NITI Internship Scheme 2024
About the NITI Aayog
The NITI Aayog serves as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of India, and the nodal agency tasked with catalyzing economic development and fostering cooperative federalism through the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.
NITI Internship Scheme
In supersession of the previous guidelines dated 03-10-2017, NITI
Aayog announces the revised NITI Internship Scheme. This Scheme seeks
to engage students pursuing Undergraduate / Graduate / Post Graduate
Degrees or are Research Scholars enrolled in recognized
University/Institution within India or abroad, as “interns”. These ‘interns”
shall be given exposure to various Verticals/ Divisions/Units within NITI
Aayog would be expected to supplement the process of analysis within
NITI Aayog through the empirical collection and collation of in-house and other
information. For the ” Interns” the exposure to the functioning of the Indian
The government may be an add-on in furthering their future interests.
Eligibility
: Bonafide students of any recognized University/ Institution
within India or abroad, fulfilling the following conditions are eligible to apply for
the internship:
a. Under-graduate students, having completed/appeared in the term end
exams of the second year I 4th, fourth semester of the bachelor’s degree course and
secured not less than 85% or equivalent marks in 12th class.
b. Graduate students having completed/ appeared in the term-end exams
of first-year/2nd semester of their post-graduate program or
perusing research/PhD and secured not less than TOoh or equivalent
marks in Graduation.
c. The students who have appeared in the final exam or just completed
Graduation/PG and waiting for admission to higher studies may also
be considered for internship provided that have secured 7 Ooh or more cumulative marks in all the years/
semesters of their graduation/ post-graduation till the date of
application.
The period between the month of declaration of the result of final exam
and the desired month of internship should not exceed six months
e.g. if the result is declared in June then he/she can
apply for the internship beginning in December.
