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Your Name, College, Year of Study, Email ID
Aakriti Mathur, ILI, 2nd year LLM, aakriti.mathur@icloud.com
Name of Organisation, Location, Team Strength
Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Application Process
Interested candidates may send their updated CV’s addressed to the administrative officer at aklahiri@iift.ac.in or lahiri@nic.in
Duration of internship and timings
May-June 2011, 10 am to 5 pm.
First impression, first day formalities, infrastructure
There are only 3-4 interns working at any point. You are introduced to the professors and the research associates. Everyone is very friendly and approachable.
The infrastructure is good and their library is the best I’ve seen as far as trade is concerned. There wasn’t any book or journal on trade I didn’t find there, including the old and obscure ones.
Main tasks
Interns report directly to the professors of Center for WTP Studies, but you may get work from research associates also.
The main task is to write a research paper to be submitted in the final week of the internship.
You might even be asked to do some work on MS Excel for ongoing research projects.
Work environment and people
Everyone is very approachable and willing to help out. There isn’t much pressure but hard work is appreciated across board.
Best things
The library. Also since your main task is the research paper that you have to submit at the end of the internship you get a lot of time to explore the literature and as well as the institute (it has a beautiful garden).
There is a food stall just outside the campus, which if famous with the students and localities alike (awesome Parathas).
Bad things
Between the research paper and the little work assigned by the associates, you might get bored if you aren’t good at enjoying the other literature available.
Stipend
None
Biggest Lessons
If you aren’t clear on what is expected of you, it’s best to ask again and again than to submit something that isn’t exactly what was asked for.
Seek regular feedback, (especially if it’s a long term project), for the same reason. My perspective on my research project continued to change right till the end due to the enriching feedback from the faculty at every meeting.
The readers are suggested to visit the WTO link : http://www.wto.org
About the WTO : https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/thewto_e.htm
(Information about the institution. The WTO is a rules-based, member-driven organization — all decisions are made by the member governments, and the rules are the outcome of negotiations among members.)
WTO Documents and Resources : https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/res_e.htm
WTO Dispute Settlement : https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm#negotiations
WTO distance learning … https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/d_learn_e/d_learn_e.htm
( The WTO offers on this page a number of interactive training modules on WTO subjects. Each module is built on course material developed by WTO experts and includes a number of interactive tests to assess the user’s progress.)
WTO E campus : https://ecampus.wto.org/search.asp?lang=En ( 67 Courses available )
WTO AND YOU ( Forums ) .. https://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/forums_e.htm
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INDIA AND WTO
Relating to India visit : https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/india_e.htm
India and the WTO.
( The above page gathers key information on India’s participation in the WTO. India has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 8 July 1948.)
Ministry of Commerce and Industry GOI .. http://commerce.nic.in/MOC/index.asp
GOI .. MOC .. Acts, Regulations and Notifications visit : http://commerce.nic.in/MOC/about_us_acts_regulations_schemes.asp
For more indepth knowledge readers are suggested to visit the above links.
I send them an email 3 days ago for internship but there has been no reply yet. Whom should I contact?