Internship Opportunity at The Nudge Institute in Bengaluru

About The/Nudge:

The/Nudge is an action institute working towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime. We partner with governments, markets, and civil society to build resilient livelihoods for all.  We are a collective of some of India’s best leaders and entrepreneurs from across the industry, academia, government, and development sectors, and our work is organized across three impact streams:

• Centre for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (CSDE): enables underprivileged youth to lead flourishing lives
• Centre for Rural Development (CRD): enables rural families to come out of extreme poverty
• Centre for Social Innovation (CSI): nudges top talent to solve India’s biggest challenges

The Center for Rural Development at The/Nudge Institute is looking for two paid interns (currently pursuing Master’s in Rural Development/ Public Policy/ Social Work/ Development Studies/ Agriculture/ Animal Husbandry) for a month-long internship in rural areas of Kalaburagi & Bider districts in Northern Karnataka region.

At The/Nudge you will:

• develop livelihood profiling including market analysis of the region with a special focus on poor rural women based on the pre-designed matrix
• risk mapping of poor & vulnerable households and their mitigation mechanism based on the pre-designed matrix.
• develop situation analysis case studies of poor & vulnerable households (social-economic, access to govt. entitlement, education, health, food security, income generating activity, migration, women participation in decision making)
• duration ~30 full working days (6 hrs. per day excluding travel) excluding holidays (Sunday & public holidays)

Apply if you: 

• are pursuing master’s in rural development / public policy / social work / development studies / agriculture / animal husbandry
• are fluent in Kannada speaking
• have good documentation skills in English
• are comfortable in traveling & staying in rural areas {also paid}
• Support you will be receiving from us:
• capacity building training by senior development professionals on livelihood mapping, livelihood profiling, market assessment, risk mapping, govt. entitlements, development communication etc.
• understanding enhancement session on ultrapoor graduation approach program.
• weekly mentorship by senior resource persons & program teams. 
• it’s a paid internship & certificate on successful completion of the internship. 
• an opportunity to conduct your own research/ dissertation as part of your academic requirement.

If you are interested in this internship opportunity, please submit this assignment as a part of your application process.
 
We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organization and encourage qualified individuals irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply.