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Extra Curricular Internship
Dept of Politics and Public Administration
Internship with Borderless World Foundation (2018-19)
Zahra Shetranjiwala (FY BA) and Neha Kadali (SY BA) (Dept of Politics and Public Administration) under the guidance of Prof. Veena Kenchi volunteered to intern with the Kashmir based NGO- Borderless World Foundation (BWF).
The summer internship (2018) included staying in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and creating psychological profiles of orphans in the BWF Homes of Jammu, Srinagar, Kupwara, Anantnag and Beerwa. The students also conducted a comparative study of orphans of the Jammu and Srinagar homes.
The internship helped in sensitizing students towards the problems of girls in conflict –prone regions. Interactions with the orphans of BWF have immensely helped the students understand the theoretical concepts of conflict, trauma, human rights violations, gender specific issues in conflict –prone areas.
Borderless World Foundation (BWF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization started by Mr. Adhik Kadam working in Jammu and Kashmir, along the conflict-driven border region in between India, Pakistan & China, BWF has rescued hundreds of girls orphaned in the conflict along the India-Pakistan border. BWF strives toward a vision of "One Great Human Family" through a variety of activities, including disaster relief and emergency medical support for the community and rescuing hundreds of children left orphaned by the ongoing conflict and providing love, support, health care and education to help them grow into a generation of peacemakers.
Co Curricular Internship
REPORT ON INTERNSHIPS
The Placement cell of St. Mira’s College actively provides internship opportunities to students of all streams. The aim of offering internships is to give the students an opportunity for experiential learning. This hands-on practice enhances the students’ skills thereby increasing their employability. Hence, the placement cell encourages the students to undergo internship programs.
The internship selection process includes a screening test and a final selection interview.
Data for Academic Year 2017-18: B.A. & BCOM
Organizations in which the B.A. students interned are:
Private Organizations - Intelligence Plus Pvt. Ltd;Zensar Technologies;Just Being Centre; Extensia Information Technology Pvt. Ltd;Tick Links; Semat;Awign Internship; Intern Theory and Dr. Manisha Bandishti Lifestyle for Health (Obesity Management Clinic)
NGOs - Centre for Mental Health Services in collaboration with Teach for India; Connecting NGO; Nayi Disha
Data for Academic Year 2018-19: B.A. & BCOM
Private Organizations - Intelligence Plus Pvt. Ltd;Zensar Technologies; Bajaj Allianz; Crystal Market Research
NGOs - Centre for Mental Health Services in collaboration with Teach for India; Connecting NGO, and Akanksha Foundation.
Data for Academic Year 2018-19:B.Sc.(CS)&M.Sc.(CS)
Private Organizations - Tech Mahindra (CSR); Bajaj Allianz
NGOs - F.Y.B.SC (CS) students internedwithIndia Redefined, Udaipur on the project “Green India, Women Empowerment”; Child Education Trust, New Delhi through Internshala.
M.Sc. (CS) student interned as software developer at the Department of Technology,SPPU.
Data for Academic Year 2018-19: BBA
Private Organizations - Chassis Brakes International; Bajaj Allianz; QuicSolve; Intelligence plus;Skyscraper;
NGOs - Akanksha Foundation
Department of Sociology
Internship Programme
Department of Sociology is proud to announce that one of our very bright and promising MA student, Ms. Anisha Patravali has been selected for a prestigious one-year internship programme in Germany by the Federal Republic of Germany.
Anisha, after completing her graduation in the Commerce stream, came to pursue MA in Sociology at St. Mira’s College to fulfil her passion in social issues and human rights. A student with critical analytical thinking she believed in the Department motto of reflexive transformation. She has also completed a diploma in human rights from ILS. We are very proud of you, Anisha.
She will be working with Weltwärts, a development voluntary service initiative by the Federal Republic of Germany. The south-north component of this program enables volunteers to participate in the various hosting organisations in Germany and undertake social service activities for a year. She will be working for the organisation called Diakonie Erich Freudenstein Wohnanlage where she will be assisting elderly people, totally/partially disabled, in their day to day activities with the intention to make them self-independent.
Department of Accountancy
Internship Programme
In order to achieve the objective of employability, the Department of Accountancy deliberated upon the idea of internship for the students of TYBCom. Accordingly, a student survey was conducted to understand their views on and interests in internships. The survey results indicated a 70% response in favor of internships basically with Chartered Accountancy firms. This led to the formulation of the syllabus on a Certificate course in Accountancy and Taxation by the in-house faculty of the department, which would further culminate into internships with Chartered Accountancy firms in Pune. The syllabus of the course was further updated with professional inputs from CA Akshay Oke and CA Aishwarya Gundecha.
CA Akshay Oke floated this scheme of internships based on the Certificate Course in Accountancy and Taxation to CA Ruta Chitale, Vice Chairperson, ICAI, Pune Branch. In a meeting scheduled on 20th November 2018, attended by CA Ruta Chitale, CA Akshay Oke, Ms. Elizabeth Kanade (HoD, Department of Accountancy) and Ms. Meenakshi Wagh (Co-ordinator, Internships and Placements), CA Ruta Chitale highly appreciated the syllabus of the Certificate course in Accountancy and Taxation. She welcomed our initiative and proposed internships for our current TYBCom students to be commenced immediately from December 2018. As a part of this initiative, an Orientation programme was organized and conducted by CA Ruta Chitale in the ICAI Bhawan, Pune on 01st December 2018 for the students who had enlisted their names for internships. In this programme, the efforts of Ms. Elizabeth Kanade and Ms. Meenakshi Wagh in introducing such an innovative stride, especially in commerce curriculum was commended, by felicitating them.
The duo CA Ruta Chitale and CA Akshay Oke explicated the concept of “internship with Chartered Accountancy firms” to the TYBCom students. CA Akshay Oke also addressed the queries of the students and gave them guidelines which would enable the students in becoming successful interns.
Department Of Psychology
As a part of the social outreach activity students of Department of Psychology volunteer for Connecting NGO.The students undergo Mentorship Programs and Listening Skills Training and work for creating awareness regarding various reasons and risk factors for committing suicide, protective factors and help with Connecting helpline and workshops.
As a part of the social outreach activity students of Department of Psychology intern with Centre for Mental Health Services- School Counselling Remediation (CMHS-SCR) in collaboration with Teach for India whichprovides training and internship programs to students to train them in the field of school counselling and remediation. Post their intensive training the students are placed in one of the low-income schools identified by Teach for India where they counsel and mentor the students about various emotional and behavioural issues.
As a part of the social outreach activity students of Department of Psychology volunteer for Zensar Technologies that aims at running transformational programs like community mobilization and development with the help of SALT Technique (an acronym for Support / Appreciate / Listen / Team) strategy. The students help in developing resilience and motivation within communities so that they can be empowered for change.
As a part of the social outreach activity students of Department of Psychology lunteer for Nayi Disha Resource Centre which is an online information resource platform that supports families of persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). The students volunteered to generate the lead data and conduct surveys for creating the directory in Pune city.
