Position: Program Manager / Senior Project Manager - Sustainability Location: Hyderabad Experience: 10 -12 years Job Type: Full-time About Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH): Launched in 2017 by the Government of Telangana, the Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) is a nodal agency that promotes collaboration among research and innovation stakeholders. RICH facilitates connections between academia, industry, and government to foster a vibrant ecosystem that drives scientific research and technological innovation, ultimately contributing to economic growth and social good. RICH operates in close coordination with the S&T Cluster Apex Committee and the Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC). For more information, please visit our website: https://rich.telangana.gov.in/ Role Description: RICH is seeking a dynamic and experienced Program Manager / Senior Project Manager to drive initiatives in Industrial Energy Transition area, with a specific focus on the greening of MSME (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) industries. The ideal candidate will play a key role in shaping and executing strategies to accelerate the adoption of green technologies, sustainable practices and decarbonization efforts within MSMEs in the Telangana region. This role requires a blend of technical knowledge, project management skills, stakeholder engagement abilities, and a passion for sustainability, with a strong understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by MSMEs in their Clean transition. The manager will work closely with various stakeholders, including MSMEs, industry associations, government agencies, research institutions, and startups, with a focus on driving Clean Energy Transition of MSMEs in alignment with government programs like the Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) program and other MoMSME schemes. This is a mission critical role and requires a very dedicated professional who is flexible, able to adapt to a dynamic work environment and strategically lead program activities related to Industrial Energy Transition. You would be reporting to the Director of Sustainability at RICH. Responsibilities: ● Strategy Development and Implementation: ○ Contribute to the development and implementation of regional strategies specifically targeted at facilitating energy transition and decarbonization within MSMEs, aligning with national and state-level policies and goals, including the objectives of the RAMP program. ○ Identify the specific challenges and opportunities faced by MSMEs in transitioning to cleaner energy sources, improving energy efficiency, and adopting sustainable practices. ○ Develop and manage programs and projects that promote the adoption of renewable energy, energy efficiency technologies, and other sustainable practices in MSMEs, with a focus on solutions that are scalable, affordable, and accessible to these enterprises. ● Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration: ○ Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including MSME associations, individual MSME units, government agencies (especially those involved in MSME development), research institutions, technology providers, and financial institutions. ○ Facilitate dialogue and knowledge sharing among stakeholders, with a focus on addressing the specific needs and constraints of MSMEs in the energy transition process. ○ Organize and participate in workshops, seminars, conferences, and other events specifically tailored to raise awareness and promote best practices in energy transition for MSMEs. ● Project Management: ○ Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of projects related to the greening of MSMEs, ensuring timely completion and achievement of objectives, while adhering to the guidelines and goals of relevant programs. ○ Manage project budgets, resources, and timelines effectively, with a focus on maximizing the impact of interventions for MSMEs. ○ Identify and mitigate project risks, and develop contingency plans, especially considering the unique challenges faced by MSMEs. ○ Prepare project proposals, progress reports, and other relevant documentation, with a specific emphasis on documenting the impact on MSMEs. ● Innovation and Technology Promotion: ○ Identify and promote innovative technologies and business models that can accelerate energy transition in MSMEs, with a focus on solutions that are cost-effective, scalable, and easy to implement. ○ Support the development and deployment of clean energy solutions through pilot projects, demonstrations, and technology transfer initiatives targeted at MSMEs. ○ Facilitate connections between MSMEs and technology providers, startups, and research institutions, and promote the adoption of best practices. ● Policy Advocacy and Support: ○ Monitor and analyse relevant energy and climate policies at the local, state, and national levels, with a focus on their implications for MSMEs. ○ Provide input and recommendations to policymakers on measures to support industrial energy transition in MSMEs, including incentives, financing mechanisms, and technical assistance programs. ○ Advocate for policies and programs that create a favourable environment for the adoption of sustainable energy practices in MSMEs, aligning with initiatives like RAMP. ● Research and Analysis: ○ Conduct research and analysis on trends, policies, and technologies related to energy transition, with a focus on their applicability and affordability for MSMEs. ○ Identify and evaluate innovative solutions and best practices for decarbonizing industrial processes in MSMEs. ○ Assess the economic, environmental, and social impacts of energy transition initiatives on MSMEs, including factors like cost savings, productivity improvements, and market access. ○ Prepare reports, presentations, and policy briefs to inform decision-making, with specific recommendations for supporting MSME adoption of green technologies. ● Monitoring and Evaluation: ○ Develop and implement frameworks for monitoring and evaluating the impact of energy transition