Action India – Wellesley in India (New Delhi, India) December 5, 2011
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Founded in 1976, Action India, based in New Delhi has worked for thirty years to empower women, adolescents, and youth in Delhi’s urban slums and rural villages to make change in their communities through education, awareness, and collective action. Action India’s feminist approach has evolved through interaction with grassroots women in Delhi’s “resettlement colonies.” Action India staff work with these communities to develop knowledge about reproductive health, nutrition, women’s legal rights, and conflict resolution through the dissemination of information and trainings. Additionally, they organize grassroots groups to campaign for women’s rights, and conduct policy-level advocacy to promote national and international laws that protect the rights of women, youth, and children.
Internship Description for 2012
The intern at Action India will be a combined position of office and fieldwork. As an office intern the student will assist the director at the main office and develop a project that matches her interests with the needs of the organization. Additional tasks will include office management work, non-profit organizational development and fundraising. As a field intern the student will have the opportunity to complete extensive fieldwork in both rural and urban areas. The field intern will provide support to field programs and witness the women’s courts (informal) first hand. The intern will also work with her supervisor to conduct a substantial project for the organization. She should be prepared to work in communities struggling with extreme poverty and in situations dealing with issues of violence against women. An independent and outgoing nature is required for success in this position.
Accommodations will be arranged by CWS for all Wellesley Internships in India. A portion of the stipend of up to $1000 will be deducted form the stipend to pay for housing.
Desired Qualifications
Interests should include women’s issues and South Asia. Interest in women’s health and reproductive rights is desirable.
The ideal candidate should be flexible, independently motivated, resourceful and mature.
Knowledge of Hindi is required.
Observer Research Foundation, Mumbai, India November 30, 2011
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Observer Research Foundation is a multidisciplinary public policy think tank started in Delhi in 1990 by the late Shri R K Mishra, a widely respected public figure, who envisaged it to be a broad-based intellectual platform pulsating with ideas needed for India’s nation-building. Its areas of focus are Energy Security, International Relations and Defense. In its journey of 20 years, ORF has brought together leading Indian policymakers, academics, public figures, social activists and business leaders to discuss various issues of national importance. ORF scholars have made significant contributions towards improving government policies and produced a large body of critically acclaimed publications.
In 2010, ORF Mumbai was set up to conduct complementary research and policy advocacy on various issues, especially in areas of local importance and of relevance to urban India at large. We have selected a broad mandate, consisting of six diverse research areas for our work: Education, Health, Urban Renewal, Inclusive and Sustainable Development, Youth Development and Promotion and Preservation of India’s Priceless Heritage, Arts and Culture. In June 2010 the ‘Centre for the Study of Maharashtra @ 50’ was inaugurated to commemorate the 50th year anniversary of the state. ORF’s Centre for the Study of Indian Knowledge Traditions is another ambitious initiative. It has organized lectures by eminent scholars on India’s contribution to astronomy, mathematics and other sciences. It has also sought to promote traditional systems of medicine and yoga for health and wellbeing. Promotion of inter-religious harmony through dialogue is yet another important activity of this Centre.
ORF Mumbai’s mission statement is: Ideas and Actions for a Better India. It champions the cause of balanced socio-economic development, and a better quality of life for all Indians. It also works towards strengthening India’s democratic institutions to make them more responsible, responsive and sensitive to common people’s needs and concerns, especially those of the most vulnerable sections of society.
Some of the recent research reports produced by ORF Mumbai are:
• A study on the urgent need for introduction of a Bus Rapid Transit system for Mumbai, ‘Moving People: Why Mumbai needs a BRTS’
• A study on the revival of the city’s Mithi River, ‘Making the Sewer… A River Again – Why Mumbai Must Reclaim its Mithi’
• A study on how ‘Affordable Housing for Mumbai’s Poor: imPOSSIBLE’
• A study on the NCHER Bill (2010) and Higher Education Reforms
• A study on Promotion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Maharashtra and ICTs in Marathi
• A study on Sanitation on Mumbai’s Suburban Railways
• A study on Mumbai’s Second Airport – Too Little too Late
Some of the recent roundtable discussions and other events are:
• Breaking Silos: Creating an Inclusive Mumbai
• Globalisation of Terrorism… in the run up the 26/11 Mumbai attacks
• Addressing the Skilling Challenge
• Healthcare and the Urban Poor
• Whither Science Education in Indian Colleges?
• Internationalizing Higher Education
• Promoting Sustainable Development through Legislature and Judiciary
• India’s Food Security and the Global Food Crisis
• Pakistan’s Floundering Government: What’s at stake for Pakistan and the world?
