New Delhi, June 17 -- The four-week Summer Internship Programme (SIP) 2025 of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India began at its premises in New Delhi on June 16, an official statement said.

The programme aims to foster human rights awareness among university-level students. As stated in the release, 80 students out of 1,468 applicants from 42 institutions of 20 States/ UTs with diverse academic disciplines have been shortlisted for this programme.

According to the release, they include students of Law, Social Sciences, Social Work, Psychology, Journalism, Gender Studies, Digital Humanities, and International Relations.

Inaugurating the programme, NHRC, India Chairperson, Justice V Ramasubramanian, highlighted the strength...