Director Agri Entrepreneurship Centre
Location: Erode
Role Purpose
To lead the Entrepreneurship Centre as a bridge between academia and industry by fostering learning, innovation, start-ups, incubation, industry partnerships, commercialization of research, and entrepreneurial skill development among students, farmers, faculty, and community stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities
1. Strategy & Leadership
Develop and execute the Centres vision, roadmap, and annual operating plan
Position the Centre as a hub for innovation, start-ups, and industry collaboration
Build an entrepreneurial culture across campus and partner institutions
2. Academic Integration
Embed entrepreneurship into curriculum and experiential learning and implement the same for both students and farmers.
Introduce minor/specialization programs including Post Graduation programmes from inception to implementation, incubation credits, live projects
Facilitate faculty development in innovation and venture mentoring
3. Industry Collaboration
Forge partnerships with industries, start-ups, investors, incubators, and accelerators
Create industry-mentored projects and internship pipelines
Enable technology transfer and commercialization of academic research
4. Incubation & Start-up Development
Establish and manage incubation/acceleration programs
Support ideation prototype market scaling stages
Facilitate access to funding, grants, angel investors, and venture capital
5. Student & Farmer Entrepreneurship Development
Promote student start-ups, rural entrepreneurship, and social enterprises
Conduct boot camps, hackathons,



innovation challenges
Support farmer/grassroots entrepreneurship (especially relevant in Agri ecosystem)
Extend classes in the entrepreneurship space to facilitate students and farmers to get knowledge and skill.

6. Governance & Ecosystem Building
Create advisory boards with academia, industry, and investors
Align with government schemes and national innovation missions
Ensure compliance with incubation and innovation frameworks

Key Deliverables / KPIs
Number of students converted to entrepreneurs.
Number of farmers converted to entrepreneurs
Number of start-ups incubated and sustained
Industry partnerships and MoUs signed
Funding attracted (grants, CSR, investors)
Patents, technologies commercialized
Student participation in entrepreneurship programs both in theoretical as well as action learning.
Adept in rubrics management of students.
Revenue/self-sustainability of the Centre

Competencies Required
Strategic
Ecosystem building
Innovation leadership
Industry networking
Teaching exposure for students and farmers
Functional
Entrepreneurship & incubation management
Technology commercialization
Fundraising and partnership development
Behavioural
Visionary thinking
Influencing and stakeholder management
Team-oriented leadership
Execution orientation

Ideal Profile
Senior academic / industry professional with entrepreneurship exposure
Experience in start-ups, incubation centres, innovation programs, or industry partnerships
Strong network across academia, industry, investors, and government bodies

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