National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

(Himachal Pradesh, INDIA)

Presented By

A Basic Path-way Guide for a Right Internship

Objective:-To spread awareness about different INTERNSHIP opportunities available for all students of B.Tech. 2nd and 3rd year which will direct them to explore and will motivate them to select the best one available in their particular area of interest.

&

InternFeel(A start-up company for Internship Guidance)

A Foreword

Internships are now a days forming an important part of an undergraduate

student’s college life. And why not, internships being one of the best way

to add the highly needed practical skills, new experience and develop ones

personality before leaving the college to face new challenges in the world.

With all good things, generally not very easy to get, students face many

problems in getting the right information at the right time. This is very

important for getting the internship which will help you and not otherwise

be a waste of time and money! This booklet is an attempt to solve some of

the many problems and prevent common mistakes done by students in their

quest for the internships.

This booklet has been compiled by Ritesh Gupta (student of National

Institute of Technology, Hamirpur) and InternFeel. NIT Hamirpur is a

premier Institution of National Importance in Himachal Pradesh and

InternFeel is a start-up company founded to help students get insights

about internships by knowing the experiences of intern students. The

information presented in this booklet has been got by experiences of

various students of NIT H, which is believed to be true to the best of

knowledge at the time of compilation.

So then, if all set, read on!!

Introduction

So first of all, what is Internship??

An internship is an opportunity to enhance classroom learning through

practical career-related work experience. All internships should have

the primary goal of providing students supervision and a chance to

learn while contributing to the organization’s needs. An internship can

be both paid/unpaid.

Apart from providing experience and stipends, it helps students in

determining whether they are actually interested in a particular career

or not. Students get chance to make lasting contacts with professionals

in a related field of interests. A good internship can potentially become

a defining moment towards your career.

So what are the different types of internships available for students?

Read on to find out!

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We will discuss about each in detail:

Industrial Interns

This category of internship is preferred by most of the students. It

basically involves field exposure by making students aware of practical

aspect of their course curriculum. There are three ways to get such

internship:

1. Training and Placement Representatives (TPRs) of respective

departments contacting various industries and companies in India and

sending the student database to them and companies inviting them as

per requirement.

2. Companies’ campus recruitment for internship through Personal

Types of Internships

Foreign Internships

IIT Interns

Other Internships

Industrial

internships

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Interviews (PI). This mode is very beneficial for getting a PPO (Pre

Placement Offer) from the same company to join them later after

B.Tech.

3. Students having contacts of officials concerned to some project work

can directly approach them to get an offer for industrial training.

IIT Interns

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) provides tremendous opportunities

for B.Tech students to pursue research internship under the supervision

of their expert faculty having vast knowledge in their particular area of

interest. There are two ways to apply for a summer internship in IITs.

1. Request for summer internship by writing a short research proposal,

cover letter & your CV and sending it directly to the concerned IIT

faculty via e-mail.

2. IIT Summer research fellowship programs in which they invite

applications via (online/offline) modes and shortlist required number

of candidates for internship. Different programs available for internship

in IITs are:-

SURGE Programme: IIT Kanpur

Summer Fellowship Programme: IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT

Jodhpur, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Guwahati etc.

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Other Internships in India

There are some research centres in India where students can apply for

internship. The relevant details of application invitation procedure,

launching dates, deadlines and other details can be located in their

respective websites. Some are listed below:

Summer Research Fellowship Program - IAS, NASI, INSA

http://web-japps.ias.ac.in:8080/fellowship2014/

DRDO (Defence Research & Development Org.)

http://www.drdo.gov.in/

CBIP (Central Board of Irrigation & Power)

http://cbip.org/index.aspx

ISRO (Indian Space Research Org.)

http://www.isro.org/

IISc Banglore (Indian Institute of Science)

http://www.iisc.ernet.in/

BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Center)

http://www.barc.gov.in/

Foreign Internships

Students can also proceed towards pursuing a summer internship at

international level. There are so many programs available for this and

a few out of them are listed below. It is recommended to visit their

respective web sites for detailed information, eligibility, requirements

and other details.

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Following programs require a perquisite acceptance letter from a

professor to be eligible to apply for scholarship.

DAAD – WISE (Germany) https://www.daad.de/en/

Charpak Scholarship (France)

http://www.inde.campusfrance.org/en/

General Procedure

Search

•Search For Professors working in your field of interest.

•Make a database of their email-ids and contacts.

Draft

•Prepare your cover letter and CV.

•Keep in mind the interests of professor.

Mail

•Send your research proposal to the professor.

•Always send individually, and keep in mind time difference.

Wait

•Keep trying the above by mailing to different professors, tillyou get acceptance and invitation letter.

Funding•After Getting Acceptance ask for scholarship and funding.

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Besides above mentioned scholarship programs following programs

are also available which do not require any perquisite acceptance or

invitation from professors. Online application form is a sole criteria for

selections of students in these programs.

