National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)Hiring for Associate Fellow/Fellow at New Delhi, Delhi Full Time

We seek a researcher who will participate in all stages of research including conception, design of policy analysis, building database, development of relevant analytical and conceptual models, writing research reports, and policy papers, and dissemination. The candidate is expected to carry out tasks as assigned by the team leaders or his designates and should have the ability to work flexibly with study teams and multiple stakeholders, and the ability to keep up with the project schedules and deliverables.

NCAER, the National Council of Applied Economic Research, is India’s oldest and largest national, non-profit, independent economic research institute. NCAER undertakes grant-funded research and commissioned studies for Central and State governments and industry. Only nine years younger than the nation, NCAER has over its 65 years contributed much to the country through its high-quality, relevant economic research that has policy impact. Its research covers almost the entire horizon of policy-focused applied research in economics, from macroeconomics to poverty and consumer behaviour. The availability of research and field data collection opportunities in multiple areas under one roof is distinctive at NCAER, and makes for more insightful and robust research that is not limited to one or more silos and is often economy-wide.

Over the last few decades, NCAER has developed capacity to build, operate and execute multi-sector computable general equilibrium models for India in a global context for policy analysis in the realm of agriculture, trade, industry, environment, and climate change. This capacity has been and will remain an important resource for analyzing many policy choices relating to allocation of scarce resources across sectors in a number of alternative policy scenarios.

We are looking for young researchers interested in working in this area at NCAER.

Qualifications, demonstrated experience and skills

The ideal candidate should have

high grades in undergraduate and graduate degree courses.

a doctoral degree or a Ph.D. in economics or related field and, or a minimum of 3 years of proven research experience in economics;

a solid experience in quantitative methods/tools for economic impact assessments; preference will be for experience in setting up and solving empirical CGE models;

a good knowledge of statistical packages (e.g. R, STATA) and other programming languages used by economic modelers (e.g. GAMS, GEMPACK); and

a proven technical and publication record.

Compensation

A salary that is fully competitive and commensurate with the experience of the right candidate.

Appointment term

The renewable appointment is for a period of three years. Interested applicants should send a detailed CV, with a covering letter highlighting their areas of primary interest and past work, three references, copies/links to published/working papers or policy documents to hr@ncaer.org latest by October 31, 2021 with the subject line “Associate Fellow/Fellow”.

Human Resources

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