Digital India Corporation is hiring eligible candidates for the position of Senior Consultant (GIS, Drone & Aerial Technology) purely on Contract/ Consolidated basis. Interested candidates may apply through the official portal before the last date of application submission. The details are given below:-

Last date for submission of application:15^th April, 2024

Name of the post: Senior Consultant (GIS, Drone & Aerial Technology)

Number of vacancies: 02

Job Description of Senior Consultant (GIS, Drone & Aerial Technology)

• • Analyze Issues related to the implementation of projects to catalyse communities of practice in government and other relevant stakeholders, to conceptualise and implement GIS, Drones and Aerial Technology that enables effective public service delivery.
  • Strategy Development: Work closely with team members in the policy vertical to contribute to the development of policies related to the implementation of GIS, Drones and Aerial Technology as well as developing a regulatory framework for ensuring responsible and ethical use of it. Support the team in creating the framework for the project implementation.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with state and central government officials, and other relevant stakeholders to advocate for provisioning resources for conceptualising and taking up GIS, Drones and Aerial Technology. Collaborate with internal teams, including compliance, communications, and different project units, to align initiatives with project objectives.
  • Procurement Toolkit: Create model RFPs and procurement models for adoption and replication of GIS, Drones and Aerial Technology. Undertake Innovation Challenges and Hackathons for crowdsourcing solutions related to problem statements.
  • Capacity Building & Content Creation: Support the development of capacity-building modules for governments and other stakeholders in implementing projects relating to GIS, Drones and Aerial Technology, and develop training modules and programmes, including implementation toolkits and technical assistance partnerships.
  • Documentation: Provide technical inputs for the preparation of clear and concise policy briefs, reports, and other documents to communicate research findings and recommendations to internal and external audiences. Capture learnings on success and failures, impact stories, and lessons learned at regular intervals. Create knowledge products for internal and external documentation.
  • Collaboration & Teamwork: Proactively identify and execute additional activities to advance the organization’s success and sustainability. Work in close coordination with other verticals in NeGD/DIC as well as IBDs like Bhashini and IndiaAI.
  • Work in close coordination with SeMTs, state-line departments, central ministries and MeitY /NeGD / DIC for technology advisory and –

  o   Conducting state-level/ministry-level workshops for sensitization on potential and existing use cases of GIS, Drones and Aerial Technology.

  o   Assessing state departments/ministries for their readiness for adoption of GIS, Dornes and Aerial Technology.

  o   Identifying the technical, administrative and policy-level interventions required  for the implementation of GIS, Dornes and Aerial Technology projects.

  o   Support in preparation of implementation plans and estimating budgetary requirements, procurement, and monitoring /management of project implementations.

  o   Monitoring /management of GIS, Dornes and Aerial Technology project implementations.

  o   Ensuring adherence to technical standards/architecture/product and strategic control specifications.

  o   Ensuring adherence to various prescribed best practices, standards & guidelines on GIS, Drones and Aerial Technology.

  o   Conducting technical appraisal of the various project reports/proposals from states /ministries.

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About Digital India Corporation

Digital India Corporation has been set up by the ‘Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India’, to innovate, develop and deploy ICT and other emerging technologies for the benefit of the common man. It is a ‘not for profit’ Company under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013. The Company has been spearheading the Digital India programme of the Government of India and is involved in promoting use of technology for e-Governance, e-Health, Telemedicine, e-agriculture, e-Payments etc. The Digital India programme promotes safety and security concerns of growing cashless economy and addresses challenges confronting its wider acceptance. It also promotes innovation and evolves models for empowerment of citizens through Digital initiatives and promotes participatory governance and citizen engagement across the government through various platforms including social media.