**Executive Summary**
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, initiated its four-week in-person Winter Internship Programme (WIP)-2025 in New Delhi. The program runs from December 15, 2025, to January 9, 2026. Eighty university-level students were selected from 1,485 applicants across 19 states and union territories.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Programme Overview:**
* The Winter Internship Programme (WIP)-2025 is a 4-week in-person programme.
* It began on December 15th, 2025, and ends on January 9th, 2026, in New Delhi.
* It is aimed at university-level students.
* **Inauguration and Objectives:**
* The programme was inaugurated by NHRC Chairperson, Justice V. Ramasubramanian.
* Justice V. Ramasubramanian highlighted the programme as a peer learning platform to internalise human rights values.
* NHRC Secretary General, Shri Bharat Lal, urged interns to uphold constitutional values.
* The programme aims to foster innovative approaches to address human rights issues.
* **Intern Activities:**
* Interns will participate in interactive sessions with subject experts.
* Interns will undertake group research projects.
* Interns will engage in book reviews and declamation contests.
* **Participants:**
* Eighty students were shortlisted out of 1,485 applicants.
* Students come from various institutions across 19 States and Union Territories.
* They represent diverse academic disciplines.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Interns**
* **Impact:** The interns will participate in a unique peer-learning platform, gain insights into human rights discourse, and enhance their understanding of human rights issues. They are expected to internalize values of empathy and compassion to contribute to building an inclusive and just society.
* **Action Required:** Attend the internship program from December 15th, 2025, to January 9th, 2026, engage in the interactive sessions, research projects, book reviews, and declamation contests.
**Stakeholder: NHRC**
* **Impact:** It gives them the opportunity to guide the next generation towards building a just society.
* **Action Required:** Facilitate the programme activities and to provide the necessary support to the interns.
**Stakeholder: NHRC Leadership**
* **Impact:** They have to ensure the successful execution of the programme's objectives, by guiding the interns.
* **Action Required:** Continue inspiring the interns to work towards human rights and nation building.
Key Entities Referenced
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): The Indian statutory body responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights.
NHRC Winter Internship Programme (WIP) – 2025: A four-week internship program for university-level students, organized by the NHRC, aimed at providing insights into human rights discourse.
New Delhi: The city where the NHRC Winter Internship Program begins.
National Human Rights Commission
NHRC, India’s 4-week Winter Internship
Programme – 2025 for university-level students
begins in New Delhi
NHRC Chairperson, Justice V. Ramasubramanian inaugurates
the programme
He highlights the programme as a unique platform for peer
learning and urges them to internalise human rights values in
daily life to contribute to nation building
NHRC Secretary General, Shri Bharat Lal urges the interns to
uphold constitutional values of empathy and compassion to
build an inclusive and just society
80 students shortlisted from 1,485 applicants across 19
States and Union Territories from diverse academic
disciplines
प्रव तथ: 16 DEC 2025 1:47PM by PIB Delhi
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India began its four-week in-person Winter Internship
Programme (WIP)-2025, scheduled from 15th December 2025 to 9th January 2026, in New Delhi. A total
of 80 university-level students from diverse academic backgrounds are attending the programme. They
were shortlisted from 1,485 applicants representing various institutions across 19 States and Union
Territories of the country.Inaugurating it, NHRC, India Chairperson, Justice V. Ramasubramanian said that the internship is one-of-
a-kind in-person platform for peer learning in a nation as diverse as India. He said that it aims to provide
meaningful insights into the human rights discourse and urged the interns to internalise these values in
their daily lives at home, in the workplace and within the community, so that they may contribute
effectively to nation building.
In his keynote address, NHRC, India Secretary General, Shri Bharat Lal emphasised the critical role of
youth in advancing the cause of human rights. He urged the interns to cultivate a deep sense of empathy
and compassion, rooted in the values enshrined in the Constitution of India and the country’s civilisational
ethos. He urged them to utilise the internship to broaden their perspectives and work towards building an
inclusive, equitable and just society.
Earlier, giving an overview of the internship programme, NHRC, India Joint Secretary, Smt Saidingpuii
Chhakhchhuak said that besides interactive sessions with subject experts, the interns will have group
research projects, book reviews and declamation contests aimed at enhancing the interns’ understanding of
human rights issues and fostering innovative approaches to address them.
NHRC, India Director, Lt. Col. Virender Singh delivered the vote of thanks.***
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