When I myself was a student, I used to see what our friends thought about the tribal society. It is very important for the youth to see their living habits and lifestyle by going among the tribal society. It is an experience that will stay with them for life. Now if any student questions on whether it will benefit him or other students. So the answer is that those who are students today, when they come to administration in the coming time, it is obvious that they will also make policies. His experience in that will come in handy for the rest of his life. The students will also share their experiences with the commission as to what they saw and understood while living among the tribal society. Maybe we can learn some new things from this too. Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Harsh Chauhan said these things at the concluding ceremony of internship program at India Habitat Center.
He said that the reality is completely beyond the perceptions about the tribal society. People need to learn from tribal society. The big problem is that people could not understand the tribal society. This is actually due to the education system created by the British through which they used to rule the country according to their own accord. There is a need to change the perceptions about the tribal society.
The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has started an internship program for the students. So that students can know about the tribal society closely. This is the first time that such an initiative has been taken by the Commission. Under this program, students from different states across the country had applied. Out of these, 21 students have been selected for internship of three months. The movement and accommodation of the students were arranged by the commission. Students from the universities of states like Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Orissa Maharashtra etc had applied.
These students selected by the commission were first sent to the tribal areas after giving information about tribal society and related subjects for a week. The students went to Chamoli in Uttarakhand, Adilabad in Telangana, Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh, Keonjhar in Odisha, Jaspur in Chhattisgarh, Palghar in Maharashtra, Gumla in Jharkhand and Meghalaya for three months and worked among the people of the tribal community. Prepared reports on various related topics. Members of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Anant Nayak, Secretary of the Commission Alka Tiwari, member of Human Rights Commission, Dnyaneshwar Mulay, CEO of ONGC Foundation, DM Kiran and many other dignitaries were present in the program.