IIM Calcutta Innovation Park – Technology & Innovation Council (IIMC-TIC), a subsidiary of IIM Calcutta Innovation Park established under the aegis of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, is looking for an Associate/Senior Associate to join its team in Guwahati, Assam.

The role involves establishing and managing student-run technology and engineering hobby clubs in colleges and universities; building partnerships with academic institutions to organise startup-focused activities and events, such as hackathons and B-Plan contests; and collaborating with local industries for R&D and identifying opportunities for engagement between industry, faculty and students and monitoring the outcomes of these collaborations. The role also entails setting up and supervising technology-driven, employment-generating projects in rural areas, ensuring their success and sustainability. Additionally, liaising with government bodies, private organisations and other institutions for startup-related initiatives and conducting regular monitoring and reporting on the progress of ongoing projects are key responsibilities.

Qualification and Experience

• Tech, BE in Electronics/Telecommunication/Instrumentation/Computer Science/Electrical streams.
• 0-2 years of experience.

Requisite & Desirable Skills & Capabilities

• Good communication skills.
• Good project management and monitoring skills.
• Prior experience working in entrepreneurship development cells/makers lab/ liaising with students’ community will be an added advantage.

Location: Guwahati

Send your CV to: devasish.sharma@iimcip.org. Please mention the Job Title in the Subject of the email.

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, a leading Technology Business Incubator in the country set up under the aegis of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) is looking to hire for the position of Associate- Accounts & Administration to support the Finance & Administration functions with day-to-day operations.

The successful candidate will possess time management skills, and experience working successfully in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities will include maintaining and completing files and records as needed, assisting with accounts payable and receivable duties, and providing general administrative support to the management team and accounting department personnel. Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and strong attention to detail. Applicants with 1-2 years of experience and familiarity in a similar role are strongly encouraged to apply.

Requisite & Desirable Skills & Capabilities:

• Performing basic office tasks, including answering phones, responding to emails, processing mail, filing, etc.
• Recording information, processing, and filing forms.
• Preparing checks, deposits, budgets, and financial reports.
• Abiding by all company procedures and accounting principles.
• Assume responsibility for maintenance of office equipment such as computers, copy machines, etc.
• Responding appropriately to the vendor, client, and internal requests.
• Assist in the execution of various in-house & external events.
• Carries out administrative duties such as filing, typing, copying, binding, scanning, etc.
• Makes travel arrangements for senior staff such as booking flights, cars, and hotel or restaurant reservations.

Necessary Skills:

• Comfortable working with Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and familiarity with Tally ERP 9 software (latest version).
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English a must.
• Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task would be an asset.

Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree (Preferred)
• Overall 1-2 years experience with a minimum 1 year in Accounting and Tally – ERP 9.0

Compensation: Will be commensurate with the qualification and experience of the candidate.

Location: Kolkata

Tenure: It is a contractual position for an initial period of two years and renewable thereafter subject to performance and the organization’s requirements.

Submit your CV to hr@iimcip.org. Please mention the Job Title in the Subject of the email.

Last Date to Apply: 25th August 2022

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, a leading Technology Business Incubator in the country set up under the aegis of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) is looking to hire for the position of Senior Associate Accounts & Administration at its Kolkata office to strengthen the Finance & Accounts team.

The successful candidate will possess time management skills, and experience working successfully in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities will include independent handling of the Accounting Administration Function and providing general administrative support to the management team. Right candidate must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and strong attention to detail. Applicants with 3-5 years of experience and familiarity in a similar role are strongly encouraged to apply.

Requisite & Desirable Skills & Capabilities:

• Book keeping and Accounting on Tally ERP 9.0 Accounting Software.
• Payroll and expense processing for all employees every month
• Maintaining & updating Employee records
• Voucher preparation with proper supporting invoices/documents and filing.
• Calculation of TDS and GST
• Payment of utility bills (Electricity/water/telephone etc.) and other recurring expenses.
• Petty cash management.
• Preparation and maintenance of Fixed asset and other secondary registers of records as may be required.
• Support in/preparation of utilization report of assigned projects on monthly basis.
• Coordinate with Bank / Bank mandates. Prepare and maintain bank reconciliation statements
• Procurement of office supplies.
• Supervising support staff.