initiatives on MSMEs. ○ Collect and analyse data on key performance indicators, such as energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, cost savings, and productivity improvements, specifically within the MSME sector. ○ Prepare reports and recommendations based on evaluation findings to improve program effectiveness and ensure that interventions are meeting the needs of MSMEs. Qualifications: ● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Energy Policy, Business Administration, or a related field. ● 10+ years of industry experience with a Minimum of 7+ years of relevant work experience in industrial energy transition, Energy Audits, Industrial Effluents and Waste Management, Manufacturing Process Efficiency and a significant portion of that experience working with or supporting MSMEs. ● Demonstrated experience in project management, including planning, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring, with a track record of successful projects involving MSMEs. ● Good knowledge of MSME schemes and experience in leveraging government schemes, Climate funds and Development funds for improving the performance of MSME industries will be highly desirable. ● Strong understanding of energy technologies, policies, and markets, particularly in the context of industrial applications and MSMEs. ● Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with MSME owners and representatives. ● Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with experience in analysing data and information related to MSMEs. Others: This role will be based in Hyderabad but will need frequent travel to MSME cluster sites for various project related activities up to 40% of the time. Necessary travel arrangements will be made as and when required. Equal Opportunity Employer: RICH is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status. Show more Show less
Position: Project Associate – Sustainability Location: Hyderabad Experience: Entry Level Job Type: Full-time About RICH (Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad): Launched in 2017 by the Government of Telangana, Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) acts as a facilitator and promotes greater collaboration between various entities in the research and innovation space. RICH is the Hyderabad Science & Technology (S&T) Cluster, an initiative spearheaded by the Office of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India. RICH has initiated multidisciplinary projects in the areas of agriculture, nutrition, health, and waste management. These projects leverage the local expertise and strengths of Telangana, and facilitate ease of access to funding from the relevant central ministries. The Clusters work towards achieving the following broad objectives: · To increase India’s national & global S&T competitiveness. · To become regional solution providers for local industry & government. · To create shared S&T ecosystems in India. RICH aims to catalyse an ecosystem that empowers innovators to transform scientific research into impactful solutions that generate wealth, employment, and create social good, and strives to foster innovation that advances society, through effective use of science and technology. Position Overview: RICH is offering a 6-12 month contractual position for Project Associate – MSME Energy Transition , as part of a high-visibility project under the RAMP Program , supported by the Ministry of MSME and the World Bank . This role is suitable for recent graduates with less than 2 years of experience and who are keen to contribute to MSME transformation, sustainability, and innovation. Roles & Responsibilities: 1. State Dashboard Management o Update and manage the Telangana State Dashboard for all RAMP-related activities. 2. Technology Playbook Creation o Research and compile existing and emerging technologies, including those developed by startups, to support MSME energy transition. 3. Startup Grand Challenge Support o Assist in planning and executing state-level startup challenges aimed at solving MSME sector problems. 4. MSME Outreach & Onboarding o Reach out to MSMEs, engage them actively, and onboard them into RICH-organized events and initiatives under the RAMP Program. 5. Team & Project Support o Support the core team in documentation, communications, reporting, and event coordination as required. Eligibility Criteria: · Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or any relevant discipline from a recognized university. · Experience: Recent Graduates with up to 2 years of work experience, having an understanding of MSME ecosystem and performing Energy Audits and recommending Clean Technologies for use by MSMEs in their Greening. · Preferred Skills: o Interest in innovation, MSMEs, sustainability, and startup ecosystems o Strong communication and interpersonal skills o Familiarity with MS Office/Google Workspace tools o Eagerness to learn, adapt, and work in a team environment Additional Information: · Contract Period: 6-12 months (may be extended based on performance and project requirements) · Base Location: Hyderabad · Travel Requirement: Occasional travel within Telangana (up to 30%) · Remuneration: As per internal norms RICH is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from passionate and diverse individuals. Apply through the link: https://forms.gle/7JK9Vscay3afazDt6
