ICSSR Sponsored Financial Literacy & Wellbeing Research Assistantship

About Internship

Assistant Professor, Department of Finance,Commerce,Financial Management, from Nirma University, collaborating with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), is accepting interns interested in the field of Social Science, Finance, Economics, Commerce, in the research area of Financial Literacy, Well-being and Investment Decisions.

Applications are invited for the fulltime- position of Research Assistant for 'Finfluencers, Financial Literacy, Financial Well-being and Investment Decisions: A Study of Investors in India' Research Project, sponsored by the prestigious Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. The following are desired from the selected candidates: Read and analyse academic articles. 1. Excellent command over written and oral communication skills. 2. Experience in conducting primary surveys and interviews. 3. Knowledge of basic quantitative data analysis and tools (e.g., SPSS, R, Excel, Stata, Smart-PLS). 4. Knowledge of qualitative data analysis using any tool. 5. Should have strong motivation and commitment towards research, and potential Ph.D interest is a plus. The selected candidate shall be involved in the following: 1. Reading and analysing academic articles. 2. Conducting primary surveys and interviews. This position is idea for candidates from social sciences including sociology, political science, human development, etc, and candidates from economics and finance backgrounds.