Website NSRCEL

Who we are

NSRCEL is the start-up incubator of IIM Bangalore. Over 585+ ventures have gone through the Incubation Programme and another 1300+ ventures have taken our Launchpad Program. NSRCEL is deeply committed to mobilizing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country to foster innovation and economic growth.

NSRCEL is also supported by Niti Aayog, Department of Science and Technology and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Additionally, NSRCEL has partners with corporates like Goldman Sachs, ICICI Securities, Maruti Suzuki, Capgemini and Kotak Mahindra Bank among others to support entrepreneurs in focussed sectors like mobility, fintech, and social entrepreneurship.

What you will be doing?

Lead the program to build capabilities of rural women entrepreneurs from across Karnataka to empower them to scale up their businesses in an accelerated manner.
Build a replicable model of the program that can be administered across the country to scale up rural women entrepreneurship.
Identify, and engage ecosystem partners to leverage their strengths, mutually explore synergies and enhance program value.
Oversee and manage the team to ensure a smooth workflow, mitigate risks, deliver the objectives, and guide the team through the uncertainties and challenges.
Engage the government stakeholders / funders to build a long-term relationship and ensure a smooth working relationship.
Guide and consult with the entrepreneurs to help them explore the better opportunities and navigate them through their weaknesses and scopes of scaling up.
Oversee program reporting to stakeholders and organizational authorities towards deliverables and budgets.
Support developing capacity building mechanisms for the women entrepreneurs and the ventures that can deliver the clearly defined goals and be sustainable over time.
Develop regular communication, reporting cadence towards both internal and external stakeholders, including government and deliver the reporting periodically in formats as required.
Identify and leverage multiple and alternate funding sources and provide them with market access, funding access and backward & forward integration opportunities.
Support in creating processes, document best practices and success stories, monitor impact metrics and growth, generate reports to further improve the program.
Bring newer concepts, ideas, global best practices, and knowledge to the table to develop a better program design / architecture for the target beneficiaries.
Work with the internal cross-functional teams to synergize efforts towards entrepreneurial growth and become champions of NSRCEL.

What will you need to bring to the table?

Have an experiment-led, learning mindset, ready to explore to build goal oriented project
Collaborative self-starter with the ability to make connections quickly, build trust and work as a team player and constantly adapt to the changing scenarios
Ability to flex continuously between the strategic and tactical or conceptualising and execution
Strong verbal and written communications skills, with fluency in Kannada, English, Hindi.
Ability to interact in Uttar Kannada, Marathi or Telegu is an added advantage.
Have a Post Graduate degree from a reputed institution with overall experience of 9+ years in the relevant field

This role is for you, if you:

Have worked in rural setting in likes of SHGs, non-profit organizations, or social sector or livelihood
Have on-site / field experience across districts of Karnataka and with government agencies
Think like an integrated professional with customer-first mindset: you have a knack for spotting opportunities and anticipating operational issues.
Thrive amid complexity in a continuously evolving environment with uncertainties
Have a positive attitude, a detail orientation and maturity to interact with the senior leadership
Willing to travel extensively in remote parts of Karnataka

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