Academic Associate - Entrepreneurship Area

IIMB
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📍 Bangalore, India📍 IndiaFull time

About this role

Ref: IIMB/HR/RECT/2026/52                                                                                                                                          Date: 16 September 2026

About IIMB

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is a leading graduate school of management in Asia. Under the IIM Act of 2017, IIMB is an Institute of National Importance.

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Position

Academic Associate - Entrepreneurship Area

Purpose

The position is suitable for candidates with strong academic credentials and an interest in an academic career. The role is a platform to develop research and teaching skills by working under close supervision of IIMB faculty. Subject to performance, the role can prepare incumbents for admissions to leading PhD programs in India, Asia, and beyond.  

Reporting to 

Chairperson - Entrepreneurship Area

Principal Accountabilities & Responsibilities 

  • The candidate is required to provide research and teaching support to the faculty depending on the requirements of the faculty and on all aspects of their workflows

  • Indicative but non-exhaustive list of duties includes : collecting data from secondary sources such as the internet and databases; designing interviews and surveys and collecting primary data; cleaning and merging datasets; reviewing academic literature; supporting teaching delivery and exam marking

  • To assist with administrative duties of the institute as and when assigned from time to time

Qualification and Personal Profile

  • Candidates are required to hold a master’s degree in Management or Social Sciences or Statistics or Economics or Mathematics or Engineering or Science. 

  • Candidates with Four-year Undergraduate program with distinction from well rated academic institutions are also eligible to apply, if the degree was earned in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Economics. 

  • Familiarity with relevant computer skills will be a plus, such as:

    • Data scraping using R or Python

    • Statistical analysis using STATA

    • Automating basic tasks using AI tools and agents

  • Comfortable with and willing to learn quantitative research methods and research software; excellent verbal and written communication skills; attention to accuracy

Duration

Initially for a period of one year, extendable up to a maximum period of three years.

Stipend

An all-inclusive monthly stipend in the range of ₹ 43,000/- to ₹ 55,000/- based on experience of the applicant.

 

            The closing date for applications is 30 September 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be intimated. All fields in the application form are mandatory, and the following mandatory documents are required to be uploaded while submitting the application.

  • 10th & 12th Marksheets.

  • Diploma/Graduation - All semester wise Marksheets & Final Diploma/Degree Certificate.

  • Masters/Post-Graduation - All semester wise Marksheets & Final Degree Certificate.

  • Project experience – Reports of coding or data-analysis project, research assistantship, summer internship, etc. 

     

    Applications without these documents will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered.

 Interested candidates may fill out the application using the link: here

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is a leading graduate school of management in Asia. Under the IIM Act of 2017.  IIMB is an Institute of National Importance.

IIMB has 113 full time faculty members, about 1200 students across various degree-granting programmes and nearly 5000 annual Executive Education participants.

Our logo carries a proclamation in Sanskrit, तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु (tejasvi navadhitamastu), which translates as ‘let our study be enlightening’.

Our vision is to be a global, renowned academic institution fostering excellence in management, innovation and entrepreneurship for business, government and society.

We have taken several steps to meet the vision set for IIMB. These include hiring high quality faculty, enhancing the quality of research, emphasizing internationalization, expanding our activities in the field of entrepreneurship, in both research and mentoring, scaling up in terms of student intake in all the programmes, deepening our engagement with the alumni, improving infrastructure, and improving administration and governance.

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