Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt Ltd

research is our business

CMIE Divisions Monitoring

Primary data collection from markets, companies, households & secondary data from official agencies

Database Management We manage India’s largest integrated database on the

Indian business and economic environment Software Development

Development of commercial products like Prowess, CapEx, Industry Analysis Service, www.business-beacon.com, www.consumer-pyramids.com

Research Focus on short-term forecasting upto six quarters

Marketing Dedicated institutional sales team

Research

Research is Central and the ultimate goal of all activities in CMIE. All monitoring, database building and software development is geared to enable research.

Research is our final output.

Areas of Research at CMIE Macro-economics

National Accounts, Inflation, Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, Public Finance, Interest Rates

Agriculture State-by-Crop forecasts for all major crops

Industry 100 industries demand-supply, new capacities,

commodity prices, industry-level cost structures and profit margins

Companies Top 100 companies to be expanded to 500

States Macro-economic forecasts for 20 major states to be

expanded to 100 Homogeneous Regions

Research is about forecasting Forecasting is the final objective of

research at CMIE We forecast the macro-economy, the

sectors, the companies and the regions

We forecast the medium term upto six quarters

We intend to extend the forecasts to five years

Research is a service to our customers CMIE forecasts are used by its

customers to take business decisions Customers include all economic

ministries of the central government, Planning Commission, RBI, regulators, tax authorities, state governments, all major banks in India, large Indian and multinational corporates, consultancy firms, rating agencies, buy-side and sell-side investment firms, FIIs, media and academia.

Research Methodology – the big picture Quantitative

All analyst calls and outputs are quantitative Bottoms-up Approach

We begin from the crops in the regions and companies and industries in the sectors to build up to reach the GDP

Integrated Individual forecasts are integrated to avoid duplication

and ensure consistency as they build up the macro picture Database-centric

CMIE’s databases play a central role in the forecasting process

Technology-driven CMIE’s internal software team provides technology

support

The Analyst at CMIE is a proficient writer in English

communication skills are an essential pre-requisite has an aptitude for dealing with numbers

computational skills are necessary has analytical skills

obvious that an analyst must have analytical skills has domain knowledge

Macro-economic & State analysts have a sound understanding of macro-economics

Industry and company analysts have a good understanding of financial statements of companies, ratio analysis and basic micro-economics

Agriculture analysts understand crops & commodity markets

has clarity in thought and in its articulation

Infrastructure support to Analysts India’s best database facilities

All of CMIE’s databases are available to analysts Information technology infrastructure

CMIE’s IT team provides software support to analysts

In-house research expertise CMIE is a leading research institution in India.

Fresh analysts stand to gain from the experience and expertise of the analysts team. CMIE is aptly considered by many analysts to be the best place to learn and work together.

Exposure to clients Analysts at CMIE are encouraged to interact

with our customers who use the research.

Your job as an Analyst at CMIE Each Analyst is assigned a set of domains. Your final output is a set of reports on these domains. To achieve this you are expected to

Gain an understanding of the domain Understand the various sources of data, their frequencies

and their attributes including limitations Understand the framework of analysis used at CMIE for your

domain, including the various data presentations Understand the framework for making a set of forecasts for

your domain Analyse the data / data presentations and news in the light

of your understanding of the domain Take the calls necessary to make forecasts in tandem with

the calls made by other relevant domains and generate your set of forecasts

Write your report in simple but lucid and effective English within the assigned time-frame.

Your growth as an Analyst at CMIE CMIE employs over 350 people, but is a flat

organisation. We do not view growth in terms of designation changes

We seek people who are largely self-motivated to grow in terms of their knowledge and experience and are keen to work in an environment that nurtures and facilitates such a growth

We expect analysts to grow in terms of Gaining understanding of many domains and of seeing the

woods for the trees Contributing to the enhancement of the framework of

analysis used at CMIE for your and other domains Contributing to the enhancement of the framework for

making forecasts for your and other domains Increasing the scope of the forecasts made Contributing to product / service development Contributing to the mission and vision of CMIE while

adhering to its values

Analysts opportunities at CMIE We seek to add 22 new analysts

12 industry / company analysts 6 analysts to work on states / regions 2 macro-economic analysts 2 analysts to work on financial markets

Job opportunities are open and we seek to fill the vacancies as soon as possible.

Compensation to Analysts at CMIE Compensation is a function of your abilities

and usefulness to the organisation. The growth in compensation is essentially a

function of your performance and the change in your abilities to contribute to the growth of the organisation.

The annual cost-to-company for an analyst at CMIE has a wide range from Rs. 3 to 12 lakh per annum.

Our offer to you would depend upon our judgment of your abilities and your fit in CMIE.

Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd.Established in 1976

Mission Help our clients take informed decisionsVision Be the most effective source of knowledge solutionsValues Independence, Integrity, Reliability