Internship in Social Sciences at ISEC (Institute for Social and Economic Change), Bangalore
Last Date - 2nd April 2014

Internship in Social sciences at ISEC, Bangalore.

For details: http://www.isec.ac.in/summer-internship.htm

Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) is one of the earliest and largest premier inter-disciplinary research institutions working on social science research in India. Established in 1972, ISEC has been instrumental in carrying out robust and competent research studies on various issues in social sciences. It has also been providing valuable policy feedback to bring about integrated social, economic and political transformation, with emphasis on equity and justice. Through both macro and micro-level studies, with inter-disciplinary approaches, the Institute’s mandate is to generate knowledge and provide information to improve the quality of policy-making and serve as a centre for excellence in research and training in social sciences. The Institute has been accredited with a team of renowned economists, sociologists, political scientists and educationists who are well known for their scholarship. Capacity building among the young researchers is one of the main thrust areas of the Institute.

Objectives:

The core objective of this initiative is to make the young students (post graduate level) in various social science disciplines to understand nuances of and participate in the inter-disciplinary social science research.

This is achieved through:

Providing a platform for understanding the rigour in the social science disciplines and enhance the understanding towards analyzing and addressing the social problems through on hand training.
Facilitate, instruct and orient the students in developing the research questions either for further studies or for independent research activity.
Interaction with faculty, researchers and PhD scholars of eight different academic centres of ISEC.
First hand exposure in the arena of research and policy interplay and understand how research and policy complement and/or contradict with each other.

Duration:

Internship demands a full time commitment for two months. There will however be sufficient flexibility regarding the timing of programme. The student will be required to assist and discuss with the concerned faculty

Allowance:

The selected candidates will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs.4,000/-, and free accommodation for a period of two months. Outstation candidates will be reimbursed to and fro second class sleeper train charges or deluxe class bus fare upon production of ticket/travel proof. Food and other expenses are to be borne by the participants.

Essential qualifications:

Students of humanities/arts/social sciences should preferably be in the middle of their final year of post graduation. In exceptional cases, those who have completed post-graduation recently or those pursuing M.Phil may also be considered.

Specific Requirements:
1. PG Mark sheet (previous semester)
2. Recommendation Letter of the HoD (please give a brief account of candidate’s interest and abilities)
3. Two page (approx. 500 words) research proposal
4. Resume of the applicant
5. Filled-in application form signed both by the student and head of the institute

How to apply:

Application form can be downloaded from our website http://www.isec.ac.in/summer-internship.htm The filled-in application should be submitted/sent to The Registrar, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Dr VKRV Rao Road, Nagarabhavi PO, Bangalore 560 072.

Application form can be downloaded from here; Application Form(.pdf).

Last date Filled-in applications will be received on or before 2nd April 2014.

For Further details contact:
Dr. Komol Singha
Tel: +91-80-23215468 (Ext. 206)
Email: [email protected]
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