Internship Experience @ Consumers India, New Delhi [NGO]: Field and Research Work Related to Consumer Protection

Your Name, College, Year of Study, Email ID

Anonymous

Name of Organisation, Location city, Team Strength

Consumers India, Vasant Vihar, Delhi

Application Process with contact details

I contacted Ms. Jayashree Gupta, Head of NGO, through his Blog with the prescribed application format given on her blog as well.

Duration of internship and timings

13th August, 2016 – 3rd September, 2016

First impression, first day formalities, infrastructure

First Impression was Good enough as the office was located in Jayashree Mam’s House only.

All the interns were heartily welcomed and introduced to the team of Consumers India.

We were then Divided in groups and allotted our Project assignments on the Induction day itself.

Main tasks

Field and research work related to consumer protection.

We were given assignments like case study of RTI filing experience, Consumer forum visit etc

Work environment and people

Work environment was decent and the team of Consumers India was friendly and cooperating.

Best things

Best thing was the helping and ready to help behavior of team.

Bad things

Late submission can debar you from the internship. No Bad things as such.

Stipend

No stipend but a fee of 1000.

Biggest Lessons

Learnt working of a NGO. How it works and how it functions. Also learnt many things related to consumer protection.

Accommodation

As I was an outstation intern, I was allowed to work from the home directly. But people can easily find accommodations in nearby areas like Munirka etc.

Office Timings

There were no office timings as such. Interns were given permission to work from their places and meet at least once in a week.