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Researchers in technology policy

The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) is looking to hire researchers interested in the technology policy field, on a full-time basis. In the Technology Policy group at NIPFP, we aspire to understand cutting edge issues in the field, develop novel ideas and insights, and contribute to the policy process. While our aspirations extend to a broad array of issues in the overall landscape of technology policy, at present, our work is primarily in telecom policy, privacy, open data, open APIs, open source, RegTech, distributed ledger and crypto-currencies, and competition policy.

Some examples of our work in this field include:

1. Smriti Parsheera, A gendered perspective on artificial intelligence, November, 2018.

2. Rishab Bailey, Vrinda Bhandari, Smriti Parsheera and Faiza Rahman, Response to the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018, October, 2018.
3. Rishab Bailey and Smriti Parsheera, Data localisation in India: Questioning the means and ends, October, 2018.
4. Rishab Bailey, Smriti Parsheera, Faiza Rahman and Renuka Sane, Disclosures in privacy policies: Does notice and consent work?, October, 2018.
5. Smriti Parsheera, Challenges of Competition and Regulation in the Telecom Sector, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 53, Issue 38, 22 September 2018.
6. Rishab Bailey, Vrinda Bhandari, Smriti Parsheera and Faiza Rahman, Use of personal data by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, August, 2018
7. Smriti Parsheera, Net Neutrality in India: Sighting the Finish Line, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 53, Issue 25, 23 June 2018.
8. Suyash Rai, Dhiraj Muttreja, Sudipto Banerjee and Mayank Mishra, The Economics of Releasing the V-band and E-band Spectrum in India, April 2018.
9. Devendra Damle and Shubho Ray, Estimating the impact of the draft drone regulations , March 2018.
10. Smriti Parsheera, CCI's order against Google: infant steps or a coming-of-age moment?, LEAP blog, February 22, 2018.
11. Submissions to the Justice Srikrishna Committee's White Paper on Data Protection, January, 2018.

NIPFP is an exciting workplace where you will be surrounded by interesting people.

The remuneration will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and will be comparable with what is found in other research institutions.

Requirements:

• You must have a Masters degree, two years of work experience, and very strong written and spoken English.
• You must have a background in science/engineering/technology, public economics or public policy.
• Keen and demonstrated knowledge in areas relating to the frontiers of science and technology is a must.

Interested candidates may send in their CV to: lepg-recruitment@nipfp.org.in