Research Fellow Jobs Opening in OnionDev Technologies Pvt Ltd at Greater Kailash (GK), Delhi
Job Description
Opening for Research Fellow in Public Health Data Analytics
Introduction
With growing inequality, climate change, public health crises, agricultural distress, and other social and economic problems, there is an increasing need to explore the use of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD). The area of ICTD has seen many innovations in the last two decades, especially driven by the increasing digitalization in the world, and dozens of social enterprises now specialize in health-tech, agri-tech, climate-tech, etc. and impact millions of lives.
The Appropriate Computing Technologies for Development (ACT4D) research group at IIT Delhi has been a pioneer in this area. We have built, deployed, and scaled ICTs for content distribution in rural areas, voice-based interfaces for less-literate people, analysis of socio-economic data for evidence based policy design, digitization of paper forms, and analytics on public health data for actionable insights, among other areas. Our work has been adopted extensively by social enterprises and development sector organizations, and has influenced the use of ICTs in the government. Our work has been supported by Google, Intel, the Ford Foundation, DST, MEITY, GIZ, and Grand Challenges India. Our graduates have gone on to continue their research at prominent labs such as Microsoft Research, SOAS, Kings College London, Georgia Tech, University of Texas at Austin, and in the academia.
Gram Vaani (), an award winning social enterprise, was originally incubated at ACT4D, and has now grown to a team of 70+ professionals. We work across 15 states in India and several African countries. Over a million users engaged with our platforms during the COVID-19 lockdown. We have built technologies that power community radio stations, deliver health and nutrition advice to millions of women Self Help Group members, build solidarity among labour union members and social movement activists, and hold local governments accountable to provide quality social protection to vulnerable families.
The combined team at ACT4D and Gram Vaani brings together diverse skillsets with full-stack developers, AI/ML wizards, development communications and journalism experts, community organizers and mobilizers, creative content authors and recording artists, and business development and programme management teams.
If you are looking for a place where you can put your technology and analytical skills to increase humanism in society then this is the place for you – you will not only bring impact to millions of people; you will also learn how to build and talk about the use and impact of bottom-up tools used meaningfully in ways that can genuinely make the world a better place.
The current position of a research fellow is highly recommended for recent undergraduates who want to go for further studies and want to gain research experience doing strong applied work that can lead to direct impact in the lives of the poor. Research fellows from our group have gone on to their Masters and PhD in top US and UK universities.
Job description
The Research Fellow will work in sync with senior PhD students at the ACT4D lab under the supervision of Prof. Sumeet Agarwal and Prof. Aaditeshwar Seth, and closely with the field implementation partners including Gram Vaani and several prominent social sector organizations. The Research Fellow has to be a diligent researcher with an ability to quickly learn new technologies and application domains. Activities will involve the following:
• Development of statistical and machine learning models for the inference of local vaccine coverage and confidence across India, using large data sets such as NFHS
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Introduction
With growing inequality, climate change, public health crises, agricultural distress, and other social and economic problems, there is an increasing need to explore the use of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD). The area of ICTD has seen many innovations in the last two decades, especially driven by the increasing digitalization in the world, and dozens of social enterprises now specialize in health-tech, agri-tech, climate-tech, etc. and impact millions of lives.
The Appropriate Computing Technologies for Development (ACT4D) research group at IIT Delhi has been a pioneer in this area. We have built, deployed, and scaled ICTs for content distribution in rural areas, voice-based interfaces for less-literate people, analysis of socio-economic data for evidence based policy design, digitization of paper forms, and analytics on public health data for actionable insights, among other areas. Our work has been adopted extensively by social enterprises and development sector organizations, and has influenced the use of ICTs in the government. Our work has been supported by Google, Intel, the Ford Foundation, DST, MEITY, GIZ, and Grand Challenges India. Our graduates have gone on to continue their research at prominent labs such as Microsoft Research, SOAS, Kings College London, Georgia Tech, University of Texas at Austin, and in the academia.
