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Position: We are looking for a ‘RESEARCH SCHOLAR’ in the field of “Policy-relevant Maritime Facets of Energy” who would work full-time out of the NMF’s premises in New Delhi.

Primary Job Description:

• The research scholar selected will be required to undertake serious, long-term research-studies and analyses that would be relevant to Indian policy-making, in respect of:
• India’s energy-vulnerability and mitigating options relevant to the maritime domain including:
  • The socio-political stability and vulnerability of the ports from where India sources or could source its imports of energy, and, policy-relevant options that India needs to adopt so as to strengthen stability and mitigate vulnerability.
  • The vulnerability of the shipping used by India to transport its imports of energy from source-ports to destination ports within India, and, policy-relevant options that India could adopt to mitigate such vulnerability.
  • The stability and vulnerability of the sea areas through which pass the international shipping lanes (ISLs) that are used by India to transport its imports of energy from source-ports abroad to destination ports within India, and, policy-relevant options that India could adopt to mitigate such vulnerability.
  • The challenges faced by India in terms of the storage of its imported energy, and, policy-relevant options that could enable the country to overcome these challenges.
• The vulnerability-of and challenges-to India’s offshore energy-security assets, and, policy-relevant options that could enable the country to mitigate these vulnerabilities and overcome these challenges.
• Energy vulnerabilities and mitigating strategies — relevant to the maritime domain — in respect of other countries of the Indo-Pacific and the impact of these vulnerabilities and mitigating strategies upon India.
• The research scholar selected will be required to represent the NMF in India and, where appropriate, abroad as well. Accordingly, he or she must be intellectually and emotionally mature and be demonstrably capable of making high-quality presentations to augment and enhance the NMF’s interfaces with appropriate structures of the Government of India, academia, and other think-tanks.

Requirements/Qualifications:

We are seeking a long-term commitment and our hiring-criteria are strict.

Accordingly, please apply only if you meet the following qualifying criteria:

(a)      Are an Indian national (supporting documents would be a self-attested scanned copy of either an “AADHAAR Card” OR an in-date valid “Indian Passport”).

(b)      Have excellent skills in written and spoken English.

Please note that this is a ‘make-or-break’ criterion, so please be prepared to be intensively tested in this area.

(c)      Are interested-in and enthusiastic-about maritime issues.

(d)      Enjoy serious academic research.

(e)      Have a PhD degree in the physical-sciences, life-sciences, social-sciences, or humanities, from a recognised university in India or abroad

OR

Are a PhD student in the in the physical-sciences, life-sciences, social-sciences, or humanities, from a recognised university in India or abroad AND have already submitted your PhD thesis but are waiting to defend it.

OR

Have an MPhil degree in the physical-sciences, life-sciences, social-sciences, or humanities, from a recognised university in India or abroad, are not intending to try for a PhD degree AND have meaningful work-experience in a policy/ research/ academic environment.

(f)       Have demonstrable competence in ‘MS Office 2016’ (or later versions, including ‘Office 365’), particularly in ‘Word’ and ‘PowerPoint’.

(g)      Are willing to learn other computer programmes/suites.

(h)      Enjoy making presentations, meeting people, working in a team (as also leading one), and undertaking advocacy on maritime issues.

(i)       Are liberal-minded and open to fresh ideas, processes and procedures.

Compensation: Compensation will be by way of an all-told Professional Fee payable on a monthly basis and will be commensurate with prevailing standards in respect of think-tanks in the National Capital Region.  The lower end of the compensation-band is Rs 38,000/- per month, which would be adjusted upwards depending upon qualifications and experience.

Application Process:

Please complete the CV-form provided in the Appendix to this advertisement and send it, along with the documents indicated therein, by an email addressed to nmfjobs@gmail.com with ‘cc’ to maritimeindia@gmail.com, execdir.nmf@gmail.com, and directorgeneral.nmfindia@gmail.com).

SUMMARY OF ATTACHMENTS REQUIRED

(1)      The completed CV-Form at Appendix.

(2)      A scanned and self-attested copy of the document (AADHAAR Card or valid Indian Passport) that proves that you are an Indian national.

(3)      Scanned copies of your Graduation, Post-Graduation, MPhil, and PhD Degrees and the marksheets relevant thereto.

(4)      Scanned copies of ‘Experience Certificates’ relevant to each segment of your work-experience (if applicable).

(5)      A sample of your own (original) writing-skills, by way of an unedited and unpublished article of 800 to 1000 words, on any maritime facet of India’s energy security and mitigating options relevant thereto.