As part of the SPJIMR curriculum, students of various programmes intern and volunteer across different social sector organizations for a varied period of time ranging from 6 days to 5 weeks. The participants get credits for this participation.
DoCC Internship Highlights | |||
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 |
| No of total projects | 270 | 171 | 190 |
| No of individual projects | 203 | 84 | 75 |
| No of group projects | 67 | 87 | 115 |
| No of total state covered | 25 | 26 | 22 |
| No of organisation in North region | 33 | 35 | 37 |
| No of organisation in South region | 23 | 10 | 15 |
| No of organisation in East region | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| No of organisation in West region | 31 | 19 | 50 |
| No of International organisations | 3 | 3 | 2 |
DoCC Internship themes include (but are not limited to)
| Water | Financial Inclusion | Health | Disability |
| Environment | Livelihood | Sanitation | Aging |
| Disaster Management | Social Entrepreneurship | Energy | Alternatives |
| Agriculture | Women Empowerment | Education | |
| Food | Self Help Group |
"The fresh air from the boundless fields of our very own countryside is nothing short of an enriching experience. People living in cities are often not familiar with India in its truest sense. Through DoCC, I got to see India at the grassroots and realized that we are blessed with abundant resources to live a healthy and sustainable life."
Sachit Tripathi, PGDM 2019-2021
Participants go to countries to work with social sector organizations working with communities in rural settings.
| 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
Countries | Bangladesh, Colombia, Nepal | Bangladesh, Colombia, Nepal | Bangladesh |
Number of partner organisations | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Number of student interns | 49 | 46 | 15 |
I worked with LEDARS, Bangladesh to develop a sustainable business model for handicraft products produced by Tiger Widows of Sunderbans. It was humbling to witness the fire in these women who had been abandoned by society after the untimely demise of their husbands. When we asked them about their biggest dream in life, some had no answers. For one of them, it was visiting India for a day. It made me reflect on our constant dissatisfaction with what we have.
— Soumya Chakraborty, PGDM, Class of 2021
