The Summer Internship Scheme by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade facilitates interaction between its officers and young scholars and researchers with brilliant academic backgrounds from reputed academic institutions pursuing studies/research in public policy, economics, law, etc.
Summer Internship Scheme Of DGFT - Introduction
The Summer Internship Scheme by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade is for the interaction of the officers of the Directorate with young scholars and researchers with brilliant academic backgrounds from reputed academic institutions pursuing studies/research in public policy, economics, law, finance, and management. While refreshing ideas from the field of academics will enable the Directorate to critically analyze its activity and take corrective steps in an objective and impartial manner, the internship will provide an excellent opportunity for the interns in their career advancement and professional expertise. The objective of the internship is to familiarize interns with the overall process of formulation of foreign trade policy of the Government at the macro level and its implementation by DGFT at the micro level.
Duration
The duration of the internship will be for a maximum period of 2 months.
Declaration of Secrecy
Interns are required to furnish to this Directorate a declaration of secrecy before the commencement of the internship.
Location
DGFT headquarters in New Delhi. The interns will be attached to the heads of each Division and will be reporting to them directly.
Benefits
Interns will be paid a consolidated token remuneration of ₹10,000/- per month.
Necessary logistics support will be provided to the intern taking into account the functional requirements.
Certificates will be issued to the interns on satisfactory completion of their internship.
Eligibility
- The applicant must be an Indian national.
- The applicant must be pursuing their studies in India or abroad.
- The applicant must have an excellent academic record.
- The applicant must possess a graduation degree in Public Policy, Economics, Finance, Management, or Law.
- The applicant must have secured at least 60% marks in the graduation degree.
- The applicant must have pursued graduation from one of the following institutions
- National Law Schools
- Central Universities
- AICTE‑recognized Financial or Economics Institutions
- Recognized National Management Institutes
- Foreign Universities
- Institutions of Excellence
Application Process
Interested students can email their scanned applications in the content.dgft.gov.in along with their CVs to: [email protected]