Government of

Government of India
India
Ministry of
Ministry of Women and Child
Women and Child
Development
Development

Guidelines
Guidelines
Internship Programme
Internship Programme

Objective
Objective

The
The objective
objective of
of ‘Internship
‘Internship Programme’
Programme is
is to
to translate
translate Hon’ble
Hon’ble PM’s
PM’s idea
idea of
of “SABKA
“SABKA
SATH,
SATH, SABKA
पा VIKAAS, SABKA
VIKAAS, VISHWAAS, SABKA
SABKA VISHWAAS, SABKA PRAYAAS”
PRAYAAS” forfor building self-
building self-
reliant India.
reliant India.

Eligibility
Eligibility

Women students,
Women students, scholars,
scholars, social
social activists
activists and
and teachers
teachers from
from non-tier-I
non-tier-I cities
cities and
and
rural parts
rural parts of
of India
India will
will be eligible for
be eligible for the
the program.
program. The
The women students, scholars,
women students, scholars,
social activists,
social activists, teachers
teachers (herein
(herein after
after referred
referred to
to as
as interns)
interns) need
need toto be
be enrolled
enrolled
in/associated with
in/associated any university/academic/non-academic
with any university/academic/non-academic institution.
institution.

Age Limit
Age Limit

21 years
21 to 40
years to 40 years
years

Scope of
Scope of Activities
Activities

Broadly, this
Broadly, this programme
programme is is meant
meant to tohelp in orienting
help in orienting the
the students,
students, scholars,
scholars, social
social
activists, teachers
activists, teachers with
with the
the policies
policies andand programmes
programmes of of the
the Ministry
Ministry by by offering
offering
short-term association.
short-term association. TheThe interns
interns may may be be required
required to to undertake
undertake pilot pilot
projects/micro-studies focusing
projects/micro-studies focusing on on thethe ongoing
ongoing activities
activities ofof the
the Ministry.
Ministry. TheThe
Ministry endeavors
Ministry endeavors fromfrom this
this Programme,
Programme, aa qualitative
qualitative exposure
exposure ofof the
the interns
interns to
to its
its
mandate,
mandate, specific
specific programmes
programmes and and policy
policy analysis
analysis so
so as
as to
to enable
enable them
them proactively
proactively
raise issues
raise issues concerning
concerning women
women and and children
children onon various platforms in
various platforms in future.
future.

Through this
Through this Programme,
Programme, Ministry
Ministry aims
aims toto tap
tap the
the talent
talent of
of the
the interns,
interns, giving
giving them
them
opportunity to
opportunity to work for infusing
work for infusing further
further efficiency
efficiency in in implementation
implementation of of schemes
schemes as as
Iso
a
also deliberate on
deliberate on its
its policies
policies through
through different
different assignments.
assignments. The The Internship
Internship
Programme would
Programme provide aa common
would provide common platform
platform forfor meaningful
meaningful interaction
interaction andand space
space
for research
for research related
related toto Government
Government programs/initiatives.
programs/initiatives. The The interns
interns would
would be able
be able
to contribute
to contribute toto policy
policy formulation
formulation by giving inputs
by giving inputs in in the
the form
form of of empirical
empirical analysis,
analysis,
reporting,
reporting, policy
policy papers
papers and briefing. This
and briefing. This Programme
Programme is is expected
expected to yield
to yield
promptness in
promptness in bridging possible information
bridging possible information gaps
gaps pertaining
pertaining to to issues
issues and
and problems
problems
of women
of women andand children
children inin the
the country.
country.

Under this
Under this initiative,
initiative, Ministry
Ministry would provide environment
would provide environment and and services
services toto the
the
interns to
interns to interact
interact with its functionaries
with its functionaries responsible
responsible for
for implementation
implementation of of different
different
schemes and
schemes and policy
policy initiatives;
initiatives; interact
interact with other line
with other line Ministries
Ministries and
and stakeholders
stakeholders
who are key
who are key role
role players
p layers inin the
the wellbeing
wellbeing and
and empowerment
empowerment of of women and children
women and children
in the country.
in the country.

Duration
Duration
The Internship
The Internship Programme
Programme will be available
will be available for
for the
the duration
duration of
of two
two months
months
throughout the
throughout the year. Interns can
year. Interns can select
select any
any of
of the
the two
two month
month batches
batches while
while
submitting their applications.
submitting their applications.
Number of
Number of Interns
Interns

Ministry would
Ministry take up
would take up to
to 20
20 interns
interns per
per batch.
batch.

