Hi folks, At Takshashila <http://takshashila.org.in>, we are looking to hire an analyst with good data skills who will work on challenging policy problems and inform the debate with data analysis and visualisation. The analyst will primarily be working at the new Centre for Smart City Governance <http://takshashila.org.in/media-centre/takshashila-institution-launches-a-centre-for-smart-city-governance/> that has been started within Takshashila. The analyst will work on public and private datasets, draw out insights and visualise interesting results and communicate this with a diverse audience.
We are looking for someone with a strong quantitative background with 0-3 years work experience, who is also interested in public policy. Analysts who join us will get a chance to learn public policy <http://takshashila.org.in/the-takshashila-gcpp> from leading scholars and practitioners in the country, and will get a firm foundation to begin their careers in public affairs, research or political consulting. The analyst should have good language skills, coding ability, analytical thinking as well as knowledge of data analysis & visualisation tools. Knowledge of R, Python, d3js and MS Excel is desirable. The analyst should be a quick learner and will have an opportunity to learn public policy. We are agnostic to analyst's academic background. Anyone who is interested can send an email with their CV and work samples to Pavan Srinath pa...@takshashila.org.in. More about Takshashila: The Takshashila Institution is an independent networked think tank on India’s strategic affairs and a school of public policy, registered in Chennai and with offices in Bangalore. It has pioneered modern public policy education in India through its graduate programme targeted at working professionals in the media, politics, NGOs and the corporate sector. Takshashila conducts policy research in a number of policy domains, teaches public policy to a wide range of people, supports an active community of bloggers and has been publishing *Pragati—The Indian National Interest Review*, a monthly magazine on public affairs since April 2007. Regards, Pavan -- Pavan Srinath Head, Policy Research The Takshashila Institution @zeusisdead <http://twitter.com/zeusisdead> -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