Gram Vaani (), an award winning social enterprise, was originally incubated at ACT4D, and has now grown to a team of 70+ professionals. We work across 15 states in India and several African countries. Over a million users engaged with our platforms during the COVID-19 lockdown. We have built technologies that power community radio stations, deliver health and nutrition advice to millions of women Self Help Group members, build solidarity among labour union members and social movement activists, and hold local governments accountable to provide quality social protection to vulnerable families.
The combined team at ACT4D and Gram Vaani brings together diverse skillsets with full-stack developers, AI/ML wizards, development communications and journalism experts, community organizers and mobilizers, creative content authors and recording artists, and business development and programme management teams.
If you are looking for a place where you can put your technology and analytical skills to increase humanism in society then this is the place for you – you will not only bring impact to millions of people; you will also learn how to build and talk about the use and impact of bottom-up tools used meaningfully in ways that can genuinely make the world a better place.
The current position of a research fellow is highly recommended for recent undergraduates who want to go for further studies and want to gain research experience doing strong applied work that can lead to direct impact in the lives of the poor. Research fellows from our group have gone on to their Masters and PhD in top US and UK universities.
Job description
The Research Fellow will work in sync with senior PhD students at the ACT4D lab under the supervision of Prof. Sumeet Agarwal and Prof. Aaditeshwar Seth, and closely with the field implementation partners including Gram Vaani and several prominent social sector organizations. The Research Fellow has to be a diligent researcher with an ability to quickly learn new technologies and application domains. Activities will involve the following:
• Development of statistical and machine learning models for the inference of local vaccine coverage and confidence across India, using large data sets such as NFHS
• Geo-spatial analytics including the development of indicators for climate vulnerability, water stress
for cropping, and access to health and education facilities• Data fusion for small area estimation of health indicators through the pre-processing and integration
of data from multiple sources
• Development of a web portal/dashboard to disseminate and communicate the results, generation
of appropriate visualizations, maps, and summaries of the results
• Participation in paper-writing
• Participation in paper-writing
• Field travel to interact and engage with the communities we work with, and build empathy and a
strong understanding of user needs.
Experience and Qualifications
• BTech / MTech in Computer Science
Experience and Qualifications
• BTech / MTech in Computer Science
• At least a one year prior job experience will be a plus
• Strong background in machine learning: Supervised and unsupervised classification methods, deep
learning-based computer vision techniques
• Strong data analytics skills: Statistics, visualizations, dimension reduction methods
• Programming in Python, C/C++, Java. Shell scripting for automation
• Background in working with satellite data is a plus
• Background with GIS system is a plus
• Background with web development is a plus
Write to us
The position is based out of New Delhi. Please send your CV and application letter
Write to us
The position is based out of New Delhi. Please send your CV and application letter
More information about this Research Fellow Job
Please go through the below FAQs to get all answers related to the given Research Fellow job
- What are the job requirements to apply for this Research Fellow job position?
- Ans: A candidate must have a minimum of fresher as an Research Fellow
- What is the qualification for this job?
- Ans: The candidate can be a Graduate from any of the following: BE/B.Tech, ME/M.Tech
- What is the hiring Process of this job?
- Ans: The hiring process all depends on the company. Normally for an entry level, hiring the candidate has to go for Aptitude, GD (If they look for communication),Technical test and face to face interviews.
- This Research Fellow is a work from home job?
- Ans: No ,its not a Work from Home Job.
- How many job vacancies are opening for the Research Fellow position?
- Ans: There are immediate 1 job openings for Research Fellow in our Organisation.
Job Particulars
Role research jrf srf
Who can apply Freshers
Hiring Process Face to Face Interview, Telephonic Interview
Employment TypeFull Time
Job Id1652672
Job Category Others
Locality Address Greater Kailash (GK)
State Delhi
Country India
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