Best Internship Opportunities in India
#1 Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai
CMI provides internships in the computer science domain. Professors are highly talented and efficient, this internship will help you explore more into the research side of complex computations, theory of computations, etc…
https://www.cmi.ac.in/admissions/internships.php
#2 Indian Statistical Institute, (Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru)
ISI is one of the unsung hero institutes, they have silently contributed so many works to India. Internship in Cryptology, if you are interested in crypto and security then here is an apt place for you.
https://www.isical.ac.in/~rcbose/internship/index.html
#3 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
IISER has summer internship opportunities. Open to all. Before applying, it's advisable to reach out to professors whose area of expertise matches your interest.
https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~summer.research/
#4 Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun
IIRS is one of the best places for GeoInformatics students to do internships. They also accept applications from other potential branches with decent academic performance.
https://www.iirs.gov.in/externalprojects/internship
#5 Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
IIST follows the similar procedure of summer internship application in IITs.
https://admission.iist.ac.in/internship/
#6 UR Satellite Centre, Bangaluru ISRO
URSC welcomes students from various domains to apply for their project work. The minimum time duration was 4 months, though they don’t provide a stipend the experience of working with elite people in the space industry was no match for money.
https://www.ursc.gov.in/hrd/students.jsp
#7 Space Applications Centre, ISRO
SPC is a great place to work with space industry experts. They provide 2 types of internships. Work-exp internship for B.E/B.Tech (4–6 months), Dissertation internship(Postgraduates) (6–12 months)
https://www.sac.gov.in/Vyom/Internship.jsp
#8 IIT Madras
IIT Madras has a dedicated portal for Summer fellowship applications. It’s must to connect with professors whose area of interest matches yours. Be humble and polite, you will get a reply.
#9 The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
IMSC has research internship opportunities, if you are passionate about ‘Theory of Computation’, it’s the right place for you.
https://www.imsc.res.in/summer_research_programme
#10 IIIT Hyderabad
- Remote internship — https://serc.iiit.ac.in/srip/ Actually it's not an internship, I feel it is a Bootcamp. We have to pay fees to learn. Of course, we will be working on a few decent projects. For its good standard of content, it's worth the fee.
- MT-NLP internship — https://ltrc.iiit.ac.in/nlpmt/internship_form.php Perfectly crafted internship for Machine Learning NLP students. Expecting a tough screening process. You can do it.
#11 Samsung Prism
It’s a great initiative, during college life students are provided with an opportunity to work with industry-level researchers from Samsung Research Institute. But this option is limited to students of a few colleges only. I believe they are slowly expanding.
#12 Microsoft CodeFunDo++
The Academy Accelerator program by Microsoft is specific to a few institutions in India. If your college is on the list, don’t miss participating in their competitions, you will learn a lot from them. Kind of Hackathon.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/about/empowering-educators-academia.aspx
#13 IIT Bombay
Typical research internship in IIT Bombay. Quite high competition but it is worth the value.
http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/fellowship/
#14 IIT Roorkee
A special platform to regulate the IIT-R research internship applicants. Another typical IIT internship process.
#15 NITI Aayog
Who would say no to working with the brains and think tanks of India? Explore their process and apply.
http://niti.gov.in/internship/
#16 Digital India Internship
It was part of the National Informatics Centre(NIC), which accepts applicants from almost all CS domains.
https://www.meity.gov.in/digital-india-internship-scheme-2021
#17 eGov Tamil Nadu
https://tnega.tn.gov.in/careers
A good opportunity for students to grab, if no vacancies are available you can send a professional email seeking the internship opportunities available. They usually prefer blockchain and software engineering profiles but not limited.
#18 NPTEL Internship, IIT-M
https://nptel.ac.in/internship/
National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning by IIT Madras provides a unique way of an internship. For this, you have to clear any one course from the NPTEL website as a top performer.
#19 Internships with Elite professors
Based on your personal expertise and interest you can send emails to professors seeking to work with them as an intern. If they feel you are really good at something, you will get a reply. Remember the fact, this way of cold email has less than a 10% chance for a reply.
#20 RBCDSAI Internship
https://rbcdsai.iitm.ac.in/work-with-us/
Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence is the best place for Data Science and AI enthusiasts. Apart from internships they also provide post-baccalaureate fellowships with an awesome stipend. Best in class for DS and AI.
I will be so happy to hear from you akbarhabeeb5@gmail.com (replies within a day). Please reach out to me, if you know of some awesome internship options which can be added here.
You are awesome, happy internship.
