Internship – PRS Legislative Research 2024

About PRS Legislative Research

PRS tracks the functioning of the Indian Parliament and works with MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha across political parties and MLAs from various states. PRS provides a comprehensive and credible resource base to access Parliament-specific data, background information on Parliamentary and governance processes and analysis of key legislative and policy issues.

PRS Legislative Research (PRS) seeks to strengthen the legislative process by making it better informed, more transparent and participatory. Through its work, PRS seeks:

• To provide independent and non-partisan, research support to Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) across party lines on all legislation and policy debates in the legislature
• Track the functioning of legislatures and legislators by releasing detailed data and analysis
• Devise means by which citizens are more aware and engaged in the policy making process.

The work of PRS was initiated with a grant from Ford Foundation, and subsequently by Google.org. Currently, the work of PRS is supported by a number of Indian institutions and individuals.

PRS gratefully acknowledges support from AV Venkatraman, Ajay Piramal, Amit Chandra, Avantha Foundation, Bharti and Sushil Ramola, India Value Fund Advisors, Jalaj Dani, Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Mahindra & Mahindra, Meher Pudumjee, Nemish Shah, Paresh Sukthankar, Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, Praveen Chakravarty, Puneet Dalmia, RK Damani, Rajiv Sahni, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Rohini Nilekani, SK Shelgikar, Shasun Pharmaceuticals, Tata Sons and Vikram Lal.

2024 Internship Opportunities at PRS

PRS offers rolling internships throughout the year. The PRS staff consists of a team of dedicated professionals with different areas of expertise, and is broadly divided into the research and outreach departments.

While the research team analyses legislative and policy issues of topical interest, the outreach team tracks the working of the legislatures and legislators, manages citizen engagement and is PRS’s interface with the MPs and MLAs. A prospective intern can apply for an internship in either/ both departments.

Structure of the PRS internship

The internship varies from session to non-session time. During a Parliament session, PRS’s work is guided by the issues taken up in Parliament and interns are expected to work with the analysts on any and all projects. During non-session periods, the interests of the individual intern are taken into consideration, and he/she is matched with an analyst(s) doing related work.

The successful completion of a PRS internship requires the intern to pursue and complete an internship project.

The intern will be assisting analysts in their research, as well as undertaking an internship project.

The duration of the internship is flexible, but is normally between four and eight weeks.

We are presently accepting applications for one-month ‘Work from Home’ internships.

 

The internship period may be extended beyond one month on a case by case basis.

Interns can work from their home.

Please note that no accommodation or remuneration is provided. This is strictly an unpaid internship.

Expectations from interns

In addition to a deep interest in the working of Parliament and the legislative process in India, an intern should have:

• Strong writing skills
• Strong analytical skills

How to apply to PRS Legislative Research Internship in 2024

Interested persons can fill in the application form through the official website.  (See the Google form link through the official PRS job posting page)

The form has to be filled out in one session, and there is no option of saving responses. You are expected to:

• write a short statement of purpose (not more than 500 words)
• upload an up-to-date resume in PDF format
• upload a writing sample on any policy issue. (not more than 1000 words) in PDF format

For any queries, please email us at internship@prsindia.org

Lawmint Note : The email ID is for queries only. The applications for internship should be made through the application form as mentioned above. The application form itself collects your basic information and the SOP, Resume & Writing Sample documents should be ready for upload before you start filling in the application form.

 

The name and photo associated with your Google account will be recorded when you upload files and submit the form. Ensure that you use your frequently used Google account while accessing the form.

 

While there are Research, Media & Design and Programming internship opportunities available with PRS, law students may wish to select ‘Research’. Since the form allows you to select more than one internship type, you can select ‘Media & Design’  or ‘Programming’ also; if you have the required skill-sets and interest in the same.

Official Website for application

Apply through the opportunities page on the official PRS India website at : https://www.prsindia.org/aboutus/opportunities-at-prs