Undergraduate InternIndia

Maximize your potential. Tackle the worlds toughest problems.
Build expertise in areas that matter to you. Become a global development leader.

Note:

• This role is an 810-week internship program this is an opportunity to better understand what full-time employment with Dalberg is like.
• Employment in all the Dalberg offices is conditional on the candidate having or obtaining the requisite authorization to live and work in that country.
• Offers are non-transferable to other regions or countries (even within APAC). A two-year cooling-off period will apply before candidates can pursue opportunities at other Dalberg offices.
• Your application must include a resume and an assignment.
• The hiring team will be reviewing your application post the requisition closes on October 31 and should they find your background fit for the role; they will contact shortlisted candidates latest by the mid of November.

ABOUT DALBERG

We are a global group working to build a more sustainable planet and inclusive societies where all people can thrive. As a diverse purpose-driven community of professionals it works in collaboration with local communities and global networks to create bold and equitable solutions and develop the next generation of impact leaders. Dalberg brings together strategy and management consulting equity-centered community design data research implementation and communications to achieve its mission of solving the most pressing challenges of our time through systemic change. We are from everywhere at home anywhere - an African and American company as much as an Asian Latin American Middle Eastern and European one.

Dalberg is a place where a diverse mix of talented individuals are able to practice transparency and openness while maintaining independence of thought whether its how you identify where you come from the languages you speak the person you love or the way you worship. Dalberg is a home where people feel safe understood nurtured and encouraged to grow.

As a team of 610 people from 55 countries speaking over 90 languages collectively with 48% female leadership team Dalberg places diversity equity and inclusion principles at the heart of our organization and the work we do alongside our clients partners and communities.

Established in 2001 by experienced private sector consultants Dalberg operates from 25 worldwide locations. For more information please visitDalberg.

ABOUT DALBERG ADVISORS

Dalberg Advisors is a strategic advisory firm combining the best of private sector strategy skills and rigorous analytical capabilities with deep knowledge and networks across emerging and frontier markets. We work collaboratively across the public private and philanthropic sectors to fuel inclusive growth and help clients achieve their goals.

ABOUT YOU

You aspire to become a leader in global development and social impact by tackling global issues from malnutrition to climate change to economic opportunities ensuring no population is left behind. You enjoy collaborating with teams working across cultures. You excel in quantitative and qualitative analysis and you want to put your skills into transforming organizations advising investors and shaping new initiatives. You are a committed self-starter with an excellent academic record leadership roles on campus a passion for impact and development and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Dalberg has a global footprint with consultants that live and work around the world creating a network of local experience anchored by our offices in Africa Asia Europe and the Americas. Dalberg combines ground-level insight with experience from top-tier professional services firms and leading academic institutions to create actionable solutions to the worlds most pressing issues.

Typical qualifications for an Undergraduate Intern:

• Full-time undergraduate student with expected graduation in 2026or 2027
• Pursuing a bachelors degree in fields such as Economics Business International Relations Science Math Engineering are preferred but not required/li>
• Excellent academic record
• Leadership experience on- or off-campus
• Strong analytical abilities both quantitative and qualitative
• Ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner both written and oral
• Understanding of the political and cultural realities of international organizations or environments
• In addition if you have skills or abilities in the following areas please be sure to let us know in your application:
  • Fluency in spoken and written languages other than English
  • Experience with financial analysis excel STATA
  • In-depth knowledge on specific topics related to Dalbergs work
  • Demonstrated ability to innovate new programs processes ideas or initiatives

WHAT YOU WILL DO AND HOW YOU WILL GROW

Undergraduate Interns will join Dalberg project teams supporting our clients to drive the creation of innovative and results-oriented solutions. Interns will work closely with members of a project team and take ownership of key aspects of project work including leading research and analyses. Interns will be paired with junior staff members who will serve as the interns mentors for the duration of the internship. Each intern will also be assigned an advisor who is responsible for the interns professional development and growth during their internship. Interns will have regular training in consulting skills communications business development and specific areas of interest.

