NHRC's one month long 10th winter internship programme on human rights concluded in New Delhi on the 15th January, 2010. Addressing a gathering on the occasion, Acting Chairperson, Mr. Justice G.P. Mathur congratulated the interns, and expressed hope that they would act as ambassadors for the protection and promotion of human rights. He also asked them to take appropriate steps to ensure justice for those, whose human rights are violated. He also said that there could be no rights without duties.
Justice Mathur asked the students to disseminate knowledge about human rights issues, gained from the internship, among others, and particularly their colleagues who could not make it to the short listed candidates for this internship programme.
55 candidates from different institutions and universities in the 20 states and union territories of the country attended the internship programme, which commenced on the 17th December, 2009. This number is highest so far. They included, for the first time, three students from foreign countries, currently studying in Indian Universities. One among them was from Indonesia and two were from Afghanistan. The interns mainly comprised post-graduate level students of law, political science, social work, criminology and human rights.
The aim of the internship programme is to sensitise the young students about the various aspects of human rights. The best intern award of Rs.5000/-, this time, was shared by the two interns, Caroline Tanjaya and Suvra Kanti Roy, who were given an amount of Rs. 2500/- each by the Acting Chairperson. NHRC's Training Division conducts one month long Summer Internship Programme also every year for students. Students coming from Delhi and National Capital Region Delhi are given a stipend of Rs. 2500/- and others Rs. 5000/- each for internship programme.