The Centre for Urban Affairs and Infrastructure, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie under the Department of Personnel & Training, Government of India has invited applications for its Fellowship Programme.

There is one Research Fellowship, open to academicians/professionals/ retired civil servants interested in areas of urban and infrastructure research and training. The research undertaken in the above areas should have relevance to public administration, public policy and governance. 

Key Responsibilities of the Research Fellow includes (i) Formulate research and analyse data (ii) Use GIS application and tools (iii) Curate course content (iv) Analyse project plans, DPRs, development and redevelopment plans as implemented (v) Identify and present analytical reports (vi) Analyse legislations and policies. More details related to each responsibility is given in the detailed notification available along with the Guidelines.

The Centre would typically conduct 5-6 (or more as per requirement) training programmes in urban affairs and infrastructure in a year for the Civil Service Officers at different levels. The Research Fellow in close coordination with the senior faculty members of the Centre is expected to design curriculum and courses for the training programmes. She/he would also help in conducting the training programme besides coordinating and following up on matters related to the training programmes with the Central Ministries, State departments and Urban local bodies.

Eligibility: Applicant shall preferably be a PhD scholar or should have a Master’s degree with at least 55 % marks in aggregate. She/he should have proficiency in one or more areas like roads, railways, ports and shipping, civil aviation etc/ urban public systems / urban economics / urban planning/urban transport studies / urban finance / project finance / project management / contract management/ urban services. Applicants should have demonstrable experience in research in one or more areas mentioned above besides having good verbal and written communication skills. Proficiency in data analysis and word processing software is a must.

Entitlements: Fellow will be entitled to a monthly payment as follows (i) Rs. 75,000 (lump sum) for other than retired civil servants, in case they are not drawing salary for the period from any other source. A certificate to this effect would be required to be furnished by the Fellow. For retired civil servants, it will be Gross emoluments at the time of retirement minus pension. Serving civil servants on study or other kind of leave will draw salary from their parent department or in case they are on leave without pay, they will have pay protection up to Rs. 75,000/-. Other entitlements are given in the detailed notification at https://www.lbsnaa.gov.in/vacancy.php 

Application: Application can be submitted in the prescribed Proforma available as part of the Notification, to Email ID trdc.lbsnaa@nic.in or by post to ‘The Director, La! Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, DistrictDehradun, Uttarakhand- 248 179’ to reach latest by January 26, 2024.