Innovation and Research
/Individual contributor at the frontier
Resource Person — Quantum Science & ASI Bootcamp (Faculty Track)
Deliver lectures, run labs, and mentor 1,000 selected cadets across India's flagship 30-day Quantum Science & ASI Bootcamp, culminating at IIT Guwahati.
Compensation
Honorarium-based
Engagement
Consultant
Scope of role
Own complex problems end-to-end. Set technical direction. Mentor mid and junior teammates.
01 — The role
Why this role exists at EduRankAI
EduRankAI is launching one of India's most ambitious science-education programs — a 30-day national bootcamp on Quantum Science, Quantum Technology, and Artificial Superintelligence, with a registration target of 1 crore and a flagship in-person phase at IIT Guwahati for the top 100 selected fellows. We are inviting world-class Resource Persons — researchers, professors, industry scientists, and senior practitioners — to shape this program's intellectual core. You will teach a cohort of 1,000 highly selected learners ranging from Class 11 students to working professionals just entering the field. Your sessions will be live-streamed nationally, and your problem sets and capstone-mentorship will influence India's next generation of quantum and AI talent. This is not a one-off guest lecture. It's a chance to anchor a movement.
02 — The work
What you will own
- 01 Design and deliver 4–8 live lectures across the 21-day virtual phase on your area of specialization.
- 02 Build problem sets and reading lists aligned with your lectures.
- 03 Host weekly office hours / Q&A sessions for the 1,000-strong cadet cohort.
- 04 Contribute questions to the Day 22 mid-program examination question bank.
- 05 Co-mentor capstone teams in the final week of the virtual phase.
- 06 Optionally participate in the 3-day IIT Guwahati in-person flagship (Days 23–25) — labs, niche seminars, or panel discussions.
- 07 Help curate niche-seminar tracks for advanced learners (e.g., quantum sensing, AI safety, topological qubits, LLM alignment).
- 08 Coordinate with co-faculty to ensure continuity across the 30-day arc.
- 09 Allow lectures to be recorded for the bootcamp's public learning library.
03 — The expertise
What we look for
04 — The bar
Who thrives here
- → PhD in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or related field with a quantum or AI focus — OR equivalent senior industry experience (8+ years) at a quantum hardware company, AI research lab, or national R&D institute.
- → Current or past affiliation with IITs, IISc, IISERs, TIFR, BITS, national labs (DRDO/ISRO/BARC), global universities, leading AI labs (DeepMind / OpenAI / Anthropic / Meta AI / Google Research), or quantum startups (IBM Quantum, IonQ, QpiAI, BosonQ Psi, Quantinuum, etc.) preferred but not mandatory.
- → Demonstrated track record of teaching, public communication, or open-source / open-science contribution.
- → Available for the bootcamp duration (specific dates communicated post-shortlisting).
- → Willingness to travel to IIT Guwahati for the 3-day flagship is preferred but not mandatory.
- → Indian nationals and international applicants both eligible.
05 — Hiring process
What to expect after you apply
- 01
Application review
Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.
- 02
Take-home or live exercise
Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.
- 03
Conversations
Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.
- 04
Offer or honest no
If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.
Before you start
What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.
We will collect
- Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
- Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
- Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
- Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
- Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.
We will never
- Sell your data
- Share with third-party recruiters
- Use for advertising
- Train models on it
- Send marketing email
Our situation
EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. The small per-application fee covers the real cost of processing your application — human review, identity verification, infrastructure, reviewer time. It buys us the right to be honest. Genuine financial hardship? Request a fee waiver inside the application — reviewed individually within 5 business days, with no record in your file and no second-class treatment of waiver-granted applications.
Ready to apply?
We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.
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