GREEN ARCHITECTURE, MODERN INTERIOR, DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT,
And not just landscaping. But vertical farming including Hydroponics, Aquaponic, Aeroponic, Green House.
- Do you know any of these futuristic aspects of Architechture?
- And do you know basic Accounting and Finance, HR, ITech [and AI], Structural Engineering, Greening... skills you will need to set up and run your own enterprise?
Forget simple drawing/drafting, copy-pasting East wing to the West wing kind of work. Expand your horizons, get creative, multi-task and earn two certificates Welcome to the Internship that goes way beyond Architecture and Civil Engineering.
SPRAT - Society for Promoting Rationality - is
- a national award-winning NGO,
- committed to promoting rationality, scientific temper, inter-faith harmony
- and to empower the poor by inventing, incubating and promoting gadgets and processes to ease everyday drudgery
Here is the range of SPRAT's services: https://sprat.in/programs-campaigns/servicesmasterlist/
And here is SPRAT's brief introduction: https://sprat.in/introduction
This is a challenging, highly empowering on-job training opportunity, for the REBELS that know their business well enough to break from convention and tradition. Who dare, innovate, think out of the box, and Deliver!
- in a professionally managed, digitally empowered social service organization that also seeks to improve everyday architecture and construction processes and tools.
- supported by the likes of Microsoft, Google, AutoDESK, US Sate Dept, Ford Foundation etc.
- that works on Office365, using the cloud, contemporary IT including basic AI
Stay and Benefits
SPRAT is headquartered at central Ahmedabad. It is developing a 13K SYd integrated and digitally powered serene, green campus, called the TARKIK SADAN at Matar, 40 KMs from HO. The interns will largely stay at this beautiful 13,000 SYd campus (your internship site) and occasionally at Ahmedabad – at SPRAT's hostel.
The advertised stipend range covers the gross benefit – and depends upon your proficiency and productive capacity. But if you opt for IMMERSIVE format and stay with us then in lieu of this stipend we will offer delicious Vegetarian / NV food and functional, shared bachelor [gender-specific] accommodation, 24-hr Internet and mobile top-up, and recreation facilities. Plus a small pocket money that grows monthly! Our former architectural interns have mostly opted for this format and fondly remember the food and fun-learning to date. Most of them have made a mark on the society.
ASPIRE FOR CREATIVE, RESPONSIBLE FUN-LEARN
Learning And Career
You will report to a sagacious, 25-year experienced and COA-accredited Aarchitect in respect of your core function on a weekly basis.
And to a former CEO in respect of Management and Green subjects on a daily basis
Dual Certification: You will receive the mandatory Artchitectural Certificate and a Management Trainee Certificate, both.
You will
- confront unconventional challenges of design, budgeting, pragmatism, regulation, innovation, automation, and above all, extensive Greenery including Hydroponics, Aeropoincs, Aquaponics and simple and plain vertical farming.
- learn and practice advanced AutoCAD, SketchUp, Excel, elementary use of AI.
- associate with various management functions including HR, Accounts, Finance, Social Media, Communication, AI, Product design etc.
- get to watch impacting documentaries, specially on science and rationality, through our Knowledge Meetings and Workshops
- participate in discussions, debates and videos, live videos, brain-storming on everything on earth - rationally,
- handle with finesse the finishing jobs of residential cum office spaces, including furniture and interior design, data and communication infrastructure, massive productive greening, harnessing and recycling etc at our campus. And perhaps join in design and installation of surveillance systems, innovative wind mills, vertical solar panels, and what have you
Work Cultrure
We blend productivity with critical thinking, and impacting knowledge - the fun-way! Curiosity, knowledge and learning drive us and those around us. There is seldom a moment of boredom; instead brace up for plenty of wow!
If you are sufficiently motivated you will learn and develop the skills necessary for a successful career in architectural enterpreneurship and professional management. Indeed, we will be glad to offer you a junior architecture / management position right with us, on satisfactory completion of your internship, at a modest starting CTC exceeding Rs. 2.8 lakh.
Requirements: You are / have
- Secular, rational and completely against religious extremism, bigotry and blind faith
- A record of strong empathy for the under-served, and resistance against discrimination and oppression
- Strong academic record, demonstrating subject expertise, leadership abilities and involvement in extracurricular activities.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and SketchUp / any 3D modelling software, and in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Deeply interested in horticulture powered architecture and interior
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and/or Hindi
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
- While continuing to gather on-hand experience of architecture and civil engineering you should be interested in learning a little in, and contributing to, every corporate discipline of management that will come handy when you set up your own firm.
Educational stage:
- Mandatory or voluntary internship of Final or penultimate year of B.Arch or equivalent with a minimum of 3-yr course completion
- Not open to non-architectural students
- If your college expects our formal letter of acceptance, then it should also issue a formal letter of request / introduction
The next step: Read this page all over again, and then click this link to prepare to fill out your details carefully at https://sprat.in/internship
We can't wait to setup your interview and then to inform your selection, and truly wish you very well.
Job Types: Full-time, Fresher, Internship
Pay: ₹10,000.00 - ₹15,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Commuter assistance
- Food provided
- Internet reimbursement
- Leave encashment
Application Question(s):
- Try and answer the following: A] the hardware and application software on your laptop B] the college, the course and the current year C] Possible [not mandatory] to bring a vehicle along, assuming that we will refund the freight? D] the duration of your internship E] Any previous internships? Details?
- Why SPRAT and not an architecural firm? How important do you think it is for you to acquaint yourself with various management disciplines before starting your own firm?
Work Location: In person
