Project Associate

You will be working on the MAHA MedTech Mission, a high-impact national innovation program designed to accelerate breakthrough solutions in medical technologies and artificial intelligence from lab to market.

The Mission is anchored by ANRF and ICMR, with strategic ecosystem execution support by Venture Center. 

Projects will span:

• Medical devices, diagnostics, digital health & healthcare AI

• Clinical validation, regulatory approvals, and commercialization

• Deep-tech innovation with real-world patient and healthcare system impact
  
  

The Venture Center team acts as the Program Management Unit, responsible for:

• Monitoring project execution and commercialization readiness

• Supporting startups with business, regulatory, IP, and go-to-market strategy

• Coordinating with government bodies, researchers, investors, and industry experts

• Driving impact tracking, reporting, and national visibility of the Mission
  
  

This role offers a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of science, startups, public policy, and national missions, helping transform promising research into scalable healthcare solutions.

Job Description

• Support call promotion, applicant coordination, and communication tracking

• Maintain project data, trackers, CRM, and documentation systems

• Assist in organizing review meetings, mentoring sessions, and workshops

• Support impact reporting, dashboards, and progress presentations

• Track project milestones, documents, and compliance requirements

• Coordinate with grantees, mentors, and internal teams

• Support website updates, program visibility, and communications

Candidate Profile

• 1–3 years of experience in program coordination, operations, or project support

• Background in sciences, engineering, management preferred

• Strong Excel, documentation, and reporting skills

• Highly organized, responsive, and detail-oriented

• Interest in MedTech, startups, innovation, and AI ecosystems

Duration of the Project

1.5 yrs with a possibility of extension

General requirements and expectations from Venture Center employees:

• Venture Center is a non‐profit organization with aim to benefit society by promoting entrepreneurs and start‐ups. Thus, Venture Center seeks employees and consultants with a strong interest and passion in seeing technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and start‐ups succeed, and a strong "service" ethos.
• A strong feature of Venture Center jobs is the rich learning environment and opportunity provided to employees to experiment, take initiative and be creative. The work of most employees has visible impact which can be satisfying. All employees benefit from access to high quality facilities and work environments. Compensation packages can be flexible but are often conservative due to Venture Center’s non‐profit status.
• General requirements include: a) strong ethical standards and work ethics, b) comfort with computers, computer applications and internet, c) strong communication skills – spoken and written.
• Venture Center’s working hours are 9.30 AM – 5.30 PM (Monday to Saturday) and are designed to keep operations of Venture Center convenient for the start‐ups, entrepreneurs, inventors and others that the organization serves. Managers in certain functions are provided the opportunity to avail of flexible hours. All jobs are located at Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Our Company is an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation or parental status.