Affiliation for Internship Programme

The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is a premier national autonomous Institute of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoE&F), Government of India in the field of teaching, training and research. In order to attract motivated and talented students to work in the field of wildlife conservation, the Institute has initiated an Internship Programme (IP). The objectives of the internship programme are; (i) to provide a framework by which graduate and post-graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds may work in the Institute for a short period to enhance their educational experience through practical work assignments; and (ii) to provide the Institute's faculty with the assistance of highly motivated and talented students to execute work in key thematic areas in wildlife conservation. Under IP, interns with good analytical and research aptitude and capable of hard and diligent work under the guidance of Institute's faculty will be selected. The WII wishes to engage three (03) interns during the academic session from July to December 2010.  

The details of the Internship positions along with the subject areas, eligibility, duration, and how to apply are given below. Other details of IP shall be obtained from our website http://www.wii.gov.in/ under the category ‘opportunities’ by accessing the hyperlink ‘Research’.   

Subject/Thematic Areas/Project

1. Ecosystem services and human wildlife conflict resolutions: Western Himalaya project.

2. Conservation genetics: Sangai project.

3. Policy and legal issues pertaining to wildlife conservation and conflict dimensions on landscape species.

4. Ecology of the Tricarinate hill-turtle Melanochelys tricarinata and other Testudines in the WII campus.

5. Macroecology of the herpetofauna of Andaman and Nicobar islands.

Eligibility

         Students studying in recognized colleges, universities and institutions of higher learning are eligible to apply for the IP. Applications for the IP must be duly forwarded by the Principal/Dean/Registrar of the College/University/Institution, in which the student is currently studying. 

Duration

         The duration of the internship will be for a maximum period of 6 months. 

How to apply

         The duly filled-in application form for the Internship Programme in the prescribed format shall be submitted through e-mail to the Dean, Faculty of Wildlife Sciences, Wildlife Institute of India, dean@wii.gov.in This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , latest by 28^th June 2010.