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Employment

Join the Prakti team and become part of a compelling social enterprise that aims to produce a global impact, reaching millions in the coming years.
Prakti Design is currently looking for experienced professionals in the following areas:
Sales, Institutional Cookstoves, India
Sales, Institutional Cookstoves, International.
Sales, Household Cookstoves, India
Sales, Household Cookstoves, International.
Business developers (distribution partnerships, carbon financing, franchising).

If you are passionate about Prakti's mission and believe you have the skills needed, we encourage you to apply. For more information, please email us.

Volunteers

Enthusiastic about social change and willing to volunteer your time and expertise? Most of the following volunteer positions can be managed remotely from your home country, no travel necessary. Projects are available on an individual project basis or for extended periods of time.

Prakti Design's Volunteer Wish list includes:
Graphics Designer
Marketing/Communications
Carbon Credits expert
Business Development
For more information, please email us.

Internship Program

Prakti Design is delighted to announce a formal internship program for students, recent college graduates, and other professionals interested in building their skills. Depending on their interest and experience, interns will support staff and projects in the following areas:
Strategic planning - support strategic growth and expansion efforts, working closely with our CEO and International management team.
Marketing - conduct media outreach, quarterly newsletter, ongoing upgrades to the current website, provide graphic design support.
Cookstove Research and Development - partner with our Senior Engineer to continue the work started by previous interns and/or to spearhead exciting new product development ideas and projects.

Internships usually require a 2+ month full-time commitment and are located at the Prakti Lab in Pondicherry, India. Course credit is available by request. Qualifications:
Passionate about bringing clean-burning, fuel-efficient cookstoves to the bottom of the pyramid,
Excited to work as part of a team and contribute to Prakti’s mission,
Experience in areas of interest strongly preferred.
To apply or for more information, please email us.

Hear from past volunteers, Interns

Since Prakti's inception, numerous volunteers and interns have done remarkable work and found in Prakti an exciting workplace. Hear from some of them directly:











Shifali Goyal, Industrial Design student at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology located in Bangalore), 2009 Shifali worked on her diploma project with Prakti: design the cheapest and most efficient, single pot, cottage made, wood fire cooking stove for the South Indian market (Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in particular). What Shifali liked about working with Prakti:
the work culture and atmosphere
the constant support and encouragement
learning how R&D works around the globe
the spirit of working together and for good, even with financial constraints

Ellie Griffiths, Master of Engineering, The University of Nottingham, UK; Prakti volunteer, Jan-March 2010. Ellie Griffiths, Master of Engineering, The University of Nottingham, UK; Prakti volunteer, Jan-March 2010. Ellie first worked in collaboration with Prakti for her final year dissertation where she designed and built an improved cookstove, and sent it to Prakti for field testing. After completing her degree, she returned to Prakti to do research and testing into the effect of moisture acquisition on the stoves during manufacturing and throughout their lifetime. She then trialled and tested incremental changes to various stove designs and of fuel variation, to establish the effect on performance and usability. She spent considerable time in the field establishing stove usability and performance from users perspective. In addition, she developed simple guidance leaflets, presentations and set up workshops with field staff to allow them to pass this information effectively to the end users. What Ellie liked about working with Prakti:
working with the wonderful and assiduous team, and
spending time with the end users in the field and gaining feedback on the real issues they encountered and trying to improve on these.