Faculty Recruitment 2023 notification announced by Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, West Bengal – Research Associate Jobs. Eligible candidates may apply.
Date Posted: 9th June 2023
Hiring Organization: Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
Organization Profile: Welcome to Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), a unique P. C. Mahalanobis institution devoted to the research, teaching and application of statistics, natural sciences and social sciences. Founded by Professor P.C. Mahalanobis in Kolkata on 17th December 1931, the institute gained the status of an Institution of National Importance by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1959.
Job Position: Research Associate
Title of the Project: Social Sciences Division
Qualification: Ph.D. in relevant discipline as mentioned below. The applicants with at least 01 (one) publication in a Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journal. Candidates awating the Ph.D. degree on submission of the thesis may also apply. Preference will be given to such candidates associated with organizations other than IS1 during the last 2-3 years.
Area of interest:
- Development Studies:
One position offered at the Economic Analysis Unit, Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore, Ph.D. in Economics/ Development Studies. Trust Areas: Rural economics, inequality, credit and labour markets. - Economics/ Econometrics:
One position offered at the Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Ph.D. in any area of Social Sciences. Thrust Area: Macro-econometrics and empirical environmental economics will be given preference. Applicants should be conversant with standard statistical software and have a fair knowledge of quantitative techniques. - Linguistics:
One position offered at the Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Ph.D. in Corpus Linguistics/ Computational Linguistics/ Digital Humanities/ Language Documentation and Digitization. Applicants should be well-versed in standard statistical software and have a fair knowledge of quantitative techniques. - Sociology/ Anthropology:
One position offered at the Sociological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Giridih. Ph.D. in Sociology/ Anthropology with a specialization in social/ cultural anthropology. Candidates in conversant with MS Excel/ SPSS/ R software having some experience in working on any research project (field work based or otherwise) will be preferred.
Pay: Consolidated monthly emoluments of Rs.47,000/- (Rupees forty seven thousand only), Rs.49,000/- (Rupees forty nine thousand only) and Rs.54,000/- (Rupees fifty four thousand only) plus HRA as per rules of the Institute per month depending on the qualification and experience in the three categories respectively.
Tenure: The tenure of appointment will be upto 31 March 2024 from the date of his/her joining the Institute which may be extended later/ terminated earlier, depending on availability of funds and performance of the candidate. The term of research associateship can be upto a maximum of two years
Job Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Age: Upper age limit shall be 35 years as on 01 June 2023 with usual relaxation for SC/ST/OBC/differently abled candidates. Age relaxation may also be given to outstanding candidates or candidates with relevant experience.
Apply Mode: Eligible and interested candidates should apply by sending the application to [email protected] with the subject header “Application for RA, SSD“. The application should include a cover letter addressed to the Professor-in-Charge, Social Sciences Division of the Institute, and a Curriculum Vitae which is required to include (a) Name (In block letters), (b) Permanent/Present Address, (c) E-mail Address, (d) Telephone/Mobile No., (e) Parent’s/Spouse’s Name, (f) Date of birth, (g) Academic Qualifications (with percentage of marks obtained in each examination starting from 10th class), (h) Experience (if any), (i) Aadhar Card/ Voter Card/ Pan Card, (j) SC/ST/OBC/Differently abled status, (k) Date of submission of Ph.D. thesis/ Date of receipt of the Ph.D. degree, (I) List of publications and preprints, (m) a research and teaching statement including a summary of work done along with self-attested soft copies of all documents/ testimonials latest by 23 June 2023. Candidates should clear specify their area of interest and Unit they are applying for from the given list above. Candidates should mention the names of two referees (including one from Ph.D. supervisor) who will be sending reference letter(s) directly to Email by 30 June 2023
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Address:
Indian Statistical Institute,
203 B.T Road,
Kolkata- 700108,
West Bengal.
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