14 Educational Research jobs in India

About Neysa.ai:

Neysa.ai is an AI Acceleration Cloud company enabling the secure, scalable, and cost-effective adoption of Generative AI (Gen AI) and AI-native applications. With platforms like Neysa Velocis, Neysa Overwatch, and Neysa Aegis, we empower enterprises, research institutions, and academia to accelerate AI innovation—from ideation to deployment. We are now looking to expand our footprint across India’s academic and research ecosystem, by hiring a seasoned sales strategic individual contributor who understands how to engage and partner with educational and research institutions to drive the adoption of cutting-edge Gen AI infrastructure and platforms. We are seeking a results-driven and strategic Academic, Research & EdTech Sales Professional to manage and grow our presence in the North East India region. The role involves driving sales to universities, colleges, research institutes, and government-funded labs, to the ecosystem of education and research as a whole.

About the Role:

The role involves driving sales to universities, colleges, research institutes, and government-funded labs, to the ecosystem of education and research as a whole.

Responsibilities:

• Sales Strategy & Execution:
• Develop and execute a regional sales strategy for academic and research accounts.
• Identify, prospect, and engage new customers in the region.
• Meet or exceed sales targets and KPIs.
• Account Management:
• Maintain and grow relationships with key decision-makers (professors, research heads, purchase officers).
• Provide product demonstrations, technical presentations, and training sessions.
• Territory Development:
• Map the education and research ecosystem in North and East.
• Build a strong pipeline through field visits, workshops, and participation in academic events.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Work closely with product specialists, application scientists, and marketing teams.
• Support quotations, and post-sales activities.
• Customer Insights & Reporting:
• Collect market intelligence and customer feedback to refine offerings.
• Prepare monthly reports, forecasts, and business reviews.

Qualifications:

• Min 10 plus years of experience
• EdTech sales to higher education (colleges, universities, research bodies)
• SaaS or software platform sales in the education sector
• Experience working with academic decision-makers, including Deans, Registrars, IT Heads, Faculty, and Procurement Team
• Government Research Labs (CSIR, ICMR, ICAR, IITs, NITs, etc.)
• Universities & Technical Colleges
• EdTech or SaaS solutions for academic customers
• Lab equipment or scientific publishing houses (Springer, Elsevier, etc.)

Required Skills:

• Consultative selling and solution-based sales
• Building long-term academic partnerships
• Dealing with professors, purchase departments, and institutional heads
• Pipeline development and lead qualification
• Strong intent to work in this space
• Interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Technical sales aptitude with the ability to understand and explain complex products
• Account planning, negotiation, and closing skills
• High level of self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Proficiency in CRM tools and MS Office

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to Gen AI, cloud-native technologies, or AI/ML platforms is highly desirable
• Familiarity with academic grant systems, innovation cells, and industry-academia collaboration programs

Regional Knowledge:

• For roles in regions like North East India, it's highly beneficial to have
• Existing contacts or network in education/research sectors
• Knowledge of local academic institutions and government research setups
• Understanding of regional languages or cultural nuances

If you’re passionate about AI transformation in academia, and you have the experience and drive to build India’s next generation of AI-powered campuses and research centers, we’d love to hear from you. Join Neysa.ai – and help shape the future of AI infrastructure in education and research.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Neysa.ai is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

About Neysa.ai:

Neysa.ai is an AI Acceleration Cloud company enabling the secure, scalable, and cost-effective adoption of Generative AI (Gen AI) and AI-native applications. With platforms like Neysa Velocis, Neysa Overwatch, and Neysa Aegis, we empower enterprises, research institutions, and academia to accelerate AI innovation—from ideation to deployment. We are now looking to expand our footprint across India’s academic and research ecosystem, by hiring a seasoned sales strategic individual contributor who understands how to engage and partner with educational and research institutions to drive the adoption of cutting-edge Gen AI infrastructure and platforms. We are seeking a results-driven and strategic Academic, Research & EdTech Sales Professional to manage and grow our presence in the North East India region. The role involves driving sales to universities, colleges, research institutes, and government-funded labs, to the ecosystem of education and research as a whole.

About the Role:

The role involves driving sales to universities, colleges, research institutes, and government-funded labs, to the ecosystem of education and research as a whole.

