Indian Institute of Management Udaipur Hiring for Quant Marketing Research Assistant at IIM Udaipur at Udaipur, Rajasthan Full Time

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, Connecticut, 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?

We will contact you within 2 weeks of your submission of application in case we decide to interview you. In case you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of your submission of application, you have not been shortlisted for this position.