NHRC, India 6.21 The matrix of the internship programme is designed in a manner which encompasses practical activities too. The student interns are made to read a book related to human rights issues and thereafter make a written and verbal submission, which is evaluated by in-house jury members and a cash prize is given to the winners. The student interns are assigned a group research project on human rights subject of relevant contemporary importance. The presentation is made before senior NHRC officers and the best ones are awarded cash prizes of Rs.15,000/-,Rs.10,000/- andRs.5000/-. Some of the research projects this year had the following subjects: • Feedback Mechanism on Advisory 2.0 of NHRC (Rights of Informal Workers and Right to Health) • Manual Scavenging in India: Where are we and the way ahead? • Covid-19 and its implications on Human Rights • Shelter Homes in India, State-wise data and the way ahead • Environmental concerns, climate crises and BHR • Feedback mechanism: Human Rights Advisory on Right to Mental Health in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic • Technology (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics) and issues related to Human Rights • Child Care Institutions and orphaned children during Covid-19 pandemic— Study and recommendations • Issues related to Persons with Disability in India and the way ahead • Impact of Global Warming: Indian Scenario and Rights • Business and Human Rights: Need for responsible business practices to protect informal workers in India • Complaint Management System of NHRC — What and how improvements can be effected • Crimes in Cyber Space—Measures and Challenges to Control it • Forced Labour, Trafficking and Sexual exploitation in India: Challenges and theway forward • Feedback Mechanism: Human Rights Advisory on Right to Food Security and Nutrition • Elderly citizens from the lens of human rights perspective • Farmer’s Agitation and Issues of Human Rights • Covid-19, Pandemic and Build Back Better • Trafficking and sexual exploitation in India: Challenges and the way forward. ANNUAL REPORT 45 2021-22

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