About the School of Economic Development

The IIHS School of Economic Development (SED) takes a heterodox approach towards fostering sustainable and equitable economic transitions across different scales of human settlements, and prioritises enquiries from the Indian and the Global South perspectives. The research, applied research, teaching and training undertaken by the School is interdisciplinary in approach and based on the ethos that economic transitions need to be understood alongside social, political and ecological relationships. The School encourages economic enquiries that, both methodologically and conceptually, engage with space/ place, people, institutions, infrastructure, and scale.

The School’s core focus areas are:

1. Urban and regional economic development;
2. Urban employment, including employment geography, decent work and social protection;
3. Land- based economies and urban finance;
4. Enterprises and Economic Systems; and
5. Knowledge systems.

Job Description

The Manager – SED Office will be part of a small,



core team which will assist in building out the School’s portfolio of research, applied research and teaching over the coming years. The core responsibility of this position will be to assist in the development and implementation of the School’s strategy through a rigorous process of grant writing and research management, with support for the delivery of the Masters and PhD programs, which the School is involved with delivering.

The Manager – SED Office will work closely with the Associate Deans – School of Economic Development on a range of institutional and grant- writing and project-based responsibilities spanning the delivery of IIHS’ teaching programmes, as well as research and practice projects within the SED.

We are looking for a energetic, motivated individual who is capable of managing multiple processes, has experience with grant-writing, bid management and research management, along with coordinating with different teams with

📌 Manager – Office of the School of Economic Development (Bengaluru)
🏢 Indian Institute for Human Settlements
📍 Bengaluru