This program seeks to expose people to real issues at the ground level. It enables people from civil society to understand through experience, a world that is not their own but deeply connected to their lives. To make the choice to make a difference. It provides the link between individuals who want to volunteer and our partners and stakeholders. The volunteer team helps match your skills and interests with the needs of our organisation. This exchange is monitored and facilitated from the beginning to the end by the Drishtee team. In the year 2009 Drishtee increased its partnership with more than five educational institutions and volunteer organizations . These are University of Pennsylavania, Santa Clara, Challengers World Wide, Asoka and University of Singapore. Internshala is also helping us finding great talent. We admire the efforts they are taking for regularly posting our requirement for interns and volunteers on their website. Our outreach program has been tremendously successful and we are continually exploring ways in which we can execute different iterations of this program. We hope the following project description will give you an idea into the area of work and hope the following comments and feedback from past volunteers will give you an insight on the program.

Project Name: Rural Production Centre

Location : Noida Head Office Duration : 6 Months Key Responsibility Areas: Identification of 'Need' of products which can be produced locally. Drishtee's supply chain is built to catalyze rural entrepreneurship. It supports local enterprise in running a viable business model at the village level. The indirect beneficiary is clearly the marginalized customer. They get most of the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) within their village. In addition they also get need based durable goods such as solar torches, energy efficient stoves and mobile phones. All of this helps a village get services and products more efficiently. However, it does not help them increase their income. Drishtee is intending to use its Supply Chain on the reverse side (procurement) as well. By creating small production centers, within a village to cater to the market in the cluster close to the village, could be starting point of a economic revolution in rural areas. To make this dream a reality, following 10 activities have to be undertaken 1.Identification of 'Need' of products which can be produced locally. 2.Understanding the market demand and consumer expectation, price points 3.Developing a business plan for the specific product 4.Building community stake-holdership in the proposed production through engagement 5.Finding the right processes and technology which can enable efficiency at lowest costs 6.Setting up the production center in 1-2 villages 7.Producing, packaging and selling 8.Impact assessment 9.Creating a replication model 10.Creating a business toolkit Specific Qualification: BBA preferably MBA Skill Sets Required : Passion and commitment to contribute in Rural India Reporting Manager: Mr Satyan Mishra, Co-Founder of Drishtee (Ashoka Fellow) Stipend: None

Project Name : Model Village Pilot

Location : Primarily in Head Office if required they might need to visit the pilot project site which is in Thawar, 40 kilometers from Lucknow,State: Uttar Pradesh
Key Responsibility Areas : To develop the business model (for micro-enterprises) with emphasis on the Technology involving research, Sourcing partners/suppliers, Data collection and Cost analysis
Drishtee has a vision of building self sustainable Model Villages where villagers will have shared ownership over micro-enterprises, which provide local infrastructure, services and livelihood support. It is important that we develop micro business models of such enterprises such as:
1) Irrigation,
2) Agri based Inputs,
3)Formation of Self Help Groups and Livelihood generation, 
4) Processing and Production Unit.
Specific Qualification : Graduate preferably BBA or MBA , with analytical bent of mind and must have proficiency in excel sheet.
Reporting Manager: Mr Satyan Mishra
Stipend: None

Project Name: Supply Chain Management

Project Description: The project consists of the ongoing support of our products vertical.  Our Products vertical distributes FMCG and consumer durable goods to remote villages via a delivery van network and sales force.The objectives of the project is to improve the operations and profitability of the products vertical.    

Location: Noida Head Office And Project Site

Duration: 3 to 6 months

 Key Responsibility Area:
Supply Chain Management, Optimization of inventory management.  Raise inventory ROI’s by:
Creating order signaling tools.  
Determining optimal safety stock levels.      
Working with suppliers to reduce lead times
Merchandising:
Measuring the returns of product categories and individual SKUs
Rationalizing the SKU lists of products offered
Procurement:
Centralizing relationships with Manufacturer partners, Sales Force Management:
Analyzing data and producing metrics to measure sales person performance
Training of sales staff
Market Research:
Competition analysis
Demand measurement
Transporation/Logistics
Route construction and management     
Contracting with entrepreneurs to lower delivery costs

Specific Qualifications: Graduate preferably BBA or MBA

Skills/Interest: Previous Knowledge of Excel,Some familiarity with the topics of inventory, accounting, and sales,MIS access,Training by the AVP Products,Excel models, Inventory optimization, SKU rationalization, sales force management,Field visits

Reporting Manager: Mr Nitin G (Co-Founder Drishtee)

Stipend: None 

Project Name:Rural B.P.O

Description:

Business Process Outsourcing is a great example of globalisation. Work like capital is today flowing freely to places where it gets best value. If the same is true in rural context where the workforce is more consistent, hungry and relatively cheaper, Indian villages can reap rewards of IT boom in cities. Unfortunately, while the solution looks attractive on paper, we still have to counter some critical challenges to emerge a winner. Most importantly, we need to offset the benefits of a dense cluster as in cities with better controlling and merging tools in villages. Concerns on capacity in a decentralised environment, data security and overall quality control needs to be answered. A strong business case based on social and commercial returns coupled with appropriate technological intervention has the capability of transforming the rural landscape.

