GIAN West

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	GIAN is an Ahmedabad based Technology-Business Incubator established and supported by Gujarat Government, SRISTI and National Innovation Foundation for commercialization of grassroots innovations by linking them with investment and enterprise. GIAN is looking forward for highly motivated, initiative driven and performance oriented professionals who have faith in the potentials in innovations at grassroots to join the initiative:
	Chief Innovation Manager (CIM):
	He/She should be an MBA with a degree in engineering, agriculture or allied fields with minimum 5 to 10 years experience in a similar position. His/Her main responsibility would be to develop grassroots innovation in to market-ready innovation with due technological intervention and for that he/she should be ready for extensive traveling in rural areas.
	Emoluments: Consolidated 30,000/- to 60,000/- per month
	The job profile for above post will be:
	Coordination and management of overall activities of GIAN like activities relating to incubation, value addition, IPR protection and business & enterprise development, accounts & financial matters for helping grassroots innovation and traditional knowledge holders. Selection of projects through SRISTI & NIF database, documentations, technical validation, product development, identify potential entrepreneurs who may have interest in scaling up grassroots innovations, mobilize resources for various projects and other activities, tie up & mentoring between innovator, mentors & entrepreneurs. To build a network with people and organizations which help in harnessing excellence in the formal scientific and technological organizations in public or private sector for the benefit of innovators. To establish a network with various stake-holding institutions and individuals to mobilize resources to build up the corpus of GIAN, raising the financial resources for various projects of GIAN. Team building, maintaining & enhancing the spirit of GIAN team, guiding them for various activities, project supports etc. To make presentation to various organizations, entrepreneurs associations, organizing business meetings, clearing house etc. Coordination and follow up with support agencies like Gujarat Government, NIF and sister organizations. Extending total support to the Honorable Secretary for Governing Body meeting and other organization related matters.

	General Manager (Innovation Promotion) & General Manager (Venture Promotion):
	Applicant should have master's degree in Management/Finance or allied fields along with 7 -10 years relevant experience.
	Emoluments: Consolidated 20,000/- to 40,000/- per month
	The job profile for the above post will be:
	Coordination and management of all activities relating to business development for grassroots innovation. Assessing its market potential through formal and informal market research surveys, developing business plans for converting innovator into entrepreneur or licensing the technology to third parties within the country or outside. Market benchmarking, business planning, and implementation, mentoring, linkages with business and technology institutions and mobilizing resources by submitting proposals to funding organizations, preparing and making presentations to various business related organizations, business schools, developing MVIF proposal get them assessed by experts and monitor their implementation for generating income in the hands of the knowledge providers. To do prior art search, helping GM (VARD) in product development and guide them for market needs etc. to extend support to the CIM in business development activities, project management, follow up with innovators for MVIF proposals and its implementation, report righting etc.

	Manager (Value Addition):
	Post Graduates in engineering/agriculture or allied fields with minimum 7-10 years of experience in product development for mechanical and agriculture innovations.
	Emoluments: Consolidated 15,000/- to 30,000/- per month
	The job profile for the above post will be:
	Coordination and management of all activities relating to value addition, research & development. To undertake prior art search, designing and product development, product standardization to extend help to innovators for refinements of ides/prototype development and standardizations, technological and market benchmarking of innovations. Research and value addition with the help of various stake holders, internal and external agencies through formal engineering inputs. To mobilize resources by submitting proposal to various funding organizations Coordination with local and national level technical institutes / engineering colleges, IIT's etc. To extend technological support to the CIM and GM (BD) in projects, to mange in-house workshops and mobilize outside workshop support for making prototypes, testing/validation through reputed agencies etc. To prepare technological write-ups, engineering drawings for filing patents etc. to monitors the prototype development / production at innovators end being undertaken with the help of GIAN. To extend support to CIM for project management, report righting etc.

	Manager (Technical Collaboration & Value Addition)
	Management/Engineering/Agriculture Science Graduate with 2 to 4 years of experience in validation and value addition in grassroots innovations and traditional knowledge. He/she will have to undertake activities related to research, value addition and product development and collaborate with R&D institutions, design firms, innovators etc. Applicants with prior experience in the same responsibility will be preferred.
	Emoluments: Consolidated 15,000/- to 35000/- per month.
	Project Manager:
	Degree in Management/MSW with minimum 2 to 3 years of experience in managing projects at field level. Experience in working with NGO sector will be given preference.
	Emoluments: Consolidated 15,000/- to 30000/- per month.
	Finance & Administrative Officer:
	CA/ICWA(Inter)/ M.com or having similar degree with minimum 5 - 7 years of experience in dealing with accounts, project accounting and general administration. Work experience in NGO sector will be given preference.
	Emoluments: Consolidated 15,000/- to 30,000/- per month.
	The job profile for the above post will be:
	Coordination and management of all activities relating to accounts and administration. To manage finance & accounts, to coordinate internal & external payments, to extend managerial support to innovators and held them to maintain their accounts. To coordinate with internal /statutory auditors, to finalize annual account. To coordinate with bankers and manage investment efficiently To develop a financial MIS system so that resources are utilized properly To prepare budget for GIAN and follow the accounts norms, implementation of various systems for day to day administrations. To extend help to the project managers in projects, workshops for organizing the same. To manage the Micro Venture Innovation Fund (MVIF) operated at GIAN and NIF. To provide active support in organizing Governing Body meeting, to prepare agenda and other relevant papers. Overall general administration work of GIAN, to liaison with sister organizations. To follow up with market inquiry, purchase and orders, maintaining stocks of various products and prototypes etc.
For eligibility, emoluments, and other terms & conditions, please visit our website http://west.gian.org. Interested candidate can send application in the prescribed format (Please download the same from our website) and with detailed CV etc to: Honorary Secretary, GIAN, Bungalow No.1, Satellite Complex, Nr. Mansi Cross Road, Satellite, Ahmedabad: 380015. within 20 days of the publication of this advertisement.
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