Bhubaneswar, Feb. 4 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has launched its first Online Short Term Internship Programme (OSTI) for 2026, with 80 university students selected from a pool of 1,114 applicants across 19 States and Union Territories.

The two-week programme, which began on Tuesday, will run until February 13, 2026, and brings together students from diverse academic disciplines, reflecting growing interest among youth in human rights education and advocacy.

The internship was inaugurated by NHRC Chairperson Justice V. Ramasubramanian, in the presence of Secretary General Bharat Lal and senior officials of the Commission. Addressing the interns, Justice Ramasubramanian said the programme is designed to familiar...