Economist

Virinchi Technologies; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Virinchi Technologies in Hyderabad seeks a senior Economic Researcher to lead cross-sector analysis and econometric modelling, translating data into structured notes for chapters and policy summaries.

You will forecast GDP indicators, analyze productivity and employment trends, and evaluate sectoral policies, working closely with the Chairman and editors to ensure numerical accuracy and clear writing.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in economic research across multiple sectors.
• Experience with GDP, productivity, employment, and investment multipliers.
• Ability to translate analyses into book chapters and policy summaries.
• Strong collaboration with senior leadership and editors.
• Excellent numerical and data visualization skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed research across 100 industries (agriculture, manufacturing, technology, energy, defence, services, etc.).
• Analyse GDP contributions, productivity trends, job elasticities, and investment multipliers.
• Convert research into clear, structured notes for book chapters.
• Build and operate models such as VAR, VECM, SVAR, ARIMA/SARIMA.
• Forecast long-term GDP, employment, consumption, capital formation, and productivity.
• Conduct policy-impact simulations and econometric modelling.
• Perform panel data analysis, cointegration tests, causality tests, and input-output analysis.
• Experience with CGE/DSGE models is preferred.
• Evaluate sectoral policies across labour, taxation, trade, innovation, and industry.
• Support policy recommendations with strong data.
• Convert complex analysis into clear written content and draft book chapters.

Skills

Analytical ability

Modelling capability

Large-scale research

Writing & synthesis

Attention to detail

Intellectual curiosity

Senior leadership liaison

Tools

R

Python

Stata

MATLAB/Octave

Advanced Excel

EViews

Spark/Hadoop

Job description

Role & responsibilities

1. Economic Research*

• * Conduct detailed research across 100 industries (agriculture, manufacturing, technology, energy, defence, services, etc.)
• * Analyse GDP contributions, productivity trends, job elasticities, and investment multipliers
• * Convert research into clear, structured notes for book chapters

2. Statistical Modelling & Forecasting*

• * Build and operate models such as VAR, VECM, SVAR, ARIMA/SARIMA
• * Forecast long-term GDP, employment, consumption, capital formation, and productivity
• * Conduct policy-impact simulations and econometric modelling
• * Perform panel data analysis, cointegration tests, causality tests, and inputoutput analysis
• * Experience with CGE/DSGE models is preferred

3. Data & Technical Skills*

• * R (forecast, vars, plm, urca) - (Optional Skill)
• * Python (statsmodels, scikit-learn, Prophet, NumPy, Pandas) - (Optional Skill)
• * Stata - (Optional Skill)
• * MATLAB/Octave - (Optional Skill)
• * Advanced Excel (Power Query, Solver) - ( Mandatory)
• * EViews (preferred)
• * Spark/Hadoop - (added advantage)

4. Policy Analysis*

• * Evaluate sectoral policies across labour, taxation, trade, innovation, and industry
• * Conduct long-term impact and cost-benefit analyses
• * Support policy recommendations with strong data

5. Writing & Content Development*

• * Convert complex analysis into clear written content
• * Draft book chapters, policy summaries, charts, tables, and visual data representations
• * Maintain writing consistency with the Chairmans narrative vision

6. Collaboration*

• * Work directly with the Chairman (Author & Project Architect)
• * Coordinate with editors, designers, and subject specialists
• * Ensure factual and numerical accuracy across the book

Preferred candidate profile*

• * Strong analytical and modelling capability
• * Ability to handle large-scale research
• * Excellent writing and synthesis skills
• * High attention to detail
• * Intellectual curiosity and discipline
• * Comfortable working closely with senior leadership .