Responsibilities:

• Sales Strategy & Execution:
• Develop and execute a regional sales strategy for academic and research accounts.
• Identify, prospect, and engage new customers in the region.
• Meet or exceed sales targets and KPIs.
• Account Management:
• Maintain and grow relationships with key decision-makers (professors, research heads, purchase officers).
• Provide product demonstrations, technical presentations, and training sessions.
• Territory Development:
• Map the education and research ecosystem in North and East.
• Build a strong pipeline through field visits, workshops, and participation in academic events.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Work closely with product specialists, application scientists, and marketing teams.
• Support quotations, and post-sales activities.
• Customer Insights & Reporting:
• Collect market intelligence and customer feedback to refine offerings.
• Prepare monthly reports, forecasts, and business reviews.

Qualifications:

• Min 10 plus years of experience
• EdTech sales to higher education (colleges, universities, research bodies)
• SaaS or software platform sales in the education sector
• Experience working with academic decision-makers, including Deans, Registrars, IT Heads, Faculty, and Procurement Team
• Government Research Labs (CSIR, ICMR, ICAR, IITs, NITs, etc.)
• Universities & Technical Colleges
• EdTech or SaaS solutions for academic customers
• Lab equipment or scientific publishing houses (Springer, Elsevier, etc.)

Required Skills:

• Consultative selling and solution-based sales
• Building long-term academic partnerships
• Dealing with professors, purchase departments, and institutional heads
• Pipeline development and lead qualification
• Strong intent to work in this space
• Interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Technical sales aptitude with the ability to understand and explain complex products
• Account planning, negotiation, and closing skills
• High level of self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Proficiency in CRM tools and MS Office

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to Gen AI, cloud-native technologies, or AI/ML platforms is highly desirable
• Familiarity with academic grant systems, innovation cells, and industry-academia collaboration programs

Regional Knowledge:

• For roles in regions like North East India, it's highly beneficial to have
• Existing contacts or network in education/research sectors
• Knowledge of local academic institutions and government research setups
• Understanding of regional languages or cultural nuances

If you’re passionate about AI transformation in academia, and you have the experience and drive to build India’s next generation of AI-powered campuses and research centers, we’d love to hear from you. Join Neysa.ai – and help shape the future of AI infrastructure in education and research.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Neysa.ai is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

About Neysa.ai:

Neysa.ai is an AI Acceleration Cloud company enabling the secure, scalable, and cost-effective adoption of Generative AI (Gen AI) and AI-native applications. With platforms like Neysa Velocis, Neysa Overwatch, and Neysa Aegis, we empower enterprises, research institutions, and academia to accelerate AI innovation—from ideation to deployment. We are now looking to expand our footprint across India’s academic and research ecosystem, by hiring a seasoned sales strategic individual contributor who understands how to engage and partner with educational and research institutions to drive the adoption of cutting-edge Gen AI infrastructure and platforms. We are seeking a results-driven and strategic Academic, Research & EdTech Sales Professional to manage and grow our presence in the North East India region. The role involves driving sales to universities, colleges, research institutes, and government-funded labs, to the ecosystem of education and research as a whole.

About the Role:

The role involves driving sales to universities, colleges, research institutes, and government-funded labs, to the ecosystem of education and research as a whole.

Responsibilities:

• Sales Strategy & Execution:
• Develop and execute a regional sales strategy for academic and research accounts.
• Identify, prospect, and engage new customers in the region.
• Meet or exceed sales targets and KPIs.
• Account Management:
• Maintain and grow relationships with key decision-makers (professors, research heads, purchase officers).
• Provide product demonstrations, technical presentations, and training sessions.
• Territory Development:
• Map the education and research ecosystem in North and East.
• Build a strong pipeline through field visits, workshops, and participation in academic events.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Work closely with product specialists, application scientists, and marketing teams.
• Support quotations, and post-sales activities.
• Customer Insights & Reporting:
• Collect market intelligence and customer feedback to refine offerings.
• Prepare monthly reports, forecasts, and business reviews.

Qualifications:

• Min 10 plus years of experience
• EdTech sales to higher education (colleges, universities, research bodies)
• SaaS or software platform sales in the education sector
• Experience working with academic decision-makers, including Deans, Registrars, IT Heads, Faculty, and Procurement Team
• Government Research Labs (CSIR, ICMR, ICAR, IITs, NITs, etc.)
• Universities & Technical Colleges
• EdTech or SaaS solutions for academic customers
• Lab equipment or scientific publishing houses (Springer, Elsevier, etc.)

