Program Manager- Special Assistant To Co-Founder

Special Assistant to Co-Founder and Scientific Director, CEGIS.

Reporting to: Co-Founder and Scientific Director, CEGIS Foundation.

Location: Remote

About CEGIS :

Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States (CEGIS pronounced See-Jis) aims to

improve lives by helping Indian state governments deliver better development outcomes.

Informed by cutting-edge research and evidence as well as a practical orientation toward implementable ideas, CEGIS provides Indian states with both an analytical roadmap for governance reforms as well as strategic implementation support to deliver on this vision.

The intellectual roadmap for CEGIS Theory of Change (ToC) and approach to governance reforms is provided by Prof. Karthik Muralidharan, the Founder and Scientific Director of CEGIS, and expanded upon in his recent book (Penguin 2024).

About Prof. Karthik Muralidharan, Co-Founder and Scientific Director of CEGIS

Karthik Muralidharan is the Tata Chancellors Professor of Economics at the University of California San Diego. His research spans public finance and development economics, with a focus on improving education, health, welfare, and public service delivery, and has been published in many of the worlds leading academic journals. He has also actively engaged in policy advising and capacity building in India at both Central and state government levels and in public communication of research insights through several op-eds and podcasts.

Born and raised in India, he holds a Bachelors degree in economics from Harvard, an MPhil from Cambridge (UK), and a PhD in economics from Harvard. He founded CEGIS to help accelerate the translation of research-based ideas into practice through deep, long-term partnerships with state governments in India.

Role Summary:

The Center for Effective Governance of Indian States (CEGIS) is seeking a highly skilled and versatile Special Assistant to support our Co-Founder, Professor Karthik Muralidharan. This critical role demands a proactive, organised, and dynamic individual capable of managing the fast-paced and evolving schedule, and work demands of a globally prominent economist, thought leader, advisor to governments and international organisations, and institution builder. The Special Assistant will serve as the primary point of contact for Professor Muralidharan, handling his global academic and CEGIS engagements; public events and lectures; teaching and capacity building; and various other day-to-day administrative tasks. We hope to find a long-term fit for this position, and the ideal candidate will become a trusted long-term partner to Prof. Muralidharan for many years to come.

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Administrative Support and Schedule Management :

Book Dissemination and Other Events Management:

Research and Documentation:

Website and Social Media Management:

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