Location:Sourath, Bihar

Duration:3 Months

Key Responsibility Area:

This is a marketing assignment for a group of 2 interns as a team. One team has to move within the Government circle at the district/state level for sourcing data entry assignments. The second team of interns would be focused on the Development sector/Government at Delhi.  The third and final team would focus on the Corproate entities such as Banks, FMCG companies etc (several of these companies are existing partners of Drishtee).
Each team would first need to spend 1 week in developing marketing collaterals and the other 5-10 weeks needs to be spent in marketing.

Specific Qualifications:

Graduate though MBA preferred. The 2nd team would need Hindi speaking interns.The intern would need to have very good comprehension and communication skills. They need to understand and explain a concept which is innovative, path breaking and ahead of its time.

Stipend: None

Project Name: Sales Commanders

Description:

Background – Drishtee is setting up a large rural distribution network in India. The network would be deep enough to open up a huge market for products and services in rural India. In addition to this, it would also become an efficient and trusted conduit for providing essential services to communities who have no access to basic healthcare, financial services, vocational education and livelihood sources.

Scope of Work – Drishtee needs focused and passionate Leaders to to be a part of division as sales commander. Each division would have an average of 500 villages and approximately 100,000 families. This market would be serviced with the support of nearly 1250 retail entrepreneurs. The Sales Commander at full capacity would be responsible for leading five unit teams, consisting of more than 5 employees.

Location: Assam/Bihar/Western U.P

Duration: 3 months

Key Responsibility Area:
The Sales Commander would need to be a strong manager, providing guidance and support to five unit teams. He would be responsible for driving growth at the unit level through the teams, resolving issues, implementing new processes, reporting status to the Divisional Commander, as well as managing updates into our MIS system. The sales commander would be responsible for Profit and Loss- Margin, sales target, Expenses as well as Cash Management, Vendor Management, Data based decision making process, training, physical stock reconciliation.

Essential Values


1.Passion

2.Accountability
3.Commitment

Growth Path – There is an upward growth path defined for the Division Commander. We are clearly looking at hiring individuals who could be potential Divisional Commanders in the future. With clear demonstration of profitability and leadership, the Sales Commander will have the potential to advance to a position of responsibility in the Head Office.

Specific Qualifications:

Graduates or BBA with two years of experience, which means business managers with not less than 1-2 years of experience. Hindi speaking skills would be necessary. The individual should have handled large teams in extremely process driven environments. The individual is expected to be very passionate about sustainable development and should be ready to camp in remote locations for the entire duration of the assignment.

Skills/ Interest:
Process and system orientation
People’s Skills
Self Motivated
Performance Oriented
Work under pressure and deadlines

Reporting Manager: Divisional Commander

Compensation: Upto 5K per month would be spent on the intern towards housing/food and travel  post selection, interview to be conducted by Drishtee in Noida Drishtee office , cost not beared by Drishtee.

Project Name : Mobilizing Computers for Rural India (Education)

Duration: 1 month to 2 month

Ideal Start Date: 15th February 2011

Location : Noida, Uttar Pradesh

No of Interns: 1

Project Description:

To mobilize computers / laptops from corporates in India as donation through their CSR initiatives for Rural Entrepreneurs (Education).To know more about Drishtee Education initiative go to
http://www.drishtee.com/cms/index.php/pages/16
    
Key Deliverables:

Intern will contact large corporates in India and try to build relationship with their CSR team to procure old computers / laptops for Drishtee Education Rural Entrepreneurs to promote computer education in rural India

Qualifications:
a.Graduate with good presentation skills with passion to contribute to the rural sector    
b. Experience : Not required though preferred
c. Skills & Interests
Skills: Good communication and presentation skills
Interests: Social Work, Rural Development
Ability to work independently for at least 40 hours per week

Value proposition for the intern/volunteer:
Good experience and exposure in working with a social and corporate organizations.
Drishtee will provide the Intern certificate after successful completion of the project.