Required Skills:

• Consultative selling and solution-based sales
• Building long-term academic partnerships
• Dealing with professors, purchase departments, and institutional heads
• Pipeline development and lead qualification
• Strong intent to work in this space
• Interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Technical sales aptitude with the ability to understand and explain complex products
• Account planning, negotiation, and closing skills
• High level of self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Proficiency in CRM tools and MS Office

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to Gen AI, cloud-native technologies, or AI/ML platforms is highly desirable
• Familiarity with academic grant systems, innovation cells, and industry-academia collaboration programs

Regional Knowledge:

• For roles in regions like North East India, it's highly beneficial to have
• Existing contacts or network in education/research sectors
• Knowledge of local academic institutions and government research setups
• Understanding of regional languages or cultural nuances

If you’re passionate about AI transformation in academia, and you have the experience and drive to build India’s next generation of AI-powered campuses and research centers, we’d love to hear from you. Join Neysa.ai – and help shape the future of AI infrastructure in education and research.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Neysa.ai is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

About Neysa.ai:

Neysa.ai is an AI Acceleration Cloud company enabling the secure, scalable, and cost-effective adoption of Generative AI (Gen AI) and AI-native applications. With platforms like Neysa Velocis, Neysa Overwatch, and Neysa Aegis, we empower enterprises, research institutions, and academia to accelerate AI innovation—from ideation to deployment. We are now looking to expand our footprint across India’s academic and research ecosystem, by hiring a seasoned sales strategic individual contributor who understands how to engage and partner with educational and research institutions to drive the adoption of cutting-edge Gen AI infrastructure and platforms. We are seeking a results-driven and strategic Academic, Research & EdTech Sales Professional to manage and grow our presence in the North East India region. The role involves driving sales to universities, colleges, research institutes, and government-funded labs, to the ecosystem of education and research as a whole.

About the Role:

The role involves driving sales to universities, colleges, research institutes, and government-funded labs, to the ecosystem of education and research as a whole.

Responsibilities:

• Sales Strategy & Execution:
• Develop and execute a regional sales strategy for academic and research accounts.
• Identify, prospect, and engage new customers in the region.
• Meet or exceed sales targets and KPIs.
• Account Management:
• Maintain and grow relationships with key decision-makers (professors, research heads, purchase officers).
• Provide product demonstrations, technical presentations, and training sessions.
• Territory Development:
• Map the education and research ecosystem in North and East.
• Build a strong pipeline through field visits, workshops, and participation in academic events.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Work closely with product specialists, application scientists, and marketing teams.
• Support quotations, and post-sales activities.
• Customer Insights & Reporting:
• Collect market intelligence and customer feedback to refine offerings.
• Prepare monthly reports, forecasts, and business reviews.

Qualifications:

• Min 10 plus years of experience
• EdTech sales to higher education (colleges, universities, research bodies)
• SaaS or software platform sales in the education sector
• Experience working with academic decision-makers, including Deans, Registrars, IT Heads, Faculty, and Procurement Team
• Government Research Labs (CSIR, ICMR, ICAR, IITs, NITs, etc.)
• Universities & Technical Colleges
• EdTech or SaaS solutions for academic customers
• Lab equipment or scientific publishing houses (Springer, Elsevier, etc.)

Required Skills:

• Consultative selling and solution-based sales
• Building long-term academic partnerships
• Dealing with professors, purchase departments, and institutional heads
• Pipeline development and lead qualification
• Strong intent to work in this space
• Interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Technical sales aptitude with the ability to understand and explain complex products
• Account planning, negotiation, and closing skills
• High level of self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Proficiency in CRM tools and MS Office

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to Gen AI, cloud-native technologies, or AI/ML platforms is highly desirable
• Familiarity with academic grant systems, innovation cells, and industry-academia collaboration programs

Regional Knowledge:

• For roles in regions like North East India, it's highly beneficial to have
• Existing contacts or network in education/research sectors
• Knowledge of local academic institutions and government research setups
• Understanding of regional languages or cultural nuances

If you’re passionate about AI transformation in academia, and you have the experience and drive to build India’s next generation of AI-powered campuses and research centers, we’d love to hear from you. Join Neysa.ai – and help shape the future of AI infrastructure in education and research.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Neysa.ai is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

