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RURAL INTERNSHIP (Hybrid) 2021-22
For Batch 2021, 2020 and all the re-registered students of batch 2018, 2019
About Rural Internship
True Academic value of any course is realized only if class room sessions are complemented by industry orientation, international exposure or field trips and internships. School of Liberal Studies at PDEU is known for such unique academic pedagogy. It offers students, opportunities of conferences, government roundtable events, study on the campuses of other universities, corporate internships, urban renewal mission internships and rural internships. Rural Internship is an internship carried out in rural area. It is a work-based activity in which students are engaged in learning through practical experiences in rural areas. It has become necessary for the youth of today to know and understand the rural life and its social, cultural and economic ramifications. It is in this context, School of Liberal Studies (SLS), Pandit Deendayal Energy University, established by a special act of Assembly (2007), has introduced a mandatory Rural Internship (RI) in B.Com (Honors) Programme for the first year students.
Rural Internship 2021-22
17th December 2021 to 10th January, 2022
School of Liberal Studies has been conducting the Rural Internship since its inception where students would have rigorous immersive experience of the rural way of life. Because of the COVID Pandemic, the batch of 2020 refused to take an online internship and wanted to have a physical experience of the same. Due to which batch 2020 and 2021 combined to strength of 1000 students including few re-registered students of the previous batches.
All the students were given elaborate kits including Bag, Tshirt, Cap, Button Buddy, Mask, Stainless steel, Cutlery, Plant with Eco Pot and mixture of manure and earth. The purpose of the kit was to inculcate essence of responsibility towards environment thinking of sustainable ways of living, to promote Go Green Campaign, to support Atmanirbhar Bharat Mission and to support no plastic campaign and try to lead a sustainable way of living. Finally, the potting material and earthen pot was given to the students with a message to grow trees and contribute to saving the Earth.
The Rural internship had a great start with a wonderful offline ‘Inauguration ceremony’ which was also marked by the presence of esteemed dignitaries and all the students were thrilled by the offline ceremony where they were briefed about the internship.
Inauguration Ceremony of Rural Internship(Hybrid)
Inauguration Ceremony was held at the PDEU campus with all students wearing their RI Kit and present in full attendance after registration.
Chief Guest of the event was Prof. (Dr) S. Sundar Manoharan - Director General, PDEU
Dignitaries present: Prof. (Dr) Nigam Dave - Director SLS, Prof. (Dr) T P Singh – Director Academic Affairs, Prof Sunil Khanna - Director SOT, Dr. Ritu Sharma - Dean SLS, Dr. Anirbid Sircar - Dean Research and Development, Mr Ankur Pandya – CHRO, SLS Faculty and Staff team members, SLS RI Intern’s team , SLS Students undergoing internship and Coordinators Dr. Neeta Khurana and Lt. Khushali Purohit.
A new Hybrid Model was designed, approved and implemented by the Coordinators. The Rural Internship (Hybrid) was divided into three phases-
| Inauguration | 1 Day | |
| 1) | NGO Stay | 7 Days |
| 2) | Campus Workshops | 5 Days |
| 3) | Local NGO Interaction | 3 Days |
| Evaluation | 5 Days |
Students were sent to various phases as per the details given below:
| Phase I | Phase II | Phase III |
|---|---|---|
| 18th to 24th Dec., 2021 | 25th to 29th Dec., 2021 | 3rd to 5th Jan. 2022 |
| (Girls had village NGO visit), (boys had on campus workshop) | (Boys had their village NGO visit), (Girls had on campus workshop) | (All the students had interaction with local NGOs during this time) |
Details of NGO Stay
The NGO stay was scheduled for 7 days during this hybrid model of internship. Total Five NGO partnered with SLS, PDEU for the same.
- Lokniketan Trust, Ratanpur
- Lokniketan Trust, Virampur
- Lokniketan Trust, Sembal Paani
- Samvedana Trust, Dholi Bhakhri
- Sarjan Foundation, Rampura(Vadla)
Due to the large number of students undergoing internship, students were divided into two groups a) Girls b) Boys
In the first phase Girls went to the village to stay with the NGO to get an immersive experience of the rural way of life and in the second phase, boys went for the same.
