Job Category: Director
Job Type: Full Time
Required Experience: 10+ Years
Job Location: Gurugram
Job Description: Director – KEIC (Entrepreneurship & Innovation Cell)
Location: K.R. Mangalam University, Sohna (Haryana)
Position Type: Full-time, Senior Leadership
Role Overview
The Director of KEIC will be responsible for leading the university’s innovation and entrepreneurship agenda. This includes fostering an entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus, nurturing student/faculty startups, managing incubation and acceleration programs, securing industry partnerships, and positioning KEIC as a hub for innovation in North India.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategy & Leadership
- Develop and execute KEIC’s vision, roadmap, and strategic initiatives aligned with KRMU’s goals.
- Position KEIC as a leading incubation & innovation hub in the Delhi NCR higher-ed ecosystem.
- Incubation & Startup Support
- Design and oversee incubation, pre-incubation, and accelerator programs for student and faculty startups.
- Provide mentorship, connect startups with investors, and facilitate funding opportunities (seed funds, angel, VC, CSR grants).
- Partnerships & Funding
- Build collaborations with industry, corporates, government bodies (DST, MSME, AICTE, Startup India, etc.).
- Mobilize resources through grants, CSR funds, consultancy projects, and sponsorships.
- Ecosystem Building
- Promote entrepreneurship culture across campus through workshops, hackathons, bootcamps, and startup challenges.
- Integrate KEIC activities with academic programs and multidisciplinary student projects.
- Operations & Compliance
- Manage the day-to-day operations of KEIC, including budgeting, staffing, and compliance with government schemes (NISP, ARIIA, Atal Innovation Mission, etc.).
- Track and report on KEIC’s performance metrics: startups incubated, funds raised, patents filed, and student/faculty participation.
Candidate Profile
- Education: Master’s degree (MBA/Management/Engineering/Innovation/Entrepreneurship). PhD preferred but not mandatory.
- Experience:
- 10+ years in entrepreneurship, incubation, innovation management, startup ecosystem, or higher-ed leadership.
- Prior experience running/mentoring startups or managing an incubation/acceleration program highly desirable.
- Skills & Competencies:
- Strong network with investors, industry leaders, and government innovation bodies.
- Proven ability to mobilize funds and drive startup success stories.
- Visionary leadership with hands-on execution ability.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.
Performance Metrics
- Number of startups incubated/accelerated annually.
- External funding mobilized (CSR, government, investor).
- Patents/IP filed and commercialized.
- Student/faculty engagement in KEIC activities.
- National/international recognition (ARIIA, NISP, QS rankings, awards).
Compensation
- Competitive salary aligned with senior university leadership positions.
- Performance-linked incentives based on startup success and funding outcomes.
