Jobs at IIMU

Why a career in academia?

• Follow your interests and work on what you love
• Contribute to a better, learned world
• Collaborate with bright minds with similar interests
• Own and control your time – be your own boss!
• Make a large impact on the future generations and interact with young minds
• Be on a path of continued intellectual growth

A career in academia is one of the most satisfying and fulfilling paths you can aspire to. But how do you get there? A Ph.D. from a leading business school or university opens the door to academia. And therefore, the most important question is how do I get into a top tier Ph.D. program.

Glad you asked! Welcome to the RA program in the Marketing Area at IIM Udaipur, where our RAs have received Ph.D. offers from Kellogg, Maryland, Georgia, UT Austin, Texas A&M, Ivey, Pittsburgh, LSE, Georgia Tech, among others. The RA program at IIM Udaipur offers you a fostering environment that propels you towards an excellent journey in academia.

Why work as a Research Assistant?

• Get a first-hand research experience before embarking on the PhD journey
• Earn letters of recommendation which make a real difference
• Explore your interests – get a better understanding of the space you want you be in
• Develop skill sets to enrich and fast track your journey in academia
• Network with faculty members and fellow RAs
• Interact with seasoned academicians to understand intricacies of the field like
  • The process of publishing your work, and what really matters
  • Landscape of your areas of interest
  • Career prospects

Why work as a Research Assistant at IIM Udaipur?

In addition, as part of the IIMU RA community, you will:

• Work dedicatedly with a few faculty members (brings focus and builds relationships)
• Have access to comprehensive databases and learning tools (enables a productive stint)
• Have an option to take Ph.D. courses being offered by IIMU Ph.D. program (builds the knowledge)
• Get an opportunity to attend a funded domestic conference each year (helps in networking and strengthening the CV)
• Attend seminars by external as well as internal faculty members (widens perspective and helps build connections)
• Get to interact with renowned faculty members from Indian as well as international B schools (provides an opportunity to gather thoughts on interest areas and fresh ideas)
• Get individualized guidance on building profile and developing individual ideas towards research papers (strengthens the Ph.D. applications)

Responsibilities:

This is a research position in an academic setting. You will assist with:

• Data collection, data preparation, and data analysis - primarily working on secondary data but can extend to experiments as well. The faculty will help you train on methods necessary to do your job.
• Literature search, summary, presentation, and writing
• Writing research proposal and conducting research
• Other research related work

Skills and Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative disciplines (such as Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or Mathematics) from any of the top-tier colleges in the country is preferred. Highly motivated candidates with an undergrad from other disciplines can also apply if they have a quantitative aptitude.

• An open mind to learning new concepts, creativity and hard work
• Good English writing skills
• Good understanding of Economics/ Psychology/ Statistics is a plus.
• Statistical programming skills/ coding skills in Stata, R, SPSS, SAS, Python, MySQL, C++, Qualtrics (any/ many)
• MBA from a top institute is a plus
• The candidate must have high standards in terms of quality of work, attention to detail, ability to multi-task and absolute commitment to task completion.

Location: Udaipur

The position is contractual for 12 months and will be renewed for a further period of 12 months, enabling the candidate to build up their profile for PhD applications. Candidates are expected to move on into a PhD at the end of two years.

Interested candidates can apply online. The position will remain open and will accept applications till a suitable candidate is found.

• Please upload latest CV.
• Please also upload a statement of purpose not exceeding 1 page in length on your motivation for taking up the RA position. Please cover the following points in your statement of purpose-
  • Why are you motivated to take up the RA role?
  • What your career plans are?
  • How the RA role fit into your career plans?
  • Why you think you will be a good RA?

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