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Nikore Associates Application

Thank you for your interest in Nikore Associates! The following application consists of 4 short sections which require you to provide personal details, educational qualifications, work experience (if any), and motivation & availability. There is also a small pre-recruitment task which should take a couple of hours to complete. There are no right answers, this task is important for us to judge your current skills, thought process and quality of work. Please keep in mind the following points: 1. We would go through your profile and judge suitability for an intern or research associate (RA) role basis your skills, qualifications, experience and availability. 2. All selected candidates will start with a non-negotiable probationary period of 1 month of internship. (even if hired for an RA position) 3. We accept applications from only Economics undergraduates and/or postgraduates. 4. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 5. Incase of additional queries, please write to us at applications.nikore@gmail.com. Please go through the application carefully and ensure you provide the correct information.

Position of Interest
Current occupation
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Work Experience (List name of organisation, job role and numbers of years of experience).
This is only applicable if you are currently working, or worked previously with an organisation in a professional capacity. This does not include your internship experiences.
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In not more than 150 words, please highlight why you want to work with Nikore Associates and how we fit into your future career goals.
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Please indicate the number of hours a week that you can devote to Nikore Associates
Recruitment Task 1
According to a World Economic Forum report, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, closing the global gender gap will now take 135.6 years, instead of 99.5 years prior to COVID-19. So far, India has managed to close only 62.5% of its gender gap. At Nikore Associates, you will work on identifying challenges and opportunities to improve women's cultural, economic, and social experiences. In this context, build at least one policy recommendation you would like to see implemented to close the gender gap in India. [500 Words] Please prepare a well-formatted Microsoft Word Document for the same. Please also note that plagiarism is strictly not allowed and any submissions with more than 20% matches will be rejected.
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Pre recruitment task 2
At Nikore Associates, we work with data frequently and it is necessary to use an analytical lens to correctly process these data points and present the key takeaways for our reports, presentations, and other publications. The dataset provided in the link below has been sourced from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), 2019 report. From the given data, compare and present the share of Individuals using the Internet by Gender for the selected countries- People's Republic of China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, India. Also, state the Gender gap for each country. Which country has the best and the worst gender gap? (Note: Difference in the latest year for the countries can be ignored for this exercise) Please attach a spreadsheet with the charts and key takeaways as requested above. Link to the dataset: https://drive.google.com/file/d/164p72j397Lgnw1fzA50XoPRJVyx7H_08/view?usp=sharing
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