| STUDENT INTERNSHIP LIVE PROJECTS |
| India is urbanising. This transition, which will see India’s urban
population reach a figure close to 600 million by 2031, is not simply a shift of demographics. It places cities and towns at the centre of India’s development trajectory. In the coming decades, the urban sector will play a critical role in the structural transformation of the Indian economy and in sustaining the high rates of economic growth. Ensuring high quality public services for all in the cities and towns of India is an end in itself, but it will also facilitate the full realisation of India’s economic potential. |
| India’s municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats,
commonly known as urban local bodies (ULBs) need to be strengthened as local self-government with clear functions, independent financial
resources, and autonomy to take decisions on investment and service delivery. They must also be made accountable to citizens. Elements of this
shift are already present in the local government framework as reflected in the 74th Constitutional Amendment, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), and the emphasis placed on the urban sector by the Thirteenth Central Finance Commission. |
| Pollution of water, air, and land has contributed greatly to the
proliferation of disease, e.g. dengue, malaria, chikungunya, swine flu,diarrhoea, asthma, and acute respiratory infections. A study by the
Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India (2009b) finds that 23 million children below the age of 14 in urban India are at risk from poor sanitation. The same study finds that 8 million children in urban areas are at risk from poor water supply. Infant mortality at 42 deaths per 1000 live births, though lower than in rural areas, continues to be unacceptably high. |
| As you are aware that we believe that governance is the weakest and most crucial link which needs to be repaired to bring about the urban transformation so urgently needed in India. |
| Hence this Program will be useful for Students and Indian CST to bring about this Change. |
| APM: Associate Project Management Program is a scheme proposed by Indian CST for interested volunteers, budding entrepreneurs and other persons with managerial aspirations to enable them to get valuable project management experience under the guidance of experienced and qualified project management professionals. |
| Anyone with commitment to good governance can become an associate of Indian CST and leverage this engagement for mutual benefit. The individual will be benefit from the experiential learning and the organization will get committed human resource. As per Article 51A (j) it is our fundamental duty to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement. |
| By identifying publicly funded projects in any part of the country costing say over Rs 1 crore and trying to monitor these projects on a real time basis the individual learns how to monitor and manage big projects. |
| The organization gets unbiased inputs so that organization leaders can focus on getting things done by addressing the various issues identified for slow progress in the project. |
| This association or collaborative working will help focus the attention of the citizens on the status of the publicly funded projects by making all details about them available in the public domain. |
| The information thus made available should facilitate appropriate interventions to ensure that the projects stay on course to provide the projected deliveries. |
| SCOPE OF PROJECT : |
| The Associate Project Management (APM) project will be implemented with the help of educational institutions such as Bangalore University/IITs/ IIMs/IIITB/ISB/ISPM whose students will take part in this programme as part of their summer internship requirement for its MBA course. |
| A student / intern will be placed in the APM project as a Project Associate for a period of six weeks as per the scheme of the educational institution. Such of those students who want to be continued to be associated with the project subsequent to the summer internship, may be considered subject to certain conditions to be imposed. |
| The Project Associate will be given a week’s training on GPMS-REMS on its operation and other program requirements. They will during this initial week of internship, identify about TEN projects funded from public exchequer by one or more agencies in their preferred work area. |
| They will then contact the concerned stakeholders to collect all relevant data in a prescribed format about the projects from the concerned project offices and sites and officers in charge of these publicly funded projects. |
| RTI applications will be used if necessary. The data will be uploaded to a project webpage as per a template to be provided by Indian CST. |
| With the help of experienced Project professionals from Industry and Faculty advisors, the data pertaining to these projects will be analyzed as per the professional management principles and good governance best practices and a status report will be prepared, and Next action preventive and corrective steps will be identified for consideration and implementation by the project sponsors. |
| With the help of Project Management Institute’s local chapters, a Lead Project Manager will be designated for running this program. Educational Institutes will be encouraged to designate a member of the Faculty to coordinate this program from their side. |
| Creating a dedicated Municipal Information Unit to collect, collate, and analyse comparable data on municipal services and finances on an annual basis. |
| At the same time, a large number of officials will be helped by these students who will have hands on training in urban planning, finance, project preparation, project implementation, project management, e-governance, etc. and also in developing systems of quality assurance and monitoring of reforms. Skills of the existing personnel will be enhanced through focused composite courses in urban management, etc. |
| A case study report will also be prepared for submission to the educational institution in terms of the course requirements and Preparing Citizen Report Cards and participating in Social Audits. |