Incentives
Incentives
a. Each
a. Each intern
intern would
would be provided aa lump
be provided lump sumsum stipend
stipend of
of Rs.
Rs. 20,000/-
20,000/- per per month
month
and reimbursement
and reimbursement of of travel
travel cost
cost (by
(by Deluxe/AC
Deluxe/AC Bus/3
Bus/3 Tier
Tier AC Train) for
AC Train) for
joining of the
joining of the Programme
Programme in in the
the Ministry
Ministry andand return
return back
back to
to home
home atat the
the end
end of
of
the Programme.
the Programme. InternsInterns proceeding
proceeding on on tour
tour as
as part
part of
of the
the Programme
Programme would would bebe
reimbursed travel
reimbursed travel cost
cost (by
(by Deluxe/AC
Deluxe/AC Bus/3
Bus/3 Tier
Tier AC Train) and
AC Train) and DADA as
as per
per extant
extant
GOI rates.
GOI rates. The
The interns would also
interns would also bebe awarded
awarded a acertificate
certificate on on successful
successful
completion of
completion of the
the Programme
Programme on on terms
terms such
such asas submission/
submission/ presentation
presentation of of
papers/ reports
papers/ reports of of the
the work done.
work done.

b. Interns
b. Interns would
would be provided hostel
be provided hostel facility
facility on on sharing
sharing basis
basis forfor the
the duration
duration of of
their Programme
their Programme in in Delhi.
Delhi. The
The hostel
hostel facility
facility will
will only
only include
include basic amenities
basic amenities
like triple
like triple sharing
sharing accommodation
accommodation in in each
each roomroom with
with attached
attached bathroom
bathroom ,, bed bed
(mattress is
(mattress is not
not included),
included), table,
table, chair
chair and and cupboard.
cupboard. Mess Mess charges
charges areare not
not
included as
included as part
part ofof the
the accommodation
accommodation and and are
are to
to be
be borne
borne by the intern
by the intern
availing the
availing the hostel
hostel facility.
facility. The
The hostel
hostel facility
facility would
would be available from
be available from 2 2 days
days
prior to
prior to the
the start
start of
of Programme
Programme upto upto 22 daysdays after
after the
the end
end of of the
the Programme
Programme
(e.g., for
(e.g., for an
an internship
internship batch starting 11stst June,
batch starting June, the
the hostel
hostel facility
facility will
will be available
be available
from the
from the forenoon
forenoon of of 30
30t May
th May 2023
2023 upto
upto afternoon
afternoon of of 22"¢ August
nd 2023 for
August 2023 for aa
two- month
two- month Programme).
Programme).

c. Interns
c. Interns would
would be provided necessary
be provided necessary logistic
logistic support
support such
such as
as seating
seating
arrangement, internet
arrangement, internet facility
facility and
and stationery
stationery items
items in
in the
the Ministry.
Ministry.
d. The
d. The interns
interns would
would be
be provided
provided an
an Internship
Internship Coordinator
Coordinator who
who would
would be
be
responsible for coordinating entire internship exercise, including networking
responsible for coordinating entire internship exercise, including networking
and communication
and communication with
with other
other stakeholders.
stakeholders.

How to
How to Apply
Apply

Prospective interns
Prospective interns are
are required
required toto submit
submit their
their applications
ap plications online
online on on the
the
Internship Programme
Internship Programme portalportal www.wcd.intern.nic.in.
www.wcd.intern.nic.in. The The applications
applications can can bebe
submitted between
submitted ist and
between 1st and 10th
10th of
of every
every month.
month. Interns
Interns cancan choose
choose the
the batch for
batch for
which they
which they wish
wish to
to apply
apply for
for the
the Programme.
Programme. Applications
Applications will
will be accepted only
be accepted only upto
upto
6 months
6 months in in advance.
advance. Any candidate once
Any candidate once selected
selected for
for the
the internship
internship shall
shall not
not be
be
eligible to
eligible to apply
apply for
for any
any subsequent
subsequent Programme.
Programme.

Selection
Selection

The selection
The selection of
of Interns
Interns would
would be done by
be done by aa Selection
Selection Committee
Committee duly
duly constituted
constituted
for this
for this purpose.
purpose. Where
Where necessary,
necessary, Ministry
Ministry maymay also
also invite
invite certain
certain faculty
faculty
members/st Biect experts
members/subject experts from
from universities/reputed
universities/reputed research
research institutes
institutes for
for the
the
selection process.
selection process.
Furnishing of
Furnishing of Undertaking/Declaration
Undertaking/Declaration
a. The
a. The selected
selected intern
intern would
would declare
declare that
that she
she understands
understands that
that offer
offer of
of internship
internship
by the
by the Ministry
Ministry isis not
not an
an offer
offer of
of job or commitment
job or commitment of of any
any future
future job;
job; hence
hence
the offer of internship would not be used as a claim for that matter.
the offer of internship would not be used as a claim for that matter.
b. The
b. The selected
selected intern
intern would
would furnish
furnish aa declaration
declaration of
of secrecy
secrecy before reporting for
before reporting for
the internship.
the internship.

Termination of
Termination of Internship
Internship

Ministry would
Ministry would have
have the
the right
right to
to appraise/review
appraise/review performance
performance of of interns
interns andand
enforce timely
enforce timely completion
completion of of various
various assignments.
assignments. It It would
would be desired from
be desired from the
the
Interns to
Interns to complete
complete their
their project
project activity
activity in
in time
time and
and satisfactorily.
satisfactorily. InIn case
case ofof non-
non-
compliance and
compliance and non-performance,
non-performance, the the Ministry
Ministry would
would have
have right
right to
to terminate
terminate the the
internship programme
internship programme by by issuing
issuing aa notice
notice toto concerned
concerned intern
intern to
to this
this effect.
effect.

Contact
Contact

For any
For any further
further details/queries,
details/queries, following
following officer
officer may
may be contacted:
be contacted:

Assistant Director (Internship

KKREK
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