National Centre for Good Governance Internship Programme
National Centre for Good Governance
NCGG Internship Programme
About NCGG iii.) To initiate and participate in action research and
capacity-building on various aspects of
The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG)
regulatory and development administration,
was set up in 2014 by the Government of India as an
public policy, governance and public
apex–level autonomous institution under the
management at the national, state and local
auspices of the Ministry of Personnel, Public levels;
Grievances and Pensions. The centre deals with a
iv.) To advise on key issues in governance and
gamut of governance issues from local, state to
develop synergy across various ministries/
national levels, across all sectors. The Centre is departments of the Government of India and
mandated to work in the areas of governance, policy various state governments;
reforms, capacity building and training of civil
v.) To promote sharing and replication of innovative
servants and technocrats of India and other
ideas and best practices in governance; and
developing countries. It also works as a think tank of
vi.) To interact with national and international
the Government of India.
organizations, in and outside the government,
Since its inception, the Centre has been extensively engaged in research and capacity building in
working in areas such as primary and elementary these spheres.
education, decentralized planning at district and
block levels, capacity building of Panchayat Raj
Institutions (PRIs), participatory models of
learning and action, rural development,
cooperatives and public sector management,
etc. In addition, it focuses on issues related to
good governance, social accountability, water,
sanitation and hygiene (WASH), among other
sectors.
“ India is among the world's most youthful
nations. It is our government’s endeavour
to empower our youth. Through our
initiatives , we are channelising their NCGG Internship Programme
strength and making them self-resilient.
- Shri Narendra Modi
“ The NCGG Internship Programme is a short-term
engagement (minimum 8 weeks to maximum 6
Hon’ble Prime Minister months) of ‘selected students’ with various verticals
and units within the Centre. The engagement is purely
temporary to enable Indian youth to provide them
Aims & Objectives of NCGG
exposure to a gamut of governance and public policy
i.) To be a think tank for governance and policy related issues and involving them in possible way
reforms, cutting across administrative, social, ahead to overcome challenges in the way of citizen-
economic and financial spheres; centric governance. Admission to internship
ii.) To function as a national repository of programme does not give any right to interns to seek
information on best practices, initiatives and regular employment with the Centre. Interns may be
methodologies that promote good governance, assigned a specific domain/ area to work on.
e-governance, innovation and change To advance academic research and functioning of
management within the government and its NCGG by engaging with young talents of the country
parastatal organizations; and honing their knowledge, skills and theoretical
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education with practical approaches. This Domains/ areas available for Internship
programme intends to provide exposure to the i.) Public policy & governance
public policy and governance related issues to ii.) Innovation & entrepreneurship
students for mutual benefit. The internship iii.) Education
programme will be conducted at New Delhi and iv.) Decentralized planning
Mussoorie. v.) E-governance
vi.) Public service delivery
vii.) Laws & regulations
viii.) Rural development & poverty elimination
ix.) Water, sanitation, hygiene & public health
x.) Governance in healthcare
xi.) Sustainability
xii.) Disaster resilience infrastructure and disaster
mitigation
xiii.) Sustainable urban management and urban
governance
xiv.) Infrastructure development
xv.) Innovation & entrepreneurship
Who can apply
xvi.) Water resource management & river
A prospective candidate for the internship shall rejuvenation
have to meet following eligibility criteria: xvii.) Climate change, environment & clean energy
xviii.) Tribal affairs
i.) Internship programme is open for all Indian
xix.) Monitoring, data analytics & evaluation
students studying in India or aboard; xx.) Project planning, designing, management &
ii.) Internship is open to students with graduation monitoring
degree and/ or are pursuing their post- xxi.) Natural resource, environment and Forests
graduation/ PG Diploma and advance xxii.) Mass communication and social media
academic degrees and are interested to intern xxiii.) Any other subject relevant to public policy,
as part of their dissertation/ capstone project good governance, public service delivery, etc.
in their curriculum or awaiting their degree
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certificate after appearing in their final
examination in the same academic year; Mission of skilling, re-skilling and up-
iii.)Students enrolled in 4 or 5–year courses in law skilling the youth should go on
and engineering may also apply for the relentlessly.