Position: Head/Director – Life Sciences Location: Hyderabad Experience: Minimum 10 years Job Type: Full-time About Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH): Launched in 2017 as a first-of-its-kind initiative by the Government of Telangana, RICH has been established to bridge the gap between research and real-world applications by enabling collaboration among research and academic institutions, industry, startups, hospitals and government bodies. RICH also serves as Hyderabad’s Science and Technology Cluster, under a national initiative led by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. In this capacity, RICH drives multidisciplinary projects to address complex local and national challenges. For more information, please visit our website: https://rich.telangana.gov.in/careers.html Role Description: Responsible for leading strategic partnerships with industry, academia, hospitals and innovation ecosystems while managing flagship programmes like AID Acceleration Initiative and Samarthan at RICH; Providing start-up advisory, overseeing project delivery, and organising impactful events in Life Sciences; Strengthening ties within the Telangana innovation ecosystem, incubators, corporates, and investors; Developing incubation content, managing budgets, and fostering multi-organisational team growth. Roles and Responsibilities: The broad roles and responsibilities will be as follows: Partnerships: Reach out to key industry players, research and academic institutions, associations, pioneering hospitals in various clinical specialties, national and global innovation ecosystems, NGOs, government bodies to forge strategic partnerships. Flagship Initiatives: Lead, manage and supervise RICH’s flagship programmes: a) ABCs of MedTech Commercialization – Annual flagship event to create awareness on the process of MedTech Commercialization; b) Acceleration Initiative for Diagnostics, Devices and Digital Health (AID) – a unique cohort-based startup program that aims to identify and nurture the best startups in the diagnostics, devices and digital health space. Startup Advisory: Support the core objective of RICH to assist and mentor startups in the Life-Sciences sector and help them scale up; identify potential funding avenues, market access, hospital connects to offer testbed support to test, refine and scale innovations by leveraging real world clinical settings, networking opportunities etc. for startups. Develop and maintain matrix of selecting/onboarding of startups, perform continuous quality checks, and ensure tight management of milestones and progress of startups. Maintain and update start-up grant management record. Project Delivery: Design and implement multi-disciplinary projects for solving issues of regional and national priority in conformance with time, quality, scope and cost budgeted. Build working groups of various stakeholders for each project. Manage and guide the Project Manager with administrative tasks for projects. Support project outreach in consultation with the CEO and the communications team. Devise strategies for implementing and maintaining all project controls and plans. Obtain and record project status feedback from various stakeholders (including start-ups), and provide updates to the leadership. Fund raising: Fundraising is a critical component of this role, requiring to identify, engage, and secure financial support from diverse sources including government grants, CSR initiatives, philanthropic foundations, and impact investors. The role involves crafting compelling proposals, building long-term relationships with funders, and aligning fundraising strategies with start-up and project goals. A strong understanding of healthcare innovation and the ability to translate technical value into fundable outcomes is essential to ensure the sustainability and growth of key initiatives. Events: Design, organise and manage events, hackathons, conferences, webinars, meets on important topics in Lifesciences to provide a knowledge-sharing and networking platform for start-ups/entrepreneurs and researchers/scientists to showcase their innovations. Synergy Building: Strengthen partnerships with the Telangana state innovation ecosystem partners. Work closely with various regional and national incubators/accelerators. Reach out to corporates, institutions, industry bodies, startups, MSMEs etc. with tailored offerings for each group including gathering problem statements from each group, analysing and identifying suitable partners and making relevant connections. Reach out to national and global investors, and funders to strengthen the connect for providing funding options for startups. Ecosystem building: Develop content and playbooks for use by incubators/accelerators as part of incubation capacity building that will enable incubators to setup their operations and plan, facilitate, and deliver incubation programmes in a structured, standard, and consistent manner for startups. Conduct skilling/training programmes for Lifesciences industry workforce, scientists, researchers, faculty in collaboration with RICH partners. Budget: Create budget for projects and periodically update the requirements for projects and other sector-specific activities. Teams: Create, support, and nurture teams, and support other RICH team members to lead multiorganization projects, as identified by you and the leadership of RICH. Knowledge base creation: Write white papers/position papers/reports on important topics to create awareness and support policy framework. Fulfil and implement any other tasks in consultation with the leadership of RICH. Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Lifesciences or allied fields from a premier institution; a business degree would be a plus. At least 10 years of professional work experience in research, innovation, technology development, project management, strategy, or business development in academia, industry or government. Desired Skill Sets: Strong leadership experience in design, implementation, and management of programs in organisations (governments, corporates, foundations, international organisations, research/academic institutions, incubators, consulting firms, etc.); multi-disciplinary, multi-organisation program delivery experience necessary. Good understanding of the entrepreneurship ecosystem - experience of working with entrepreneurs, start-ups, tinkering labs, incubators, or start-up consultancy. Demonstrated ability to cultivate, build and maintain strong working relationships with start-ups, entrepreneurs, mentors, research institutions, industry experts, associations, and investors. Strong strategic, creative, and analytical skills to develop program strategy. Excellent collaboration and communication (oral and written) skills in English. RICH is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusiveness.
