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“First you LEARN, then you remove the L”

WHO WE ARE

We are India’s nationally awarded NGO, registered in 2002, to promote rationality, scientific temper, inter-faith harmony, justice and empowerment of the impoverished.

We are techno-savvy. Companies like Microsoft, Google, AutoDESK etc regards us as their charity partner and support us. We work on the Office365 cloud.

FACILITIES

Our HO and a hostel for interns are located at Paldi in central Ahmedabad. We are also building a digitally powered residential campus to house a PG Academy and a House of Reason, at Matar, 30 KMs from Ahmedabad

In the normal course, instead of money stipend, we provide bachelor accommodation and food, recreation, work-related transport and internet. They share common amenities but gender-specific bed-rooms.

CERTIFICATION

Every Intern receives our much-coveted certificate clearly listing her learning and contribution. Twin Track Internship earns two certificates.

Architectural Interns report to and receive CoA accredited Architect’s certificate, and to the Chief Manager in allied managerial areas

FEE AND OUR COSTS

No, we do not charge a fee. After all we don’t ‘teach’ as colleges or tutorials are supposed to do. Instead we provide opportunity to practice what you learnt there. In the process you also contribute productivity for our progress and advancement, in areas of your proficiency.

AREAS OF INTERNSHIP

Interns come to us from various universities for training in a range of study fields including Research and Writing, Civil Engineering and CoA mandated Architecture, Infotech, Graphics and Videos, Accounting and Finance et al. Please select the areas of your interest carefully in the Application Form under Primary and Secondary listing.

Medium and Long-term Interns / Associates and Fellows may opt for our unique Twin-Track Internship. This lets you choose two different sets of areas simultaneously, one in your chosen primary area and the other as General Management Trainee in secondary area, such as Architecture and HR – or, say, IT and Presentation – regardless of your course of study. This helps you acquire skills that your course missed but which your hirers and your profession will require.

JOB-LINKED INTERNSHIPS

Our Internships come hard, but bring promise of reward. During the Internship we prepare you to handle the challenges of career. Usually after three months of rigorous internship – specially in the Immersive format – we assess your preparedness to enter our regular service. And if you come up to our satisfaction and commit a minimum acceptable lock-in period we are glad to convert you into regular service. If you are desirous of such career at SPRAT, do indicate this in the Application form or its accompanying mail and during the interview. Remember we are as keen for bright employees as you may be for an appreciative employer.

All you need to know relating to your internship with SPRAT is explained under suitable headings below.  However, if you are a civil engineer or a bright fresher in management – and in a hurry – here is a summary of relevant positions for you.

Accounting [Manual & Tally/Busy]

Education: Studying / Studied: B.Com / BCA / M.Com / MBA etc

General: Smart and organized with proficiency in Tally or Busy. Should attend to all manual and digital book-keeping work and safe-keeping of securities. Must possess good knowledge of Excel. Be thorough with systems and methods, punctual and diligent. Role may include basic administration, housekeeping, cash and bank, record-keeping etc.

Funding Proposals, Project Report writing

Education: Studied / Studying: M.Com / MBA[Fin] / CA / ICWA or matching

Remarks: Digital & manual accounting, reconciliations, statutory returns on Trust, ITax, FCRA, GST and ROC, generating MIS/DSS; identifying funding avenues, preparing fund raising reports, crowd fund sourcing, Helping develop an ERP.

S/He would be adept with Balance Sheet analysis, write excellent English, be proficient with Excel, and know the basic of relevant statutes and orders, be organized and meticulous – potentially to be confirmed in regular service of SPRAT

Digital Fund-raising, Crowd Sourcing,

Education: Studied / Studying: Graduate level Digital / Social media

Remarks: Should be adept at managing social media platforms, must know good Word, Excel and Graphics; Should know basics of finance; good at written English

Accounting: Budgeting, Costing, MIS, DSS

Education: Studied / Studying: M.Com / MBA[Fin] / CA / ICWA or matching

Remarks: Adept at Busy / Tally and principles of double entry Book keeping; Proficient at generating MIS/DSS; Preparing budgets and Computing costs, identifying funding avenues, Helping develop an ERP. S/He would be good at Balance Sheet analysis, be proficient with Excel

Graphic Designer / DTP

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Video Shooting, Editing, Hosting

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

2D / 3D / White Board Animation

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Documentation of Procedures and Events

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Writing Articles, Pamphlets, Reports, Booklets,

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Hand Drawing, Doodling, Sketching

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

PPt Presentations, Interviewing & Speaking

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Designing Social Posters, Billboard, Hoardings

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Construction and General Management [Voluntary / Mandatory]

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Construction Costing, Budgeting, Estimation, Project planning

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Inventory selection, purchase, accounting, managing

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Architecture and Management including Mandatory Internship

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Architectural [Plans, Working Drawings] including Mandatory

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Civil Engineering, Landscaping and Site Supervision

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Android App Development

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

PHP, WordPress, MySQL Programming, Development

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

C# / ASP.Net Programming

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

SharePoint Design and System Development, Administration

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Corporate Ambassador: Representing SPRAT at Your Company

