Scholarship Program in India for Internship

The Centre for Social Impact is offering a scholarship to attend the PRIA International Internship Program, one of only 25 places worldwide.

This inspirational program will provide the CSI Scholarship recipient with the opportunity to learn about development issues on the ground as part of an eight week course based in Delhi and at two different regional sites in India from September to November 2010.

2009 CSI PRIA Scholarship recipient, Keya Saha-Chaudhury, said the opportunity to gain exposure to Indian NGOs working with local communities was invaluable.

"The internship taught me a lot about rural life and local self governance structures in India but it was the stories from the communities that taught me the most. Both the organisations I worked with were focused on empowering communities to take responsibility for their own development, by building their capacity to participate in public processes and assert their rights," said Ms Saha-Chaudhury.

"There is no doubt that many challenges still face India but what inspired me was seeing that change was happening, and that Indians were leading this change... The model of seeing communities as change agents rather than mere beneficiaries of outside help is something I think we in the ‘west' can learn from," she said.

The CSI scholarship is open to people with a position in a not-for-profit or volunteer organisation, those connected with citizen engagement in the community, or to university students passionate about community engagement.

The CSI scholarship will provide:

• Return economy class airfare between your home city in Australia and New Delhi • The PRIA fee of US $2,800 to attend the program and stay on the PRIA campus • $500 towards out-of-pocket expenses.

PRIA will provide:

• Cost of stay (twin share basis) for the entire period of internship • Travel to and within field sites • Food for stay in Delhi (note interns bear the cost of food during the 6 week fieldwork period, at around US$6 per day) The closing date for CSI Scholarship applications for the PRIA International Internship Program is 30 June 2010.

Apply for the internship

CSI Scholarship for PRIA International Internship Programme

Closing date: Wednesday 30 June 2010 at 5 pm

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Scholarship conditions......
CSI will propose to PRIA that the winner of the CSI Scholarship be accepted into the PRIA International Internship Programme 2010. Admission is not guaranteed by CSI and should admission not be obtained the scholarship will not be provided to the applicant.
The CSI Scholarship will provide a return economy airfare to Delhi, the PRIA fee of US $2,800 to attend the program and stay on the PRIA campus and $500 towards out-of-pocket expenses.

The applicant will take out travel and health insurance for the duration of the PRIA program and will provide evidence of this to CSI. CSI accepts no responsibility or liability whatever for the applicant in attending the PRIA programme and the applicant acknowledges the programme is hosted by PRIA and CSI is providing the scholarship funds only.

The winner of the CSI Scholarship will write a report on the experience and provide a copy of the dissertation prepared as part of the programme.
The winner will also make presentations to audiences invited by CSI and Chain Reaction in Sydney and Melbourne. Costs for attending these presentations will be borne by CSI. Signature
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Enquiries and applications
Make enquiries about this scholarship or send your application (by post, email or fax) to

Esther Lefas, Events Manager

Tel: 02 9385 9890
Fax: 02 9385 6161

Postal address: the Centre for Social Impact
Australian School of Business
UNSW Sydney NSW 2052
Email: e.lefas@unsw.edu.au

Visit the PRIA website for more information.


http://www.priaeducation.org/piip.php