BYPASS offers internships for graduate and postgraduate students year-round. Our internships are quite substantive and are opportunities for students to learn and contribute significantly.

Currently, we unfortunately are unable to pay interns directly. However, we encourage students to apply for stipends or other funding through their home educational institutions, or other corporate or nonprofit sources. We like to host interns who are able to work full-time. In any case, we prefer that students work at least 30 hours per week to “learn the ropes” and become productive quickly. We try to work closely with a student’s college or university to arrange for academic credit when possible.

We prefer to hire students who are Indian citizens; however we welcome zealous students from all around the world. Students physically report to work in the BYPASS Headquarters building in Bhopal, which is easily accessible by public transportation from there you may be posted to designated internship location.

In terms of the qualifications of the prospective intern, we primarily want an enthusiastic person who is a quick learner. Detailed prior field knowledge is not necessary, but a keen interest and some basic familiarity with topics of internship is needed. Since we deal with the community/rural/environment/economic development and practical aspects of science and technology, research, writing, and editing skills are key. In addition, we would like to have someone who is facile with computers, especially MS office utilities.

We are flexible in terms of setting up specific projects for the prospective intern. Some typical projects include handling a wide variety of information from projects, editing reports and documents, preparing presentations, , doing research and writing reports, updating as well as creating a variety of Web pages, field surveys, preparing training modules, designing and organizing campaigns, field dissemination and demonstrations etc.

Overall, we believe that the right student would find the substance of our work very interesting and fulfilling, and it would be a mutually beneficial experience. To apply, send e-mail to
bypassindia@yahoo.com
indicating your areas of interest and time commitment, with your CV and a filled-in intern Interest Form.
marking a copy to
manju.bypass@yahoo.com

With the words “internship” in the subject header of your e-mail. Opportunities for internship will be posted here time to time.