About the Department
Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It hosts teams working with various government initiatives such as Make in India, Startup India, AGNii, and PMG.
Office of Principal Scientific Advisor
The Strategic Alliances division of the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser, facilitates partnerships between Industry, Foundation, academia, startups, and MSMEs, through coalitions, and consortia both national and international. The deliberations that followed saw demand from the industries and foundations feeding into academia and the start-up ecosystem’s strategy of developing innovative solutions to meet them. The Industry-Academia collaborations over the last year have supported (a) joint R&D or contracted industry R&D; (b) the establishment of Centers of Excellence (CoE) by industry inacademia, and (c) finding innovative solutions for social development through the Manthan Platform. This division also supports sourcing partnerships for the National Research Foundation
Key Responsibilities
- Leverage project management tools and processes to coordinate and manage the transition, additional development and maintenance of the Manthan – AMRIT Platform
- Raise, monitor and identify technical as well as non-technical challenges with service provider and ensure results with quality and according to schedule.
- Basic understanding of IT/ERP/CRM tools and its functionalities
- Align processes, goals, and priorities with the different stakeholders.
- Understand the competitive and strategic position of Manthan- AMRIT Platform and deliver best-in- platform engagement activities.
- Work on various projects involves the integration of Manthan-AMRIT platforms with other IT or Innovation platforms.
- Work with the tech production team to ensure smooth and seamless production.
- Engage with Industry, academia, international organization, Government, and startup to help them registering over Manthan-AMRIT and resolve their challenges with the platform.
- Promote and forge partnerships on scientific research and innovations from India’s premier academia for social impact with Industry, philanthropic and CSR organization through Manthan.
- Ensuring support to team members working on partner retention, secondary research for increasing proposal submissions on the platform and social media communication.
- Proactive in developing relationships and strategies to accomplish objectives and accountability in delivering results.
- Streamline engagements with industry partners and ensure timely communication based on best practices to increase partners participation on Manthan-AMRIT
- Any other responsibility that may be assigned
Qualifications
- Master’s degree (MCA)
- Prior professional experience of 8 to 12 years in IT platform/ product management, CRM and any other innovation platform.
- Attention to detail and taking end-to-end ownership.
- High degree of responsibility, with demonstrated supporting experience.
- Excellent client facing and communication skills; the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and simply, in writing and verbally, to technology and funding decision-makers at senior level.
- Must understand a sense of urgency and demonstrate strong problem-solving skills.
- Strong management skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently.
- Experience in handling Government projects