IIT-Madras is seeking candidates for the position of General Manager / Asst Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Fundraising for its Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA). The position is in the IIT Madras Alumni Charitable Trust, an organization that closely works with IIT Madras to help with fundraising and corporate / alumni engagement. The successful candidate would be based at Chennai. This is a full time position.

Responsibilities The chosen candidate would be interacting closely with Corporates, Foundations and Trusts to raise funds for various 'Causes' (social/welfare oriented projects, research) aligned with the CSR guidelines and framework. Please note that this is a purely fund-raising role. ONLY candidates who have sufficient experience in sales/fundraising need apply.

Other aspects of CSR such as Project Management, Execution, Stakeholder Engagement or Donor reporting are NOT part of the function.

The broad responsibilities would be: -

- Identify Corporates with substantial CSR spends and engage them to fund/support education, research, innovation and infrastructure at IIT Madras.
- Aggressively pursue, achieve and exceed fundraising targets.
- In addition to Corporates, identify and engage with large Trusts, Foundations, Family Offices, Global Capability Centres.
- Do what it takes to conclude the MoUs/contracts for CSR grants - network,



work with proposal-owners to better understand proposals/pitches, visit prospective donors, coordinate visits / meetings, etc.
- Maintain a database of socially relevant projects (SRP) at IIT Madras by interacting with IIT Madras faculty and other staff and eliciting SRP proposals from them.

6.Organize and conduct CSR-themed networking events like seminars, conferences or workshops for IITM Faculty, potential donors and existing donors.

- Keep up to date on all notifications from various government ministries especially Ministry of Corporate Affairs that are relevant to CSR.

Qualifications and Experience

Graduate (Engineering preferred, but not mandatory). MBA (sales & marketing) desirable.

· A total of 10+ years of experience in managing client-facing roles.

· Experience of about 3 - 5 years in fundraising through engagement with corporates, ‘Family’ offices, and/or philanthropic organizations is mandatory.

· Excellent communication and networking capabilities.

· Ability to understand the latest developments in technology and keep abreast of contemporary topics driving CSR spends, such as - sustainable engineering, interdisciplinary research (eg. medical science - Tech, Finance-Tech, Sports-Science), AI/Data Science, etc.

· Proficiency in using CRM software like Salesforce is desirable.

📌 GM/AVP CSR Fundraising, Chennai
🏢 Office of Alumni and Corporate Relations, IIT Madras
📍 Chennai