Research Project Fellow

Research Project Fellow

Candidates with Master’s Degree from reputed Institutions with interest in the field of research and development and those having an intention to pursue Ph.D. in Statistics with fellowship may apply for the position. Minimum 3 to 4 year’s experience required in industry and academics.

Applications are invited from the meritorious students having Master’s qualification in Statistics or related fields for the position of Research Project Fellow (RPF) at Nilkaml School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics(NSOMASA), Mumbai. The job description involves administrative and academic support to students pursuing faculty supervised courses of two credits each during three semesters, namely, data driven analytics/treatise research projects both at UG and PG level and one semester of 9 credits PG internship programme either at an Industry or the School. The RPF will be responsible for initiating students to the culture of research, starting with identification of research problems, monitoring and tracking progress, preparing presentation schedule, and such other related duties assigned by respective program chairpersons. The RPF will contribute to the overall management of the research projects, maintenance and closure of activities including submission, evaluation and compiling compendium of project reports. 

The RPF is expected to collaborate with at least one faculty member of the Department in an ongoing research project. Subject to the fulfilment of eligibility criteria of the NMIMS University’s Ph. D regulations, a research project fellow may enrol into the Ph.D. in Statistics program (part time) after successful completion of one year of research project fellowship.