Job Description

Reporting to: Jeemol Unni , Professor, and Sonal Yadav , Assistant Professor, Amrut Mody School of Management


Duration: Initially for 3 months, to be extended to 8 months based on the candidate's performance. The position is temporary and contractual.


Location of Work



• Research Associate- FLAME University, Pune
• Research Assistant- Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad



Title of Project: Digital Labour Platforms in India: Understanding Precarity and Empowerment


Sponsoring Agency: ICSSR Major Research Projects (2023-24)


Role Summary: Carrying out all project-related activities, review of literature, analysis of secondary data, collecting and analysing primary data, report writing.


About us: Ahmedabad University is a private, non-profit University that offers students a liberal education with a focus on research-driven and project-based learning.


Responsibilities: Maintain project documentation, including expenditure statements, reports, and records; Travel, logistics, survey preparation, participating and supervising the fieldwork; Collaborate with the research team; Coordinate with local authorities to facilitate smooth data collection processes; Adhere to ethical guidelines and protocols for research involving human subjects; Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and standards during the course of field investigations.


Research Skills: Data collection and analysis, survey and interview skills, analysis of large secondary databases, report writing, presentation and communication skills. The candidates should have good familiarity with statistical software STATA and/or R programme. Familiarity with Python software would be appreciated.


Qualification for Research Associate: Postgraduate in a social science discipline, preferably Economics, with a minimum of 55% with NET/PhD/MPhil. Candidates with relevant skills and 2 years of research experience would be preferred.


Qualification for Research Assistant: Postgraduate in a social science discipline, preferably Economics, with a minimum of 55% with NET/PhD/MPhil.


How to apply: Interested applicants should send detailed CV with a covering letter, to the email: jeemol.unni@ahduni.edu.in and sonal.yadav@ahduni.edu.in with the subject line:



• 'Research Associate Application for ICSSR Research Project' on or before August 20, 2024.
• 'Research Assistant Application for ICSSR Research Project' on or before August 20, 2024.