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 Centre’s 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
- Collaborative leadership
- Execution orientation Ideal Profile
- Senior academic / industry qualified with entrepreneurship exposure
- Experience in start-ups, incubation centres, innovation programs, or industry partnerships
- Strong network across academia, industry, investors, and government bodies Pay: ₹2,200,000.00
- ₹2,500,000.00 per year Work

Location:
In person

📌 Director– Agri Entrepreneurship Centre (Erode)
🏢 Velgha Learning Solutions
📍 Erode