About the Company The organisation enables young Indians to pursue high-impact, purpose-driven careers in nation building.It believes in the power of youth to drive collective change and provides young professionals with the platform to create societal impact. NationBuilding Foundation of India drives interventions to address the most pressing challenges affecting India across priority themes, with sports and health among its focus areas.

About the Preventive Healthcare Vertical

Non-communicable diseases cause the highest number of premature deaths globally. India, too, faces a rising burden of non-communicable and preventable diseases driven by modifiable risk factors. However, the current systemic approach focuses on treatment and management rather than prevention.

The Preventive Healthcare Vertical seeks to shift this paradigm by advancing a science-driven approach to prevention that enables people not only to live longer, but to live healthier for longer. We believe that improving India's health outcomes requires deliberate investment in evidence-based preventive interventions across the life course, with particular emphasis on early-life prevention to reduce the burden of disease later in life.

The vertical is committed to placing healthspan alongside lifespan at the centre of public health thinking. By combining rigorous research, policy engagement, strategic communications, and scalable interventions, we seek to strengthen the preventive public health ecosystem, shape state action, and inspire healthier behaviours across populations. If this vision excites you, we invite you to join our dynamic team and contribute to the ambitious goal of building a healthier India.

About the Role

You will join the preventive public healthcare vertical to lead research on behavioural and lifestyle factors that influence health outcomes, with a particular focus on sleep, stress, and health-related behaviours.

As Research Lead for Behavioural & Lifestyle, you will be responsible for generating and synthesising evidence on behavioural determinants of health, evaluating behaviour-change strategies and lifestyle interventions, and developing evidence-based recommendations for healthier behaviours. You will translate behavioural and public health research into practical approaches that can inform preventive health interventions, programmes, and policy.

Key Responsibilities

● Leading behavioural and lifestyle research: You will lead research examining behavioural and lifestyle factors that influence health outcomes across the life course, with a focus on behaviours that can be modified through preventive interventions.

● Researching sleep and stress: You will study the relationship between sleep, stress, mental and behavioural patterns, and physical health outcomes, identifying opportunities for prevention and healthier lifestyles.

● Studying risky health behaviours:



You will examine behavioural risk factors and lifestyle practices that contribute to poor health outcomes, assessing their prevalence, determinants, and implications for preventive health.

● Developing behaviour-change strategies: You will synthesise evidence from behavioural science,

psychology, public health, and related disciplines to develop strategies that can enable sustained changes in health-related behaviours.

● Evaluating lifestyle interventions: You will assess evidence on behavioural and lifestyle interventions, including their effectiveness, feasibility, sustainability, and potential for implementation at scale.

● Developing lifestyle recommendations: You will translate evidence on behavioural determinants and lifestyle interventions into practical, evidence-based recommendations for healthier behaviours across different population groups and life stages.

● Generating and synthesising evidence: You will design and oversee literature reviews, evidence syntheses, behavioural research, and other analytical work related to lifestyle and behaviour change. You will ensure that research outputs are methodologically rigorous, scientifically credible,

and relevant to Indian contexts.

● Building domain knowledge: You will develop and maintain knowledge resources on behavioural science, sleep, stress, risky behaviours, behaviour change, and lifestyle interventions,

strengthening the organisation's institutional understanding of behavioural determinants of health.

● Client interaction and communication: You will present research findings and behaviour-change recommendations to government stakeholders, clients, and allied institutions, translating technical behavioural evidence into clear and actionable insights.

● Public interaction for advocacy: You will contribute to publications, workshops, discussions, and other public-facing engagements that communicate the importance of healthier behaviours and lifestyles for disease prevention and healthy ageing.

Eligibility criteria

Must have:

● 2-5 years of relevant experience in years of relevant experience in behavioural science, psychology,public health, health promotion, behavioural research, lifestyle interventions, or allied research domains, with demonstrated experience contributing to research or evidence-generation programmes.

● A postgraduate or doctoral qualification from a tier I or tier II institute in the following or similar disciplines:

○ Behavioural Science

○ Psychology

○ Public Health





○ Health Promotion

○ Behavioural Health

○ Social and Behavioural Sciences

○ Other related disciplines with a strong focus on health behaviour and behaviour change

● Strong understanding of behavioural determinants of health, lifestyle factors, behaviour change, and their relationship with health outcomes.

● Demonstrated experience in behavioural research and evidence synthesis, including literature reviews, intervention research, behavioural assessments, or related research methodologies.

● Understanding of sleep, stress, risky health behaviours, and other lifestyle determinants, with the ability to critically assess evidence on their contribution to population health.

● Ability to critically evaluate behavioural and public health evidence and translate findings into practical, evidence-based behaviour-change and lifestyle recommendations.

● Strong analytical and scientific writing skills, with the ability to communicate research findings through technical reports, presentations, research outputs, and other knowledge products.

● Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams and engage effectively with behavioural scientists,

psychologists, public health professionals, clinicians, researchers, and other domain experts.

Good to have:

● Experience designing or evaluating behaviour-change strategies, lifestyle interventions, health promotion programmes, or population-level behavioural interventions.

● Experience researching sleep, stress, sedentary behaviour, substance use, diet, physical activity, or other modifiable lifestyle behaviours.

● Experience applying behavioural frameworks or theories to the design, evaluation, or implementation of health interventions.

● Experience with quantitative or qualitative behavioural research methods, including survey design, behavioural assessment, intervention evaluation, or population-level research.

● Proficiency with analytical and statistical tools such as R, Stata, Python, or equivalent software used for research and quantitative analysis.

Role benefits

● Competitive compensation aligned with industry standards and experience

● Reimbursements will be provided in line with organisational travel policies and applicable norms

● Comprehensive medical insurance coverage as per organisational policy

● Direct exposure to government decision-making processes, including engagement with senior policymakers, administrators, and institutional stakeholders

● Hands-on involvement across the full policy lifecycle from evidence generation and problem framing to consultation, advocacy, and implementation support

● Chance to contribute to high-impact, preventive public health initiatives with potential for real-world policy adoption.

Role location:

This is a full-time, in-office role based in Gurugram, Haryana.

📌 Research Lead - Behavioural & Lifestyle (Gurugram)
🏢 NationBuilding Foundation of India
📍 Gurugram