Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

POSITIONS VACANT

Applications are invited from qualified Indian nationals for the following post under the ICSSR Impress
research project at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.

Project title: “An Empirical Study on Accountability and Learning Outcomes in Public School
Systems in Rajasthan”

Project Director:
Dr Tanu Shukla: tanushukla8@gmail.com, tanus@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in,
Co- Project Director: Dr Virendra Singh Nirban : vsnirbanbits@gmail.com, nirban@pilani.bits-
pilani.ac.in,

Name of the post: Research Assistant

No. of posts: One (1)
Fellowship: 20,000 per month

Essential Qualifications:
M.A./ M.Phil. in Social Sciences (Psychology/Education/Sociology/Economics)
Candidates who have qualified JRF/NET are encouraged to apply. Strong
command over statistics/ MS Word/Excel/SPSS is required.

Desirable:
Candidates with prior experience in the social sciences related field work, data collection and data
analysis; those who have engaged in report writing/publications in peer reviewed journals; having
good command over English, Hindi (speaking and writing) will be preferred.

How to apply:
Interested candidates should send the bio data to the Project Director's email ID. The deadline for
receiving the application and details is 30th May, 2019. Shortlisted candidates will receive emails for
the selection interview.
Selected Candidate is required to join with immediate effect.
Note:
1. Candidates must show all the original certificates while they attend the interview in person at the
Dept. of HSS, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
2. No TA/DA will be given for attending the interview.
3.If performance of the RA is not found satisfactory during the project work, position can be
terminated with one month of prior notice. The RA may resign through a 3 months advance notice at
any point of their contract. The selected candidate will be allowed to register for PhD programme
under the Principal Investigator as their Supervisor, as per the norms of BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus,
subject to the fulfilment of other essential criteria as per the rule.

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus Tel: (M) +919214972042; 9829152254

Vidya Vihar, Pilani 333 031 O)+91 1596 515265
Rajasthan, India Fax: +91 1596 244183
Web: www.bits-pilani.ac.in Email: tanus@bits-pilani.ac.in
Email: tanus@bits-pilani.ac.in