About the Opportunity

Ministry of Woman and Child Development (MWCD) is inviting applications under ‘Internship Programmes of the Ministry.

The Ministry provides a qualitative exposure to its mandate and also have specific programmes and policy analysis at the hands of the target group to make them proactive to raise the issue of women and children on various platforms in future.

The internship programme will be offered in four distinct terms throughout the financial year: May-June, August-September, November-December, and February- March, each with a duration of two months.

Number of Vacancy

Ministry would take up to 20 interns per batch.

Roles and Responsibilities

• The interns may be required to undertake pilot projects/micro-studies focusing on the ongoing activities of the Ministry. The Ministry endeavors from this Programme, a qualitative exposure of the interns to its mandate, specific programmes and policy analysis so as to enable them proactively raise issues concerning women and children on various platforms in future.
• The Internship Programme would provide a common platform for meaningful interaction and space for research related to Government programs/initiatives. The interns would be able to contribute to policy formulation by giving inputs in the form of empirical analysis, reporting, policy papers and briefing. This Programme is expected to yield promptness in bridging possible information gaps pertaining to issues and problems of women and children in the country.
• Under this initiative, Ministry would provide environment and services to the interns to interact with its functionaries responsible for implementation of different schemes and policy initiatives; interact with other line Ministries and stakeholders who are key role players in the wellbeing and empowerment of women and children in the country.

Eligibility Criteria

• Women students, scholars, social activists and teachers from non-tier-I cities and rural parts of India will be eligible for the program. The women students, scholars, social activists, teachers (herein after referred to as interns) need to be enrolled in/associated with any university/academic/non-academic institution.
• Age Limit
• List of Tier-I cities Tier 1 cities include Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.
• Candidates who belong to Tier-I cities are not eligible to apply for internship

Perks

• Each intern would be provided a lump sum stipend of Rs. 20,000/- per month and reimbursement of travel cost (by Deluxe/AC Bus/3 Tier AC Train) for joining of the Programme in the Ministry and return back to home at the end of the Programme. Interns proceeding on tour as part of the Programme would be reimbursed travel cost (by Deluxe/AC Bus/3 Tier AC Train) and DA as per extant GOI rates.
• The interns would also be awarded a certificate on successful completion of the Programme on terms such as submission/ presentation of papers/ reports of the work done.
• Interns would be provided hostel facility on sharing basis for the duration of their Programme in Delhi.
• For more details please check the official link attached below.

How to Apply?

Prospective interns are required to submit their applications online on the Internship Programme portal (for more details check the application guideline link attached below)

Note: Any candidate once selected for the internship shall not be eligible to apply for any subsequent term.

Application Deadline

The applications can be submitted two months prior to the start of the internship, between 1st and 10th of the month (e.g. 1st -10th March for May-June, 1st -10th June for August-September etc.).

Location

Delhi

Click here for the application guidelines.

Click here for the official notification.