Winter Internship Program 2026 | National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) | Deadline: 15 October 2026

Winter Internship Program 2026 | National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) | Deadline: 15 October 2026

About NHRC winter (December-January) Internship Programme 2026

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) offers offline internship programme twice a year, during the summer (June-July) and winter (December-January) season.

For the year 2026, a four week ‘Winter Internship Programme 2026’ will commence from 14th December, 2026 to 8th January, 2027. Online applications are invited from eligible students across the country.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Students who have completed 1st year and are pursuing 2nd or 3rd year LLB (3 years) courses;
• Students who have completed 3 years OR Semester VI of the 5 year Integrated Course of BA LLB/ BBA LLB etc. and pursuing 4th and 5th years;
• Students pursuing LLM Course;
• Students must have attained a minimum of 60% marks in Class XII.
• The applicant should not be more than 28 years of age as on 01.10.2026.

Seats:

A maximum of 100 students will be admitted for the Winter Internship Programme 2026. Further, 20 students from Delhi and NCR region may be kept in the Wait List. In the event that an intern drops out of the internship, those who have been put in the Wait List may be called to join the internship no later than the second day of the Winter Internship Programme 2026.

Brief Course Structure of Winter Internship Programme (WIP)2026 would be Approximately 55-60 sessions on various human rights issues are proposed to be covered to sensitise the interns. The WIP 2026 will include following:

The Winter Internship Programme (WIP) 2026 will include following: 

1. Classroom sessions

2. Interaction with Hon’ble Chairperson, Hon’ble Members and senior officers of NHRC
3. Research Project work on Human Rights issues
4. Book Review Activity
5. Films on Human Rights & Discussion – Child Labour issues, Anti Trafficking, Rights of the Elderly, Health and Education issues etc. and discussions
6. Field Visits to Police Stations/ Jail/ NGO’s/ Parliament House/ National Commission for Women/ Minorities/ Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes/National Green Tribunal/ National Legal Service Authority/ National Commission for Protection of Child Rights/ Supreme Court of India.

Awards:

• Certificate of participation will be awarded to the candidates on the basis of the following:
• Attendance, Punctuality, Discipline and Participation in the sessions;
• Timely submission of Group Project Presentation, Project Reports and Book Review.
• An amount of Rs.15,000/-, Rs. 10,000/-, and Rs.5,000/- will be given as prize money for interns who are placed Ist, IInd, and IIIrd respectively for the Group Research Project.
• The five interns with the highest marks for the Book Review will be rewarded in the form of books priced not higher than Rs.1,000/- each.
• Interns on the top three positions from the Declamation contest/Module Master/Info Clarity Challenge will be rewarded in the form of books priced not higher than Rs.1,000/-each.

Facilities to Interns:

• The interns will be given a Kit/ Bag and Temporary Identity Card.
• Library facilities will be provided.
•  Internet facilities will be provided.
• Tea and snacks twice a day along with lunch will be provided to the interns on all working days. For field visits, interns will be provided packed lunches.
• Travelling Allowance & Stipend:
• The selected interns from outside Delhi will be allowed Sleeper AC 3 Tier train fare to New Delhi and back to their place of study through the shortest route.
• All selected interns who successfully complete the internship will be paid an amount of Rs. 12,000/- (Rupees Twelve Thousand only) as stipend.
• Interns will have to make their own arrangements for accommodation and local transport from and to the Commission for the duration of the internship programme.

Last Date to apply

The last date for the submission of the application is 15 October 2026 (18:00 hours)

The Final List of Selected Interns will be displayed on the NHRC website.

How to Apply?

Enclose attested scanned copies of mark-sheet from 10th Standard onwards and mark-sheet of each year/semester of presently pursuing course(and recommendation by the concerned HOD/Dean/Principal which should be of a date subsequent to the date of uploading of this advertisement and for the presently pursued course).

In the absence of following, the applications are liable to be rejected.

• Scanned attested mark-sheets of 10th and 12th Standard, All Semesters of Graduation Course & marks sheets of all semesters of Pursuing Course. 
• Statement of purpose (SOPs) and
• Scanned Recommendation letter/email by HOD/Dean/Principal concerned in the annexed Proforma (Annexure I).

Kindly note: Incomplete applications/applications without attested copies of mark sheets (10th Class, 12th Class, All semesters of Graduation Course & pursuing Course), Letter of recommendation & SOPs etc. will be rejected and Applications sent through e-mails/posts will not be entertained.

Contact Details:

For any details, you may please contact on Ph: 011-24663371 and Email Id: internships.nhrc@gov.in (between 10.00 am to 6.00 pm on working days, i.e. Monday to Friday).

For Official Notification:

For Application Form:

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