Requirement – immediate. Duration three months.
Location – Mumbai based but would involve some travelling to nearby rural areas.
Comet Media Foundation are carrying out a short term project whose
purpose is carry out a study of the security and legal aspects of
running a telecentre or cyber cafe and to convert this information
into study and reference materials that can be used by telecentre
operators and their staff to meet regulatory requirements, protect
themselves and help their customers in the current security scenario.
This need is felt due to risks to telecentres and users as well as
legal liabilities faced by the operators in this regard. This is a
good opportunity for a curriculum developer to gain hands-on
experience in creating content to fit a context.
The study involves designing a questionnaire, and meeting with 10
urban and rural telecente operators and about forty users of
different profiles. Detailed interviews will need to be scheduled and
conducted with a total of about 25 persons. The coordinator would also
have to interact with external experts – a lawyer, cyber security
expert, research associates, instructional design consultant, visual
designer and coder as well as with the project partner who would
function as a community leader among telecentre operators. With the
help of these resource persons, we will convert the inputs into six
training sessions of about 1-2 hours each. The coordinator and team
members will then run two pilot workshops to test the materials with a
target audience. The feedback from these sessions will be used to
refine the content and methodology as required. In parallel, all
activities will be documented and converted into a final report by the
end of January, 2009.
We are looking for a young person with at least one year of social
research experience with a fair understanding of ICTs (Information &
Communication Technologies) and fluency in Marathi, English and Hindi
who can function independently in the field against tight deadlines
and resource constraints. S/he must be based in Mumbai and familiar
with nearby areas. Good relationship skills, communication (oral and
written) and analytical skills are essential.
Remuneration: A consolidated salary of Rs. 15,000 per month will be
paid for a maximum of three months. Travel and related expenses will
be reimbursed as per norms.
If interested, please email your CV immediately to
mailto:cometmediafdn@
We are located at: 1st floor, Topiwala School Building,
Topiwala Lane (Opp Lamington Rd Police Station) – near Grant Rd Rly Stn.
Mumbai 400007. To schedule a meeting please call: 23826674.
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Comet Media Foundation
Topiwala Municipal School, Lamington Road
Mumbai 400007, India
Tel: 91-22-2382 6674 or 2386 9052
e-mail: cometmediafdn@
website: www.cometmedia.