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

MUSKAAN Park: Organizing Competitions, Events

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

MUSKAAN Park: Organizing Competitions, Events

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Teaching handicrafts, income generating skills for livelihood

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Actually Teaching Gujarati, Maths, Eng alphabet

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Public Relations / Liaison

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Nature Watch : Astronomy, Bird Watching - campaigns, events

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Science and Management Workshops at Campuses, Corporates

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Sustainable Livelihood Expansion, Micro-income units

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Promoting Basic Gujarati Literacy through hired teachers

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Resource Mobilization from Companies under CSR

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Seeking Funds / Fresh/Used Material from corporates / industry

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

MS Office Experts / Supporters

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

PC Hardware – Networking

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

File Server, Cloud Administration

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Technology Management / Upgradation: Data Storage, Security

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Preparing Science Popularization Posters / Exhibitions

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Designing Social Message Posters, Billboards

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Science Popularization / Demo

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Street Theatre: Planning, Directing, Acting, Managing..

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

SEO / Social Media Promotions, SPRAT's FB Groups

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Creative Writing in [English, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu]

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Knowledge Downloading, Cataloguing and Management

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Video Script Writing

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

CSR Fund Raising

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Documentation of Procedures and Events

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Writing Articles, Pamphlets, Reports, Booklets, E-Zines, Books

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Primary Research: Survey Design, Data Collection, Analysis

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Secondary Research and Data Analysis

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Gardening, Aquarist, Florist

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Welding, Wiring, Fitting etc

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Car Driving, Field supervision

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Data Entry / Manual Entry

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Front Office Desk / Receptionist

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

MS Office Experts / Supporters

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

HR – Recruitment / Sourcing

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Legal: Drafting, Arguing, Statutory Compliance

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

RTI, Advocacy and Appeals

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Administration and HR

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Any other work that you can suggest to empwer SPRAT

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Fresh Graduates for Any Area

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Corporate Ambassador: Representing SPRAT at Your Company

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Campus Ambassador: Representing SPRAT at Your Campus

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Design Toys/Models/Exhibits to popularize Science/Rationality

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Conceiving and Managing Social Service Events / Campaigns

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

Audio Recording [Eng, Hindi, Guj, Urdu] of books, articles

Level:

  • Basic
  • Advanced

The following types of internships may be considered. In the normal course we do not pay a stipend. Instead, usually we offer the following benefits. Additionally, for non-mandatory internships beyond six months a stipend may be paid:

  1. Personal and Residential [PAR]
    • The interns live with and work at SPRAT full time, as in an Ashram
    • Boarding, lodging, work-related transport and internet are provided
  2. Personal and Non-residential [PNR]
    • The interns come and work at SPRAT but stay at their own home
    • Lunch and local 2-wheeler fuel/bus fare
  3. Remote and Work from Home [RWH]
    • The interns don’t come to SPRAT but work from their own place using their own infrastructure
    • Reimbursement of all expenses incurred with prior consent

The duration may vary depending upon your eligibility and the nature of Internship as follows:

  1. Short Vacation
    • 4-8 weeks
    • Only for PNR Internships
    • Only for qualified graduates / PGs
  2. Summer Vacation
    • 6-10 weeks
    • Only for college and university students
  3. Mandatory Internships
    • 6-52 weeks
    • Depending upon your institution’s requirements
  4. Associateship
    • 6-9 months
    • Only if Voluntary and not mandatory
  5. Fellowship
    • 9-12 months
    • Only if Voluntary and not mandatory

While personal and non-residential interns generally follow a 10:00-6:30 regime, our residential interns adopt an ashram-like 24×7 productive, fun-filled engagement.

The accommodation would be easily accessible, secure, and reasonably comfortable. While other amenities are shared by all alike, bed-rooms are shared only gender-wise.

While we make all learning fun, we also expect productivity and commitment worthy of your self-respect, in return for our hospitality and training.

Our ‘hostels’ at Ahmedabad are essentially our founder’s private homes. While you receive homely care and comfort, you are expected to maintain due decorum befitting cultured people.

To prevent frivolous applications and to protect the interest of genuine Interns, once you are selected you may be asked to confirm it with a security deposit in money form or with two educational documents

Life at SPRAT

Remember, we need you as much as you need us.

Therefore, if you have the talent – and enormous self-respect never to aspire for free lunch – then regardless of the terms advertised, please take a chance to speak with our HR Head

APPLICATION FORM

We have provided a comprehensive Internship application Form. We designed it such that if you fill it properly you will have won half the battle already. It may appear a little longish. The good part is that its saved or printed copy will serve for your future reference for any other application as well.

If you don’t receive an acknowledgement within one hour of filling it please send a direct email to careers{at}sprat{dot}in indicating the time of submitting the Form, attaching your CV [and portfolio, if available] in Word or .pdf [less than 3MB]

We will swiftly arrange a MCQ Test [offline or online] and / or interview

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