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The Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) is an initiative of S M Sehgal Foundation, a leading nonprofit organization working towards furthering rural development in India. It envisions rural people across India motivated and empowered to make their lives more secure and prosperous. IRRAD designs, tests and replicates scalable community-based models for rural development in the areas of water management, agriculture, sanitation, governance and education. It also builds capacities of communities and community-based institutions to enable them to undertake their own development.

Description:
IRRAD invites applications from doctoral/post-doctoral candidates from Indian higher educational institutions for its research fellowships to work on rural development projects in the backward districts of India, including Mewat. The fellowship projects will largely focus on analysing poverty and livelihood dynamics of the poor and sustainability of IRRAD’s development interventions.

Topics:
Interested candidates must submit a research proposal on any of the following research themes:

1. Water management
2. Governance in rural areas
3. Gender and Panchayati Raj Institutions

Duration:
The duration of the fellowship is 6 months and can be held for a single continuous period between April 2012 and March 2013.

The applicant can be a full time researcher or a PhD student.  The fellowship shall be based at IRRAD’s premises in Gurgaon and includes a total grant of Rs. 1,80,000/- (Rs. 30,000 per month). If the study includes data collection in Mewat region, additional facilities such as residential accommodation, local transportation and field staff support may be provided to the selected candidate at our community center. The candidate must submit the final study report by the end of the grant period and the final research paper published (or considered for publication) in a peer-reviewed journal.

To apply, submit a research proposal (explaining the need, literature review, objective, methodology and scope of the study) along with the curriculum vitae focusing on prior research work experience and/or research publications and two references to the below mentioned email address.

Last date to apply: February 15, 2012

Contact details:
Plot No.34,
Sector 44,
Institutional Area
Gurgaon, Haryana - 122002
Phone:+91-124-4744100/+91-124-4744165
Email: research@irrad.org
Website www.irrad.org