• <strong>Job Role / Nature of Work</strong>
• Worked as a Research/Data Analysis Intern - Labour Market & Skill Sector, embedded in NSDC's research function, translating official Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2025 microdata (MoSPI/NSO) into skill-policy inputs spanning raw data engineering, applied labour-market analytics, and policy proposal writing.
• <strong>Key Work Areas</strong>
• ● PLFS 2025 Microdata Parsing & Processing Extraction, decoding of fixed-width unit-level files (person/household), application of survey weights, and construction of LFPR, WPR, and Unemployment Rate indicators in R, validated against MoSPI's published Table 18.0.
• ● Skill-Sector Research Analysis - Cross-tabulated vocational/technical training status (type, duration, funding source) against employment outcomes, NIC-2008 sector, and state, to surface skill gaps relevant to NSDC's programme targeting.
• ● State Proposal Writing - Drafted evidence-based proposals for state governments to establish skill-centric hubs, using PLFS-derived state labour-market profiles and skill-gap findings to justify hub location and sector focus.
• ● ISCO Occupational Coding - Mapped India's NCO codes to ISCO-08 (with reference to ISCO-88) occupation classifications; restructured occupation-code datasets from horizontal to vertical layouts for analytical use.
• <strong>Skills Learned</strong>
• ● Technical: R (readr, dplyr, readxl, archive, stringr, haven), fixed-width data decoding, survey-weight application, Excel-based cross-tabulation and data restructuring.
• ● Analytical: Official survey methodology (usual status/CWS concepts), indicator validation against published benchmarks, occupational classification systems (ISCO-08/88).
• ● Applied/Policy: Converting statistical evidence into state-level policy proposals; sector-gap identification for skill-programme design.
• ● Data governance/confidentiality practice for unit-level survey data, structured technical report writing.
• <strong>Roles & Responsibilities</strong>
• ● Parsed and decoded PLFS 2025 unit-level microdata; validated indicators against MoSPI's official Table 18.0.
• ● Analyzed skill-training patterns against employment outcomes to identify state/sector skill gaps for NSDC.
• ● Drafted state-level proposals for establishing skill-centric hubs, backed by PLFS-derived evidence.
• ● Mapped and harmonized NCO occupation codes to ISCO-08/88 classification standards.
• ● Maintained data governance and documentation discipline for unit-level survey data handling.
• <strong>Tools & Techniques Used</strong>
• ● R (readr, dplyr, readxl, archive, stringr, haven) - microdata extraction, decoding, weighting.
• ● MS Excel - cross-tabulation, layout/code-sheet reference, horizontal-to-vertical data restructuring.
• ● Survey methodology - usual status/CWS classification, final weight application, benchmark validation.
• ● Occupational classification mapping - ISCO-08/ISCO-88 crosswalk against India's NCO codes.