Language Requirement: English, Hindi and/or Gujarati

Length of Commitment: 6 months

Name of the Project: Scoping study on young adults’ aspirations towards vocational education

Sector: Education, Labour

About the Organization

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of 194 affiliated professors at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty. J-PAL South Asia, based at the Institute for Financial Management and Research in India, leads J-PAL’s work in the South Asia region. J-PAL South Asia conducts randomized evaluations, builds partnerships for evidence-informed policymaking, and helps partners scale up effective programs. Over more than ten years of existence, J-PAL South Asia has conducted 193 ongoing and completed randomized evaluations.

About the position

J-PAL South Asia is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and other attributes protected by law. We strongly encourage people from marginalized communities to apply for this role.

Project Specific Details

India’s National Education Policy (NEP, 2020) sets forth an ambitious agenda to transform education in India. Policies relating to vocational education in particular have undergone significant changes with a view to equip young Indians with 21st century skills. As children progress through schooling, they will be exposed to age appropriate activities that enhance their vocational skills, knowledge and work towards proficiency in chosen vocations by the end of grade 12. Notably, under recent reforms,vocational education will no longer be a subject students chose in lieu of other academic subjects, rather policies will open up a wide variety of educational streams with vocational courses being one among the many options.

Such a change in children’s “choice option” is expected to mitigate unfavorable attitudes towards vocational education as something children choose only when they are unable to perform well in “academic” subjects. By integrating a focus on vocational skills from an early age, this policy attempts to bring a holistic approach towards education in general.

This project will be conducted in partnership with NGO Lend a Hand India (LAHI), one of India’s largest organizations working on school-based vocational education, and will conduct research to inform programming at this nascent but critical juncture, and design future randomized evaluations institutionalize evidence-based improvements to program design and implementation. The study will focus on understanding aspirations and attitudes of children and their parents towards vocational training, how school personnel make decisions regarding content of training, and challenges faced by small and medium enterprises towards quality hiring. The study will also focus on different aspirations and expectations among young girls and boys. The findings from this scoping study will enable discussions for a future randomized evaluation, as a new vocational education curriculum is rolled out in grades 11-12 in the next academic year.

The study will involve conducting surveys and qualitative interviews with different stakeholders such as students, parents, teachers and government officials to gain a better understanding of the above-mentioned questions across two Indian states with strong LAHI presence - Gujarat and Jharkhand.

Research Associates work closely with Research Managers & Principal Investigators who guide and supervise them in their various tasks. The research associates would be working closely with the LAHI and the state education departments to conduct surveys and key informant interviews, Thus, the research associate will obtain a rich experience across both the technical research skills and partnering with NGOs.

Key Responsibilities

Research Associates work closely with academic researchers and other field staff to perform a variety tasks including, but not limited to:

Leading the research activities:

Cleaning, organizing and analysing administrative data received from LAHI

Designing survey questionnaires, conducting qualitative research, running pilot exercises, refining study design and survey instruments

Managing teams: Recruit, train, and supervise both field teams

Supervising data collection and data entry to ensure good data quality during both these phases

Conducting Key Informant interviews

Coordinating with the Administrative and Finance team on a variety of tasks related to field staff contracting and payments

Overseeing the implementation of the field data collection in accordance to the research design in association with our partner organization

Ensuring that the project complies with IRB and J-PAL data collection and security protocols with the help of the Research Manager/PI

Conducting data cleaning and preliminary data analysis

Preparing documents, presentations and reports

Reporting to PIs on all of the above-mentioned activities

Any other task as assigned by the Research Manager, AD Research or ED.

Desired Qualifications

A Bachelor's/Master’s degree in economics, social sciences, public policy, education or related fields

Experience living in a developing country is a strong plus

Previous experience in development research preferred

Prior experience working in the education sector, or government projects is preferred.

Fluency and excellent communication skills in English, Hindi and or Gujarati.

Proficiency in Stata (strongly preferred) or other data analysis software

Familiarity with Qualitative research techniques desirable

Excellent management and organizational skills

Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and team player

Demonstrated ability to manage high-level relationships with partner organizations

Ability to deal with unstructured and changing environments

Ability to work independently and in rural field locations.

Note on Work Authorizations:

Candidates must have work authorization to work in India.