2. The internship will be on unpaid basis.
3. The Scheme
3.1 Name of the Scheme: The NISD Internship Scheme.
3.2 Purpose: To allow short term exposure of "selected
candidates” with the different Divisions of NISD, Government of India as
'Interns'. A list of domains / areas for which Internship is invited is
enclosed as Annexure – “I”.
3.3 Objectives of the Scheme: The Scheme has the following stated objectives:
a. To allow young academic
talent to be associated with the NISD’s work for mutual benefit.
b. The "Interns" shall have an opportunity to know about the
functions of the different Divisions of the NISD and their programmes and
policies etc.
c. To provide an opportunity
for the officers of the Authority to interact with young thinking minds from
reputed Institutions, as ideas from budding scholars will prove to be of
important for policy and planning in puts.
d. To provide a framework to
students by which their educational experience is enhanced and support the work
of NISD through practical work assignments.
3.4 Internship:
I.
Internship shall be available throughout the year based on the requirements of NISD.
Interested applicants shall apply online for
Internship Programme.
II. Eligibility: Bonafide students pursuing/passed out Graduate/Post Graduate Degree or Research Scholars enrolled in recognized University/Institution within India from any background but preferably Social Science background i.e. Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Law etc. of any recognized University/ Institution within India fulfilling following conditions are eligible to apply for the internship:
a) Students pursuing/passed out Graduate/Post Graduate Degree or Research
Scholars.
b) They have secured 50% or
more cumulative marks in all the years/semesters of their graduation/
post-graduation till the date of application.
(iii)
Period: The period of Internship
shall be at least four weeks but not exceeding 3 months. Interns not completing
the requisite period will not be issued any certificate. Intern shall be
present in the office hours i.e. 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. in all working days.
For experience, If Director desires, intern may travel for field experience.
(iv)Experience Certificate: A certificate regarding successful completion
of Internship shall be issued.
3.5 Logistics & Support: Interns will be required
to have their own laptops. NISD shall provide them working space, internet
facility and other necessities as deemed fit by the concerned Heads, as per
availability. However, it will not be the right of the intern to claim it.
3.6 Procedure and
conditions for Applicants:
I. Interested applicants shall apply online for
Internship programme.
II.
Applicants must clearly indicate the area of interest.
III. A
candidate can apply for internship only once during a financial year.
IV. The applicants who do not fulfil the
eligibility conditions, their applications shall be rejected by the Competent
Authority.
V. The selected applicant has to produce letter of recommendation from the college/institution at the time of joining, failing which his/her candidature shall be cancelled. Annexure-II
VI. Fluency in English or Hindi is desirable for
internship.
VII. NISD holds the power to deny the internship
without any explanation.
VIII. If NISD finds any misbehavior / misconduct of intern during internship, his/her internship will be terminated without giving any prior notice.
3.7 Timeline of application: Applications received till 25th of each month shall be allowed for subsequent month/s internship.
3.8
Procedure for Selection and Other Modalities of the Scheme:
I. A maximum of 5 interns are
taken for Internship at a time for each Division. This number may be relaxed
beyond 5 with the permission of Director, NISD. The decision of the Director
regarding the suitability of a candidate as intern shall be final and binding.
II. The selected candidates may
be asked by NISD to submit the hard copy of their Recommendation Letter (RL)
from their Head of the Department/Principal by giving sufficient time before
issuance of the offer letter by NISD. It also has to be indicated in the RL
that the student would not be registered for any course requiring his/her
attendance in the class during the period of internship. If any discrepancy is
found, the candidature of the candidate will be cancelled by NISD.
III. Depending upon the number of applications received against a particular domain/area, NISD reserves the right to fix up the eligibility criteria, limit the number of applicants to be called for a particular period and to decide about the mode of screening thereof.
IV. The
concerned heads of Divisions of NISD shall be personally responsible for
ensuring that the work programme and output mutually agreed upon with the
Intern is satisfactorily completed. Interns shall be required to submit a brief
report / paper at the end of their assignment to the Heads of the concerned
Divisions of NISD about their learning experience.
V. The intern shall not
disclose any data of NISD and maintain confidentiality. Violation would be
liable for legal action. Any publication would require prior permission from
NISD.
3.9 Attendance - While doing internship in
NISD, the candidate should have a minimum of 80% attendance and they have to
mark In and Out time on daily basis. In case of less than 80% attendance no
extension of internship period is allowed and no experience certificate will be
issued. The attendance record and the details of work supervision shall be
maintained by the Heads of the Divisions.
3.10 It may be strictly observed that the conduct of
the interns and their access to data shall be the sole responsibility of the concerned
Deputy Directors /Heads of Verticals only.
3.11 Relaxation: Director, NISD will have the power to relax any of the conditions mentioned above, in respect of any deserving candidate.
Domains/ Areas available for Internship
1.
Senior
Citizens Care
2.
Drug
Abuse Prevention
3.
Other
Social Defence Issues
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