Many institutes offer year-round internships for interested students that are open throughout the year. UG/PG students are asked to send in their applications at any point of the year and participate in summer programs/research work for a certain amount of time. Below we have listed 10 institutes that offer such year-wide programs. Note that the headings are hyperlinks to the respective webpages. The list is available for download as pdf.

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai

Duration: 2 months for practical training, 3-6 months for project work

Stipend: unclear

Eligibility:

  • Engineering (BE/B.Tech): Only those students who have appeared 5th semester and above

  • M.E./M.Tech: Only those students who have completed 1st semester and above

  • B.Sc: Only final year students

  • M.Sc: Only those students who have completed first semester and above

Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi

Duration: three weeks

Stipend: unclear

Eligibility:

  • Student pursuing their M. Sc. in relevant field

  • Student waiting for the M. Sc. final year/semester result

  • Good academic record

National Centre for Radio Physics (NCRA), Pune

Duration: upto a year

Stipend: unclear

Eligibility:

  • Pre-doctoral (usually under-graduate) students

Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore

Duration: anywhere between 4-weeks to 6-months

Stipend: A consolidated stipend of Rs.13,000 per month

Eligibility:

  • Students within 1 or 2 years of the end of their undergraduate science or engineering degrees or masters in science of engineering

  • Students from Bangalore colleges, who are keen to work on part time basis for acquiring research experience at RRI

IIT Indore

Duration: Minimum one month and maximum one year

Stipend: INR 2,000 per month

Eligibility:

  • undergraduate students

Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad

Duration: max 2 months

Stipend: The selected students will be paid a stipend to cover local expenses.

Eligibility:

  • students in M.Sc, B.Tech and final year B.Sc programmes are eligible

National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune

Duration: minimum duration of 2 - 6 months

Stipend: none

Eligibility:

  • BTech/BS-MS/MTech/MSc students

  • Final year, last semester students will not be considered for training.

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam

Duration: one semester duration (3 to 8 months)

Stipend: none

Eligibility:

  • Students in Post Graduate Programme only

  • Students from any Institution are eligible

  • Only Indian Nationals are permitted

Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital

Duration: 5-6 months for masters students, 2-3 months for PhD students

Stipend: If they are not KVPY or Inspire fellows, their accommodation charges may be waived-off, or a daily allowance of Rs 250/- may be provided

Eligibility:

  • Summer project students (Masters and final year Bachelor students) can be considered without any financial commitment

  • Students who come in ARIES from various Colleges/Institutions/Universities may be allowed to continue in hands-on research projects

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun

Duration: The minimum duration of research project at IIRS campus is 3 months and the maximum duration is 1 year.

Stipend: none

Eligibility:

  • students pursuing B.Tech./ B.E./ B.Sc.(Engg.)/ M.Sc./ M.Sc. (Tech.)/ M.E./ M.Tech/ MCA

  • The applications from PG/UG students for summer training/internship of 6 to 8 weeks period will also be entertained as a special case only for the candidate having blood relation with ISRO/DOS employee or candidate(s) from reputed institutes.

Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati

Duration: two (2) to six (6) months

Stipend: none

Eligibility:

  • open

IIT Guwahati

Duration: short/long

Stipend: unclear

Eligibility:

  • unclear

IIT Bombay

Duration: 4-6 months

Stipend: Rs. 15,000/month

Eligibility:

  • Second year of a Masters program, or third / fourth year of a Bachelors program

  • Should be among the top 10% in all the previous years in your discipline in the College / University / Institute

  • Should be a full-time student while applying and till the completion of the Internship

  • Should be able to work full-time for the Internship, Part-time internship is not allowed

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