Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) Fellowships Program

Last date : November 15, 2013

The  Institute  of  Rural  Research  and  Development  (IRRAD)  invites  applications  from doctoral/post-doctoral  candidates  for its  research  fellowship programme to  work on  rural development projects in the selected districts of India including Mewat district of Haryana and Alwar  district  of  Rajasthan.  The  research fellowship will largely  focus  on  analysing rural poverty  and  livelihood system dynamics  of  the communities and  sustainability  of IRRAD’s
development interventions. Interested candidates must submit a research proposal on any of the following research themes: 

1. Influence of changing agronomy on economics of crops such as wheat and mustard in semi-arid regions of India
2. Comparative  research study  of  the performance  of water-management  institutions  in the semi-arid villages of India
3. Enhancing community participation through capacity building
4. Comparative research study of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) policies in Rajasthan and Haryana
5. Understanding changing gender roles through various interfaces of rural development 
6. Relevance  of  integrating  indigenous  communication  tools  with  technological innovations to effect wider dissemination of development discourses
7. Facilitators  and impediments  in capturing  gender  disaggregated  data  for water, sanitation and hygiene in India

 

Interested  candidates  can  submit  their  research  proposal together  with curriculum  vitae focusing  on  prior  research  work  experience  and/or  research  publications along  with two references  including  one  academic  reference  to  research@irrad.org.  The  last  date  of submission is November 15, 2013. For more details please visit our website www.irrad.org.

 

For more details : http://www.smsfoundation.org/pdf/RRC%20Fellowships%20Programme%20Note%20Doctoral%20&%20Post-Doctoral_08%20October%202013_FINAL%20%281%29.pdf

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