Necessary Skills:

• Proficient with Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and a strong work experience with Tally ERP 9 software (latest version).
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English a must.
• Attention to detail, Accuracy, and ability to multi-task would be an asset.

Qualification and Experience:

• Graduate in Commerce from a reputed institution and good academic track record.
• Overall 3 -5 years experience with a minimum 2 years in Accounting and Tally – ERP 9.0

Compensation: Will be commensurate with the qualification and experience of the candidate.

Location: Kolkata

Tenure: It is a contractual position for an initial period of two years and renewable thereafter subject to performance and the organization’s requirements.

Submit your CV to hr@iimcip.org. Please mention the Job Title in the Subject of the email.

Last Date to Apply: 25th August 2022

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) invites applications for the position of Project Leads. IIMCIP, a not-for-profit (section 8) company, aims at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation through creation of a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem and helps innovative ideas transform into successful business ventures. Social Entrepreneurship is a focus area for IIMCIP and the incubation support offered to startups includes workspace, mentorship and funding and market connect.

The position of Project Leadinvolves overall project execution, stakeholder management & team management including community relationships, Govt. liaising, CSR and R&R program implementation and village level stakeholder management, Government convergence, Social Incubation and project management.

Requisite & Desirable Skills & Capabilities:

• At least 15 years of experience in setting up and/or managing a manufacturing business preferably in the food processing or handicraft sector in a leadership position, answerable for the P&L of the unit.
• Should have expertise in the entire business operations specially in sales and business accounts and should have extensive industry contacts.
• Will be responsible for providing overall direction and guidance to the team. Will interface with government officials, industry experts and other key stakeholders.

Qualification and Experience: Post-Graduation in Development Studies/ Business Management/ Rural Management/ Accounts/ Economics/ or related fields or a professional degree like CA, ICWA etc. Candidates with good academic record from reputed educational institution is desirable.

Compensation: Will be commensurate with the qualification and experience of the candidate.

 Location: Patna, Kolkata and Guwahati

 Tenure: It is a contractual position for an initial period of two years and renewable thereafter subject to performance and organization’s requirement.

Submit your CV to hr@iimcip.org. Please mention the Job Title in the Subject of the email.

Last Date to Apply: 10th December 2021

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) invites applications for the position of Project Executives. IIMCIP, a not-for-profit (section 8) company, aims at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation through creation of a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem and helps innovative ideas transform into successful business ventures. Social Entrepreneurship is a focus area for IIMCIP and the incubation support offered to startups include workspace, mentorship and funding and market connect.

The position of Project Executiveinvolves Mobilizing, Coordinating & Monitoring of Enterprises at the last mile including Outreach, Sourcing and community Mobilization.

Requisite & Desirable Skills & Capabilities:

• At least 2 years of professional work experience in business development, client servicing, entrepreneurship development, livelihood programme
• Strong grass root network building skills, excellent communication skills in local language and English.
• Liaison with government and service provider agencies
• Willingness to travel to target cluster locations.
• Previous experience in the nonfarm sector is preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office
• Previous experience of working with MIS will be an added advantage

Qualification and Experience:Masters degree in Entrepreneurship / Management / Engineering / Economics / Development.

Compensation: Will be commensurate with the qualification and experience of the candidate.

 Location: Bihar, West Bengal and Assam

 Tenure: It is a contractual position for an initial period of two years and renewable thereafter subject to performance and organization’s requirement.

Submit your CV to hr@iimcip.org. Please mention the Job Title in the Subject of the email.

Last Date to Apply: 10th December 2021

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) invites applications for the position of Intern /Associate – Incubation. IIMCIP, a not-for-profit (section 8) company, aims at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation through creation of a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem and helps innovative ideas transform into successful business ventures.

