Background

UNICEF India Country Office invites applications for a full-time India Internship programme from 23 May to 29 July 2005. Conceived as part of a broader initiative to build a Knowledge Community for Children in India (KCCI), UNICEF India is partnering with research, academic and development institutions to encourage young students and scholars from engaging in issues of relevance to India's children and women.

The internship offers an opportunity for analysis, research and documentation (written as well as film) of field level interventions for children in India across a variety of areas: child development, child protection, health, nutrition, primary education, and water and sanitation. The assignment will involve a combination of desk-work as well as field work at the district or village level. The internship will provide an opportunity for several young graduate students from India and abroad to work in groups under the supervision of a partner research institution. UNICEF India will organize a week-long orientation at the beginning and also arrange for a presentation at the end of the internship.

Eligibility

Applicants should be enrolled in a Masters level Graduate programme or a higher degree program, in one of the following disciplines: anthropology, child development, child psychology, demography, economics, education, engineering, film making, human rights, international development, journalism, legal studies, public health, sociology, statistics, rural development, social work, or any other relevant area. Those who have completed their Masters level Graduate programmes in 2004 are also eligible to apply. Applicants should have excellent command of English, both written and spoken. Applicants from abroad for whom English is not the first language will be asked to provide standard test scores such as TOEFL scores.

Location

Selected interns will be placed in research institutions in one of the following cities and states - Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad), Bihar (Patna), Delhi, Gujarat (Ahmedabad), Karnataka (Bangalore), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Maharashtra (Mumbai), Orissa (Bhubaneswar), Tamil Nadu (Chennai), West Bengal (Kolkata), Rajasthan (Jaipur), Kerala (Trivandrum) and Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) - where UNICEF has a presence. Applicants are requested to indicate their preferences for locations.

Support

Indian nationals residing in India will be provided a stipend of Rupees 10,000 per month. The stipend is not applicable to overseas applicants and non-Indian nationals. Travel costs from place of residence to the duty station and back as well as accommodation and living expenses during the internship will have to be borne by the interns. UNICEF India will meet the expenses incurred on field trips from the State capital to the field. UNICEF does not accept responsibility for medical insurance. Interns must ensure that they carry appropriate medical and life insurance coverage for the entire period of the internship.

Application

Interested and eligible students should download application from http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_forms.html (titled ''Application for offices outside New York''). Students are requested to indicate in the cover letters their area of interest and geographical area.

Due Date

Completed applications should be sent to Vinita Ghose (vghose@unicef.org) and Susan Khan (skhan@unicef.org) no later than February 28, 2005. UNICEF India will contact only the successful candidates in March 2005.

February 1, 2005.