Sociocultural Research Assistant

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the position of Senior Project Associate and Project Associate to work on a project titled “Sociology of Snakebite Mitigation ” that that contributes to the larger understanding of the human-snake conflict, specifically in the context of snakebite and its mitigation. The main objective is to understand the socio-cultural processes that shape the naturalised systemic barriers around snakebite response and mitigation, and to build interventions to rework these.

The Project Associate

1. Job Description : The Project Associate is expected to conduct the (guided) ethnography in the rural study-site around Hunsur in Mysore district. You will be located there for nearly the entire period of study.

2. Duration : 10 months

3. Language : fluent Kannada is mandatory

• 4. Qualifications : awarded postgraduate degree in sociology / anthropology or related disciplines;

skills around qualitative data collection, and knowledge about ethnographic methods.

All Interested applicants (for both Senior Project Associate and Project Associate positions) must submit :

1. Curriculum vitae

2. Copy of postgraduate degree certificate

The last date for receiving applications is 11 : 45pm on 10 December 2025 . Short-listed candidates will be required to participate in interviews (online) tentatively planned towards end-December and join by early or mid-January 2026.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and comparable to other premier institutions in the country.

Email your application (zipped file) to : anant.kamath@nias.res.in