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Internship Program Overview: Applies To Internship Program That Run From May-July

The Summer Internship Program offered by the Rakshak Foundation provides passionate, intelligent and hardworking students with an eight-week experience in governance, policies and society under the guidance of faculty and civil service mentors. Individual projects are assigned relating to social or policy issues affecting citizens. The rigorous program requires interns to quickly research materials, actively contribute to discussions, and present positions through weekly updates. Activities include field visits, presentations, documentaries, and guest lectures to provide a multi-dimensional view before suggesting solutions. The program grooms students to become more informed, inquisitive, assertive citizens able to play a major role in nation building with confidence.

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Internship Program Overview: Applies To Internship Program That Run From May-July

The Summer Internship Program offered by the Rakshak Foundation provides passionate, intelligent and hardworking students with an eight-week experience in governance, policies and society under the guidance of faculty and civil service mentors. Individual projects are assigned relating to social or policy issues affecting citizens. The rigorous program requires interns to quickly research materials, actively contribute to discussions, and present positions through weekly updates. Activities include field visits, presentations, documentaries, and guest lectures to provide a multi-dimensional view before suggesting solutions. The program grooms students to become more informed, inquisitive, assertive citizens able to play a major role in nation building with confidence.

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Internship Program Overview

The Summer Internship Program offered by the Rakshak Foundation provides a firsthand exposure and
experience about governance, policies and society to selected interns. Passionate, intelligent and
hardworking students are chosen to work in this high paced program under the guidance of mentors
comprising of faculty members from premier institutions in India and senior civil services officials in this
eight-week long program. Individual projects are assigned to interns that relate to common social or policy
issues which directly or indirectly affect the quality of life of a common citizen. The program is very rigorous
in nature and the interns are expected to quickly come on board and digest large amounts of reading and
research material, actively contribute to discussions with peers on the daily basis, and articulate informed
positions on a variety of issues through weekly updates and presentations. Program includes regular field
visits, weekly presentations, and literature research in a classroom setting, documentation of meetings,
documentary screening and guest lectures by dignitaries. These activities ensure that the student have a
multi-dimensional view of the problem before suggesting its practical and implementable solution.
Collocation, daily interactions and weekly updates and presentations to all the interns ensures that the
interns have exposure and opportunity to discuss all other social issues being researched upon. This allows a
healthy pollination of ideas and solutions while strengthening social bonding. Program Structure includes:

Daily Research work Perform literature search in a classroom setting (5-7 hrs/day)
Weekly Presentations* Formal presentation about weekly progress to all the interns
Midterm Report Formal midterm report and presentation 4 weeks into the program
Final Report and Presentation Formal Final report and presentation to all interns and mentors
Guest Lectures* Invited lectures by social personalities and bureaucrats
Documentary Screenings* Well known documentary on current social issues to widen exposure
Field Visits All interns are required to make project related field visits and document their findings

* Applies to Internship program that run from May-July

This unique program grooms the students to become lot more informed, inquisitive, assertive and aware
citizen enabling them to play a major role in nation building by participating in the governance with much
more confidence. Participants in the program embark on a comprehensive journey that prepares them to
successfully navigate the diverse challenges facing the society in todays dynamic world. Through the
program interns immerse themselves in a well-structured curriculum that examines their commitment,
dedication, time management, intelligence and other ethical demands of a top leader. While pursuing the
projects with peer internees from across the nation, participants are inspired by the diverse cultures and
new friendships that define the unique Rakshak experience.

www.rakshakfoundation.org

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