How to apply:

Please mail your resume at staff@sourceforchange.in (please mention the subject of the email as: 10internship)

Location:

Bagar, Rajasthan & India

Internship Innovation Associate:

Qualifications for the Source for Change Internship Program:

• Preference for a graduate student or a professional with 2-3 years of work experience – extremely
• talented undergraduates may also apply.
• Risk-taker with a predisposition for entrepreneurial ventures.
• Adaptable, patient and able to live in rural India for the duration of the internship.

SFC is looking for a:

• Smart, energetic intern to add value to our rapidly growing organization. We seek an entrepreneurial and
• Dynamic individual to take ownership of the specific organizational needs detailed below. At the same time,
• This person should be flexible to adapt as needs change.

The Innovation Associate will focus on one or more of the following areas:

• Researching new market opportunities, verticals, and services for clients.
• Providing IT solutions, specifically developing databases and implementing new technology and software for the local center in Bagar.
• Developing business, specifically developing new client leads from new verticals.
• Training our workforce on image editing, invoice processing, and other skills as per need.

Benefits of the Source for Change Internship Program :

• Understanding how social motives can be integrated into a successful business model.
• Exposure to a start up firm that is moving to the next level.
• Detailed understanding of the IT and rural marketplaces, competition and different lines of business.

Company profile:

“There’s a way to combine the very best of the not-for-profit, philanthropic world with the very best of the for-profit, enterprising world. This hybrid is the wave of the future for both profit and nonprofit companies.”
– An interview with Bill Strickland, CEO of the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild and the Bidwell Training Center Inc., from “Genius At Work”.

Source for Change (SFC) is a progressive company based on the idea that social values can be achieved
through the private marketplace. We work side-by-side with women of rural India in creating technologybased careers delivering the highest level of quality to our global clients. Currently, SFC operates in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry with a data entry center in Bagar, Rajasthan.

The all-women, rural BPO addresses social and business needs. For our clients, we provide a high quality product at a competitive price. At the same time, our BPO associates gain technology skills and employment in an industry that would otherwise overlook them. Our core competencies are non-voice services such as data entry and image editing. Past clients have included mid- to large sized companies as well as public sector entities such as InTouch Solutions, Pratham, and the University of Maryland.

As an early stage start-up, we have the freedom to chart our own course as we partner with the women of rural India. We are recruiting other dynamic, like-minded people to join us. If you desire the opportunity to create immense social change while seeking to maximize profits, then this is the place for you.

We are building a team of disruptive innovators to lead one of the hottest start-ups in the country, thus this is an extremely competitive hiring process.

More information:
www.slideshare.net/Source_for_Change/sfc-the-future-is-rural

How to apply:

To apply please download:  APPLICATION FORM-
[PDF | Ms Word]

Important dates:

• Internship Period: 17 May to 16 July 2010
• Application Deadline: 15 April 2010

For more details please check out the link:  http://ccs.in/researching_internship_program.asp

Location:

Delhi

Internship :

The Research Internship Program Researching Reality provides a greatly valued and needed learning experience in real-life application of social and economic principles and in teaching college students the skills of research, analysis, writing, and above all critical thinking.

How to apply:

Email your resume to lokesh@thegreenadd.com please mention the subject of the email as: 10internship.in)

Location:

Mumbai

Stipend:

INR 2000- INR 3000

Internship-Strategic Business Development:

Intern responsibilities:

• The intern will rotate through and work in strategic business development.
• The intern will assist the executives in execution of projects, by helping to set up business relations, development and cracking leads etc.
• The intern will also assist in the R&D technical works.
• The intern will have an opportunity to manipulate and create they own experience in the field regards to which a work has been assigned to them.
• Work experience on huge green projects in India as well as in abroad.
• Interns has to roll on with Educational as well as Industrial projects.

Company profile:

GREEN ADD+:is the product of a vision to help expedite the process of sustainable development both in the country and at the global level.To achieve this, we work by collaborating with various organizations, institutes and companies in areas such as clean sources of energy, environ-mental economics and waste management. We have developed an intensive educational curriculum for students ranging from schools,junior colleges and also engineering as well as management institutions.

Our TEAM-GREEN ADD+ has a young and dynamic team with a passion for technical as well as management education and entrepreneurship. The founders and other team members themselves have a wonderful record in the field of Sustainable Development. They have many years of varied experience and have participated and won accolades in Global Environmental Cause.Since our incorporation GREEN ADD+ has been strongly and very actively functioning by alumnis of prestigious institutes like IIT, IIM, UICT, MU and many more and industry alike.

We at GREEN ADD+ believes that Vision is__

“Something supposedly seen by other than normal sight….the ability to perceive something not actually visible, as through mental acuteness, keen foresight…..force or power of imagination”

How to apply:

Interns are expected to fill-up the internship request form (below) and send it to sayen@ceeindia.org along with their detail CV and a passport size photograph.

Form: http://www.sayen.org/Internship%20Form.doc

Location:

Any one of the CEE project offices

Certification:

A completion certificate would be issued after submission of the final Internship project report.

Duration:

The period of internship could range from a month to nine-months. There are two kinds of internships:

1. Structured- Fixed time of the other
2. Non-structured- any time of the year

Eligibility:

• Young graduates while starting their career or higher education or for whom it is an academic requirement, join us as interns.

