National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG)

About National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG)

• Set up in 2014 by the Government of India as a premier think tank opened its door to bright young minds and launched its first internship programme.
• It engages Indian students pursuing postgraduate degrees or in the final year of law and engineering graduate programmes or research scholars enrolled in recognized universities/ institutions within India or abroad, as interns.
• The internship programme aims to provide young and brilliant minds to carry out research, critical study, documentation and dissemination of best practices to develop a national repository, and establish a platform for wider dissemination.
• This will also provide opportunities for these young students to learn as well as contribute to public policy.
• The Internship is for a minimum of 8 weeks and a maximum of 6 months duration.
• Interns are to be paid Rs. ten thousand per month as an honorarium.
• NCGG Internship Programme attracted huge interest and over 1,700 applications were received for the June 2023 batch.
• From these applications, after scrutiny and interactions, 22 candidates have been selected based on their academic and extracurricular achievements and passion for public policy, governance, and related domains.
• They represent a wide range of disciplines, including law, development studies, public health, economics, geography, political science, and more.
• They have pursued their education at reputed institutions such as Harvard Law School, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Indian School of Public Policy, and National Law Universities, among others.
• The NCGG Internship Programme is a short-term engagement that offers a unique blend of public policy-making and practical experiences.
• One of the key objectives of the programme is to foster a collaborative environment where interns can work on innovative ideas and perspectives on policies in their respective domains.