INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP) by The Government of India: Apply Now!

The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP)’ with the intention to match opportunities in ULBs and smart cities with learning needs of fresh graduates. The program intends to fulfil the twin goals of providing hands-on learning experience to fresh graduates as well as benefitting States, ULBs and smart cities with infusion of fresh energy and ideas to solve critical challenges. With this initiative, urban India will be able to harness its demographic dividend as the country attempts to leapfrog into a 5 trillion-dollar economy.

Objective:

Short-term exposure to fresh graduates to enhance their professional development through experiential learning with ULBs and smart cities.
Harnessing fresh energy and ideas towards ULBs and smart cities endeavors to solve critical challenges.

Eligibility:

Conditions (updated as on 20/12/2020)

Open only to Indian citizens.

Graduates/Post-graduates/Diploma/PG Diploma/Advanced Diploma students who have completed their course are eligible to apply.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, following relaxations will be provided until 30th September, 2021:

Applicable only to graduates: Not more than 36 months should
have passed from the date of declaration of final year results to the
date from which the internship is sought.

Candidates whose final year results are awaited due to Covid-19
are also eligible to apply. However, the release of their internship
certificates will be subject to production of education certificate(s)/
degree to their respective ULBs/Smart Cities/Parastatal authorities.
Duration

The duration of the internship will be a minimum of 8 weeks up to 1 year.

How to Apply?

Details of internship positions will be made available on the TULIP Portal. Applications for internship will be accepted through the portal only.
Application may contain a recommendation from the competent authority of the concerned academic institution where the candidate has pursued her/his studies.
Applicant may be required to submit a synopsis on urban issues in (not more than 1,000 words) along with his/her application. Synopsis should broadly cover a brief about the applicant’s areas of interest, proposed area of work and objectives for undertaking the internship.
This shall ensure that the intern is ‘learning while doing’ and not engaged in any unskilled tasks.
The intern will be eligible for an internship certificate only upon successful completion of the internship period, which may be relaxed, but not lesser than 8 weeks, as per discretion of the ULB or smart city under special circumstances.
The following guidelines detail the broad parameters of the program: Dispute of any kind arising between the ULB /smart city and the intern should be resolved amicably through grievance redressed channels or as per law of land at the level of incidence, and neither.
MoHUA nor AICTE will be liable or a party to that dispute.
The interns shall be required to maintain confidentiality of all the documents/reports, or any information received by him/her during his/her internship period. The interns shall not reveal to any person or organization any information relating to the ULB or smart city, its work and policies. The interns may also be required to sign a confidentiality agreement mentioning appropriate terms and prior to the commencement of the internship Notice period of one week will have to be given prior to leaving the internship and the intern shall not leave the internship without being relieved by the ULB/smart city.
This internship is neither a job nor an assurance of a job in the ULB/ Smart City.

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