Announcement for Rural Livelihood Internship
Batch 2013
Supported by Ford Foundation India & led by “Livelihoods
MANTHAN Consortium”, TISS has initiated a “Rural Livelihood Interns (Young
India: Build India) program for mentoring and facilitating the process of
creating a cadre of committed, talented and high quality Livelihood professionals
from management and social science institutions ready to be deployed as capacity
building catalysts in the intervention districts of National Rural Livelihood
Mission, (NRLM) a flagship program of Ministry of Rural Development (GoI). The
scheme is anchored at the Centre for Public Policy, Habitat & Human
Development at School of Development Studies, TISS(Mumbai)
Objectives of Livelihood
Interns
1. Provide capacity building and programming support for effective
implementation of National Rural Livelihood Mission, a flagship program of
Ministry of Rural Development
(GoI) in various states through designing livelihood-based
perspective plans and mapping of livelihood opportunities in the relevant areas
of intervention.
2. Establish or strengthen management and human resource systems
through exploring
alternative ways of enhancing existing livelihood options of the
poor, build skills for the
job market and nurture self-employment especially among BPL
households and tribal communities.
3. Trigger processes
of social mobilization and financial services which would facilitate
building institutions of pro- poor-SHGs, their federations,
Livelihood Collectives and Micro-enterprises- for successful implementation of
NRLM
Launch Schedule:
Announcement of the scheme at TISS: 18 February 2013
Application deadline --------------------------28 February 2013
Shortlisting and selection----------------------- 6 March 2013
Declaration of List of Selected Interns---- 11 March 2013
Expected Schedule: Start 1 s t
May 2013 to June 2013.
1. Must be 21-25 years old
Eligibility Criteria
( relaxed in the case of
SC/ST/OBC/ Minorities/Women candidates)
2. Must be a student pursuing a post graduate degree/diploma in
one of the institutes in
the consortia, however, the scheme is available only for First
Year students.
3. Care should be taken to ensure that interns have familiarity or
exposure to regional/ local language in the areas of livelihood intervention.
4. Care should be taken to ensure that diversity of student body
is reflected in the selection and placement of Livelihood Interns.
5. Applications outside “Livelihoods MANTHAN consortium” will not
be entertained; only
students from TISS (Mumbai-Tuljapur-Guwahati-Hyderbad Campus) are
eligible for this internship opportunity.
Duration of
Internship
· The Livelihood Interns scheme is
envisaged as a short-term 6 week to 8
week exposure and learning experience for young university
students in management and social science institutes.
· The Interns program would be deemed
to have completed if the candidate completes
minimum duration of 6 weeks.
Stipend: Rs. 30,000 per month inclusive of all. (calculated on
pro-rata basis)
Guidelines for
the selection of the Interns:
1. The selection of Interns will be done in accordance with
guidelines developed by the
consortium and project -director. The anchor or lead person from
each participating institute either nominates candidates through short listing
candidates or selects candidates through a brief interaction with short-listed
candidates for ascertaining their motivation, commitment, leadership, pro-poor
orientation and desire to innovate and excel. In any issue arising out of
selection, the final authority rests with the anchor or lead person in each
participating institute.
2. A selection committee headed by project-director may be formed.
Based on availability & convenience, eminent person,professional or
academic having experience in rural livelihoods and financial inclusion will be
invited to participate in the selection of interns.
3. The application for Interns would be invited and received
online.
4. The applications for Livelihood Interns would include a resume,
a JPG passport size
picture and a brief write up(500 words) explaining why they want
to be work on livelihood issues in rural India.
5. The applicants also need to express their area of expertise in
terms of dissertation, research report or specialization of any kind and also
disclose if they are applying to other fellowship/Internship programs.
6. Candidates for Livelihood Interns indicate their knowledge of
regional/local language
and also preference for states.
7. Following selection, the candidates would be required to give
an undertaking of successfully completing the internship.
