Project openings

ACT4D project openings

Research associates

We have a number of openings for research associates, ideally recent BTech/MTech graduates in computer science with 1-2 years of experience, who are keen to go for graduate studies and are looking for some real world research experience and high quality publications. Our current focus is entirely on building technologies to assist with better natural resource management, and we are also open to hearing from people with an environment engineering or geo-informatics background.

Please write to Aaditeshwar Seth if you are interested. Following are the kind of skills we are looking for:

  • Familiarity with GIS and processing of satellite data
  • Exposure to machine learning and computer vision methods
  • Very comfortable with programming in python
  • Very comfortable on Linux, shell scripting
  • Ability to quickly master unfamiliar tools and technologies
  • Good English writing skills
  • Eager to read and write research papers
  • Feels excited about traveling to remote rural locations and interacting with people.

All projects will require reading a lot of background material, thinking, and implementation. So make sure you like all these things when you apply!

Detailed job descriptions:

- Research fellow in earth observations for climate resilience

- Research fellow in public health analytics