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Early Career Fellows

National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC), a part of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, seeks to build a community of scholars interested in the collection and analysis of survey data and contribute to the development of the field of survey methodology in India. NDIC seeks to develop a community of young scholars through a year-long non-residential fellowship program.

Key output of this program will be a high-quality measurement brief that will address some domains of human development, broadly defined. For example, it may explore consistencies and inconsistencies in existing data, evaluate the applicability of international methodologies to the Indian context, or propose new data collection methodologies.

2023-24
Request for Proposal (RFP)

  • NCAER-NDIC Data Innovation fellows will have an opportunity to participate in a network for Fellows, researchers, and practitioners to hone their skills, and network with individuals with shared interests.
  • This is a non-residential program designed for early career scholars. Ph.D. students and individuals who obtained Ph.D. in 2018 or later in any social science field or data sciences with a social data focus are eligible to apply.
  • The Fellowship will be for a year starting from August 2023. While this fellowship is limited to Indian residents, relocation to Delhi is not required. We particularly seek to enhance geographical and gender diversity in the network.
  • The last date for submission of proposals has lapsed. Detailed information is available here.

List of Fellows:

  • Ashwin Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
  • Akancha Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
  • Dibyendu Biswas, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
  • Krishanu Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
  • Md. Juel Rana, G. B. Pant Social Science Institute (GBPSSI)
  • Nawaj Sarif, International Institute for Population Sciences
  • Nishat Anjum, Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • Rahul Karnamadakala Sharma, Centre for Policy Research, India
  • Rufi Shaikh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
  • Subarna Banerjee, Shiv Nadar University
  • Saurabh Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
  • Usama Ghayas Syed, Doctoral Candidate, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
  • Vijayamba.R, Centre for Sustainable Employment

Institutions

As part of NDIC’s mandate to build a community of innovators in the data sphere, one of its activities was to seek research proposals on data collection methods. In 2018-19, the theme of the research grant was Methodological Experiments with Telephone Surveys in India. The 2019-2021 proposal was based on methods to improve data quality. The eligible applicants included affiliates from academic or research institutes, non-profit organisations, and private companies having offices within India. The goal of this grant was to facilitate a collaboration between research institutions and NDIC researchers in future activities, allowing the Centre to expand its network and the skill sets of professionals associated with it. The RFPs outlining broad research topics and the final reports submitted by these institutional grantees can be accessed below …

2018-19
Request for Proposal (RFP)

  • NCAER-NDIC has invited Proposals on Methodological Experiments with Telephone Surveys in India. The focus of the RFP was to seek proposals on data collection experiments involving phone surveys across the following themes: household income and expenditure, labour force participation, financial inclusion, health insurance and out-of-pocket expenditure, gender equality and empowerment, other forms of social inequality, and agriculture.
  • The last date for submission of proposals has lapsed. Detailed information is available here.
List of Partners and their Reports
  • Sujatha Srinivasan Geetanjali GK and Anup Roy
  • Payal Hathi, Amit Thorat, Nazar Khalid, Nidhi Khurana and Diane Coffey (This paper was presented in PAA2022 and can be accessed here)

2019-21
Request for Proposal (RFP)

  • NCAER-NDIC invites proposals on methods to improve data quality across the following themes: gender equity, women’s time use, health system, health insurance and healthcare expenditure, employment and unemployment, family planning, and financial inclusion. The proposals should ideally focus on generating evidence pertaining to these specific areas relevant to data quality: Sampling frame for selection of ultimate sampling units, Use of paradata as a quality assurance mechanism, Controlling interviewer bias and variability in outcomes, Real time survey data and consistency checks, Use of machine learning techniques to identify patterns automatically, Secondary data analysis to quantify variability between interviewers.
  • The last date for submission of proposals has lapsed. Detailed information is available here.
List of Partners and their Reports

Student-Faculty

As part of NDIC’s mandate to build a community of innovators in the data sphere, student-faculty paired teams are awarded small grants every year to develop and test innovative data collection strategies and alternative measurement approaches on topics relevant to NDIC’s research goals. Students pursuing their PhD degree or equivalent in any Indian academic or research institute are eligible to apply. The RFPs outlining broad research topics and the final reports submitted by these student grantees for the years 2018-19 and 2019-21 can be accessed below…

2018-19
Request for Proposal (RFP)

  • NCAER-NDIC has invited Student Research Proposals supervised by faculty members on methodologies for data collection and analysis across the following domains: gender equity, income from different sources, consumption expenditure, employment and unemployment, financial inclusion, health insurance and health expenditure, and
    agriculture.
  • The last date for submission of proposals has lapsed. Detailed information is available here.
List of Partners and their Reports

2019-21
Request for Proposal (RFP)

  • NCAER-NDIC invites proposal on methodologies for data collection and analysis across the following domains: gender equity, health system, health insurance and healthcare expenditure, employment and unemployment, family planning, and financial inclusion. The proposals should focus on innovative ideas to improve data quality pertaining to these aspects; Fulfilling data needs and bridging gaps, Mode of data collection, Questionnaire designing, Social desirability bias, Interview the setting, Survey implementation.
  • The last date for submission of proposals has lapsed. Detailed information is available here.
List of Partners and their Reports