IIT Kanpur launches virtual internship for J&K students; check details here

Owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, the committee has decided to go for an online internship programme. IIT Kanpur has decided on a two-month-long online internship program after looking into the academic calendar of the students.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has launched a two-month-long virtual internship programme for students of science and engineering disciplines studying in higher education institutions in Jammu and Kashmir. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) for providing virtual internship opportunities to students, an official said.

“We received many applications for this programme but finally we shortlisted 20 students including eight girls. The students are mainly from civil, electrical, computer science, mechanical engineering and physics," IIT-K director, Professor Abhay Karandikar tweeted.

Professor J Ramkumar, the IIT-K programme coordinator, department of mechanical engineering and design programme, who is also the dean of academic affairs office, said, students, are individually allocated mentors based on their field of interest. “The internship is starting from January 27 to March 29. As part of the internship, the students will be given exposure to various laboratories of IIT K and every week a special lecture on latest technological advancements would be held,” the IIT-K professor said.

The officials said, that students from any of the science and engineering disciplines of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, studying in higher education institutes in Jammu and Kashmir, are eligible to apply for the internship programme. 

Owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, the committee has decided to go for an online internship programme. IIT Kanpur has decided on a two-month-long online internship program after looking into the academic calendar of the students, the officials added.

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