NHRC's month long Summer Internship <br> Programme concludes

A month long Summer Internship Programme of the National Human Rights Commission concluded in New Delhi on the 26th June, 2015. The internship had begun on the 28th May, 2015. 48 select students of different colleges and universities from various parts of the country participated in the programme. 15 students shared the cash prize of Rs. 15 thousand for the best interns.
Addressing the valedictory function, Justice Shri Cyriac Joseph, Acting Chair-person, NHRC congratulated them on the successful completion of their internship. He expressed the hope that they would make the best use of the knowledge gained during the internship and be the ambassadors for the protection and promotion of human rights. He said that leading a value based life with a human touch is a key to ensuring an environment free of human rights violations.
During the course of the internship, the students were exposed to various human rights issues and laws, composition, role and function of the Commission. They were also taken for field visits to a prison and an NGO to give them a first-hand account of the functioning of such institutions. This time, unlike previous occasions, the students were encouraged to convert their group dissertation projects on various human rights issues into seven short documentaries.
Shri Satya Narayan Mohanty, Secretary General, Shri A.K. Garg, Registrar (Law), Shri J.S. Kochher, Joint Secretary (T&R), Dr. Ranjit Singh, Joint Secretary (P&A) and other senior officers of the Commission were present on the occasion.