About the Department
Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency under the Department of Promotion for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It hosts teams working with various government initiatives such as Make in India, Startup India, AGNii, and PMG.
Invest India, is planning to expand its ‘STATES’ vertical and and specifically looking for candidates responsible for the following regions: 1. Gujarat – Maharashtra 2. Madhya Pradesh – Chhattisgarh 3. Uttar Pradesh – Uttarakhand 4. Delhi - Rajasthan 5. Bihar – Jharkhand – West Bengal 6. Haryana – Punjab - Himachal Pradesh 7. Telangana – Andhra Pradesh
Key Responsibilities
The candidates hired may be assigned a few states along with a national level project from the various initiatives being underatken. He /she shall be based at Invest India’s headquarter in New Delhi and in general, be responsible for the following activities:
- Develop and enhance current working relationship of Invest India with the state administrative leadership and relevant government authorities
- Build understanding of the state’s socio-economic & business landscape including state’s focus sectors, industrial policy, all relevant sectoral policies and schemes, land banks, industrial clusters and areas being promoted, key companies, cost of doing business, etc.
- Handhold serious investors and facilitate their investment plans/projects in co-ordination with state government stakeholders, Act as relationship managers for investment cases for the State/region (this will include activities such as understanding the company / proposed project, facilitate location assessment & site-visits, interface with relevant Government departments to fast track the setting up of business etc.)
- Coordinate with central and state government stakeholders for resolution of issues faced/raised by investors for the State or region
- Undertake focus aftercare initiatives and maintain relationships with existing marquee investors in the State/region
- Support on initiatives for capacity building of the State Investment Promotion Agencies (IPA)
- Support Invest India’s initiatives such as Startup India, India Investment Grid, Project Monitoring Group, national technology commercialization program (AGNIi), One District One Product etc (visit Investindia.gov.in for details on these initiatives)
- Networking and building partnerships with key stakeholders such as Industry Associations, Chambers of Commerce, Consulates of Embassies/High Commissions, Think Tanks/Research centres, Academic Institutions and the key Industry players present in the region
Qualifications
- Post Graduate degree/ exceptional graduates from a premier institute
- Relevant Work Experience: 2-6 Years working in a front-end role at a Global Corporate/Government agency/Consulting firm / Investment Bank /Chamber or Association
- Experience in the field of Investment Promotion, Facilitation, Ease of Doing Business, Research & Policy/Scheme Devolvement, project execution with central / state government would be preferred
- Prior understanding about the business ecosystem and administrative set-up of a state
- Strong business communication & etiquettes, stakeholder management, client relationship management and networking skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel
- Language proficiency: Hindi, English, local/regional (preferred)
- State Domicile will be preferred Some criteria may be relaxed for highly exceptional candidates