CHSS trains 100 girl students from Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutional Society (TSWREIS) Colleges through its Winter Research Internship Programme
Center for Human Security Studies (CHSS) hosted a winter research internship program to bring awareness and knowledge on internal security & external affairs of India. 100 college girls of SC/ST/OBC/General run by Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutional Society (TSWREIS) led by Dr. RS Praveen Kumar IPS were selected out of 5600 girls. The programme was conducted in two separate batches. Out of 100 students selected for this internship, the 1st batch were in Dr. MCR HRDIT, Hyderabad from 30th December, 2019 to 5th February, 2020 while the second batch were from 1st February, 2020 to 1st March 2020
The first week consisted of writing a book review by each Intern on a specific book assigned to them. The interns thus completed and submitted the book review assigned to them.
In the following weeks, there were a series of lectures given by prominent guests and distinguished personalities from civil services and academics. This internship also included extra-curricular activities aimed at improving their English speaking and writing skills, inter-personal skills and daily morning physical exercises.
Each Intern was assigned to write a research paper on India’s relationship with the country of their choice. The interns completed their assignment by the end of the programme.
At the end of the Internship, the students were presented their certificates in presence of Dr. Sanjeev Chopra, Director at LBSNAA, Mussoorie, Sri B.P Acharya - IAS and Sri Harpreet Singh - IAS.
Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) college girls got an opportunity to interact and learn from many distinguished personalities from Civil Services and other prestigious academic institutes as part of their Winter Internship programme.
IAS and IPS Officers (In Service and Retired)
Mrs. Anjana Sinha – IPS, Director at NISA
Sri Kode Durga Prasad – IPS (Retd), Central Reserve Police Force
Dr. B Prasad Rao – IPS, Former DGP of AP
Colonel Rajeev Sharma, Indian Army
Dr. P Sudhakar – IAS (Retd)
Sri HJ Dora – IPS (Retd)
Mr. Anil Kumar – IPS, Addl. Commissioner of Police
Dr. Mohan Kanda – IAS (Retd)
Sri Umapathi – IPS (Retd)
Dr. AK Srinivas, Wing Commander IAF (Retd)
Sri Ajay Mishra – IAS
Mr. NVS Reddy, Managing Director, Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd
Sri Harpreet Singh – IAS, Addl. Director General, Dr. MCR HRDIT
Dr. Sanjeev Chopra – IAS, Director at LBSNAA, Mussoorie
Prof. Gautam Pingle, Dr. MCR HRDIT
Mr. MV Krishna Rao – IPS (Retd), Ex – Director General, Former Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam
Shri K. Padmanabhaiah – IAS (Retd), Former Union Home Secretary, Padmabhushan Awardee
Sri B.P. Acharya, IAS, DG & E.O. Spl CS to Govt.
Dr. A Ashok, IAS, Addl. DG to Dr. MCR HRD IT, Hyderabad
Academicians and other Dignitaries:
Dr. Praveen Mamidala, Joint Secretary, Higher Education at Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS)
Vikrant Mahajan, Film maker, Actor and Guinness Book of World Record Holder
Mr. Saroj Malik, DIG of CISF at NISA, Hyderabad
Mr. Amit, CISF Assistant Commandant
Dr. Francis Raj, Chief Research Advisor at CHSS
Mr. Praneet Chandu, NRI (USA)
Mrs. Vaishali Malhotra, IRS Hyderabad
Mr. M Krishna, Program co-ordinator a CHSS
Mr. G Rambabu, Data Manager at CHSS
Mr. Vishnu, Businessman
Dr. Madhavi, Professor at Dr. MCR HRDIT
Dr. Suresh, Dr. MCR HRDIT, Hyderabad
Dr. Srinivas, Dr. MCR HRDIT, Hyderabad
Mr. Narsingh, CHSS Research Fellow
Dr. Padmavathi and Mr. Srinivasa Reddy, Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Education Institution Society (TTWREIS)
Dr. Brahmrasree, Dr. Sujani and Ms. Fathima, Dept of Political Science, St. Anns College
Dr. Harirama Murthi, Center Head at The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences, Bangalore
Ms. Padmaja, Professor
Dr. Salil Khader and Dr. Joe Christopher, US Consulate, Hyderabad
Captain Jaganadhan, Indian Navy
Mr. Annam Subrahmanyam, Psychologist at the International School of Thinking
Dr. Shaik Mohammed Nabi, Director (Training) at Dr. MCR HRDIT, Hyderabad
Prof Ajith Khanna, Professor of French Language at JNU Delhi
Ms. Pavithra, Section Officer, Govt. of Telangana, visually challenged woman
Mr. Danny, Short film maker, Musician and Photographer
Prof. Pallavi, Dr. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
Mrs. Priya, Mrs. Telangana
Mr. Reddy Garu, Ex-Principal of a College in Miryalaguda
Mrs. Yogita Naidu, Software Engineer
Mr. Sai Srinivas, Editor and Senior Journalist at Prime 9 TV
Mr. Srinath, Input Editor at Sakshi TV
Mr. Krishna Rao, Industrialist and chairman at NOVA Educational Society
Dr. Ramesh Kanneganti, Founder & Executive director at CHSS
Ms. Eshani, Anchor, Actress & MC
Ms. Basava Rajeshwari
These officers / visiting faculty have contributed and improved the knowledge and awareness of the girl interns about the Internal and External challenges that India faces. They also encouraged and motivated the girl interns by using their own personal stories. They also advised the interns for the preparations of civil service exams. This program helped the girl interns who were only around 18 years of age and who were currently doing their undergraduate studies in B.A, B.Com and B.Sc from TSWREIS. As a result of this program the girl interns improved their soft skills, time management, English communication skills, and knowledge of Indian Internal Security challenges, External Affairs of India and International Affairs. The girl interns also did extra-curricular activities which included early morning physical exercises, sports, painting, singing and dance. A select number of girl interns were given the opportunity to visit local media outlets and were interviewed by the local media about their views on current affairs.