Responsibilities:

• During internship, youth are involved in particular tasks such as research project, action project, development of communication media and materials and/or documentation activities of an on-going project.

At SAYEN Secretariat-As part of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, CEE offers internship to students and young professionals in any one of CEE’s twenty-one thrust areas ( www.ceeindia.org ).

Objectives of the Internships:

• To provide an understanding of SD concerns, issues and efforts globally
• To provide an understanding of how Education can contribute to effective Sustainable Development
• To provide an opportunity to experience a working environment and develop work-related skills

Company profile: Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), meaning Self Education for Empowerment, is a learning and development organization in Mumbai. SSP translates its mission by providing technical support and access to social and economic opportunities and promoting community driven entities and forging partnerships with institutional actors.  Today, SSP combined operations in ten of the most disaster prone districts in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu and partner with over 5,000 Self Help Groups with 60,000 women members.  SSP is promoting rural “social enterprise” by partnering with it’s network of grassroots of women in the self help group network. These social enterprises centrally involve women entrepreneurs who have survived disasters after the Latur and Gujarat earthquakes (1993 and 2001 and tsunami 2004 respectively). With the facilitation of SSP, networks of rural women entrepreneurs now earn sustainable incomes in retail businesses in renewable home energy products in partnership with BP Energy, food essentials and health funds with others.   SSP stimulates enabling business environments through it’s bouquet of incubation and business development services that aligns networks of women entrepreneurs, village institutions, and corporations to launch profitable enterprises that are governed by a triple bottom line:

• Financial – Everyone in the value chain makes a profit.
• Environmental – All enterprises are rooted in the principles of clean, renewable energy.
• Social – All businesses fortify the development of village communities and ensure inclusion of debutant entrepreneurs in networks of financial and social capital.

Sakhi Group of Social Enterprises : 1. SSP has nurtured 850 women retail entrepreneurs in as many rural communities, through its Sakhi Retail Co. in rural Maharashtra. For the Sakhi the village level entrepreneur it has ensured more than 33% income growth in the last year alone. A social enterprise based on revenue model, it has partnered with BP Energy to co-develop stoves and clean fuel, and now sells, markets, and distributes biomass stoves to 60,000 households across rural Maharastra. The grassroots women network trained to act as marketers, offer after sales service and “below-the-line” advertisers in one.
2. Through Sakhi Samudaya Kosh its community driven micro finance entity, SSP has launched over 16,000 women in start up self employment in agriculture, dairy and small trades and businesses. Turnover of micro finance operations are up to Rs. 140 million over the last two years alone.
3. Setting up a Rural B- School, building and training micro -entrepreneurs and starting an Incubator for rural enterprises to enhance opportunities for women and young girls are key goals of the entity SSEN Sakhi Social Enterprise Network launched recently.
4. The Sakhi Community Health Trust Fund an initiative for rural families with low access to affordable health to benefit from cashless health insurance and doorstep health services resulting in improved health security. SSP fostered a community driven Health Trust and partnered with SIS Swasth India Services an for profit health venture to co develop both products and mechanisms that will reach out preventive health services  and provide hospital cover together with insurance companies.

All operations launched by SSP are premised on 4 Cs:

• Customer- focus – Customers/Members drive the integrated value chain.
• Capacity Building – Women entrepreneurs train at all levels to be successful at business and leading social initiatives.
• Connectivity –Women entrepreneurs’ are linked to their networks and are empowered
• Community Impact – Social enterprises work on lowering costs, stabilizing business models. This is done by first providing decent incomes to entrepreneurs, re-investing even minimum profits and promoting social change.

Organizational strengths:The key strength of SSP is its close connections to and knowledge of the local communities and the social network and trust relationships with communities over 1,300 villages. Most of the teams are locally recruited and grassroots women are both trainers and leaders of the Federations and actively participate by investing in and providing valuable feedback for effectiveness of the enterprises.  SSP’s network is known for expertise in health, water, sanitation, and building disaster resilience. With strengthened training and infrastructure, the SSP network itself could be an invaluable partner to government, businesses and organizations hoping to reach households.

Volunteer service:

Desired volunteer profile:

• We are looking for volunteers experienced and/or qualified in business management, social development and interested in social entrepreneurship and development.
• The volunteer should demonstrate an interest in gaining hands-on working experience with base of the pyramid initiatives in retailing opportunities, developing product distribution networks, microfinance and business related IT applications.

Job profile:

• Social Impact Assessment / Feedback studies of the SSP promoted Sakhi Social Enterprises
• Market research for new products and financial services
• Documenting business processes and suggestions for improvements.
• Preparing strategic/business plans
• Study and document credit risk analysis
• Promotional materials – newsletters, video clips, articles and case studies for website, etc.
• Website content editing and design modification

Stipend: Unpaid ( SSP will take care of the actual expenses of the volunteer’s travel to and from the field and food and accommodation while in the field.)

Duration: For three months minimum. Joining date can be any day of the year

Location: Mumbai (The volunteer will work both in the field (rural districts of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat) and in the Mumbai head office. Ability to speak the languages will determine where the volunteer is placed.)

Email: sspindia1@gmail.com (please mention the subject of the email as: 10internship.in)

Note: The amount of time spent in the field is based on the volunteer’s demonstrated interest in doing so. The combination of field and office work can be determined in discussion with the volunteer.