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Job Title: Project Consultant

Location: Delhi

About EdTech Tulna

State of the EdTech Ecosystem:

The rapidly growing Indian EdTech landscape has resulted in an overwhelming choice of EdTech solutions for decision-makers such as governments, investors, schools, parents, and teachers. In the absence of information about the quality of products in the market, adopters are compelled to make ad-hoc decisions based on little or no evidence on the effectiveness of the product. Hence, there is an acute need today for credible and accepted standards on the quality of EdTech products to simplify the decision-making process in a systematic manner.

What is Tulna:

Tulna is an EdTech evaluation index for product design quality developed by the Central Square Foundation (CSF) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Bombay. Tulna is built to reduce information asymmetry in the ecosystem on what good EdTech looks like, catalyse evidence-led decision-making, and to encourage quality-aligned EdTech firms in the ecosystem. Tulna does this in three ways:

  • Builds standards and evaluation toolkits that are informed by academic research but rooted in application to align the ecosystem on a common understanding of the quality of product design. The standards and toolkits are built to evaluate aspects of products along the 3 dimensions:

    • Content Quality provides benchmarks for ensuring the presence of accurate, relevant, and inclusive content.

    • Pedagogical Alignment provides benchmarks for ensuring the use of effective pedagogical strategies informed by educational research and policies..

    • Technology & Design provides benchmarks for effective integration of technological affordances and user interface design for promoting a meaningful learning experience

Read more about Tulnas standards here.

  • Develops the capacity of governments to drive informed decision-making about EdTech adoption by leveraging training and toolkits (comprising rubrics, reviewer guidelines, and illustrations) for evaluations. Toolkits include supporting materials - videos, templates, and example illustrations - to guide evaluators and Tulna also offers training to build capacity for those conducting evaluations e.g within large-scale procurement bodies/institutions.

  • Publishes product design evaluations to provide readily available and independent reviews of products in the ecosystem, thus driving demand and shaping supply. Read more about our product evaluations here.

Over the last two years, Tulna has been received positively by both the product ecosystem and institutional adopters like the state and central government bodies. Tulna is set on a high growth trajectory to set an evidence-led agenda in the EdTech ecosystem in India and globally.

For more details, please read the following documents:

Structure and Way of Work

As EdTech Tulna gains more traction, the focus is on ensuring that Tulna is independent and sustainable with its own organization and brand. Thus, it is envisaged that the construct of Tulna will be institutionalized at IIT- Delhis Centre for Excellence for Marketing Goals, Ideas and Causes (MAGIC) - newly set up within the Department of Management Studies. Anchored in IIT-Delhi and supported by IIT- Bombay and CSF, the EdTech Tulna team will have the freedom and network to expand Tulna. The Project Consultant will report to the Tulna CEO and work from IIT-Delhis premises.

Position Summary

The Project Consultant of EdTech Tulna will lead research, design, and implementation of EdTech Tulna to bring system-level change in the EdTech ecosystem. They will also work with critical stakeholders, including senior government officials, leading academicians, product developers, and international and domestic philanthropies/NGOs in order to build salience and awareness around the project.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Research and design to strengthen the Tulna offering:

    • Build out the Tulna product; including developing new frameworks and tools for the evaluation of EdTech products e.g building frameworks for live classes, personalized learning from grades 11-12 etc.

    • Conduct evaluations of products; plan and execute various aspects of the evaluation cycle, including product demos, interrater reliability, independent evaluations, detailed product evaluation report writing

    • Conduct research, present at conferences, and publish in peer-reviewed journals on the build, implementation, and impact of Tulna

  • Build pipeline and onboard product companies for Tulna evaluation:

    • Identify pipeline of product companies for Tulnas expert evaluation (publically available on the Tulna website as a proof of concept for the frameworks and evaluation tools), including pitching to and qualifying product companies

    • Manage product companies throughout the evaluation process. Onboard companies and conduct and publish evaluations, including seeking responses from EdTech product firms on their evaluation

  • Build credibility of Tulna and provide the impetus for Government adoption

    • Lead the creation of training plans and resources with the state department, PMUs and other relevant stakeholders when it comes to state adoption of Tulna

    • Ensure fidelity of adoption by:

      • Building capacity of state-side teams, including organizing training sessions for evaluators.

      • Providing technical support to state-side teams, including support in the contextualization of Tulna

    • Conduct field work, analyze and document insights from the field that will help to strengthen adoption efforts and improve Tulna

  • Strategic Leadership:

    • Build, train and manage a team of scientists/researchers who will support in the build of frameworks and execution of evaluations

    • Provide expert inputs on Tulna to build salience and encourage the adoption of Tulna in government meetings, fundraising meetings, public domain etc.

    • Lead communications around Tulna, and oversee the organization of events to build awareness around the project (conferences, workshops etc.)

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Essential Qualifications:

    • Candidates should have a Ph.D OR a M.Tech with minimum 6 years of experience.

    • Outstanding research experience, including a strong track record of research publications in recognized conferences, journals and media.

    • For those without a Ph.D, minimum 5 years of experience in developing research design methodology, conducting research, building contextualized frameworks and developing robust quality check and validation methodologies is required.

    • Strong exposure to EdTech is required.

  • Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience developing evaluation tools will be a strong value-addition.

    • Experience with the government and public sector ecosystem is preferred.

    • Experience with academia is preferred.

  • Additional Essential Skills:

    • Outstanding interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to build and maintain senior-level stakeholder relationships.

    • Outstanding management skills; ability to lead research teams of 6-8 people and manage multiple work streams.

    • Ability to synthesize complex information and communicate it effectively to diverse audiences demonstrated through research publications, articles, thought leadership papers etc.

    • High intellectual vitality, the desire to continuously learn, read, and engage on various topics. Tulna will evolve based on the needs of the EdTech landscape, and a willingness to learn and take on new areas of expertise is essential. Adaptability and flexibility to changing circumstances are also crucial.

Compensation

Remuneration will be based on IIT-Delhi pay scales.

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