Internship during their final year of
graduation;
- Shri Narendra Modi
Hon’ble Prime Minister
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iv.)The age of the candidate shall not exceed 30
years at the time of application; and
v.) Applicant has to upload a letter of Selection Process
recommendation from their university/
institution, where he/ she is enrolled. i.) The selection process shall consist of two
stages; preliminary screening of applications
Duration
for shortlisting of candidates and personal
Ordinarily the period of internship will not be interview (online or offline) of shortlisted
less than 8 (eight) weeks or exceed 6 (six) candidates. NCGG will constitute a committee
months for successful completion of internship for screening of applications and/ or holding
and to become eligible for experience
personal interview;
certificate.
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ii.) The applications with incomplete Responsibilities of Interns
information or not meeting eligibility
• The interns shall be integrated with the daily
conditions shall be disqualified by the system
workings of the Centre with an induction
automatically;
programme. Every intern shall be assigned a
iii.) Based on the number of applications,
supervisor from their vertical for assignments,
required intake of the Centre for the
monitoring and evaluation of work. The work
respective month and domains/ areas
selected by the candidates, the personal may include conducting secondary research,
interview shall be conducted with prior writing reports, analysing evolving
information communicated to candidate via developments, data analytics, communication
email; and event management or carrying out any
iv.) After screening process and personal other task entrusted to interns by their
interview, a list of selected candidates shall supervisors.
be declared and successful candidates will be • Each intern should have a minimum of 80%
informed via email along with notification on attendance in the entire duration of
joining date;
internship, failing which experience certificate
v.) The total number of internships offered shall
will not be issued. The attendance record and
not exceed 20 at any given point in time; and
vi.) The internship applications may be reviewed the details of work supervision shall be
based on NCGG’s requirement periodically maintained regularly and their approval is
by a screening committee. pertinent for eligibility to receive honorarium.
• Only in exceptional cases
and on cogent grounds,
extension in internship
duration may be
considered by the
Centre. Each intern shall
maintain good conduct
at all times during
internship period and
shall not disclose any
confidential information
of the Centre in his/ her
possession to an
outsider.
• At the end of the internship, each intern has to
submit a report and also make a presentation to
Honorarium the evaluation committee to certify that the
candidate has successfully completed the
A consolidated stipend/ honorarium of INR
internship and based on the recommendations
10,000 per month on pro-rata basis will be paid to
of the committee, the ‘certification of successful
each intern during their approved period of
completion of internship’ will be issued. NCGG
internship based on progress in the assignment.
will have the right to utilize the report and it will
No other expenses shall be payable.
also be shared with the sponsoring institution.
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Experience Certificate be final. Any intern may choose to terminate the
internship by giving a prior notice of one week to
A certificate regarding successful completion of the respective supervisor.
internship shall be issued by the Centre on the
recommendation of the evaluation committee and Logistics and Support
supervisor of the intern.
Interns will be required to make own
arrangements for their travel, boarding,
lodging, etc. and should have their own
laptops. NCGG will provide working space,
internet facility and other necessities as
deemed fit by the concerned supervisor.
How to apply
i.) Download the application form at
www.ncgg.org.in and submit your
filled application form with a scanned
copy of letter of approval/
recommendation from your
respective institution at the official
email ID: ncgg-dopt@nic.in
Termination of Internship ii.) For the summer internship, please send your
duly completed application form latest by
The selection to the internship programme at 25th May, 2023.
NCGG is strictly within the domain of the Centre iii.) Please clearly mention your intended date of
and only upon meeting the necessary eligibility joining as well as the duration of your
criteria mentioned in this document. The Centre availability for the internship in the form.
may terminate the internship of any intern at any iv.) Please check your eligibility for the internship
point as it deems fit, without assigning any reason programme mentioned in the guidelines
and the decision of the Centre in this regard shall before applying.
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National Centre for Good Governance
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions,
Government of India
Head Office Mussoorie Campus
Block IV, 4th Floor, Old JNU Campus, Cozy Nook Complex, Charleville Road,
New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi – 110 067 Mussoorie, Uttarakhand – 248 179
Tel: +91-011-2616 9136 – 39 Tel: + 91-135-263 2663/ 0917
www.ncgg.org.in NCGG_GoI NCGG India
