NABARD

 Notification for NABARD Student Internship Scheme (SIS) 2022-23

The objective of the Scheme is to assign short term tasks/projects/studies useful and relevant to NABARD, to talented students pursuing post-graduate degree (completing/completed first year) in Agriculture and allied disciplines (Veterinary, Fisheries, etc.), Agri-business, Economics, Social Sciences and Management from Institutes/ Universities of repute or Students pursuing 5 years integrated courses including Law completing/completed 4th year of their course. The scheme is expected to provide valuable feedback with a fresh perspective through studies/projects undertaken by the students on themes of interest to NABARD.

(A) Total Seats

Total number of seats for NABARD SIS 2022-23 is 40 (35 seats for Regional Offices/TEs & 05 seats for Head Office). Detailed break up of seats is given in

Annexure I.

(B) Broad Themes/Areas

The broad objective of SIS 2022-23 will be to assess/gauge the impact of various NABARD interventions at the ground level. The SIS 2022-23 scheme will also serve as an exercise for documentation of success stories of NABARD’s projects/programmes/schemes/activities at the field level.

To ensure that we have a decent number of reports on a particular topic so that we can draw reasonable insights, all interns selected under SIS 2022-23 will be required to study one of the following three NABARD interventions only:

a) Farmers Producer Organisations/Farmer Collectives

b) Rural Community Institutions: SHGs/JLGs or

c) Watershed Development Programmes

The study sample may cover mix units/respondents (with and without NABARD’s support/interventions) to make a comparative assessment and qualitative feedback.

(C) Eligibility

i. Students pursuing post-graduate degree (having completed/completing first year) in Agriculture and allied disciplines (Veterinary, Fisheries, etc.), Agri-business, Economics, Social Sciences and Management from Institutes/ Universities of repute or Students pursuing 5 years integrated courses including Law completing/completed 4th year of their course are eligible for SIS 2022-23.

ii. Students applying for internship in a particular State must be either pursuing their degree from that State or they must belong to that State (ordinarily resident of the State).

iii. For seats allocated to Head Office, Mumbai students pursuing education from Mumbai would be preferred. However, seats in Head Office, Mumbai are open to applications from students across the country.

(D) Selection Process

i. The applicants for scheme will be shortlisted for interview on the basis of weighted score system (based on marks in 10th, 12th and Graduation).

ii. The final selection of the students for the internship scheme will be solely on the basis of the interview performance.

iii. All the applications will be received and shortlisted by HO for final selection through interview by respective units. The final selection of the students from amongst the shortlisted candidates (as per seat allocation under SIS 2022-23) will be done at the respective units (ROs/TEs).

iv. No TA/DA will be paid to the students appearing for the Interview.

(E) Important Dates: Opening of link for registration and submission of applications March 11, 2022

Closing Date for submission of applications March 31, 2022

(F) Duration of Internship

The duration of the internship will be for a minimum of 8 weeks and a maximum period of 12 weeks. The interns are required to undertake and complete the internship between 15 April 2022 and 31 August 2022.

(G) Financial Support

The financial benefits for implementation of the scheme are as under:

Sr. No.

Item of Expenditure Amount (Rs.)

1 Stipend/ month

{Minimum 8 weeks (2 Months) to maximum 12 Weeks (3 months}

18000 per month

2 Field visit allowance (including of all expenditure)-maximum for 30 days

2000 per day (For 8 NER States) 1500 per day (Excluding 8 NER States)

3 Travel allowance for field visits from HQ to Field and back to HQ. On reimbursement basis subject to submission of valid tickets /other proofs (like petrol/taxi receipts) 6000 per head (maximum)

4 Miscellaneous expenses on declaration basis 2000 per head (H)Oath of Secrecy by Student The students shall also give a declaration that he/she will maintain complete secrecy and shall not use any information of confidential nature for any other purpose that might come to his/her knowledge during the period of assignment under the Scheme.

(I) Release of Stipend & Other Allowances

i. The monetary benefits such as stipend, field allowance, etc. may be released to the students on satisfactory completion of the projects.

ii. The claim for stipend is to be submitted only through portal in the prescribed format.

For any queries/clarifications please reach out to us via email to

sis.dear@nabard.org or Contact us at: 022-26539531

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Annexure-I

HO/RO/TE wise Allocation of Seats under SIS 2022-23

S.No. Name of RO/TE Proposed Seat Allocation: SIS 2022-23

1 Andaman and Nicobar Regional Office, Port Blair 1

2 Andhra Pradesh Regional Office, Hyderabad 1

3 Arunachal Pradesh Regional Office, Itanagar 1

4 Assam Regional Office, Guwahati 1

5 Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Mangalore** 1

6 Bihar Regional Office, Patna 1

7 Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Kolkata** 1

8 Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow** 1

9 Chhattisgarh Regional Office, Raipur 1

10 Goa Regional Office, Panaji 1

11 Gujarat Regional Office, Ahmedabad 1

12 Haryana Regional Office, Chandigarh 1

13 Himachal Pradesh Regional Office, Shimla 1

14 J&K Regional Office, Jammu 1

15 Jharkhand Regional Office, Ranchi 1

16 Karnataka Regional Office, Bengaluru 1

17 Kerala Regional Office, Thiruvananthapuram 1

18 Madhya Pradesh Regional Office, Bhopal 1

19 Maharashtra Regional Office, Pune 1

20 Manipur Regional Office, Imphal 1

21 Meghalaya Regional Office, Shillong 1

22 Mizoram Regional Office, Aizwal 1

23 Nagaland Regional Office, Dimapur 1

24 National Bank Staff College (NBSC), Lucknow** 1

25 New Delhi Regional Office, New Delhi 1

26 Odisha Regional Office, Bhubaneshwar 1

27 Punjab Regional Office, Chandigarh 1

28 Rajasthan Regional Office, Jaipur 1

29 Sikkim Regional Office, Gangtok 1

30 Telangana Regional Office, Hyderabad 1

31 Tripura Regional Office, Agartala 1

32 Uttar Pradesh Regional Office, Lucknow 1

33 Uttarakhand Regional Office, Dehradun 1

34 West Bengal Regional Office, Kolkata 1

35 Tamil Nadu Regional Office, Chennai 1

36 Head Office, Mumbai 5

Total 40

** Training Establishments of NABARD