Project Research Scientist-II (Non Medical) - ICMR Sanjeevani IITD

St John's; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 826,000 - 1,118,000; Part time

Job summary

St John's Bengaluru is seeking a contract-based researcher to assess climate-change related health burdens in India, developing exposure-risk functions and exploring protective effects of dietary patterns.

The role involves programming in R or Python, data cleaning, and creating informative dashboards while collaborating on technical reports and journal articles for policy action.

Qualifications

• MSc/PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in statistical analysis or related fields.
• Proficiency in English and Kannada.

Responsibilities

• Develop India-specific exposure-risk functions for climate hazards to prioritize climate actions.
• Identify protective effects of dietary changes on climate-induced health impacts.
• Program in R (or Python) to infer relationships in health datasets.
• Check data consistency programmatically using regex and compensate missing data statistically.
• Create plots in R or Python to illustrate relationships and summarize results in dashboards.
• Prepare draft reports/papers based on the data analysis.
• Collaborate in preparing technical reports and journal articles.
• Perform other duties as required by the project.

Skills

English

Kannada

Education

MSc/PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics

Tools

R

Python

Job description

Posted on: 12 Oct 2026

Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary:

The study is conceptualized to address some of the knowledge gaps and come up with a comprehensive assessment of climate change related health burden for near future. The broad objective is to provide evidence for strategizing climate actions and protect the health of the Indian population from climate stressors. This study will develop downscaled emission-tagged exposure data for climate hazards (various air pollutants, heat and other weather extremes) for the past (2000-2025) and future (2030-2050) in India. It will Elucidate the changes in exposure to air pollution, heat, and weather extremes due to climate variability and feedback. Important targets are to develop India-specific exposure-risk functions for climate hazards to prioritize climate actions; assess health benefits and trade-offs for various climate actions, targeting energy and non-energy sectors; identify protective effects of green and blue space, changes in dietary patterns, and phytochemicals for climate-induced health impacts; assess and prioritize adaptation strategies to mitigate climate-induced health risks and estimate the economic burden of climate-induced health risks in Indi

Salary : RS. 87,100/- p.m

No of Vacancy :One

Key Responsibilities:

• Development India-specific exposure-risk functions for climate hazards to prioritize climate actions.
• Identification of protective effects of changes in dietary patterns for climate-induced health impacts
• Programming in R (or Python or any related language) to mathematically infer underlying relationships in health datasets.
• Check for data inconsistencies programmatically using regular expressions. Additionally, compensate statistically for missing data.
• Create meaningful plots in R (or Python or any related language) to demonstrate dependent and independent Variables Summarizing statistical results in clear and concise dashboards
• Prepare draft reports/papers based on the data analysis.
• Collaborate in preparing technical reports and journal articles.
• Perform other duties as required by the project

Eligibility Criteria:

Preferred Qualifications: MSc/PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics

Age Criteria : 40 Years

Experience : Minimum of 3years of experience

Preferred Language: English, Kannada

Tentative Date of Joining : 2nd November 2026