Research Areas

• Law, liberty, & livelihood (regulations, property rights, entrepreneurship, honest livelihood)

• Markets & environment (focus on forestry and water resources)

• Quality of governance (government departments, subsidiarity, and New Public Management)

• Education (government performance and private initiatives)

• Globalisation (agriculture, WTO and related issues)

Perks  

• Training in skills of research, analysis & writing through workshops with experts

• Publication of select papers in newspapers, magazines, and CCS publications. Previous papers published in The Economic Times, Business World, The Statesman, Law, Liberty & Livelihood and State of Governance: Delhi Citizen Handbook 2003.

• A certificate of successful completion of the program

• A monthly stipend of Rs 3000-5000

Period of Internship: Throughout the year, full-time, minimum one month

Eligibility: College student or recent graduate

Place of Internship:   New Delhi or your own city!!

Application procedure: So, don't miss this chance and apply for this fun-filled and intellectually stimulating program now!

We are accepting applications only for the period beginning
August 2006.

(Download the Application form: Click Here) 

Please send your application to Renu Vinod at
Centre for Civil Society
K-36 Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi 110016, India
Phone: 011-2653 7456/ 26521882 Fax: 011-2651 2347
Email: renu@ccsindia.org Website: www.ccsindia.org

Competition for Best Published Articles of Interns 2003

First Prize: Rs 4,000
Mayank Singhal
Mayank’s winning article "The Great Railway Bazaar” was published in Businessworld on September 15, 2003

Second Prize: Rs 3,000
Sabith Ulla Khan
Sabith’s winning article on “Private Schools for the Poor” was published in Deccan Herald on March 4, 2004.

Third Prize: Rs 2,000
Kriti Kapur
Kriti’s winning article, "Delhi Public Library: An Overview" was published in Lehar Vision in the June 29-July 5, 2003 issue.
 

Feedback from Previous Interns

I’m really happy that I had the opportunity to do my internship at CCS and I truly appreciate all your efforts in this context. It is a matter of fact that through the research work at the centre I learned to know India much better than I would have as a tourist only. The contact and interaction with all the nice people at the centre were a valuable experience for me, too.

Eva Wiedrich, CCS Intern, September-December 2003

"If I were to describe my experience with CCS in one line I would say, ‘Two months of education.’ After all, I learned how to start a computer here! I learned how to use a photocopier and many other such small but useful things. For the first time I understood what responsibility really means. I learned how to work alone and, more importantly, how to work in a group. I learned that self-belief can take one places. I mean that literally: I went places for my projects! But most importantly, if LSS convinced me that liberalisation is a better way to redeem our economy, these two months have convinced me that it is the only way out."

 Neha Swetambari, CCS Intern, Summer 2002

"CCS summer interns have benefited immensely, both personally and career wise. The six college students of the summer internship 2000, including myself, are now pursuing a variety of professions in prestigious places like: KPMG, Delhi School of Economics, IIMs, University of Warwick and London School of Economics. How did the CCS experience of help in racing up the ladder of success? During interviews and group discussions, we could impress the panellists with our knowledge and better understanding of economics and public policy issues. Furthermore, the research experience along with the articles and research papers gave a much-needed facelift to our resumes. I am sure that even in our careers the CCS experience would be of great help!" 

Mayank Wadhwa, CCS Intern, Summer 2000 & 2001

Details of Previous Internships

Internship 2004

Aug 2004-Jan 2005: Nikhil Bhat, Prashant Roy, Anil Varghese, Rashmi Choudhary are working on issues of  Education Policy and Green Oustees, with us in New Delhi.

Summer 2004 (May-July): 13 interns worked in New Delhi and 7 interns worked in Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Cochin. Lookout for their research papers soon. Published articles    List of Projects

February 2004: Saurabh Goel (SCMHRD, Nashik) and Prashansa Poddar (NLS Bangalore) assisted in research and editing of our forthcoming publication, Law, Liberty, & Livelihood.

Internship 2003

Aug-Nov 2003: Sabith Ullah Khan (Bangalore), Eva Wiedrich (Austria) and Dr SK Jain (Delhi) worked with us in Delhi. Sabith research on Public Works Department, Delhi Government, Delhi Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation, Delhi Government, and Backward & Forward Linkages in the IT Enabled Services/ Business Process Outsourcing Industry in India. Eva researched on Education Voucher: Is there a model for India? and Rules & Regulations on Foreigners: In Business & Tourism. Dr Jain researched and published his article on Electoral Reforms in India in HumanScape.

Summer 2003 (May - Aug): We had an exciting two months with 13 young, enthusiastic, and especially hard working students in Delhi and 3 working from Vadodara, Dharward, and Nashik respectively. They toiled in the sun, collected information which is not to easy to get from unhelpful government officials, suffered through frequent power cuts, and still managed to have a good experience!

Dilip Rangachari was the Research Guide for the summer interns. He guided the interns in preparing their detailed Plans of Action for every project and held weekly individual project meetings with them to assess the progress. With his eye for details and his detailed knowledge of power structures of Delhi, Dilip was the most notable Research Guide.

The Project Coordinators, Manali and Naveen also conducted intensive training workshops on how to write and format a research paper, how to search on Google, references and notes, making presentations on PowerPoint.

March-April 2003: Sapna Bajaj, an MBA student from Symbiosis Centre for Management & HRD, Pune, completed a project on cycle-rickshaw pullers of Sarahanpur (UP), under the theme "License & Livelihood."

January-March 2003: Pallavi Agarwal, a B A Economics graduate from Delhi University is currently interning with us. Her research is focussed on "People and the Forests."

December-January 2003: Bhavna Ahooja, a law student from Bhopal, helped further our ongoing research on the "Forest Encroachment Issue" which detailes problems faced by the tribals living in the forests in India and alternatives possible than the approach already taken through the Supreme Court.

Internship 2002

November 2001-February 2002: Kunal Datt, a student of B.Com, Delhi University researched on the license-permit raj applicable to entry-level professionals like dhobis and dhabawallahs.

October-December 2002: Michael Stamminger, a student from Austria, interned with us for three months. His research focussed on "Privatisation of the Power Sector in Delhi".

"I could have been there much longer" Michael Stamminger about his Internship in CCS.  Article published in Austrian Newspaper Kurier on   APRIL 5, 2003

May-July 2002: Eleven college students worked with us as research interns in Delhi and three in Bangalore and Kolkata during summer 2002. The projects they worked on are License & Livelihood, Bureaucrush, State in Religion, The Plastics Conundrum, CNG: Economics Vs Environmentalism, Poverty Alleviation Programs, Directed Credit, Big Industry Before Independence, New Public Management: Garbage and Public Transport. click here for more details

Internship 2001

May-July 2001: We had an enthusiastic bunch of six students from Delhi and two from abroad (one each from Germany and the US). A range of projects were tackled, from agricultural and labour markets inIndia to the licences required to acquire and run an auto rickshaw, from shahtoosh shawls and tiger conservation to pension schemes in India. The Economic Times published two articles based on the research; “A for Application, B for Babus and C for Corruption” by Mayank Wadhwa and “Tipsy Liquor policy” by H B Soumya. The program was supported by a grant from the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai. We have produced a volume of all papers written by the interns 2001. And it's edited by none other an intern--Soumya!! click here for more details

Internship 2000

May-July 2000: Six students from Delhi worked on Informal Housing in Delhi: Pranav Arora, Rishi Arya, Mohit Joshi, Mrinalini Sapra, Mayank Wadhwa, and Abhimanyu Yadav. Bhuvana Anand from Mumbai worked on the state of tiger conservation and on public choice theory.

Mayank Wadhwa interviewing slum dwellers as part of the Research Internship 2000 on Informal Housing.