𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆! The National Testing Agency (NTA) is investing in a rigorous, citable research function so that every communication, campaign and leadership message rests on solid evidence. We are inviting applications for the position of 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 at our New Delhi Head Office. If you are a systematic thinker with sharp analytical writing and a fact-checker's discipline, this is your chance to shape the evidence base behind JEE (Main), NEET (UG), CUET, UGC-NET and India's most-watched examinations. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀: 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 & 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁-𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Conduct literature scans on examinations, education, youth, technology, and public communication; build dossiers, fact sheets, and Q&A; fact-check press releases, scripts, and presentations before release. 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Track policy developments and media narratives; maintain a citation-disciplined research repository; benchmark other examination and testing bodies in India and abroad. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Lead research programmes underpinning communication strategy, campaigns, and policy notes; produce in-depth reports, benchmarking studies and thought-leadership material; provide the evidence base for op-eds and Ministry/Parliamentary submissions. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: Design surveys, focus groups, and interviews; oversee synthesis with the Data Analyst; distill feedback into actionable insights. 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 & 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Establish research standards and knowledge-management systems; mentor junior contributors and manage external research vendors/academic partners. 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗪𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿: 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Degree or Master's in public policy, social sciences, economics, journalism, or related field. Portfolio of research/writing samples required. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: Minimum 3 years in research (policy, think-tank, strategy consulting, media research, academia, or communications research). 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: Strong desk-research, source-evaluation and fact-checking; proven ability to design methodology and translate evidence into strategy; excellent analytical writing and rigorous sourcing. 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲: Working Hindi (including reading Hindi-language sources), knowledge of the education/examination sector, government or public-institution research experience, published research or reports. 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: New Delhi (NTA Headquarters) 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Contractual — initially 2 years, renewable 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: As per industry standards; commensurate with experience 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆: 𝟮𝟭 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹: dir-admin@nta.gov.in 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁 (𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗜): #NTA# #NationalTestingAgency# #Researcher# #ResearchJobs# #PolicyResearch# #ThinkTank# #PublicPolicy# #Hiring# #JobsInDelhi# #CareersAtNTA# #Communications# #Education#

Jonathan Ross wanted a few phone numbers so a bunch of his agents could join him on Signal and WhatsApp. Twilio kept asking him to prove he was human. His ideal fix: allocate a budget to the AI and let it spend on its own. On @davidsenra's podcast, @GroqInc founder @JonathanRoss321 laid out why agent payments are about to take off. In this clip: ▷ AI is really good at using AI. That is what agentic means: one agent kicks off research jobs for another, and usage compounds exponentially ▷ When agents start making payments, payment volume skyrockets. The limiter today: "payments aren't really built for this yet." Micropayments change that ▷ His ideal setup: give the AI a budget, let it spend within that budget, and never think about it again That last idea is exactly what Kite is building: the Kite Agent Passport gives every agent a verifiable identity and enforceable, user-defined budgets, and the high-frequency micropayments those agents generate settle onchain in stablecoins on Kite's own Layer 1. No more proving you are human. 🪁

Since 2020, only 33% of all new houses built in Ireland have been made available on the private market each year. I noted this trend in Vandalising Ireland - particularly state intervention via county councils and NGO housing charities. It has led to a catastrophic home-ownership crisis that now sees 40% of *working* Irish people under the age of 35 living in their parental home. While the government brags about house completions - see Micheal Martin's X account for any number of photo ops of him in a hard hat shovelling dirt at a camera - last year out of the 36,246 new completions, only 12,135 were sold on the open market to private households. The trend of locking young, hard-working Irish people in their childhood bedrooms shows no signs of abating. Combined, investment funds and the state now block buy an outright majority of houses built each year. Approximately 42% are block purchased by investors. Approximately 25% of houses were acquired by the state through county councils, NGOs, housing charities and Part V acquisitions. The 2025 number represents a 14% jump in state acquisitions on 2024. While it provides good photo ops for FF/G, it adds to the pressure on private home buyers. The trend over the past 5 years shows that even if the state delivers more housing units, the benefit to the private buyer remains negligible. The government has continued to do nothing useful to tax investment funds out of the private market allowing them to take the lion's share of new builds each year. Not only are they allowing said investment firms to dominate the private housing market, but they - the government - are now in increasing competition with the private buyer for remaining stock. As also noted in Vandalising Ireland, none of this touches on the fact that non-EU nationals, particularly Indians being brought into the country in staggering numbers to fill well-paid health and IT jobs also have the pick of private stock due to their status as an overnight upper middle class import. Again, this squeezes the native. This will have an extremely mercenary effect on Irish culture also. Because of the squeeze any native Irish involved in the arts and humanities, or non-FDI ready research jobs have no option but to leave Ireland. Art, culture and humanities have no place in a country where the price of pursuing such fields is permanent exile to your childhood bedroom. It will make Ireland uglier, greyer and less human. Which is a disaster in a time of increased 'diversity'. Importantly, the gap between state acquired social housing taken from public stock and privately available stock to natives, particularly young natives, is closing and that removes any doubt - for those still in need of convincing - that Ireland is one of the most socialist states in the developed world. Ireland is rapidly hearing towards a socialist/globalist alliance situation where private homeownership will be a thing of the past and people's options will be social housing or lifetime rental from a profit-driven investment firms. That is cause for revolt in my book.