Recruitment Notification No.: 04/2025 Advertisement for “Research Associate”
Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) invites applications for the recruitment of a Research Associate (RA) purely on a temporary basis for a data-driven project. The RA will work with Prof. Sayantan Banerjee, Associate Professor in the Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques area.
Qualifications required
The ideal candidate will preferably have a Master’s degree in Statistics/Data Science or relevant disciplines, along with strong programming skills in R or Python and a solid foundation in data science, statistics, or machine learning. The candidate should be comfortable working with real-world datasets, building and evaluating statistical or ML models, and producing clean, reproducible code. Experience with libraries such as tidyverse, pandas, or scikit-learn is a plus.
As an RA, the selected candidate will be involved in all stages of the research process—from data cleaning and exploratory analysis to model development, visualization, and documentation. RA will collaborate closely with the research team to refine methodologies and contribute meaningfully to the project’s progress.
Nature of appointment
The selected candidate will be on a fixed-term contract with IIM Indore. The appointment will be for a period of four months. Work can be done remotely or in person, based on mutual agreement. Candidates should have an overall good academic record and good oral and written communication skills in English. A competitive stipend will be offered to the selected candidate.
No. of positions: 1 (One)
Interested candidates may send their application in the prescribed application format along with their latest CV, a brief statement of interest, and a sample of their code or GitHub profile to email: sayantanb@iimidr.ac.in.
Please mention Application for Research Associate position in the subject line of your email.
The last date for submitting applications is May 31, 2025.