Schedule of NGO Stay is as follows:
| Day One | Inauguration at the respective NGOs Introduction of Introduction of staff members of NGO, and finally the division of all the students into groups for our span of stay, Tour of the whole campus (Staff quarters, BRS College, MRS college, Kanya Vidyalaya, Ashram Shala, Gaushala, Canteen, Kitchen) |
| Day Two | Morning Prayer followed by activities like Skill development (Mathematics, English, singing, dancing, drama, drawing, gardening, and cooking), then they did case study activity- interviewing students of different ages and getting to know about their backstory/background and list of changes students want to see in the organization. |
| Day Three | Morning Prayer, accompanied by skill development activities, visit to nearby village, Meeting with Village Officials and Government School Teachers and Students |
| Day Four | Morning Prayer followed by skill development activities as daily task allotted to students and then they visited the nearby Dam and learnt about its history and environmental impact. |
| Day Five | Morning Prayer followed by the assigned skill development activity and then the visit to nearby village to meet the farmers. |
| Day Six | Morning Prayer, doing the preparation of cultural program and then the final cultural program which was enjoyed by the students as well as the NGO students and teachers there. |
| Day Seven | Cleaning rooms, and the final closing ceremony for all the students. |
Details of Campus Workshops
Five full day workshops were conducted under the Hybrid Rural Internship to equip and enable to students to document their internship experience meaningfully. The skill thus developed also enriched the students for future work and research.
On campus workshops were conducted by domain experts on the following topics:
- Impact Assessment & Programmed Evaluation - Mr Karan Shah
- Geo Spatial Analysis of Open GIS Software for Development Sector - Mr Abhinav Mehta, Mr Parth Sharma, Mr Shrey Rakholiya
- Skill Building & Social Entrepreneurship - Mr Aditya Dave, Ms Shriya Subudhi, Mr Devanshu Purohit
- Documentation & Sensitization - Ms Nida Sutaria
- Photography - Mr Sidhhar Rathod, Ms Bhumika Bhavsar
Details of Local NGO Interaction (ONLINE)
The combined strength of students were schedule to visit local NGO but due to the COVID19 upsurge during that time, following the government guidelines the Co-coordinators and the Administrators decided to convert the remaining part of internship online keeping the best interest of students safety in mind.
Five Local NGOs partnered with SLS, PDEU. The details of which are as follows:
| 1) GEER Foundation | Conducted by Mr. Alap Pandit |
| 2) Environment Sanitation Institute | Conducted by Mr. Kishan |
| 3) Nature Education | Conducted by Mr. Haseeb Sheikh |
| 4) Akshay Patra Foundation | Conducted by Prabhu Jagannath Das |
| 5) Jivan Tirth, Serenity Library | Conducted by Shri Raju Deepti |
Special Thanks
PDEU Administrators for visiting the students in all NGOs and during on campus workshops and giving them encouragement and blessings:
- Prof Tarun Shah - Registrar PDEU,
- Prof. (Dr) Nigam Dave - Director SLS,
- Prof. (Dr) T P Singh – Director Academic Affairs,
- Dr. Ritu Sharma - Dean SLS,
- Dr. Anirbid Sircar - Dean Research and Development,
- Mr Ankur Pandya - CHRO,
- Ms. Sushila Rathod – Assistant Manager (Chemical Lab)
Gratitude to Faculty Members who accompanied students to drop them at respective NGOs
- Prof.(Dr) Pradeep Malik
- Dr. Harmik Vaishnav
- Dr. Urmi Satyan
- Dr. Ram Reddy
- Dr. Sitakanta Mishra
Special Thanks to Amenity Department and Accounts Department
Testimonials
I went to SarjanFoundation, Rampura, Vadla. The overall experience was very wholesome and it was nothing as I had anticipated it to be. The memories I have made wouldn't be forgotten, I am quite sure, and the people whom I met there won't be as well. I went with a single friend but returned with a whole bunch of them.
Ayushi Barnwal (21BABBA397)
During the NGO stay I went to LokniketanVirampur for my stay. It was overall a great experience over there. I learned to adjust in a new environment and come out of my comfort zone. They provide with maximum facilities and care at the NGO. I was really happy to see the students over there and how they follow all the NGO rules with all the joy. We visited the village and other places and it taught us many new things. We enjoyed alot in this stay. It was a learning experience with lot of new exploration of places. I made new friends which didn't happened due to lockdown. At last I would like to say that being in rural area made me more close to rural people and village students and their problems.
Richa Sachwani (20BABBA337)
Going to Sembalpani was a very different experience for me. I had to step out of my comfort zone, as there was no mobile network, the food there was different, the washrooms there were different, and the climate there was so cold compared to where I live. We enjoyed playing with the kids, interacting with the faculty learning about their lifestyle. We went for nature education multiple times and we even had a cultural program on our last day. Even though it was difficult all of us had fun during our stay in Lokniketan Sembalpani NGO.
Arnav Kurup (21BABBA392)
Gratitude Visit to Local NGOs
