NHRC, India 2025 4-week Summer Internship Programme of university students starts in New Delhi

Four-week Summer Internship Programme (SIP) 2025 of university students of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India commenced in its New Delhi office on 16th June, 2025. The programme has the aim of raising awareness of human rights among university students. 80 of 1,468 candidates from 42 institutions of 20 States/UTs belonging to different academic streams have been selected under this program. They are Law, Social Sciences, Social Work, Psychology, Journalism, Gender Studies, Digital Humanities, and International Relations students. NHRC, India Chairperson, Justice Shri V. Ramasubramanian welcomed the depth of India's unity in diversity exhibited in interns' diversified backgrounds during the launch of the program.

He claimed the possibility of change through learning from others and affirmed that a child is brought up by the love of a mother, the advice of a father, sympathy of brothers and sisters, and pressure from peers. Going beyond active participation, he emphasized learning for returning to life. He also exhorted the interns to be the champions of justice and compassion for an equal opportunities and rights world for all human beings. Earlier, in his keynote address on the day, the Secretary General of NHRC, India, Shri Bharat Lal highlighted the role of the youth to involve the promotion of human rights. He promoted developing sensitivity, responsiveness and compassion amongst youth so that social maladies could be tackled purposefully and with a sense of commitment.

Inspired by the Indian civilization's legacy, he urged the interns to cultivate a mix of duty and right in discharging duties and to develop a commitment towards realizing a diverse and equitable society. He hoped that the interns use this opportunity to the fullest towards constructing life for a greater cause. Earlier, while releasing the internship program, NHRC, India Joint Secretary Shri Samir Kumar had referred to the efforts of the Commission to disseminate and share human rights by means of such programs. He mentioned that the interactive sessions of the program, group research work, book reviews, declamation contests and field visits to NGOs, Police Stations, Prisons, Shelter Homes, other National Commissions, etc. are all made with a view to acquainting the interns with different aspects of human rights issues and collecting fresh ideas, further motivating them towards the cause. Lt. Col. Virender Singh, Director, NHRC, expressed the vote of thanks.