Minimum Qualification:

Ph.D.*/ Master’s /Bachelor’s degree with significant experience and expertise in the relevant area

Desirable experience

Candidate with first class Master’s degree in Management with at least 20 years of relevant experience, preferably in an academic (research setting area) or industry shall be preferred.

• Knowledge of office procedures, rules, and secretarial practices.
• Liaison with industrial collaborators and the office of the top/ middle level executives in corporate/ academic institutions
• Coordination and arrangements for Roundtable meetings with Industries, Conferences and Workshops, National level Exhibitions.
• Providing secretarial support to the Coordinator/Head of the Centre in an academic or in a scientific organization; support for purchase and import of equipment; Supply management for Research Laboratories or Centres, and sophisticated scientific facilities such as clean room.
• Familiarity with and knowledge of needs of research laboratories and personnel working in such an organization. Logistics and Travel arrangements for visitors, delegations and meetings.
• Coordination and Follow-up on MOUs and Contracts (NDA and agreement) relevant to research collaborations; Working/ experience in R&D Organizations/ MNCs.

Job Description:

• Coordinate activities, accounts and documents for Industry sponsored projects Liaison with academic and industrial collaborators: this includes managing logistics for events such as conferences, workshops, industrial meets, short courses etc and meetings with academic and industrial partners.
• Project Staff Recruitment Processes: this includes coordination of advertisement, collation of applications, contacting candidates, arranging interviews, induction of successful recruits Project Management: this includes facilitating preparation of reports posters for external agencies, coordination of document safe keep, gleaning out news, /newsletters of relevance to the centre and its circulation among faculty, staff and students
• Laboratory and Office Supervision: this includes managing various Office sub- processes (as instructed by the coordinator), Contingency Accounts and facilitation of processes for Laboratory Users (including automated registration and access processes) and lab equipment purchase and inventory