Research Fellow (GIS and Spatial Analysis)

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About the Organization

The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) is a premier national Institute for Postgraduate, Doctoral and Mid-career/in-service education, research, and consulting in rural management. Founded in 1979, IRMA aims to promote sustainable Rural Development through professional management.

Job Description/Responsibilities

• Assist VKPL team in liaising with client and government agencies
• Work on obtaining, cleaning, and coding GIS data
• Collaborate on research ideas with the professors and professionals associated with the VKPL and other research staff
• Majority of work will be on spatial analysis, cartography, field staff support, and research and development
• Provide independent data interpretation while effectively maintaining data documentation
• Create and modify GIS datasets, manage and maintain legacy GIS datasets develop and implement GISbased analysis
• Develop and maintain geospatial data on desktop and mobile applications. Ensure data meets appropriate data accuracy and content standards for quality assurance and quality control
• Ability to independently manage multiple assignments, determine and set job task priorities, and work with limited direct supervision

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Must have a degree in GIS/ Geography/ Agriculture/Environmental studies, or related field with demonstrated capabilities in GIS, spatial data, and machine learning
• Hands-on knowledge of QGIS/ArcGIS software and other tools
• Strong understanding of geodatabases and geodatabase applications
• Ability to work with vector and raster datasets
• Familiar with GPS data collection and data management
• Ability to use and edit shapefiles and geodatabases (personal, file, and enterprise)
• Experience working with different coordinate systems, map projections, and datums
• Familiarity with standard cartographic methods, theories, and principles
• Exposure to designing, building, and testing geospatial datasets as a GIS Developer/Data Engineer or in a related technical role
• Experience with Hydrological modeling, Land and soil change modeling, urban dynamics
• Knowledge of queries and reasoning, measurements, transformations, descriptive summaries, optimization, and hypothesis testing for special analysis.
• Knowledge and experience with data processing using PostGIS, Shape Files, Geodatabases, GDAL

Interested incumbents may apply online by April 21, 2024, i.e., 23:59 at the IRMA Portal; https://irma.ac.in/careers/registration.php

Please also share your latest CV by email (vkpl@irma.ac.in)

Only shortlisted candidates will be followed up for an assignment and the interview. Candidates who are shortlisted for the first round (assignment) will be directly contacted for a second interview either on the following day or two days after administering the assignment.

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