8. The participating institutes would not take the responsibility
of providing local accommodation, food and transport facility during
internship. Project Office at Center for Public Policy, Habitat & Human
Development at School of Development Studies will provide facilitation support.
9. Total number of internship will be shared among participating
institutes; this year XIMB (Bhubaneswar) has already shortlisted 5 candidates.
EDI( Ahmadabad) will shortly select its candidates for internship. We are
expecting not more than 15 Internships for TISS.
10.The shortlisted candidate's placement would be decided by the
state teams of Rural
Livelihood Missions. The host institute would play a facilitating
role but the actual placement of interns would depend on the decision-makers in
the SRLMs in various states. The requirement for Interns would be assessed by
state teams of Livelihood Mission. In short, short listing of potential
candidates does not automatically guarantee
internship placement.
11. Those shortlisted for Livelihood Internship shall have to
comply with the rules and regulations of their institutes/schools/centres. In
case of any conflict with their academic schedule, they need to take the prior
permission for fulfilling the obligations of the internship with state teams of
rural livelihood missions.
12.Those who are shortlisted should continue to explore other
internship opportunities in the institute or elsewhere if they have to fulfil
any academic requirement. The host institute would try its best to co-ordinate
with state governments for placing interns but it
may be possible that some shortlisted candidates are not able to
be placed with states of their preference or remain unplaced due to
administrative reasons beyond our control.
13. Any delay or
disruption in the schedule beyond administrative control of implementing institute
would be deeply regretted. Since the implementation of National Rural
Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is still in its infancy in the states, we expect some
disruption in our schedule. The host institute would do its best to keep
shortlisted candidates posted about any developments in this regard.
14.The decision of the committee would be final and no query
whatsoever will be entertained in this regard.
15.Selected and placed Interns may earn academic credits/points
for the work experience as per the rules of their academic institute.
16.At the end of Internship, Incumbents would be awarded with a
certificate of successful completion of Internship.
17.An internship brochure with brief details of interns and their
success stories will be provided and shared with consortia partners
18.Interns are also expected to join “ RLI Google” platform for
sharing their experiences
and feedback.
19.Any form of canvassing for internship selection will lead to
disqualification of the candidacy.
20. Any changes in the guidelines for internship for operational
reasons will be affected by the Project-Director and will be informed to the
consortium.
Orientation/Induction of Interns Selected Interns will be provided
orientation / induction support at TISS (Mumbai) or a location decided by
partner institutes. The format, venue and time of orientation / induction will
be decided by the project director at TISS.
Placement of Livelihood Interns; After the orientation/induction
program at TISS or any other location, the Interns will be placed with NRLM
teams in different states ; the participating institute will have discretion
and flexibility in placing interns in their state of preference.
Performance
Assessment of Interns
After successful completion of two-month (or 6 week) tenure, each
Intern would submit a 8- 10 page short monograph on their experience or
challenges in the implementation of NRLM in the area of intervention; this is a
mandatory requirement failing which internship will be forfeited.
Area of Intervention for the Project
Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra , Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh , Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha; a formal request to
National and state level teams of Livelihood Mission will be be made for
hosting Interns.
Participating Institutes in consortia for “Livelihoods MANTHAN
Consortium ”
TISS (Mumbai)---Lead Anchor
XIMB (Bhubaneswar)
IIM (Udaipur)
XLRI (Jamshedpur)
MDI (Gurgaon)
EDI (Ahmadabad)
Chaitanya( Pune)
The Livelihood School (Hyderabad)
Project-Director at
TISS; Prof. Ashwani Kumar, Chairperson, Center for Public
Policy, Habitat & Human Development at School of Development Studies
(TISS);
Members of Advisory Group for RL Interns at TISS are
Prof. Satyajit Mazumdar,Center for Social Entrepreneurship &
Prof. KS Gopal at TISS.
Mr. Sudhansu Behera is Project officer for RL Interns.
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