Internship @ Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

About Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is a statutory body with quasijudicial functions and created by an Act of Parliament. CERC acts under the Ministry of Power.

The mission of the Commission intends to promote competition, efficiency and economy in bulk power markets, improve the quality of supply, promote investments and advise the government on the removal of institutional barriers to bridge the demand-supply gap and thus foster the interests of consumers.

About the Opportunity

An internship is an opportunity for a student to secure first-hand and practical work experience under the guidance of a qualified and experienced Supervisor/Mentor.

It also aims at active participation in the learning process through experimentation and putting into practice the knowledge acquired in the classrooms.

For the larger benefit of the student community and with a view to enrich the implementation of its various policies and regulations, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has decided to notify these “Internship Guidelines”, to provide a framework for engagement of Interns for a limited period.

The period of Internship shall be at least four weeks but not exceeding six months.

While doing an internship in CERC, the candidates should have a minimum of 75% full-time attendance, which they have to mark in and out on a daily basis.

In case of less than 75% attendance, no extension of internship period will be allowed and no experience certificate will be issued. Honorarium will be paid on a pro-rata basis, in case of short attendance.

The conduct of the interns and their access to data shall be the sole responsibility of the heads of the divisions where they are attached.

Objective

• To allow young academic talent to be associated with the CERC work for mutual benefit.
• The “intern” shall have an opportunity to know about the functioning of the Power Sector, programmes and policy, issues in the Power Sector and contribute to generate inputs such as analysis, technical reports, project reports, policy papers etc. for furtherance of the objectives of the CERC.

General Details

• Under Graduation (pursuing Bachelor’s Degree or less): Up to 6 weeks with No stipend/ honorarium.
• Under Graduation (pursuing Bachelor’s Degree or less): More than 6 weeks and up to six months with Rs. 20,000 per month.
• Pursuing Post Graduation or equivalent and above: Up to 6 weeks with No stipend/ honorarium.
• Pursuing Post Graduation or equivalent and above: More than 6 weeks and up to six months with Rs. 25,000 per month.

Eligibility Criteria

• Bonafide students of any recognized University/Institution within India or abroad, fulfilling the following conditions are eligible to apply for the internship.
• The applicant should be an Undergraduate (pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree or less) or pursuing Post-graduation or equivalent in Engineering/ Management! Law! Economics/ Finance in a recognized University/institution.

Stipend

The intern will be paid a monthly stipend/honorarium after successful completion of 8 weeks of their internship period and on the recommendation of the concerned Division/officer on the following basis. The interns who do not complete the training for any reason whatsoever will not be eligible for stipend/honorarium.

How to Apply?

• Interested applicants may send their applications in the prescribed format to the Assistant Secretary (P&A), Ground Floor, Chanderlok Building, 36, Janpath, New Delhi through their College/Institution.
• Application shall be made at least one month before the expected date of commencement of internship period and not more than 3 months in advance.
• Applicants must also clearly indicate the area of interest. A candidate can apply for internship only once during a financial year.
• The applicants who do not fulfil the eligibility conditions, their applications shall be rejected.
• The selected applicant has to produce original mark sheets and NOC from the college/ institution at the time of joining, failing which his/her candidature shall be cancelled.
• All applications will be scrutinized by the CERC. Intimation will be sent to selected interns subject to availability of slots, consent of the concerned Division and approval of the Competent authority. The interns will be given a specific project, which can be identified by the Commission Divisional heads.

Internship form is in the brochure given below this post.

Location

Delhi.

Contact Information

For any queries, please contact at info.cercind.gov.in.