About the Internship Programme
45th Batch of Research Internship has been announced from June 21, 2025 to July 20, 2025 in collaboration with THE SOCIETY FOR UPLIFTMENT OF MASSES (SUM), An NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The programme will familiarise participants with burning consumer concerns like consumer justice, misleading advertisements, junk food, unethical medical practices, Right to Information etc and help them make well-informed decisions by being aware consumers. They will also gain practical knowledge and experience of conducting research and survey on a consumer issue and analysing that data in a presentable format under guidance of our expert mentors.
‘Internship’ programme was launched by Consumers India for students pursuing higher education on 15th September, 2012 and 44 batches have since been held successfully. They have studied important consumer issues under the able guidance of experienced mentors. Several issues, highlighted by interns in their studies, have been taken up with the concerned authorities at the highest level and have led to successful campaigns.
Subject/ Themes
- Specific Study: Heath Insurance: Fighting Unfair Claim Denials
Broad Themes: Consumer Justice & Tryst with Health - Specific Study: Don’t Get Fooled: Navigating the Unregulated Health Market
Broad Themes: Tryst with Health & Consumer Justice - Specific Study: Connected or Distracted? Social Media and Youth
Broad Themes: Consumer Justice, Misleading Ads & Tryst with Youth - Specific Study: The Obesity Pandemic: Untangling Food, Lifestyle, and More
Broad Themes: Junk the Junk Food, Tryst with Health & Misleading Ads - Specific Study: Synthetic Food: Savior or Health Hazard?
Broad Themes: Junk the Junk Food, & Fake Spurious & Counterfeit
Eligibility
Students pursuing undergraduate, graduate, Ph D or any other higher education programme in any discipline from recognised institutions in India.
Important dates
| Last date for receipt of complete application in prescribed format | June 15, 2025 | |
| Finalisation of selection process and communication to applicants | June 16-20, 2025 | |
| Date of online Induction | June 21, 2025 | |
| Period of Internship | One month from June 21, 2025 toJuly 20, 2025 | |
| Date of final submission of research study and other assignments, duly approved by Mentors | July 15, 2025 | |
| Discussion on PPTs, Infographics and individual activities; final submission of Completion & Evaluation Report and residual assignments | July 16 onwards | |
| Debriefing workshop (Interns will present their studies through PPTs) | July 19-20, 2025 | |
How to Apply?
Pl email your typed application in word/pdf format along with your recent photograph to jayashree@consumersindia.co.in.
Learnings
- Become an enlightened consumer, familiar with your rights and responsibilities as a consumer
- Make well informed decisions in your day-today life
- Be able to avoid the trap of misleading advertisements
- Be able to report misleading ads to Advertising Standards Authority of India (ASCI) and GAMA and also help others do it
- Be familiar with the power of RTI Act
- Be able to file RTI applications for seeking information from Public Authorities and also help others do it
- Gain practical knowledge and experience of conducting research and survey on a consumer issue and analysing that data in a presentable format under guidance of mentors.
- Gain practical knowledge and experience of presenting your research and survey findings through PPT and infographics for disseminating your findings through social media.
Stipend
No stipend is paid to interns by Consumers India. Similarly, no reimbursement of expenditure incurred on travel etc is made by Consumers India.
Internship Certificate (E-certificate) will be emailed to all successful interns by Consumers India.
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