Stipend: None

Project Name :  Rural Promotion and awareness through cartoons

Reporting Manager: Mr Satyan Mishra ( Founder/ CEO of Drishtee)

Duration: 3 Months

Ideal Start Date: ASAP

Location : Noida, Head Office & Field

No of Interns: 2

Project Description:
Rural Promotion and awareness through cartoons is a project in which Drishtee Intern needs to promote cartoon character as means of communication and awareness building among rural
community. With this regard we want to avail the services of an expert cartoonist with experience in creating characters.Rural Promotion and awareness through cartoons project is in its Initial and conceptualization stage.Design team will support the candidate.
   
Key Deliverables:
To create cartoon characters for communication with rural masses for promotional activities of Drishtee through cartoons in rural area.
To further develop comics and promotional characters created by cartoonist.
To create cartoon characters for promotional activities, books and comics.
To conceptualize the need of cartoon characters and to develop them.
To develop cartoons with various emotions basically according to the promotional need of the organization and also for books, services, comics etc.

Qualifications :
a.Graduate in fine arts or commercial arts with immense passion to contribute to rural India through creativity and design.
b. Experience
Fresher will do with above educational qualifications , in the field of drawing and cartoon creation.
c. Skills & Interests
Strong Drawing abilities
Good in creating cartoon characters
Good conceptualization power
Creative and good imaginary powers
d. Time : Depends on availability and convenience min upto 24 hrs a week  but preferably 48 hours per week

Value proposition for the intern/volunteer:
- Satisfaction of creating powerful medium for communicating with far away communities where conventional media has limited impact. The characters designed will be utilized in promotional activities in rural areas, for creating comics and also for promoting various services of Drishtee.
- Good working environment.
- Opportunity to explore the promotional arena of Rural India.
- Certification.
   
Stipend: Negotiable

Project Name :  Micro finance Business Training Content

Duration: 2 Months

Project Description:

a. Background : Available Training content was last updated in year 2009, now we want to revise the training content as per the current operational processes. Along with updating of Operational Manual, Presentation of Microfinance vertical for Investors, Training documents for Microfinance franchisee and employees, and Software training document.

b. Objectives: Objective of the project is to study the current operational processes of Drishtee Microfinance business and revise the various available training documents.

c. Project Coverage (Geography): Project will cover the entire Micro-finance locations of Drishtee in Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Bihar states.

d. Field Work: Short field tour at Moradabad or Mathura districts in Uttar Pradesh

Qualifications:

a. language : English and Hindi

b. Education : Post Graduate / MBA

c. Experience : Not Mandatory but preferable

Place of reporting : Drishtee HO , Noida , Uttar Pradesh

Expenses :

Stpend  : No

Accommodation : Yes, only on field visits

Costs : Yes , only work related upon approval from the reporting manager . 

 Project Name :  Quality Management System Manual  

 Project Description:

a. Background : Drishtee is a ISO 9001:2008 Certified organisation by British Standards Institute (BSI). This certification implies that Drishtee is maintaining a Quality Management System (QMS) according to ISO 9001:2008 standard. A QMS comprise of the environment, processes, products and services, objectives, structure, employees of an organization. There are several requirement for a QMS in the organisation – one of them is QMS Manual. QMS manual includes the scope of QMS, any exclusions, documented procedures established for the QMS, description of processes of QMS.

b. Objectives : Review Quality Management System Manual Interact with various vertical operations team to validate the procedures and process mentioned in the QMS manual Update QMS Manual according to the change in procedures and processes

Others :

a. Language: English (Speak, Read and Write)
b. Place of reporting : Drishtee Head Office, Noida (Uttar Pradesh)
c. Stipend : None
d. Experience : Preferable
e. Qualification: MBA

   

Project name : Content Organizer for e-Governance website Ideal Start Date: 1/01/2012 Location of the Project: Noida, Uttar Pradesh No of Interns: 1 Time commitment: 40 hour per week Project Description The project is in an initial stage. We would like the candidate to re-design our e-Governence websites as per the requirement. Candidate will work with the e-Governance team and organize the available content in various format, which will be further uploaded on the website. Basically, the job entails research and collation of relevant content from different sources thereafter organize the contents which will be further uploaded on the websites. by a web developer. Qualifications : a. Education : Graduate. b. Language : English,Hindi c. Experience: Not required though preferred d. Skills Interests : Good writing and communication skills , dedicated, passionate .Should be interested in Social Work, Rural Development, e-Governance. Value proposition : Gain good experience/exposure to social space Certification after successful completion of the project. Expenses : a. Is their a Stipend :No b. Accommodation :Can be considered c. Travel Allowance: Yes, as per company policy e. Stipend: None

 Project name : Android Developer - Supply Chain Application

Ideal Start Date:ASAP

Location of the Project:  Noida , Uttar Pradesh

Designation : Software Developer / Programmer

No of Interns : 1 or 2

Project Description

a. Status : New.

b. Project Team : Drishtee in-house IT Team supported by IBM

 c. Objectives of the project :

To develop a point of sale application for Drishtee Supply Chain Management on Android platform.