The position of Intern / Associate – Incubation provides a great learning opportunity working with startups solving challenges of national importance. The role involves end-to-end execution of incubation program that includes sourcing promising startups, regular interaction with them, providing them with adequate support from the ecosystem, promoting the startups in different forums, stakeholder management.

Requisite & Desirable Skills & Capabilities:

• Knowledge and experience in planning, implementation, monitoring, coordination and reporting of the ProjectManagement cycle is mandatory.
• Proven knowledge & capability in working with computers (including comfort with basic tools like Word, PowerPoint & Excel) would be essential.
• Good command and capability in written communication (mainly English), including creation of online content (website and social media), regular marketing material (mailers, presentations, documents, etc.) and other strategic and tactical communication is also required.
• Creative flair and an ability to quickly conceptualize, ideate and articulate are preferred traits.
• Understanding and exposure to marketing fundamentals would be desirable.
• Other desirable traits include – independent handling of responsibilities with minimal supervision, good interpersonal & communication skills to be able to work in teams and deal with external partners, entrepreneurial mindset to help get things done in a small and fast-evolving organization, self-driven results-oriented mindset, etc.

Qualification and Experience: Freshers / Graduates with minimum of three years / Post Graduates with minimum one year experience in areas like technology/business management / social welfare would be preferred. Candidate with good academic record from a reputed educational institution is desirable.

Compensation: Will be commensurate with relevant experience and qualification of the candidate.

 Location: Kolkata

 Tenure: It is a contractual position for an initial period of two years and renewable thereafter subject to performance and organization’s requirement.

Submit your CV to hr@iimcip.org. Please mention the Job Title in the Subject of the email.

Last Date to Apply: 10th December 2021

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) invites applications for the position of Business Managers. IIMCIP, a not-for-profit (section 8) company, aims at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation through creation of a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem and helps innovative ideas transform into successful business ventures. Social Entrepreneurship is a focus area for IIMCIP and the incubation support offered to startups includes workspace, mentorship and funding and market connect.

The position of Business ManagerinvolvesCoordination, Linkage, Facilitating engagement between the enterprises with Mentors, other training institutes including community Mobilization andSourcing.

Requisite & Desirable Skills & Capabilities:

• At least 3 years of experience in enterprise promotion/management – in a functional area like production/sales/procurement etc.
• Will be expected to travel extensively and provide hands-on mentoring to approximately 50 enterprises selected for support by the Incubator. Shall be responsible to ensure that his / her supported enterprises grow as per the desired rate and meet other defines business and governance.
• KPI targets, on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Shall seek help from the functional specialists for specific technical support and report to the Project Lead.

Qualification and Experience: Post-Graduation in Development Studies/ Business Management/ Rural Management/ Accounts/ Economics/ or related fields or a professional degree like CA, ICWA, etc. Preference will be given to candidates from premier institutions like IRMA, IIM, etc.

Compensation: Will be commensurate with the qualification and experience of the candidate.

 Location: Bihar, West Bengal and Assam

 Tenure: It is a contractual position for an initial period of two years and renewable thereafter subject to performance and organization’s requirement.

Submit your CV to hr@iimcip.org. Please mention the Job Title in the Subject of the email.

Last Date to Apply: 10th December 2021

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) invites applications for the position of Associate – Communication. IIMCIP, a not-for-profit (section 8) company, aims at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation through creation of a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem and helps innovative ideas transform into successful business ventures.

The position of Associate-Communication involves a range of duties including managing communication efforts of the organization with multiple stakeholders, in order to support and strengthen the marketing requirements of IIMCIP.

