup competitions, and related submissions.
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- Support IIC activities, ranking management, compliance documentation, and reporting requirements.
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- Create awareness on government startup schemes, innovation programs, and funding opportunities.
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- Maintain startup databases, incubation records, progress trackers, and impact reports.
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- Prepare presentations, proposals, event reports, ecosystem reports, and management dashboards.
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- Coordinate with mentors, industry experts, investors, government agencies, and startup ecosystem partners.
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- Monitor startup progress and support incubation program execution.
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Educational Qualification

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- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Management, Commerce, or a related discipline.
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- PGDM/MBA in Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Business Administration, Marketing, or related fields preferred.
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Preferred Skills & Competencies

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1. Robust understanding of the startup, innovation, and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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2. Expertise in incubation processes, program management, and event coordination.
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3. Proficiency in proposal writing, grant documentation, reporting, and data management.
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4. Effective training, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and networking skills.
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5. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship management abilities.
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6. Demonstrated initiative, creativity, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders and startup founders.
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Preferred Experience

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- 2–5 years of experience in:
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- Startup incubation or acceleration programs
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- Entrepreneurship development initiatives
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- Innovation ecosystem management
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- Industry-academia engagement
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- Startup support, grants, or government-funded innovation programs
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📌 Assistant Manager - Pre-Incubation and Training (Bengaluru)
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📍 Bengaluru