NeGD AI/ML Lead Recruitment 2026: 4 Posts in Delhi, Apply by 13 November 2026

The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) has invited applications for four AI/ML Lead posts based in Delhi, with applications closing on 13 November 2026. The NeGD AI/ML Lead recruitment, reported by FreeJobAlert on 28 October 2026, is a contractual appointment, initially for three years, with possible extension depending on project requirements. NeGD works under the Digital India Corporation in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, supporting e-Governance projects.

At a glance: NeGD AI/ML Lead recruitment 2026	Detail
Organisation	National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Digital India Corporation
Post	AI/ML Lead
Total vacancies	4
Job location	Delhi
Appointment	Contractual, initially three years, with possible extension based on project requirements
Application deadline	13 November 2026
Qualifications	B.Tech. or B.E., M.Tech. or M.S., or M.Sc. in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, Electronics or a related discipline
Experience	7 or more years developing and deploying AI/ML systems; 10 or more years preferred
Age limit	Not stated in the report read
Application fee	Not stated in the report read
Pay scale	Not stated in the report read
Citizenship condition	None stated in the report read

NeGD AI/ML Lead roles: four specialisations in government digital services

The four NeGD AI/ML Lead posts are senior technical leadership roles, not junior coding jobs. The selected candidates will own the technical roadmap of their team's reusable services, choosing between prompting, retrieval, fine-tuning and smaller specialised models on accuracy, cost, latency and data governance grounds, and documenting the reasons for each choice. They will lead in-house engineers and data scientists, review their work, and stay hands-on in code, training and debugging, FreeJobAlert reported.

The work spans four specialisations. In NLP and Document AI, the leads handle OCR, layout analysis and parsing for scanned, handwritten and mixed-script documents, plus extraction, classification, redaction of personal information and summarisation, and retrieval-augmented question answering over rules, circulars and case files. In Speech AI, they cover recognition, synthesis, translation and language identification for Indian languages, including 8 kHz telephone audio and code-mixed speech, with assistants for web, WhatsApp, voice response and mobile.

In Computer Vision, the leads work on face detection, verification, search and liveness checks at large scale, plus tamper and forgery detection for identity documents. In Agentic AI, they build agents for planning, tool use, memory and multi-agent coordination using LangGraph or an equivalent framework and the Model Context Protocol, with least-privilege tool permissions, human approval for every consequential action, audit trails and rollback. They also build datasets and metrics, test for prompt injection and data leakage, and publish services to a catalogue.

NeGD AI/ML Lead eligibility: experience counts more than certificates

On qualifications, candidates need a B.Tech. or B.E., M.Tech. or M.S., or M.Sc. in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, Electronics or a related discipline, FreeJobAlert reported. An advanced degree, such as an M.Tech., M.S. or Ph.D., or published work in the chosen specialisation is highly desirable. Certifications are not mandatory: demonstrated work, listed under minimum evidence at screening, will carry greater weight, and candidates from non-traditional backgrounds with strong verifiable work will be considered in place of a formal qualification.

Experience is where the bar is highest. Candidates need seven or more years developing and deploying AI/ML systems, with ten or more years preferred, and at least four years building systems in the chosen specialisation that are deployed in production. For Agentic AI, the minimum is two years building large language model applications or agents in production. Candidates also need at least two years leading a team of engineers or data scientists.

The evidence requirement is specific. Each candidate must show delivery of at least one system used by real users at scale, with documented evaluation: field-level accuracy for NLP and Document AI, word error rate or resolution rate for Speech AI, error rates at operating thresholds for Computer Vision, and task-success rates and safety controls for Agentic AI. Hands-on experience fine-tuning open-weight or foundation models on domain data is also required.

NeGD AI/ML Lead: what the report does not state

Three facts that applicants usually check first are not stated in the report read: the age limit, the application fee and the pay scale. FreeJobAlert reported that the official notification does not specify those details for this post, and no figure has been added here to fill the gap. The advertisement number and the selection stages beyond screening are also not given in the report read. Applicants should open the official notification PDF linked from the FreeJobAlert report and confirm those points from the notification itself.

How to apply for the NeGD AI/ML Lead posts

1. Open the FreeJobAlert report on the NeGD AI/ML Lead recruitment and follow its link to the official notification PDF, hosted on the Digital India Corporation website.
2. Read the full notification first, including the specialisation descriptions, the minimum evidence required at screening, and the submission route, before preparing an application.
3. Match your experience to one specialisation, and gather evidence of at least one system you delivered that is used by real users at scale.
4. Prepare documents supporting your qualifications and work experience, in the format stated in the notification.
5. Submit the application through the route stated in the official notification, well before 13 November 2026, and save a copy of the submitted application.

A note for readers in Nepal

For readers in Nepal, the position needs to be plain. These are four contractual posts based in Delhi, in an Indian government digital organisation, and the report read states no citizenship condition and no sponsorship route. Anyone outside India should check the official notification's eligibility conditions before applying, and should not assume that a Nepali application will be accepted. No application fee is stated in the report read, so anyone asking for payment to secure one of these posts should not be trusted.

Growentix also covers other technology and AI hiring, including the surge in quantum computing jobs in 2026 and RGCB technical recruitment for eight posts. The NeGD reporting in this article is drawn from the FreeJobAlert report on the NeGD AI/ML Lead recruitment.