CSE's Volunteer
Programme
Centre for Science and Environment offers volunteer opportunities to people based upon
their area of interest and expertise. It provides people of all ages and from all walks of
life, including students, professionals and retired individuals a chance to view the world
around them with a fresh perspective, and to understand the issues that CSE has been
propagating for the past two decades and be enriched by the experience. CSE Volunteers
gain a wealth of knowledge they would normally never have acquired.
Timings are flexible for volunteers and their basic expenses are taken care of with
an honorarium of Rs 100 per day. Work schedules can be drawn up for those who wish
to carry out their tasks on a part-time basis so that their contributions to the programme
are not wasted. CSE also receives a number of requests from professional institutes whose
students are interested in doing short-term assignments.
Objectives of Center's Volunteer Programme
The first objective is to educate, promote and disseminate CSE's ideas and
ideology. The main aim is to bring like-minded people together and generate a broad
consensus on issues concerning environment, development and sustainability.
The second objective is increased recognition. CSE's programme units ensure that
they have a mechanism for drawing the volunteers into the consultation process. The work
of volunteers is used in CSE's Down to Earth magazine. In
addition, research and data collected by volunteers is used in other CSE publications.
Volunteers have been responsible for the success of many CSE campaigns and public
meetings.
The third objective is to facilitate and provide an environment which enhances
learning. CSE provides an atmosphere that facilitates and enhances the learning process.
CSE Volunteers are often invited to different conferences so that they feel involved.
The fourth objective is networking. This involves connecting CSE's volunteers with
other friends of CSE.
What you get to learn
We will try our best to ensure that your Volunteering experience is a memorable and
enriching. It is for this reason that we make sure that your preferences are taken care of
so that you enjoy the assignment and learn from what you are doing. We ensure that as a
volunteer, you can make a serious value-addition to your profile and skill-set.
What we in turn demand is for you to be determined and to define your expectations from
the program. CSE provides you with the right kind of guidance and atmosphere that will
help you to realize your expectations and goals.
You can be a part of a Programme Unit at CSE and study different issues, including Air Pollution,
Water
Management, Climate Change & Global Warming,
Global Environmental Governance;
Industry and Environment
or Environmental Health in
great detail. You may also be interested in lending a hand to CSE's survey, research and
data collection efforts.
You could help us organize different campaigns and press releases and be a part of CSE's
numerous awareness campaigns.
You could assist us in digging up key contacts in government and bureaucracy and help us
meet people who are decision-makers. For this you will be associated with our database unit.
You could be associated with CSE's unique programme to educate school-children on the
importance of environmental education or even help us in reporting and
editing for any of our publications.
We will help you explore the existing policies that govern our daily life and the people
who make these policies. If you want to be the one to make a difference, then register for CSE's
Volunteer Programme.
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