ONLINE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY AT COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA (CCI) (APPLY NOW)
Posted by: Sonali Choudhury
About the Organization: Competition Commission of India is the competition regulator in India. It is a statutory body of the Government of India responsible for enforcing The Competition Act, 2002, promoting competition throughout India, and preventing activities that have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India.
About the Internship:
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the regular CCI internship program has been suspended for the time being. However, for the benefit of students, the Commission will continue its Online Internship beyond (September 2021 and up to December 2021.
For OCTOBER 2021 to DECEMBER 2021 Online Internships, eligible applicants whose applications received by 7th of preceding month (For example, internship of October 2021-application, should be received by 1st of September 2021, for internship of November 2021- application should be received by 1st of October 2021 and for internship of December 2021- application should be received by 1st of November 2021) shall only be considered. Applications mandatorily are in the prescribed format available on the CCI website at https://www.cci.gov.in/sites/default/files/cci_pdf/internships1.pdf. Applications in other formats shall be rejected. Statement of Purpose should be accompanied by the application.
Eligibility: Students pursuing the following courses can apply,
Economics and Management: MA / MSc. (Economics) Fourth and final year students of 5 years integrated degree Programme in Economics MBA
Law: Second and third year of the Bachelor’s degree in Law (3 year course after graduation) or Fourth and final year of the five-year integrated course in Law and students who have taken 3rd year exam and are entering the 4th year. LLM
Regulatory Governance: MA / MSc. (Regulatory Governance)
Professional Courses: Students of the final group of Chartered Accountancy or Cost Accountancy or Company Secretary
INTERNSHIP PROFILE :
The internship is normally for a period of one month, commencing on the 1st working day of the month. However, applicants desirous of pursuing internships for 2- 3 calendar months can also apply with due recommendation of respective universities/Colleges/Institutions for the period applied for.
There will be a short induction program on provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 on the 1st day of the Internship.
Selected interns will be deputed to various divisions of the Commission in different batches where work will be allocated to them under the guidance/ supervision of officer(s) assigned to them by the Divisional Head(s). At the end of the internship, each intern shall make a presentation on the work done by her/him during the period of internship failing which no certificate and stipend will be released. Interns are expected to maintain discipline, punctuality, and integrity, noncompliance whereof shall result in termination of the internship.
Each month there will be up to 15 interns. However, it may be relaxed for a particular month where more applicants with good research topics on Competition Law are available.
The internship is a full-time program and hence interns are required to observe the working hours of the Commission. Any absence during working hours may result in an extension of the period of internship without any honorarium. The internship may be discontinued at any time without payment of any honorarium if the performance of the intern is not found satisfactory or the intern is absent without authorization of the guide.
Certificates will be issued to the interns on successful completion of their internship.
Stipend/ Perks/ PPO: An amount of Rs.15,000/- per month will be given as an honorarium during the internship.
How to Apply:
Interested students may apply in the prescribed format given in Annexure. Application in any other format will not be entertained.
The application must contain a recommendation of competent authority from the academic institution, where the candidate is pursuing her / his studies. Applications received without recommendations will not be entertained.
Applicants are required to submit a ‘Statement of Purpose’ in about 200 words broadly covering a brief introduction of the topic and objectives of the study
The application should reach by 1st of preceding month to the month for which application is intended to be made e.g. for Dec, 2016 application should reach by 1st Nov, 2016.
Applications in the prescribed format complete in all respects may be sent by post to reach- The Secretary, Competition Commission of India, Competition Commission of India, 10th Floor, Office Block, Tower.1, Ring Road (Opposite AIIMS) Kidwai Nagar (East), New Delhi-110023”. Applications can also be emailed at internships@cci.gov.in
Envelope carrying applications should be superscribed “Application for Internship for Month/Year
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