Job - I45 - Interns @ The Centre for Social & Economic Progress (CSEP) (Last Date - NA)

       

Interns @ The Centre for Social & Economic Progress (CSEP)

Interns

Organization: The Centre for Social & Economic Progress (CSEP)
Location: NA
Industry: Governance, Public Policy 
Type: Internship - 3 Months 
Salary: NA
Description: 
The Centre for Social & Economic Progress (CSEP) is hiring interns for the Winter session (December 2020 – March 2021) with the Growth, Finance and Development vertical for its National Economic Growth research programme.

About the National Economic Growth Research: The research would take a multi-disciplinary approach to understand various aspects of national and state economic growth. We aim to contribute insightful research, build evidence, and provide reasons for why some states are growing faster than the others, which states and sectors are responsible for national economic growth, and other related issues that are relevant for policy makers to truly enhance the economic growth of the country.

Responsibilities: 
  • Assist the Principal Investigators in proactively identifying topics for inquiry within a research project.
  • Support policy development by researching various policy areas and identifying potential policy proposals.
  • Help organize and facilitate events to provide authors early feedback on their discussion papers and reach out to various stake-holders.
  • Independently analyse data in Excel, STATA, Python and/or R and present findings accurately and accessibly in graphs and writing.
  • Take a lead role in drafting summaries of economic discussion papers for release as policy briefs.
  • Help write and edit other products including economic analyses and blog posts.
Educational requirements:
  • Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Mathematics/Statistics, Public Policy, or other Social Sciences with a minor in Economics required 
Experience requirements:
  • NA
Desired Skills:
  • Strong knowledge of and passion for public policy in India.
  • The candidate must be comfortable with research and quantitative data analysis including econometrics.

Application Instructions: 

  • We require that you submit a cover letter, a writing sample (wherein you are the sole author) and resume. Please mention "National Economic Growth" in the subject line of your email and send your resume at hr@csep.org
  • Reference Notification 
  • Notification 
Disclaimer: 
  • Candidates with Requisite Experience Only apply that too with relevant cover letter. 
  • The openings provided here is meant for information purposes only. Please cross-verify the details before applying. 

Date Posted: 2020-12-16