Internship Opportunities

IPE Global offers exciting opportunities for internship at its various projects in India to students of international development and related courses. The internship not only provides an opportunity to be part of a diverse country like India but offers a ringside view of development and enables you to make a difference. Our running internship programmes are as under. 

Indian Colour Programme

IPE Global is pleased to invite students and aspiring development sector workers to a six month stint in India to learn and make a difference in one of the most exciting places for reforms and international development.

The Indian Colour programme aims at promoting understanding by means of active involvement in the development process of the sub-continent. It is designed to facilitate innovations, knowledge sharing, knowing the ground realities and the chance to contribute for the betterment of the same. The programme started in June 2009 and the duration of the programme will vary from 6 months to one year. Students pursuing PhD, bachelor or master’s degree or diploma from any relevant course are eligible. There will be opportunities to work on projects in the sub-continent in the sectors of social development, health, urban development, economic and financial studies and get hands on exposure and experience in the area.

To download the Indian Colour brochure, please click here

The first batch of Indian Colour Internship Programme at IPE Global had two Interns:

Temitope Allinson

Temitope has done her Bachelor of Science in Geography from University of Ibadan, Nigeria and has completed her Master of Science in Development Studies from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Prior to this, she has worked with international donor agencies like ActionAID and USAID. During her tenure at IPE, she worked on some of the health sector reform projects being managed by IPE Global especially the DFID funded MP TAST.

 

Jenny Hickey

Jenny did her Masters in Economic Development from the University of Glasgow after a Bachelors in International Commerce from the National University of Ireland. She had once been to India before under a Suas programme to teach English language to child labourers in Delhi. During her internship, Jenny worked on the UNICEF funded SATCOM project in IPE and on ongoing slum upgradation projects for CURE.

 

The first batch of Indian Colours concluded on 31st May 2010 after they completed 6 months in IPE Global. Our sincere good wishes to both of them.