Job Title
Undergraduate Intern_India
Business/Department
Dalberg Advisors
Job Category
Consulting
Location
Mumbai, IN
New Delhi, IN (multi-location)
Closing Date
30/11/2026
Job Description
Maximize your potential. Tackle the world's toughest problems. Build expertise in areas that matter to you. Become a global development leader.
Note:
About Dalberg
For over 25 years, Dalberg has been serving those who serve the world, with a mission to help clients solve the most pressing challenges of our time through systemic change.
With over 600 full-time staff spread across 27 global locations with women comprising 49% of our leadership team. Dalberg has brought global perspectives to hyper-local solutions across governments, philanthropies, companies and local and international NGOs.
This includes designing a USD 5 billion strategy to create 25 million jobs for youth in Africa, helping shape a platform to support India's cleantech manufacturing ambitions, supporting a major restructuring of the United Nations system across eight countries, and leading a 35-country effort to close childhood immunity gaps caused by COVID-19.
For more information, please visit Dalberg.
About Dalberg Advisors
Dalberg is a professional services firm that puts impact at the heart of critical decision-making.
We recognize that optimizing for social and environmental impact is a deep human science, navigating a maze of behavior, politics, technology, and culture. For over two decades, we have delivered projects that take on this complexity, while offering clarity that has enabled action. To deliver on our mission, we are structured as a social enterprise that combines agility with purpose.
We bring the nimbleness of a for-profit firm, attracting top consulting talent and working in entrepreneurial, partner-led teams that adapt quickly to our clients' evolving challenges. This enables us to bring the rigor and discipline of top-tier consulting. At the same time, we operate with the guardrails of a for-purpose entity: our brand and intellectual property are held by an independent non-profit that ensures the Dalberg brand is only associated with optimizing for impact. This structure ensures our work remains anchored in strict impact principles. For our partners and clients, this means working with an organization that shares your commitment to impact and operates with the agility needed to navigate complex and evolving challenges.
We serve those who serve the world, and over the past 25+ years, have partnered with 1,600+ leading organizations across nearly all sectors and fields.
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 to work - transforming organizations, advising investors, and shaping new initiatives. You are a committed self-starter with an excellent academic record, a passion for impact and development, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Dalberg consultants live and work around the world, creating a network of local experience anchored by our offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. Dalberg combines ground perspective and live experience from top-tier professional services firms and leading academic institutions to create actionable solutions to the world's most pressing issues.
Typical qualifications for an Undergraduate Intern:
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 intern's 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 foundation's strategy to control sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries, and launching a new impact investment fund for agriculture in Nigeria. In addition, Dalberg Consultants worked on creating the world's 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 firm's success. In 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 09-week program, starting June 01, 2027. The intern will have the opportunity to better understand what full-time employment with Dalberg is like.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS ACROSS THE WORLD
Examples of recent projects that Dalberg consultants have worked on include creating an economic plan for multiple provinces in Vietnam, mapping digital public infrastructure opportunities for Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, designing biodegradable menstrual pads for rural India and building a global alliance with governments, AI firms, and other stakeholders for scaling AI-driven education solutions in low- and middle-income countries. We also helped create the world's largest public, freely available dataset on national digital ID in India. Past projects have taken us to diverse geographies, from a mine in the Indonesian jungle and remote tribal villages in North-East India to study solar mini grids to the Nepal border to study trafficking transport chains and the Bharat Climate Forum 2026 stage to unveil a blueprint for India's cleantech manufacturing ambition.
About Our Clients
Our clients come to us seeking solutions to some of the world's most complex challenges. We partner with governments, foundations, multilateral institutions, corporations, and other organizations to develop innovative solutions and create lasting impacts. Our clients have included foundations such as the Gates Foundation; corporations such as PepsiCo and Vodafone; multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank; UN agencies such as UNICEF and UNEP; and government institutions and agencies such as USAID and India's NITI Aayog.
Join Our Team
Our current opportunities are in Mumbai and Delhi offices. You must have authorization to work in the country to which you are applying.
Please submit your application at our Career Centre, by 11:59PM EST on Monday, November 30, 2026
Your application must include a resume and an assignment. It is mandatory to submit the following assignment.
Resumenoting current SAT/ACT and GPA, or British Class system and/or ECTS Grading as applicable, and current university transcript (unofficial transcripts are acceptable).
Please note that applications without this submission or exceed more than 01 (one) page submission will be automatically disqualified.
Assignment: As part of our application process, we invite you to submit a 01 (one) slide power point presentation addressingtheproblem statement shared below. (file size not exceeding 25 MB).
Problem statement: Think of a personal experience from your college, community, or wider society that shaped how you view a social impact issue or influenced your interest in driving positive change.
Guidance for what the slide should cover:
Notes:
Location preference: Please select the first location preference for which you would like to be considered and have the requisite authorization to work.
During the same recruitment period, please only apply for one position at Dalberg. This position should be the best suited to your current professional experience and to your preferred location. You will have the opportunity to rank your next 2 location preferences within your application, in case there are openings in other offices.
Candidates selected for interviews will be invited to interview by video. Interviews will test consulting skills through case questions and discuss the candidate's 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:
Undergraduate Intern_India
Business/Department
Dalberg Advisors
Job Category
Consulting
Location
Mumbai, IN
New Delhi, IN (multi-location)
Closing Date
30/11/2026
Job Description
Maximize your potential. Tackle the world's toughest problems. Build expertise in areas that matter to you. Become a global development leader.
Note:
- This role is a 9-week internship program, this is an opportunity to better understand what full-time employment with Dalberg is like. The internship is scheduled to start from June 01, 2027.
- 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 resumeand anassignment (refer to page 3).
- The hiring team will be reviewing your application post the requisition closes on November 30, 2026 and should they find your background fit for the role; they will contact shortlisted candidates at the latest by the mid-week of December 2026.
About Dalberg
For over 25 years, Dalberg has been serving those who serve the world, with a mission to help clients solve the most pressing challenges of our time through systemic change.
With over 600 full-time staff spread across 27 global locations with women comprising 49% of our leadership team. Dalberg has brought global perspectives to hyper-local solutions across governments, philanthropies, companies and local and international NGOs.
This includes designing a USD 5 billion strategy to create 25 million jobs for youth in Africa, helping shape a platform to support India's cleantech manufacturing ambitions, supporting a major restructuring of the United Nations system across eight countries, and leading a 35-country effort to close childhood immunity gaps caused by COVID-19.
For more information, please visit Dalberg.
About Dalberg Advisors
Dalberg is a professional services firm that puts impact at the heart of critical decision-making.
We recognize that optimizing for social and environmental impact is a deep human science, navigating a maze of behavior, politics, technology, and culture. For over two decades, we have delivered projects that take on this complexity, while offering clarity that has enabled action. To deliver on our mission, we are structured as a social enterprise that combines agility with purpose.
We bring the nimbleness of a for-profit firm, attracting top consulting talent and working in entrepreneurial, partner-led teams that adapt quickly to our clients' evolving challenges. This enables us to bring the rigor and discipline of top-tier consulting. At the same time, we operate with the guardrails of a for-purpose entity: our brand and intellectual property are held by an independent non-profit that ensures the Dalberg brand is only associated with optimizing for impact. This structure ensures our work remains anchored in strict impact principles. For our partners and clients, this means working with an organization that shares your commitment to impact and operates with the agility needed to navigate complex and evolving challenges.
We serve those who serve the world, and over the past 25+ years, have partnered with 1,600+ leading organizations across nearly all sectors and fields.
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 to work - transforming organizations, advising investors, and shaping new initiatives. You are a committed self-starter with an excellent academic record, a passion for impact and development, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Dalberg consultants live and work around the world, creating a network of local experience anchored by our offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. Dalberg combines ground perspective and live experience from top-tier professional services firms and leading academic institutions to create actionable solutions to the world's most pressing issues.
