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TrustBridge is an organisation that works on improving Rule of Law for better economic outcomes. We focus on understanding the gaps in the existing legal and regulatory framework, evaluating how they impact economic growth, and studying the various ways that these could be improved upon. We aim to undertake legal, quantitative and policy oriented research and dissemination that will inform principles and evidence-based policy making. We believe that implementing ideas that emerge from our research will help bring us closer to our objective of improving the Rule of Law. Our work is in the areas of Energy Transition, Financial Markets, Contract Performance in government and private contracts, and Governance in the start-up ecosystem.

An area of work for TrustBridge is to understand how contracts function and how frictions in contracting can be reduced to achieve better economic outcomes.

Some of our work in this field includes:

• Improving judgment enforcement: Let judgment creditors file insolvency resolution applications, Karan Gulati and Anjali Sharma, October 2023.

• Reducing challenges to arbitration awards: lessons from court data, Madhav Goel, Akshay Jaitly, Renuka Sane and Anjali Sharma, October 2023.

• Litigation in public contracts: some estimates from court data , Devendra Damle, Karan Gulati, Anjali Sharma and Bhargavi Zaveri, May 2021.

TrustBridge is looking for one full time researcher to work on its projects in the contracts space. The position is based in Delhi.

Job requirements for Policy Research Associate position

As a policy research associate, you will work on project deliverables under the supervision of a project lead. You will be expected to review laws and government policies, undertake literature survey and quantitative analysis, write blogs, articles and papers and interface with collaborators and stakeholders.

The requirements for the role are:

• An academic background in the fields of Data Science, Economics, Engineering, Management and/or Public Policy.

• Two to three years of work experience, preferably in a research intensive organisation. Candidates with more experience can be considered for mid-senior level roles.

• You must possess high quality research skills and some understanding of statistics and quantitative analysis.

• You must have demonstrable writing skills, preferably in the public policy domain.

• Coding skills and a functional understanding of any one programming language, such as R and HTML will be an advantage. A working knowledge of LaTeX and Linux are preferred.

• You must be comfortable with working in an interdisciplinary research environment consisting of people from varying backgrounds such as economics, law, public policy and data science. You should be curious and passionate about research and willing to work on outputs independently as well as in teams.

The remuneration offered will be commensurate with your skill and experience and will be comparable with what is found in other policy and impact institutions. Interested candidates must email their resume to [email protected] with the subject line: Application for “Research Position: Contracts”