Digital India Corporation is currently inviting applications for the following positions purely on Contract/ Consolidated basis.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Academic Evaluation, Beneficiary Management & Research Ecosystem Development
•Support academic evaluation processes and review of research progress, outputs, publications, patents and deliverables of PhD candidates, PDFs and YFRF Awardees.
•Maintain and manage comprehensive academic profiles and performance analytics for beneficiaries; identify risk indicators and highlight key achievements.
•Coordinate Academic Committee meetings, expert evaluations, thematic reviews and follow-up actions.
•Support creation and functioning of research collaboration groups led by YFRF awardees, enabling joint publications, prototypes, innovation outcomes and partnerships with academia/industry/R&D institutions.
•Prepare academic reports, impact assessments, quarterly/annual progress summaries and documentation for internal review, audits and policy decisions.
•Conduct knowledge sessions, workshops and academic engagement activities to strengthen scheme participation.

2. Leadership of Portal Development (Functional & Architectural)
•Provide strategic direction, functional specifications and workflow mapping for enhancements to the Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme portal.
•Guide the development team in requirements alignment, UI/UX improvement, module upgrades and user experience enhancement.
•Oversee development progress, testing (UAT), deployment, security compliance and data integrity.
•Lead integration of academic functionalities such as research submission review modules, publication/patent tracking, milestone dashboards and reporting features.
•Ensuing compliance with Government guidelines, polices such as DPDP act for maintaining the data of beneficiaries in secure way.
•Manage portal enhancements in alignment with beneficiary workflow, monitoring and evaluation needs.

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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 the empowerment of citizens through Digital initiatives and promotes participatory governance and citizen engagement across the government through various platforms including social media.