PAC Internship Program

Public Affairs Centre believes that each individual has a crucial role to play in shaping the discourse on governance; therefore internships are an inherent aspect of the institution. The PAC internship program provides an opportunity to applicants to work in an environment devoted exclusively to issues connected to governance.

Eligibility:

Under this program, PAC accepts interns from under-graduate, graduate, post graduate and PhD students for a minimum period of 6 weeks.

Application Procedure

At a given point of time, the centre can accept 3 interns / group and the intern applicants are expected to fill in the application form along with signed declaration form.

Selection Procedure

Upon the receipt of the application form, a panel within PAC will assess the application basis our current projects and the skills listed by applicants. The shortlisted candidates will be interviewed telephonically and the final selected candidates will be intimated on the outcome of the interview via email.

Internship Application form

Please fill in all the details requested for. This will help PAC get a better understanding of your work experience and skills, so that we can work out the most ideal opportunities for you.

Information provided will be kept confidential.

A] Basic Details

Name / E mail
Mobile/ Handphone no: / D.O.B / State of Origin
Qualification (completed) / College/University/
Company, Designation
Current occupation
Area of interest
Specific skills
Languages – Spoken/ Written / No. of weeks you can give in
The month and week you can begin (if selected)
* Preferred date and time slots for phone interview (will be applicable only if you get shortlisted for interview round)
Preference 1 / Preference 2

*The dates and slots you share should have a margin of 4 working days from the date of your application submission

Have you gone through the PAC’s website

What do you understand regarding our approach to citizen-centric governance? (upto 100 words)

  • Do you have any experience of interning Yes O No O

Organization Name / Duration of internship / Nature of internship project

B] Why do you wish to intern with PAC? Share your brief work-plan for your internship tenure at PAC. (upto 200 words)

(Note: Could include assisting ongoing research projects, writing research papers on different subjects in line with PAC’s interest areas, creating content/ marketing/ PR materials for communications team)

C] Share your thoughts and views on a current Governance Issue in India which you feel strongly about [upto 500 words]

D) Please also attach with this form, your detailed CV, a recommendation letter from your supervising head at the institute/college along with any recent article/write up on a relevant subject that you worked on.

Submitted by: Date:

Declaration:

I ……………………. (name of applicant) hereby declare that I will attend the PAC internship program for a period not shorter than 6 weeks and at the end of the internship period shall write a paper (of 10,000 words) and present the same at a seminar.