The National Council of Churches in India welcomes new interns for 2016 - 17. These young people have come from different regions and backgrounds. During their time at NCCI, it is hoped that they would explore various concerns, learn and contribute to the strengthening of the ecumenical movement in India.
Ngalaton Ningsen
Ngalaton is from
Nagaland and is an intern for Tribal and Adivasi concerns. She has done her
B.D. from Bishop’s College, Kolkata in 2016. She has earlier worked as a
secretary in Evangelical Union ministry at Patkai, Sunday school staff in
Senakeithei village, Manipur, and has been a member of Nagaland Singing
Ambassadors Choir. She is seeking for an opportunity from NCCI to explore
herself in the best possible way, to have a wider picture of Tribal and Adivasi
concerns beyond North East India which she believes will be of great benefit
and help for her future M.Th. studies.
V. Shitovi Sema
Shitovi is intern for Youth
concerns. He is from Dimapur, Nagaland and has done his M.Th. in Missiology
from Aizawl Theological College in 2016 and B.D. from Easter
Theological College in 2013. He served Dimapur Sumi Baptist Church as a Youth
Coordinator (Voluntary service) in 2013-2014. He is a worship leader of his
church. He want to improve his skills in programme strategies, social analysis,
communication, inter-personal mission and evangelism, and leadership.
Manas is serving NCCI as an intern
for concerns of Unity, Mission and Evangelism. He has done his B.D. from Bethel
Bible College, Andhra Pradesh in year 2016. He is from Adarshapara C.N.I.
Church, Sambalpur Diocese and has worked as a Secretary of the Youth Fellowship
in his church and was engaged in social works like cleaning the surroundings,
Plantation, Rally against Gender Discrimination and Environmental Degradation,
and has attended programs on social work in the church.Hungreiphy Zas
Hungreiphy Zas hails from Manipur.
She belongs to the Tangkhul Baptist Church, which is a member of Manipur
Baptist Convention. She has graduated recently in Bachelor of Divinity (BD)
from Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur. She is an intern for All
India Council of Christian Women- Women’s Wing NCCI. She wants to be a
part of NCCI to get experience and skills in various fields especially
improvement in communication skills, as well as to expose herself in a
wider ministerial area.
Jyotirmaya Tandi
Jyotirmaya is intern for Dalit concerns.
He is from Titlagarh, Odisha and has done his B.D. from Bethel Bible College in
year 2016. He was a youth leader of his church and served Christian Endeavor as
a treasurer. He is looking forward to learn leadership qualities and to bring
justice and equality for Dalits
David Jadhav
David is working with All India Sunday School
Association as an intern. He is from Nagpur. He has done his Bachelor’s
degree from Science stream in 2016. He is member of Harvest Church,
Nagpur and is actively participating in church activities such as organizing
youth events, operating sound system etc. His objective to join NCCI is to
bring unity among all denominations and churches.
Hrudhay Addurwar
Hrudhay is assisting the Administration
Department of NCCI. He is from Nagpur and completed his Mechanical Engineering
course in 2013. He is CNI Nagpur Diocese Youth President for the 2015-2018
session. He is very active in church and social activities and is a very good
football player. He is looking forward to serve the society and ecumenism
through his internship
Arina Murrian
Arina is from Nagpur and has done
her graduation in Commerce in 2016. She is a member of St. Francis De
Sales Cathedral, Nagpur. She is a part-time intern for IDEA Forum of NCCI. She
is very active in her church and a part of the Youth Choir. She is looking
forward to learn more about missionary activities through NCCI.
A 3 days Interns Orientation workshop was organized from July 13 to 15, 2016 at India Peace Centre and NCCI Secretariat.
The workshop started with Ms. Moumita Biswas’s session on ‘Bonding Together’. She explained in
details about Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) planning
method. She also discussed about Strategy Building, Matching, Converting ,
Planning and Mapping Expectations.
Rev. Dr. Roger Gaikwad explained about Glocal (Global+Local) Ecumenism. He gave detailed
information to all interns about the origin of ecumenical movements (both
Global and Indian), history of NCCI, Indian Ecumenical Expressions, introduction to NCCI constituencies, NCCI governance and secretariat.
He also briefly explained about the General Assembly, General Body, Executive Committee,
Administration and finances.
Rev. Caesar David explained about modern communication skills and
how to use them. He also described about NCCI
Communication System and
their functions such as NCC Review (Sourcing Articles and Promotion), Photography, Website,
Blog, Facebook, Twitter, News Flash, E-News Letter, Documentation, etc.
On the second day of the workshop, the first session was led by Rev. Christopher
Rajkumar by explaining Program
Conceptualization, Execution and Proposal Writing, in particular focusing on planning,
designing, execution, and communication, logistics and budgetting. He also elucidated writing of Concept
Notes for program/project/event.
Mr. Jianthaolung Gonmei took a session on the importance of Report Writing and about using various options/tools
to make effective reports and also instructed about various forms of report
writing such as Snap Shot,
News Flash, News Reporting, Narrative Report, Analytical Report and Minutes
Writing.
Ms. Moumita Biswas conducted a session on Letter Writing which dealt with various
types of letters and their usage.
Rev. Christopher Rajkumar taught about Successful Internship and explained about the importance
of Fellowship, Scripture, Prayers and Worship. Furthermore, he also talked about etiquette, values, and behavior which are required for successful
internship.
The next session was related to policies of NCCI. Rev. Dr. Roger
Gaikwad gave information about Work
Place Policy, Complaints
Redressal Committee, and HIV/AIDS. Ms.
Moumita Biswas highlighted Gender/
Children's Policy. Mr. Pradip Bensrior highlighted Tribal and Adivasi Policy and Rev. Christopher shared about Eco-Justice.
On the last day of the workshop i.e. 15th July 2016, the first session dealt
with a brief introduction about Related Agencies, Autonomous Bodies and Special
Programs of NCCI. Mr. Kasta Dip, Director India Peace Centre (IPC) shared about issues and work related to India Peace Centre,
Rev. Dr. Hmingthansanga, General Secretary AISSA shared about their work, Ms.
Moumita Biswas shared about AICCW, Rev. Christopher Rajkumar shared about IDEA /
NEFGSM, and Rev. Dr. Roger Gaikwad explained about VCLC and ESHA. Next session
taken by Rev. Caesar David. He shared about Communication Rights and
Communication for development. He explained how NCCI Communications operate towards reaching ecumenical goals. Mr. Ashish Mane explained about the accounting system of NCCI and
CSA. Lastly, Mr. Vijayan Pillai conducted a demonstration - training on MS Excel.
This three-day workshop was very useful for all interns of NCCI.
Please pray for and encourage these young people as they set out to explore, learn and contribute to the ecumenical movement using their specific skills and interests.
Reported by-
Neelam Gaikwad
Program Assistant- Commissiion on Communications and Relations.
Date- 28th July
2016