Position: Head/Director – Life Sciences Location: Hyderabad Experience: Minimum 10 years Job Type: Full-time About Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH): Launched in 2017 as a first-of-its-kind initiative by the Government of Telangana, RICH has been established to bridge the gap between research and real-world applications by enabling collaboration among research and academic institutions, industry, startups, hospitals and government bodies. RICH also serves as Hyderabad’s Science and Technology Cluster, under a national initiative led by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. In this capacity, RICH drives multidisciplinary projects to address complex local and national challenges. For more information, please visit our website: https://rich.telangana.gov.in/careers.html Role Description: Responsible for leading strategic partnerships with industry, academia, hospitals and innovation ecosystems while managing flagship programmes like AID Acceleration Initiative and Samarthan at RICH; Providing start-up advisory, overseeing project delivery, and organising impactful events in Life Sciences; Strengthening ties within the Telangana innovation ecosystem, incubators, corporates, and investors; Developing incubation content, managing budgets, and fostering multi-organisational team growth. Roles and Responsibilities: The broad roles and responsibilities will be as follows: Partnerships: Reach out to key industry players, research and academic institutions, associations, pioneering hospitals in various clinical specialties, national and global innovation ecosystems, NGOs, government bodies to forge strategic partnerships. Flagship Initiatives: Lead, manage and supervise RICH’s flagship programmes: a) ABCs of MedTech Commercialization – Annual flagship event to create awareness on the process of MedTech Commercialization; b) Acceleration Initiative for Diagnostics, Devices and Digital Health (AID) – a unique cohort-based startup program that aims to identify and nurture the best startups in the diagnostics, devices and digital health space. Startup Advisory: Support the core objective of RICH to assist and mentor startups in the Life-Sciences sector and help them scale up; identify potential funding avenues, market access, hospital connects to offer testbed support to test, refine and scale innovations by leveraging real world clinical settings, networking opportunities etc. for startups. Develop and maintain matrix of selecting/onboarding of startups, perform continuous quality checks, and ensure tight management of milestones and progress of startups. Maintain and update start-up grant management record. Project Delivery: Design and implement multi-disciplinary projects for solving issues of regional and national priority in conformance with time, quality, scope and cost budgeted. Build working groups of various stakeholders for each project. Manage and guide the Project Manager with administrative tasks for projects. Support project outreach in consultation with the CEO and the communications team. Devise strategies for implementing and maintaining all project controls and plans. Obtain and record project status feedback from various stakeholders (including start-ups), and provide updates to the leadership. Fund raising: Fundraising is a critical component of this role, requiring to identify, engage, and secure financial support from diverse sources including government grants, CSR initiatives, philanthropic foundations, and impact investors. The role involves crafting compelling proposals, building long-term relationships with funders, and aligning fundraising strategies with start-up and project goals. A strong understanding of healthcare innovation and the ability to translate technical value into fundable outcomes is essential to ensure the sustainability and growth of key initiatives. Events: Design, organise and manage events, hackathons, conferences, webinars, meets on important topics in Lifesciences to provide a knowledge-sharing and networking platform for start-ups/entrepreneurs and researchers/scientists to showcase their innovations. Synergy Building: Strengthen partnerships with the Telangana state innovation ecosystem partners. Work closely with various regional and national incubators/accelerators. Reach out to corporates, institutions, industry bodies, startups, MSMEs etc. with tailored offerings for each group including gathering problem statements from each group, analysing and identifying suitable partners and making relevant connections. Reach out to national and global investors, and funders to strengthen the connect for providing funding options for startups. Ecosystem building: Develop content and playbooks for use by incubators/accelerators as part of incubation capacity building that will enable incubators to setup their operations and plan, facilitate, and deliver incubation programmes in a structured, standard, and consistent manner for startups. Conduct skilling/training programmes for Lifesciences industry workforce, scientists, researchers, faculty in collaboration with RICH partners. Budget: Create budget for projects and periodically update the requirements for projects and other sector-specific activities. Teams: Create, support, and nurture teams, and support other RICH team members to lead multiorganization projects, as identified by you and the leadership of RICH. Knowledge base creation: Write white papers/position papers/reports on important topics to create awareness and support policy framework. Fulfil and implement any other tasks in consultation with the leadership of RICH. Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Lifesciences or allied fields from a premier institution; a business degree would be a plus. At least 10 years of professional work experience in research, innovation, technology development, project management, strategy, or business development in academia, industry or government. Desired Skill Sets: Strong leadership experience in design, implementation, and management of programs in organisations (governments, corporates, foundations, international organisations, research/academic institutions, incubators, consulting firms, etc.); multi-disciplinary, multi-organisation program delivery experience necessary. Good understanding of the entrepreneurship ecosystem - experience of working with entrepreneurs, start-ups, tinkering labs, incubators, or start-up consultancy. Demonstrated ability to cultivate, build and maintain strong working relationships with start-ups, entrepreneurs, mentors, research institutions, industry experts, associations, and investors. Strong strategic, creative, and analytical skills to develop program strategy. Excellent collaboration and communication (oral and written) skills in English. RICH is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusiveness.