Centre invites IITs, IIMs, MBA graduates for 8-week long internship to tackle coronavirus crisis
The Government of India has written to all the IIMs and other prominent educational institutes in the country, asking for MBA interns to come forward and help the government in its bid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
The Government of India has written to all the IIMs and other prominent educational institutes in the country, asking for MBA interns to come forward and help the government in its bid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Those who will be selected will work in coordination with 11 Special Empowered Groups, which has been set up by the government to handle the coronavirus crisis. The interns will be working in the groups for eight weeks and will provide a comprehensive response to the coronavirus pandemic, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, stated in the letter.
Internship to students from the government knowledge partners may be provided for eight weeks from the date of joining. The interns will use data analysis and evidence-based policy inputs to support the Empowered groups, the letter written to the IIM directors said.
Once the IITs, IIMs and other educational institutes in the country will propose the name of the candidates, the government will take an online interview to select a group of interns.
The candidate selection will also be based on their previous work experience and other educational qualifications, the letter further stated.
The internship will be work from home-based only, due to ongoing nationwide lockdown. All interns will work on the select tasks they are provided with and send their inputs online using SLACK app.
After the internship period is over, interns will be provided with a certificate issued by the Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
However, unlike the highly enumerated internships provided by multi-national companies, the Covid-19 government internship will be pro bono and no stipend will be provided for the same.
All the institutes have to send their list of students for internship to manoj.gupta74@nic.in and soigot-dopt@gov.in.
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