Typical qualifications for an Undergraduate Intern:
- Full-time undergraduate student with expected graduation in 2027 or 2028
- Pursuing a bachelor's degree in fields such as Economics, Business, International Relations, Science, Math, Engineering, are preferred but not required
- 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 of specific topics related to Dalberg's 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 intern's 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 foundation's strategy to control sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries, and launching a new impact investment fund for agriculture in Nigeria. In addition, Dalberg Consultants worked on creating the world's 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 firm's success. In 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 09-week program, starting June 01, 2027. The intern will have the opportunity to better understand what full-time employment with Dalberg is like.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS ACROSS THE WORLD
Examples of recent projects that Dalberg consultants have worked on include creating an economic plan for multiple provinces in Vietnam, mapping digital public infrastructure opportunities for Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, designing biodegradable menstrual pads for rural India and building a global alliance with governments, AI firms, and other stakeholders for scaling AI-driven education solutions in low- and middle-income countries. We also helped create the world's largest public, freely available dataset on national digital ID in India. Past projects have taken us to diverse geographies, from a mine in the Indonesian jungle and remote tribal villages in North-East India to study solar mini grids to the Nepal border to study trafficking transport chains and the Bharat Climate Forum 2026 stage to unveil a blueprint for India's cleantech manufacturing ambition.
About Our Clients
Our clients come to us seeking solutions to some of the world's most complex challenges. We partner with governments, foundations, multilateral institutions, corporations, and other organizations to develop innovative solutions and create lasting impacts. Our clients have included foundations such as the Gates Foundation; corporations such as PepsiCo and Vodafone; multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank; UN agencies such as UNICEF and UNEP; and government institutions and agencies such as USAID and India's NITI Aayog.
Join Our Team
Our current opportunities are in Mumbai and Delhi offices. You must have authorization to work in the country to which you are applying.
Please submit your application at our Career Centre, by 11:59PM EST on Monday, November 30, 2026
Your application must include a resume and an assignment. It is mandatory to submit the following assignment.
Resumenoting current SAT/ACT and GPA, or British Class system and/or ECTS Grading as applicable, and current university transcript (unofficial transcripts are acceptable).
Please note that applications without this submission or exceed more than 01 (one) page submission will be automatically disqualified.
Assignment: As part of our application process, we invite you to submit a 01 (one) slide power point presentation addressingtheproblem statement shared below. (file size not exceeding 25 MB).
Problem statement: Think of a personal experience from your college, community, or wider society that shaped how you view a social impact issue or influenced your interest in driving positive change.
Guidance for what the slide should cover:
- The experience: Describe the experience and why it was meaningful to you.
- Your perspective: Explain what it made you realize about the issue and how it shaped your thinking.
- Your motivation: Reflect on how this experience influenced your interest in driving positive change.
- Your connection to Dalberg: Explain how this interest connects to Dalberg's work and what you hope to learn or contribute through the internship.
Notes:
- Anchor your response in a genuine personal experience, rather than a general or researched description of a social issue.
- We are keen to understand your personal observations, reflections, and learnings. There is no expectation that you must have led an initiative or achieved a measurable outcome.
- GenAI may be used as a supporting tool, but the experience, insights, and perspectives shared must be your own.
- Use the one-slide format creatively to communicate your story and perspective.
Location preference: Please select the first location preference for which you would like to be considered and have the requisite authorization to work.
During the same recruitment period, please only apply for one position at Dalberg. This position should be the best suited to your current professional experience and to your preferred location. You will have the opportunity to rank your next 2 location preferences within your application, in case there are openings in other offices.
Candidates selected for interviews will be invited to interview by video. Interviews will test consulting skills through case questions and discuss the candidate's 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:
- 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.
- COMMITMENT 2: We commit to delivering regular training for all staff (including leadership) on how to engender inclusive workplaces and mitigate unconscious bias.
- COMMITMENT 3: We commit to addressing imbalances in how power and privilege are formally distributed and informally exercised across the firm.