NABARD Student Internship Scheme SIS 2021-22 Notification

 NABARD Student Internship Scheme (SIS) 2021-22: National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) has released a notification for Student Internship Scheme (SIS) 2021-22. Eligible and Interested candidates can apply for NABARD SIS Recruitment from 09 February to 05 March 2021 on official website – nabard.org.

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 in Agriculture and allied disciplines. 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.

NABARD Student Internship Scheme Eligibility Criteria

Students pursuing post-graduate degree (having 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 and in 4th year of their course and Indian Students studying abroad are eligible for SIS 2021-22.

Total Seats for NABARD SIS 2021-22

Total number of seats for NABARD Student Internship Scheme (SIS) 2021-22 is 75 (65 seats for Regional Offices/TEs & 10 seats for Head Office).

NABARD Student Internship Scheme (SIS) 2021-22 Important Dates

Opening of link for registration and submission of applications – February 09, 2021

Last Date for Submitting Online Application  –  05 March 2021

Financial Support from NABARD

The students selected for the internship will be offered the following financial benefits:

• Stipend/ month{Minimum 8 weeks (2 Months) to maximum 12 weeks (3 months} : 18000 per month
• Field visit allowance (including of all expenditure)-maximum for 30 days :2000 per day (For 8 NER States) and 1500 per day (Excluding 8 NER States)
• Travel allowance (For onward & return journey from HQ to District/Local HQ and back to HQ) by AC-III Class (AC-II may be permitted where ticket in AC-III is not available) on submission of tickets/other documentary proofs) : 6000 per head (maximum)
• In addition, miscellaneous expenses on declaration basis 2000 per head.

Broad Themes/Areas for NABARD Student Internship Scheme (SIS) 2021-22

The broad objective of SIS 2021-22 is documentation of success stories of NABARD’s
projects/programmes/schemes/activities at the field level. The areas of NABARD’s
activities identified for the Scheme are as under:

1. Rural Haats
2. Rural Mart
3. Homestays (Rural Tourism)
4. Skill Development Programmes
5. Micro ATMs & Financial Literary Programmes
6. KWF Projects- Climate Change Projects
7. Advanced Technologies on web-based monitoring of watershed management projects

In addition, the study projects to be carried out by SIS interns may cover NABARD’s intervention/supports under the following funds / schemes/programmes:

1. Projects supported under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), LongTerm-Irrigation Fund (LTRF), Warehouse Infrastructure Fund, Food Processing Fund, NABARD Infrastructure Development Assistance (NIDA), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Direct Refinance Assistance to cooperative Banks, Credit Facility Federations, Producer Organisations including PACS as MSC (Loan + grant), Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund, Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin, Production and Marketing Credit and conversion loans for production credit, Green Climate Fund, CBS, Computerization of Rural Banks, etc.
2. Development Initiatives undertaken under Watershed Projects, Spring-shed Watershed Development Programmes, TDF projects, SHGs training & digitization, capacity buildings, skill development programmes such as LEDP, MEDP and others, UPNRM projects, Off-Farm Development projects and supports and any other areas of NABARD’s reach.

Moreover, the study sample may cover mix units / respondents (with and without NABARD’s supports/interventions) to make a comparative assessment and qualitative input/feedback.

Implementation of NABARD Student Internship Scheme (SIS) 2021-22

The entire process of the Scheme will be done through SIS web portal.

• The scheme will be implemented for 8-12 weeks between 01 April 2021 to 31 August 2021.
•  The Head Office/Regional Offices/Training Establishments provide wise allocation of 75 seats.
•  On selection of the students, HO/RO/TE may assign ‘one topic to each student’ as identified. And may advise the student to commence the study as early as possible.
• The selected students would undergo one-week orientation programme covering brief introduction on NABARD’s operations, methodology, collection of raw data, data analysis and interpretation, presentation of draft report.
• A suitable officer from HO/ROs/TEs may be designated as a Mentor to oversee the implementation and monitoring of the scheme. SO Separate login credentials will be given to every mentor.
•  The period of field visit should be purely need based, subject to a maximum of 30 days.
• The HO/ ROs /TEs should ensure quality of the report before finalization and submission to the DEAR Head Office.
• On satisfactory completion of the internship by the students, CGM/OIC may issue a certificate of Internship to the students.

Statewise Allocation of Seats under NABARD SIS 2021-22

i) BIRD, Mangaluru and Karnataka RO
ii) BIRD, Lucknow, NBSC, Lucknow and UP RO
iii) BIRD, Kolkata and West Bengal RO

These may select the candidates jointly

How to Apply for NABARD Student Internship Scheme (SIS) 2021-22?

The Eligible candidates can apply for NABARD SIS 2021 through official website from 09 February to 05 March 2021.

NABARD SIS Official Notification