Our Background

Wadhwani Foundations primary mission is accelerating economic development in

emerging economies through large-scale job creation. Five Initiatives driving
innovation, entrepreneurship and skill development cater to this mission. The
Foundation is present in India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Malaysia, and has plans to
expand to other countries in Southeast Asia, Africa and South America.

National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) inspires, educates and supports student

entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs for creating high-value jobs.

Skills Development Network (SDN) provides vocational training support to educational

and training institutes, and employers for entry-level mid-skill jobs through a video based
online platform.

Opportunity Network for Disabled (OND) mainstreams the educated disabled

into sustainable high quality corporate jobs through a business value proposition.

Research and Innovation Network (RIN) aims to create a world-class innovation

ecosystem in India with the goal of propelling India towards the top ten innovative
nations in the world.

Policy Research Centre provides data driven research inputs for informed policy action
towards accelerating economic growth. The initiative has also established a chair in U.SIndia policy at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, D.C.

Leaders
Dr Romesh Wadhwani, Chairman, Wadhwani Foundation & Symphony
Technology Group.
Dr Ajay Kela, President and CEO, Wadhwani Foundation.
This position will report to EVP NEN Mr.Sashi Chimala

Please visit their website nenglobal.org for more details on the Initiative and Team .

Title

VP, Mentor Network

Based in

Bangalore

Role

Design and Launch large scale mentoring program that can influence
entrepreneur success significantly and map that back to job creation.
Define a world-class mentoring strategy along with training and
certification of mentors. Rollout the program, enroll mentors and
mentees and manage the programs to effectively monitor mentoring
engagement and impact. Educate and certify upcoming mentors.

Define mentoring strategy

Define selection criterion for Mentors

Design training and certification programs for Mentors

and Mentees

Key
Responsibilit
ies

Design reward and recognition programs for Mentors

Program manage the rollout of the Mentoring program

including on-boarding of Mentors and Mentees

Define the process to monitor and measure engagement

and impact

Contribute to the refinement of the existing

technology platform for Mentoring
Incumbent should have at least 18+ years of experience
with large
number of industry leadership networks and ability to
connect. Inspire large number of mentors to engage in
entrepreneurship mentoring.

Typical profile would be that of thought leader, author,

management/leadership speaker with significant know-how
on what makes small businesses succeed and it is essential
that some of the experience needs to be in small business
(either as entrepreneur or otherwise).

Work
Experience
and Expertise

Need to be an experienced mentor himself, current role to

enroll, engage
mentors is highly desired.

Deep understanding of venture capital investments,

startup and SME challenges, investment, accelerator,

incubation experience is highly desired

Deeper skills in one or two vertical areas of focus (Retail,

Hospitality,
Healthcare, Manufacturing, IT/BPO) would be highly desired.

Understand and relate to our philanthropic

objective of job creation in millions

If you wish to apply to this role, please share your updated resume with a mention
of your current or last drawn Compensation / Expected Compensation and timeline
required to join NEN, to share with the client .