Internship at TVRLS, Ahmedabad
Internship at TVRLS is meant for
HR Students or Management students desirous to specialise in HR to equip them
with some of the competencies (knowledge, attitudes, skills, values, motives
and the self-concept) required to be a HRD Missionary. HRD Missionary is
defined in the book with the same title by Prof. T. V. Rao. The HRD Missionary
is one who will work as a Human Resources Development Facilitator for self and
others. By this it is meant that the candidate is expected to work in roles or
undertake activities that facilitate competency building, commitment building
and culture building (3 Cs of HRD) in the target groups he/she works with
(individuals, dyads, teams and organizations or agencies or even communities).
The Internship helps the person to
explore and learn or acquire the tools, techniques and processes required for
the 3 Cs of HRD. The tools and processes of HRD on which TVRLS has been doing
large amount of work include the following:
- Competency mapping
- Induction and On-boarding including Integration and Assimilation
- Performance Management including Performance planning, performance analysis, review and development
- Coaching and mentoring
- Training and other L & D activities
- Organization Development & Institution Building
- Development centres
- 360 Degree Feedback
- Leadership Development Interventions
- Organizational Climate, Organizational Health, ESS, Commitment and Happiness etc. surveys
- Other tools and processes that may be discovered from time to time.
What TVRLS Offers:
This is a service TVRLS is
providing for facilitating the development of HRD Missionaries. This is not a
job. TVRLS has a body of knowledge in terms of the following:
- Books and manuals written by Prof. Rao and his team at TVRLS in the last few years on the above mentioned topics including those published by the National HRD Network and Academy of HRD with which Prof. Rao is associated.(These are available in TVRLS library and also commercially from the respective publishers)
- Reports and other documents generated through various interventions by TVRLS (these are available for consultation only)
- Guidance and Mentoring on Research Projects and short projects to be undertaken by the candidate
- Guidance and mentoring for writing and HR Knowledge and skills through Social media like Face book, Linked in, Blogs and other forms
- Office space for self study, learning and discussions and scope for office management, program management, or Consultancy management. By participating and providing administrative assistance to TVRLS team of consultants and consultancy services where possible.
Participation
in projects undertaken by TVRLS team at the time of the candidate as an intern
where possible. There are a few limited projects and it depends on the timing.
TVRLS intends to undertake certificate programs on distance education mode or
e-learning mode. The candidate may get an opportunity to design, announce,
enrol, market, coordinate, mange and attend such certificate programs. The
certificate programs are planned on some of the above mentioned themes.
Certification
at the end of the Internship highlighting the work done by the candidate. And
stating the work done and examinations passed.
Activities and Learning Experiences likely to be undertaken by the
Intern:
Compulsory:
- Reading of select books by TVRLS and others and presenting reviews to the group or writing summaries in social media or blogs. Each Intern is expected to read one book a week and write summaries or initiates Linked in discussions or writes blogs critically reviewing the concepts and initiating discussion and dialogue. The candidate is also expected to generate his/her own audience.
- Contribution to Perfect Professional: each candidate should write at least one article of publishable quality in Perfect Professionals
- Design, participate and conduct with the help of TVRLS team at least one certificate program on one of the above themes.
- Undertake at least one research or documentation project and complete the same during this/her tenure.
- Maintain a daily diary of activities, summarise and write a critical report using the Concepts mentioned in “Hurconomics” (book by T V Rao) justifying the use of his talent and time during the Internship period
- Optional/Supplementary
- Participation in terms of assisting in any of the projects by TVRLS team as and when required
- Office Administration as and when required
- Professional Assistance to TVRLS tem as and when required or an opportunity arises
- Possible projects for experience gaining. A large number of these involve working on Internet. A few may require field visits.
- Assessment of Development needs of young HR professionals as reflected in Yahoo groups another HR groups
- Analysis of HR issues as reflected in HR Magazines, Linked in, Face book and other social Media
- Marketing of Certificate programs
- Preparing a Directory of HR professionals
- Creating a consortium of HR & OD Consultants
- Preparing and updating mailing lists of line managers
- Designing and Conducting on-line information
- Documentation and critical analysis of HR & OD consultancy service offered in India and abroad
- Assessing the HR Needs of organizations
- Designing HR manuals for Small and Medium enterprises
- Studying the HR needs of SMEs.
- Surveying the competency gaps of small scale entrepreneurs
- Documenting the impact of 360 degree feedback on select candidates
- Preparing case studies of Managers who went through 360 Feedback (see the book 100 Managers in action)
- Surveying literature on any of the themes mentioned above (ADCs, 360 DF, Commitment surveys, OD etc.) and preparing status studies
- Administering Psychometric tests and developing the new ones
These are illustrative.
The candidate as well as TVRLS may come up with more.
Summer Internship for Second Year
PGD or MBA students:
· We offer summer internship for
students. The project work for the interns will involve some of the activities
and learning experiences mentioned above.
· Candidates will be selected on
the basis of an entrance test mentioned below.
· Selected candidates will get an opportunity
to coordinate for one certificate program. They would have to understand the
workshop content in detail, identify ways to market the program, read books or
TVRLS material with regards to that workshop.
· They will participate in the
workshop that they coordinated for, as this will also give them the opportunity
to obtain the certification and get conceptual knowledge/ practical
understanding through TVRLS consultants.
· Those interns doing an exceptional job may be absorbed
as the intern into the HRD Missionary modules or as management trainee in TVRLS
(Based on the requirements of TVRLS)
Location and Stay:
The Intern will be located at Ahmedabad
and will work from TVRLS Office at Ahmedabad. The intern will be required to
meet her own travel and living expenses. TVRLS is generating some Fellowships
from interested individuals and corporations to pay these fellowships. It
intends to pay a stipend of Rs. 10,000 per month for candidates who are found
to be sincere learners and show progress at the end of the first two
months. At present TVRLS is offering five Fellowships
for those who have completed their MBA?
The candidate will be required to
make his/her stay arrangements at Ahmedabad.
Selection Process:
Interested candidates need to send
their résumé with their photograph giving complete details of address (current
and and permanent), qualifications, cell number, contact persons addresses,
references of professors, marks, grades, extracurricular activities etc.
details and give a write up of a page not exceeding 20 lines stating the
reasons for interest in Internship and details of personal career ambitions and
values. Those screened on the basis of their bio-data and will be required to
undergo and pass an on-line test conducted by TVRLS. The test will assess the conceptual clarity of
the candidate based on the book “HRD Missionary” or “Designing and Managing HR
systems” by Pareek and Rao.
Write to:
Visit our web site: www.tvrls.com before applying.
Read the book “HRD Missionary” by
T. V. Rao before applying to understand the concepts. The book is available through on-line
subscription to: www.tvrls.coms
Address for Correspondence of TVRLS:
TVRLS, 603 Parshwa Building, SG
Highway, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad 380 015. (Tel: 91-79-26872718, 26870312)