Global Leadership Scholarship (Taiwan)

http://bel.uq.edu.au/bel-taiwan-scholarships

MITACS Globalink (Canada)

http://www.mitacs.ca/globalink

SN Bose Scholars Program (USA)

http://www.indousstf.org/bose/indianstudents.htm

SRI Program (NTU Singapore)

http://global.ntu.edu.sg/global/SRI/Pages/SRIProgramme.aspx

Viterbi-India Internship Program (USA)

http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/summerinternship/viterbi-india-

program.htm

Miscellaneous points!

Online application forms submission is a very competitive mode to get

a best (IIT or abroad) internship. Thousands of applications are invited

and only a few students are shortlisted. Following documents are

critical for selection in this mode:

Curriculum Vitae (Max. 2 pages)

Statement of Purpose (SOP)

Applicants are advised to focus majorly in these two aspects while

applying.

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Besides, direct emailing to professor mode for an internship is mostly

preferred especially for abroad internships due to following reasons:

It eliminates a tough competition like in online application mode

as only a few students successfully get an acceptance letter and

probability of getting a scholarship automatically increases.

There is a possibility of getting stipend directly from the inviting

professor which completely eliminates any requirement of a

scholarship.

Student having an acceptance letter may prefer to proceed

towards internship with his own funding in case no scholarship or

stipend from professor is received.

It should be noted that sending an e-mail is a very crucial step and

students frequently commit a mistake in this resulting into loss of a big

opportunity. So, following guidelines are proposed while sending an

email.

Never send your cover letter and CV as attached files in your e-

mail. Use e-mail writing section for this.

Always mention waiting to hear from you at the end of cover

letter.

Never send mails to two different professors of the same

university (department) on a single day.

Never copy-paste the same Cover Letter all the time. Edit it based

on the Field of interest of recipient professor.

Never send mail on weekends and check the office hours of

recipient Professor.

Avoid sending mails in bulk as it may drop in to spam folder of

recipient professor.

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Stay Connected!

All students are advised to join

1. “Internship Abroad (Utkarsh)” group on facebook. Here you can

find latest updates and queries posted by students who are in

process of applying for internship and those having a good

knowledge in this field and are willing to help others in getting a

foreign internship.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/internships.abroad.utkarsh

2. InternFeel: Here you will find the interviews of the students who

went for internships both in India and Abroad. These will provide

you a great deal of insights about the actual internship and lot

more tips to get them. Good to have email subscription for

notification via website.

https://www.facebook.com/internfeel

3. Internshala: Here you will get notified by various openings of

different internship programs. Good to have email subscription to

receive email notification of different internships.

http://internshala.com

4. EduInfo: Here along with Internships you are notified frequently

about different competitions and programs. Good to have email

subscription to receive email notification of different internships.

http://www.eduinfo.asia/

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We Hope This Will Inspire You…

“Summer Internship in France was a life changing experience for me, I encourage all my loving juniors to dedicate their full efforts and interest to take the best out of the available tremendous opportunities.”

Ritesh Gupta (B.Tech. Civil, Final Year)

“Two months in Taiwan made me learn many things. From academics to my own character, it taught me so much that I will always count it among my best journeys. It is my advice to all juniors to utilize summer vacations in a productive way.”

Tanmay Agrawal (B.Tech. Mechanical, Final Year)

“Every night I am dreaming of those days that I have spent in France. I think this is best line to express my experience. I suggest and motivate my juniors to try their best to find a suitable summer internships and add one such extravaganza in their life.”

Shashank Gupta (B.Tech. Civil, Final Year)

“Doing research internship in France was a wonderful experience of life and fabulous architectural places to visit made my journey successful. Dear juniors, put your maximum effort and dedication to get the best.”

Arpit Gupta (B.Tech. Civil, Final Year)

“In my opinion summer internship is a way of reinventing one's passion and finding a direction one would like to pursue, once graduated. It is the best opportunity for the undergraduate students to break free from theoretical discourses on the subject.”

Rishabh Sehgal (B.Tech. ECE, Final Year)

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If you have more than you need, Share it with those who need it the most.

Sandeep Maheshwari

One Final Point!

Don’t apply for internship, just for the sake of getting one. Especially

for research internships, apply only if you are really interested in the

research field. Aim to work in a field or on a project which fascinates

you. There have been real stories of many students who were selected

for such internship and later repented for having a not-good-to-have-

one experience! There are many other ways of getting knowledge and

experience, do try that too.

If you do get an internship/training experience – good or bad, please

don’t forget that there will be many many juniors throughout the

country who will be needing your help, so come, take a step back and

share your experiences for everyone. You might be super busy though,

but you wouldn’t be reading this if everyone were like that. So take out

some of your time and trust us, it really counts!

Best of Luck!

Writers

Ritesh Gupta (NIT H) E-mail: riteshgupta.nith@gmail.com&InternFeelE-mail: internfeel@gmail.com