2. Role of the intern & KRAs.

a. Intern Work Location : Noida Head Office / Work from Home

b. Mandatory Language : English

c. Deliverables: Completed software with proper documentation

d. Resources required : Laptop

e. Working hours : Negotiable

3. Qualifications:

a. Educational Qualifications : BCA/B.Tech/MCA

b. Experience : Prior experience of developed for Android will be preferred

c. Skills & Interests Mandatory – Java,  Android  Optional – Web Services, XML, Google Maps, SQL, ASP.NET

4. Value proposition :
Exposure to rural development and social organization along with hands on experience of working on development of a Supply Chain Management Software on Android Platform. Training Certificate upon successful completion of his term Intern can also be absorbed for permanent position.

5. Expenses :

a. Stipend : Yes
b. Logistics : No
c. Travel Allowance: No

Project Name: Placement opportunities and Market Linkage for IT skilled candidates of CEEP

Location : Drishtee Head Office - Noida , Uttar Pradesh, India, and travelling to division offices    Duration : 6 Months   No of Interns: 1-2   Ideal Start Date/Month: Feb 2012    Project Description: Drishtee with brand CEEP (Center for Education and Entrepreneurship Programme) has being providing IT related education in rural parts of India since last 12years and is one of the established brand, which is being certifying the rural and semi urban aspirants for Job oriented IT modules  and Computing skills based curriculum locally trained by the Drishtee Education franchisees. Moving ahead with its efforts of training more than 30000+ candidates for different IT application courses, CEEP intends to create and provide the employment opportunities in respective field for its trained candidates. Job opportunities will be identified from District level first to avoid the migration and further exceeded to state level onwards.  Based on the outcomes of these initiatives a proper placement cell to coordinate the market linkage viz-a-viz with employer and candidates will be established. Key Deliverables: - Survey the local markets to identify the opportunities of employment at District Level onwards - Create identified employer’s database - Interact with the employers for Placement opportunities - Meetings, Proposals - Create the interactive placement panel for both employer and CEEP candidates Qualifications : - Personnel final year pursing or passed out MBA with HR specialization  - Basic computer skills required Experience : -  Any first hand project or experience in placements will be preferred  Skills & Interests :    - Good Communication skills (Verbal and Written)  - Ready to travel in rural parts - Liaising skills  Value proposition for the intern/volunteer:   - one to support the initiative of Drishtee-CEEP to bridge the gap of IT for Rural India,and also creating the Employment opportunity for them.  - Certificate after successful completion of the project. Stipend: Will be considered Project Name: Opprations support for Micro Finance, Banking Services, Education and supply chain activities of                                     Drishtee Location : Drishtee Head Office - Noida , Uttar Pradesh, India, and travelling to division offices.    Duration : 6 Months   No of Interns: 4   Ideal Start Date/Month: Feb 2012    Project Description: Drishtee provides access to various products and services, in rural areas in UP, Bihar and North East, through a network of rural entrepreneurs. These products and services are organized under the following verticals. Micro Finance. Banking Services. Education. Rural supply chain. Each vertical is managed by a Controller located at Drishtee Head office at Noida. The controller is responsible for defining the business processes and business rules and for monitoring and compliance. In the field the activities are managed by various division offices located in different districts. The divisions take guidance from the vertical controllers with respect to the activities of different verticals. A need has been felt to review, improve and better document the business processes related to the different verticals. Drishtee is calling for bright candidates to help with this activity. More details of the scope of work are given the section below. Key Deliverables: Current operation processes. Study and review current operation processes. Create/update documents of current operation processes. Suggest improvements. Coordinate management review and approval of suggested improvements. FRS of IT support for suggested process changes. Functional testing of IT changes. Documentation, training material, communication and roll out of process changes. SOP Review and update SOP. Dashboard Review and improve current dashboard. FRS Functional testing. Training Develop/improve/update operations training material. Deliver training to field staff. IT support for operations Review current IT support for operations. Suggest improvements. FRS Functional testing. Qualifications :  - MBA. Experience : -Business Process Consulting or Operations experience will be helpful. Skills & Interests : - Process design, operations, MIS, documentation and training. Value proposition for the intern/volunteer:   - Opportunity to support Drishtee's rural initiative. Stipend: Nil.