Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

POSITIONS VACANT

CALL FOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT (RA) FOR A BITS OPERA PROJECT

Date: 6th Oct, 2018

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for the post of Research Assistant to work on the following project sponsored by NALSAR, under the supervision of Dr. Lavanya Suresh, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.

Title of the project: Alternative ways of understanding ecological conservation practices to enable justice for all

Project Director/Supervisor: Dr. Lavanya Suresh (lavanya@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in)

Name of the post: Research Assistant (RA)

No. of posts: One (Temporary)

Duration: Time bound for a period of 4 months only

Fellowship amount: Rs. 20,000 per month (Consolidated)

Eligibility requirements

• M.A./ M.Phil. in Social Sciences
  
  

(Political Science/Sociology/Anthropology/DevelopmentStudies/Economics/Gender Studies/Human Rights/Social Work)

• M.A./ M.Phil. in Environment Studies/Geography
  
  
• Strong command over MS Word/Excel/SPSS is required
  
  
• The candidate has to have good command over Telugu and English (Spoken and written)
  
  
• Candidate must be willing to travel
  
  

Desirable

• Candidates with prior experience in the social sciences related field work, data collection and data analysis
  
  
• Lives in an around Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
  
  

How to apply

Interested candidates, with the above-mentioned qualifications, can send their complete bio data along with a duly filled application (format given below), to the Project Director's email ID which is lavanya@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in. The subject line for the email should be: Applying for the position of RA. The deadline for sending the application and bio data is 15th Oct, 2018.

Shortlisted candidates will receive emails for the selection interview. Please note that only qualified and suitable candidates will be called for interview to be held at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Note

1. Candidates must show all the original certificates while they attend the interview in person

at the Dept. of HSS, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

2. No TA/DA will be given for attending the interview.

3. If performance of the RA is not found satisfactory during the service, position can be

terminated with one month of prior notice.

4. The RA may resign through a 3 months advance notice at any point of their contract.

Project Director

Dr. Lavanya Suresh,

Assistant Professor,

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal, Medchal District - 500078, Telangana, India

Email: lavanya@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

Tel.: 040-66303562

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FORMAT FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (ON

CONTRACTUAL BASIS): Send these details in a soft copy along with your bio data (no longer than 3 pages) to lavanya@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in on or before 15th Oct, 2018.

1. 1. Name
   
   
2. 2. Date of Birth
   
   
3. 3. Age as on 1st Oct, 2018
   
   
4. 4. Gender
   
   
5. 5. Contact details including complete postal address, email and mobile number
   
   
6. 6. Highest educational qualification with year of passing out, percentage of Marks / Grade and name of College/university in tabular format
   
   
7. 7. Prior education qualifications with year of passing out, percentage of Marks / Grade and name of College/university in tabular format
   
   
8. 8. Details of JRF/NET/SLET qualification
   
   
9. 9. Research experience details (include publication details)
   
   
10. 10. Language proficiency details
    
    
11. 11. Data collection and analysis skills (specifically SPSS/STATA/R)
    
    
12. 12. Contact details with email ID and phone numbers of two referees who worked closely with you