• Affordable Housing: Policies for Mumbai’s Poor
• Lecture series by eminent scientists titled ‘Gurus of Science’. Lectures have been delivered by Nobel Laureate scientist Dr Jean Marie Lehn, Dr Ada Yonath, Dr R A Mashelkar and Dr Spenta Wadia
Internship Description for 2012
Interns will have the opportunity to assist on a variety of projects (depending on the work and projects taking place at the time of the internship). Interns can choose to work in any of the six areas that ORF Mumbai specializes in: Education, Health, Urban Renewal, Inclusive and Sustainable Development, Youth Development and Promotion and Preservation of India’s Priceless Heritage, Arts and Culture.
Interns will conduct and assist with primary and secondary research, including data collection, entry and analysis, and assisting with report writing. Work can include designing and conducting surveys, participating in field visits, writing case studies and testimonials, as well as taking minutes of formal meetings. Interns have an opportunity to try out various responsibilities including drafting press releases, creating blog entries and publicizing ORF’s events.
Interns will be provided with relevant training, and a mentor or supervisor will be allocated to them during their time at ORF to assist them with their work and learning. We strongly encourage interns to participate in all of the organization’s various activities (public lectures, conferences, and other exhibits or events), which will help to provide the intern with a better and more holistic understanding of the complex policy landscape in India at present.
Accommodations will be arranged by CWS for all Wellesley Internships in India. Up to $1000 will be deducted from the student’s payment to cover the cost of housing.
Desired Qualifications
Suitable candidates will have an articulated interest in policy and social issues, desire to learn about development issues in India, be a strong communicator, and be able to work both independently and as part of a research team. Due to the varied nature of the work, interns must be flexible and able to multi-task, whilst being methodical. If chosen as a finalist you may be asked to submit two written samples of work – e.g. essays, articles, research papers, etc.
Language Requirement: Knowledge of Hindi and Marathi are desirable though not essential, but all candidates must be fluent in English.
Aga Khan Educational Services (AKES) – Wellesley in India (Mumbai) November 28, 2011
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The Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) is one of six agencies of the AKDN supporting activities in the field of education. AKES is a network of educational institutions that combines the operation of over 300 schools with the management of quality preschool, primary, secondary and higher-secondary educational services in Asia and Africa impacting over 54,000 students. AKES is committed to achieving excellence by continuous improvement of its programmes, services and processes without regard to faith, origin or gender. Offering a superior education to students is perhaps the most important factor, in creating a successful future for generations that will have to cope with a rapidly changing environment.
The Aga Khan Education Service, India (AKES,I) is a part of the Aga Khan Education Services global. AKES India is committed to enriching lives by enhancing and sustaining “Quality Education”. Its footprints can be traced back to the early 1900’s the first Aga Khan School started in 1905 in Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat. AKES India currently operates 10 schools, 1 Hostel in Hyderabad, 21 Day Care Centres and 16 support centres in Maharashtra, Gujarat & Andhra Pradesh. AKES,I seeks to respond creatively to the educational needs of children in a way that will enable them to shape their future.
Until June 2007, the Schools Development Programme (SDP) was a critical component of AKES,I funded by the European Commission through Aga Khan Foundation, India, under the Programme for Enrichment of School Level Education (PESLE). As a part of PESLE, the SDP focused on disseminating its learning and affecting the education system at large. The emphasis was on school culture, enabling its progress into effective learning organizations. The SDP technology was based on four parameters – joint problem solving, reflective practices, creation of an enabling environment through informed leadership and sustainability through outreach.
The Aga Khan schools in Mumbai are located in the Byculla area of the city, and are some of the most advanced and challenged educational institutions. AKES Mumbai serves children from nursery (preschool) to tenth grades, teaching the national and the state curriculum in the co-ed and girls’ school respectively.
tate curriculum in the co-ed and girls’ school respectively.
Internship Description for 2012
Interns work as apprentice teachers, in classrooms that are equivalent U.S. grades 1-10. Interns will work in either the new co-educational school or the girl’s school, and should indicate on their application, which school they are interested in. Additionally, interns may spend part of each week working with faculty and staff on specific faculty/staff development and enrichment projects. Interns will also provide any administrative or activity support, as required by the school.
Accommodations will be arranged by CWS for all Wellesley Internships in India. A portion of the stipend of up to $1000 will be deducted from the stipend to pay for housing.
Desired Qualifications
Interests should include one or more of the following: education, nonprofits, working with children and South Asia.
The ideal candidate should be resourceful, flexible, open-minded and mature.
No language requirement.
