Data Curation Associate

Artpark; Panaji; On-site; INR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

ARTPARK @ IISc invites passionate data professionals to join the Language Data AI team to build datasets for Indian languages. You will oversee data curation across districts, coordinate with local experts, and drive quality in audio and transcription data.

You will recruit curation experts from NGOs and institutes, onboard them with guidelines, assign workloads, and monitor performance to ensure timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Must be a native speaker of local languages/dialects prominent in target states.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English and local language.
• Proven ability to handle and coordinate multiple remote workers to complete tasks efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Data Curation Management: oversee data curation and impact on AI models; manage daily curation operations for audio and transcription data.
• Recruitment Outreach: identify and recruit curation experts via local contacts, NGOs and institutes; design outreach materials and contact potential applicants.
• Onboarding Training: host awareness calls, train recruited experts, and provide guideline documentation.
• Supervision Workflow: assign workloads based on availability; supervise and review daily performance for quality and timely delivery.

Skills

Language skills

Communication

Team coordination

MS Office & Google Workspace

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

Type: Full time On-site

Employment Type: Contractual

No. of Position: 02

About the Team Project

You will be a vital part of the Language Data AI team, focused on building a robust ecosystem for AI in Indian languages. Our goal is to create high-quality, open-source speech and text datasets spanning various districts to accelerate the state-of-the-art in Natural Language Processing (NLP) for societal impact. As part of this ambitious, nationwide program, you will join the operations team responsible for driving data collection and curation across major language initiatives. You will work closely with the core team to spearhead AI advancements in Indic languages through speech data collection, curation, and advanced language modeling.

Note: Each selected candidate will be required to manage operations and take ownership of two or more states.

Role Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for overseeing and managing data curation from one or more of the following regions:

Uttar Pradesh: Hindi, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Urdu, Khariboli, Bhatri, Dorli, Kurumali, Duruwa, Bantar etc- (primarily from Budaun, Etah, Varanasi, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Ghazipur, Muzaffarnagar, Deoria, etc)

Bihar: Hindi, Maithili, Magahi, Bhojpuri Angika, Bajjika etc- (primarily from Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Saharsa, Supaul, Bhagalpur, Begusarai, Purnia, etc)

Maharashtra: Marathi- (primarily from Washim, Gondia, Mumbai suburban, Pune, Nagpur, Chandrapur, Dhule, Solapur, Aurangabad, Sindhudurg etc)

Goa: Konkani, Marathi- (primarily from North Goa, South Goa etc)

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

Data Curation Management: Understand the specific requirements for data curation and how they impact the AI models being built. Manage daily curation operations foraudio and transcription data.

Recruitment Outreach: Search, identify, and recruit the right curation experts through local contacts, NGOs, and educational institutes in your assigned districts or languages. Design outreach flyers and contact potential applicants (via phone and WhatsApp) to drive interest in data curation and quality checking.

Onboarding Training: Host awareness calls with potential candidates to help them understand the tasks. Train the recruited experts and provide them with all relevant guideline documentation.

Supervision Workflow: Assign daily workloads based on the experts availability. Continuously supervise, coordinate, and review their daily performance to ensure quality and timely delivery of work.

Candidate Background Requirements

Language Skills: Must be a native speaker of the local languages/dialects prominent in the target states mentioned above.

Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and the relevant local language.

Team Coordination: Demonstrated ability to handle, motivate, and manage multiple people working remotely to get tasks completed efficiently.

Technical Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides).

Preferred (Good-to-Have) Skills

Prior experience in data curation, data sourcing, or working with annotation companies.

Hands-on experience with speech data annotation and labeling.

ARTPARK @ IISc : Innovation factory for next-gen robotics AI

ARTPARK is Indias leading deep-tech venture builder and incubator focused on robotics, connected autonomous systems, and AI. Leveraging our unique facilities and ecosystems, we strive to provide meaningful support to very early-stage startups building deep-tech products based in research. We are a nonprofit organization created by Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bengaluru) with support from the Department of Science Technology (Government of India) and the Government of Karnataka.

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