Requisite & Desirable Skills & Capabilities:

• Good command and capability in written communication (mainly English), including creation of ongoing online content (website and social media), regular marketing material (brochures, posters, mailers, presentations, documents, press releases, etc.) and other strategic and tactical communication is essential.
• Knowledge and experience in planning, implementation, coordination and monitoring of Communication Management at an organizational level is desirable.
• Proven knowledge & capability in working with computers (including comfort with basic tools like Word, PowerPoint & Excel) and in the digital and social media platforms would also be essential.
• Creative flair and an ability to quickly conceptualize, ideate and articulate are preferred traits.
• Understanding and exposure to marketing fundamentals would be desirable.
• Other creative abilities in developing communication material (e.g. working knowledge of creative software tools like PhotoShop / Coreldraw, Illustrator and Video Editing tools) would be desirable, though not essential.
• Other desirable traits include – independent handling of responsibilities with minimal supervision, good interpersonal & communication skills to be able to work in teams and deal with external partners, entrepreneurial mindset to help get things done in a small and fast-evolving organization, self-driven results-oriented mindset, etc.

Qualification and Experience: Graduates / Post Graduates, preferably in English, Journalism, Mass Communication or Social Sciences with a good academic record from reputed educational institutions. Two or more years of relevant experience would be preferred.

Compensation: Will be commensurate with relevant experience and qualification of the candidate.

Location: Kolkata

Tenure: It is a contractual position for an initial period of two years and renewable thereafter subject to performance and organization’s requirement

Submit your CV, with sample of your work, to hr@iimcip.org. Please mention the Job Title in the Subject of the email.

Last Date to Apply: 10th December 2021

Arunachal Pradesh Entrepreneurship Development Programme

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park is the knowledge partner for the execution of the Arunachal Pradesh Entrepreneurship Development Program that aims towards sustainable state-level entrepreneurship development and incubation support for the most promising enterprises of Arunachal Pradesh. Under this initiative led by the Government of AP, the so-called “AP Entrepreneurship Challenge” will be conducted that will kick-off the overall entrepreneurship program. The 3-month “AP Entrepreneurship Challenge” is a hunt for the 50 best and brightest entrepreneurs in the state. The program culminates with a Reward & Recognition Summit, where the best entrepreneurs are awarded.

Starting Date: Immediately.

Role:

The position of Project Manager – Entrepreneurship Challenge, will be the nodal point of contact for planning, organizing, managing and executing the AP Entrepreneurship Challenge as well as the final Reward & Recognition Summit. The role involves the following range of main duties (but is not limited to it).

• Coordinating with Local Stakeholders (Government, non-Government).
• Organizing and conducting promotional and outreach activities to potential participants via different channels (Social Media, Radio, TV, Print etc.) and onsite across different districts of AP.
• Conducting bootcamps/virtual sessions (using different video conferencing tools) with a variety of target groups in different parts of AP.
• Engaging with local entrepreneurs, answering their questions and motivating them to apply for the challenge.
• Managing applications and supporting entrepreneurs to complete applications for the challenge.
• Organizing the pitching/ screening events.
• Organizing and executing the Reward & Recognition Summit.
• Coordinating and monitoring the project and project progress.

Requisite & Desirable Skills & Capabilities:

• Good command and capability in written communication (mainly English & Hindi) with good presentation skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, to be able to work in teams and deal with external partners.
• Demonstrated experience in project and/or event management.
• Independent handling of responsibilities with minimal supervision and a self-driven, results-oriented mindset.
• Entrepreneurial mindset to help get things done in a small and fast evolving organization.
• Graduates with minimum five years / Post Graduates with minimum three years relevant experience would be preferred.
• Preference would be given to candidates from Arunachal Pradesh and candidates with prior work experience with incubators and startups or in government organizations or organizations engaged in the development sectors. Good understanding of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, own entrepreneurial experiences, knowledge and experience in planning, implementation, coordination and monitoring of programs to scout and support early stage entrepreneurs will be an added advantage.

Tenure: This is a contractual position for an initial period of 6 months from July/August 2020 until December 2020/January 2021. In case of satisfactory performance, opportunities are available to transform this position into a long-term engagement with IIMCIP and the AP Entrepreneurship Development Program.

Compensation: Will commensurate with the candidate’s experience and the current market rate for similar roles.

Application: Send your application to flo@iimcip.org. Deadline for application is 2nd August 2020. Interviews will be conducted in a rolling process, hence early applications are suggested and welcome.