Examples of recent projects that Dalberg consultants have worked on include creating a macro-economic plan for the Government of Ethiopia to accelerate industrial growth designing a major foundations strategy to control sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries and launching a new impact investment fund for agriculture in addition Dalberg Consultants worked on creating the worlds largest public freely available dataset on national digital ID in India and have previously traveled for work to a mine in a jungle in Indonesia to refugee camps in remote parts of Kenya and to the border of Nepal looking at trafficking transport chains.

Dalberg is a platform for change. Our staff is empowered to start new programs institute best practices and develop traditions that will define the Dalberg experience for years to come. Innovation and entrepreneurship are not only valued at Dalberg; they are essential to our firms addition to providing training management-level advice and mentoring we empower our interns to learn by doing engaging them as full members of project teams from day one.

The Undergraduate Intern role is a 0810-weeks program starting June 2026. The intern will have the opportunity to better understand what full-time employment with Dalberg is like.

ABOUT OUR CLIENTS

Our clients come to us with some of the most difficult global problems seeking solutions where the obvious ones have failed. We are entrepreneurs and innovators designers and creative problem solvers thinkers and doers who supply new ideas drawing from a deep base of knowledge that cuts across sectors and geographies and is growing every day. We partner with and serve communities governments and companies throughout the world. Some of our recent clients include foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation corporations such as Pepsi and Vodafone multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and UNICEF government agencies such as DFID and the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency and grassroots organizations and non-profits such as Sesame Workshop.

JOIN OUR TEAM

Our current opportunities for this role are inMumbai and New Delhi.

You must have authorization to work in the country to which you are offices will only extend offers to candidates looking for full time positions in the country they complete their internship in.

Please submit your application at our Career Centreby11:59PM EST on Friday 31st October 2025

Your application should include a resume and anassignment

Resumenoting current SAT/ACT and GPA or British Class system and/or ECTS Grading as applicable and current university transcript (unofficial transcripts are acceptable). In addition to your resume and transcript please submit the following assignment:

Assignment:As part of our application process we invite you to submit 01 (one) page slide deck in either PPT or PDF format (file size not exceeding 25 MB).

Identify a developmental issue from your campus or any other area you are passionate about from social impact space.

You should aim to convey:

• Why you care about this issue
• Why do you believe it demands attention
• Any potential interventions to help address the issue

Your presentation should be supported by research data or examples but should primarily reflect your perspective and reasoning.

Your assignment will be assessed on:

• Originality & Insight: Freshness of idea and depth of your perspective on the issue
• Structure & Clarity: How well your thoughts are organized and presented
• Written communication & Creativity: Clarity of writing & presentation of your creativity

Important: Applications without this submission or exceed more than 01 (one) page submission will be automatically disqualified.

Location preference: Please select the first location preference for which you would like to be considered and have the requisite authorization to work.

All offices will extend offers to candidates looking for full-time positions at the office where they complete their internship.

Offers are non-transferable to other regions or countries (even within APAC). A two-year cooling-off period will apply before candidates can pursue opportunities at other Dalberg offices.

During the same recruitment period please only apply for one position at Dalberg. Candidates selected for interviews will be invited to interview by video. Interviews will test consulting skills through case questions and discuss the candidates interests and experience.

Dalberg values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. Qualified and interested candidates irrespective of age gender race religion background or ethnic affiliation are encouraged to apply for the vacancy.

We have also pledged to three commitments for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) across the firm:

1. COMMITMENT 1: We commit to publishing internal Dalberg DEI reports annually to hold ourselves accountable report on progress and share lessons from our regional DEI plans.
2. COMMITMENT 2: We commit to delivering regular training for all staff (including leadership) on how to engender inclusive workplaces and mitigate unconscious bias.
3. COMMITMENT 3: We commit to addressing imbalances in how power and privilege are formally distributed and informally exercised across the firm

Owing to the large number of applications we receive; unfortunately only successful candidates will be contacted