Chitkara University - Incubation Head

Head of Incubation, CEED - Chitkara University

The Head of Incubation will be required:

- To give direction to the Centre primarily towards establishing the Centre as a key player which includes strategy to scale, outreach activities, measure impacts, collaborate with the start-up/ entrepreneur ecosystem, etc.

- To provide overall strategic guidance; plan, organize, manage operations, marketing; framing procedures, guidelines, best practices etc. for co-ordination, consolidation, synergy and success of CEED & incubated start-ups.

- To develop and deploy a process for start-up recruitment including marketing campaigns, awareness drives, outreach programs, hackathons/makathons, open challenges etc.

- To identify and attract suitable start-ups/entrepreneurs.

- To nurture and facilitate the growth of start-up and help them become successful.

- To encourage start-up ventures to innovate, promote the culture of innovation, help them in converting ideas into products/IPs & commercialization, create significant value for start-ups, investors and incubator.

- To build, cultivate and strengthen collaborative relationships with Govt, academia, other incubators, mentors, venture capitalists, angel/seed funding institutions and other consultants in India and abroad for investing into the right start-ups, develop a strong cadre of mentors, service providers and other start-up ecosystem players, develop and strengthen the requisite ecosystem of entrepreneurship and Innovation as required for the Centre.

- To organize demo days, seminars, training workshop and create opportunities for start-ups to access investors, industry and potential customers.

- To collaborate and empanel domain specific vendors, IP firms, legal and statutory compliance vendors for access by start-ups.

- To create a team primarily involved in smooth functioning and efficient management of the operations, performing outreach and other promotional activities with the culture of entrepreneurship, openness, integrity and monitor its functioning.

- To identify and generate additional revenue sources to support Centre's sustainability.

- Report on progress against the set objectives and business plan to relevant authorities.