Centre of Excellence for Khadi (CoEK)

Set up by KVIC - Ministry of MSME, in association with NIFT

The Centre of Excellence for Khadi has been set up by the Ministry of MSME to address the needs of the Khadi & Village Industries
(KVIC) in India. The objective is to help Khadi Institutions (KIs) to effectively design, produce and market high quality differentiated
khadi products in the Indian and global market. CoEK is a centre for experimentation to innovate and design khadi fabrics for apparel,
accessories and home fashions. The CoEK is set up at 5 NIFT campuses as a Hub & Spoke Model.

Hub & Spoke Location

Main Hub - Delhi NIFT New Delhi Campus

Gandhinagar NIFT Gandhinagar Campus

Kolkata NIFT Kolkata Campus

Shillong NIFT Shillong Campus

Bengaluru NIFT Bengaluru Campus

CoEK invites applications to hire creative, experienced, dynamic and self-motivated professionals who have the spark and zeal to inject
a new lease of life into the natural, homegrown Khadi, for the positions vacant in Delhi and Bengaluru.

Application proforma,CV and supporting documents to be sent on or before 22nd January 2023 at recruitment.khadi@nift.ac.in

Details of vacant positions, location, qualifications, experience and salary are mentioned in the following table:

S.No. Designation Position & Experience Quali cation Skills Required Job Description Monthly
Location Salary
Range

1 Head – 1 (New Delhi) The candidate should have
Marketing an experience in handling
and Branding fashion marketing and
communication with a
reputed organization. He/
She should have handled
institutional marketing for
textiles/ apparel.
At least 12-15 years of
experience with a fashion
retailer/ fashion brands post-
professional qualification
from a reputed Indian/
International management
institute.
Postgraduate in In-depth We are looking for an Rs. 1.8
Fashion understanding of energetic and creative lakhs
Marketing and branding, professional who is
Management or positioning, handling aggressive in marketing,
related of different kinds of strategizing and
disciplines from a media and its positioning a brand.
reputed Indian/ application, and
International good knowledge of To manage the project
institute. social and digital outcomes in the media
media. and build brand
awareness, online and
Strong analytical offline.
skills and
understanding of To collaborate with all
business the stakeholders for
development effective marketing and
B2B possibilities.
Good articulation
and communication Travel to the Khadi
skills with a knack Institutions/ trade
for story telling/ fairs exhibitions etc.
narrative building. to understand the
specific market and
collaborate with the
design team in
order to build a new
narrative.

2 Associate 1 (Bengaluru) The candidate should be Undergraduate/ Strong design We are looking for a 60,000/-
Designer experienced in fashion/ Postgraduate in aesthetic with a young, enthusiastic and
textile designer who Fashion/Textile creative flair and a creative person.
understands the business of Design or related sense of style.
fashion and has knowledge disciplines from a To assist the Centre
of Khadi and handloom reputed Indian/ Proficient in Adobe Head with research, and
textiles/ apparel. International creative suite / any design related
institute. Canva assignments.
At least 4-6 years of relevant
experience with a reputed Knowledge of Good articulation Travel to KIs for
retailer/ exporter/designer/ South Indian and communication supervision of
craft sector post- language will be skills. prototypes.
professional qualification preferred.
from a reputed Indian/
International institute.

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 S.No Designation Position & Experience
. Location
Candidates who have
worked with handloom
weavers in the clusters or
with related organisations
would be preferred.
3 Manager - 1 The candidate should have
Marketing (New Delhi) an experience in handling
marketing, operations and
business, and liaising in the
craft sector. He/She should
have an understanding of
branding, positioning and
should be able to network
with Khadi Institutions and
prospective institutional/
corporate buyers.
At least 4-6 years of
experience with a designer/
NGO/ Craft related brand,
post-professional
qualification from a reputed
Indian/ International
management institute.
4 Assistant 1 The candidate should have
Manager - (New Delhi) the experience in
MIS Management Information
Systems (MIS).
Atleast 3-5 years of
experience at a reputed
organization/s.
5 Assistant 1 The candidate should have
Manager - (New Delhi) 3-5 years of experience in
Administrati office management at a
on reputed organization/s.
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Quali cation Skills Required Job Description Monthly
Salary
Range
Assist in analysis of
forecast, research for
quality standards and
material for the
Knowledge Portal on
Khadi.
Assist in value addition
of existing Khadi fabric
for apparel, home and
accessories.
To multitask and assist
in all activities at CoEK
Postgraduate in In-depth We are looking for an 60,000/-
Marketing/Social understanding of energetic and creative
Development or institutional person with diverse
related marketing for
experience of
disciplines from textiles/apparel.
a reputed marketing, operations
Indian/ Strong analytical and brand positioning.
International and business
institute/ development skills. To assist Head-
university. Marketing and
Proficient in Adobe Communication in
creative suite / managing the brand.
Canva
To assist in effective
Good articulation marketing and B2B
and communication possibilities.
skills.
Coordinate with the
teams in hub and
spokes to collate the
inputs, develop and
manage the content for
the online Knowledge
portal on Khadi.
To multitask and assist
in all activities at CoEK
Undergraduate/ In-depth We are looking for an 45,000/-
Postgraduate in understanding of energetic person with
Statistics/ data models and an
Computer reporting packages. analytical mind and
Science/ inclination for problem
Economics/ Good knowledge of solving and attention to
Mathematics related software. detail.
from a reputed
institute/ Ability to analyse To assist in data
university. datasets and write collection and
comprehensive interpretation in order
reports to analyse results.
Strong verbal and To identify patterns and
written trends in data sets.
communication
skills. Work with teams at the
hub and spokes to
gather, analyse and
predict trends for
presentations.
To multitask and assist
in all activities at CoEK
Undergraduate/ Good knowledge of We are looking for an Rs.45,000/-
Postgraduate in MS Office and energetic and optimistic
Commerce, related software. person who has a head
Economics or for analysis,
related Good articulation multitasking and
disciplines from and communication problem solving.
a reputed skills.
institute/ To manage the day-to-
university. day work of the office
of CoEK.