Internship Experience @ Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK), Dehradun: Field work in rural areas

Name

Anonymous

Name of Organisation, Location, Team Strength

Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra

RLEK, Dehradun, team strength was 15.

ADDRESS- Rajpur Road, near Hotel Great Valley, Dehradun

Application Process

Apply by C.V. and the bonafide certificate is important for doing internship.

The email ID: rlek.org@gmail.com. 

Contact through mail or simply walk in for a one-to-one interaction.

Duration of internship and timings

3 DEC 2015-4 JAN 2016.

4 weeks. 6 days a week. 10:00 a.m to 05:00 p.m.

First impression, First day formalities, Infrastructure

Fill a form, submit the bonafide certificate and 2 passport size photographs.

The Chairman, Mr. Avdash Kaushal gives the lecture and tells about the organisation and Internship Coordinator introduces the organisation.

Main tasks

Field Work: It depends on the field work take you to the villages nearby.

Research Work: If they have some research work they give to the interns such as grant funding, proposals making, case study and etc. Many other administrative work interns.

The chairperson enlightened us on issues such as bonded labour and environment protection, an issue that should, at least now after the disastrous floods in Uttarakhand, be taken seriously.

Work Environment, People

Work environment of RLEK is very homely very one works together in the office.

Best things? 

RLEK Dehradun gives you an opportunity to work at the ground level and interact with simple village folks, something we “urban people” would not usually do.

Besides, you get to learn the administration work like report-making and documentation.

Bad things?

There is not much action on the field so there were days when we had absolutely nothing to do and this time was simply wasted.

Stipend

None

Biggest Lessons

Be on time always.

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