NIPFP Recruitment 2023 Consultant vacancy online application form at nipfp.org.in - News

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) and the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, have a long-running research programme, under which NIPFP provides research support to DEA and assists in analysing policy alternatives on an ongoing basis. The research team at NIPFP works closely with the officers at DEA, and interacts with a wide range of stakeholders to understand the issues and conduct policy-relevant research. NIPFP is looking to hire Consultants to work for the NIPFP-DEA research program in macro-finance and policy work. The position is on an annually renewable annual contract subject to performance and fund availability.

1. Post Title: Consultant - Research Fellow for the DEA-NIPFP Research Program

2. No. of Post: 02

3. Requirements: Master’s degree in Economics. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English 2 – 3 years of relevant professional experience: Undertaken research on contemporary economic issues o Undertaken research on financial markets Hands-on experience of working with statistical software such as R would be desirable.

3. Job description: The incumbent will be required to conduct policy research and provide required support to the team on policy analysis and economic thematic work. The indicative areas of enquiry will include but not be limited to the following thematic areas:
a. Research support for developing outputs for Sovereign Credit Rating Meetings;
b. Research support in the realm of financial stability including the working of various segments of financial markets;
c. Research support on fiscal policy and public debt;
d. Performing such other duties as assigned from time to time.