Page 10 - Guidelines for Internship/Research Internship for Under Graduate Students

For the 4-year UG degree programme (Honours with Research), engagement of students in
the dissertations/research project during the entire 8 semester of 12 credits will be
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considered as a mandatory component for the award of the degree. The students need to
essentially submit the research project/dissertations/thesis/project work to the allotted
mentor. The submission of the report with the conduction of viva will also be a component
for the successful evaluation of the dissertation/research project/thesis/Project work.

The dissertation/research project/thesis work should involve 360 hours’ duration during
the 8 th semester and it will be mandatory for the students enrolled in UG degree
programmes (Honours with Research).
5.1 Competencies to be developed during Research Internships

3-year UG degree, 4-year UG degree (Honours) and 4-year degree (Honours with Research)
programme will be operating strictly adhering to NEP-2020, NHEQF and CCFUP
provisions. Based on the higher education qualification level descriptors for Level-
5.5 and Level-6 some of the competencies with research orientation should be attained by
the students by studying the courses under the Research Ability Enhancement Courses
(RAEC) and by undertaking the research internship project.

● The students should be well-versed with the techniques and methods of research
that would support knowledge creation.
● The students should have an understanding of complex problem statements and
the ability to develop solutions for real-life problems.
● The students will possess a good comprehension ability to interpret the oral and
written communications in research papers, and present own interpretations.
● The students will be able to communicate technical information, research findings
to the peers.
● The students will be made aware of the research ethics, professional
accountability, conduct and will be able to practice the research ethics and
appropriate skills in in his/her own research work.
● The student will be able to enhance academic productivity by developing writing
and reading skills and can make contributions towards social and economic issues
from their research in future.
● The research intern can possess an attitude and skill of adaptability and flexibility
for new challenges at organisational and individual level with a mind- set of
teamwork and collaborations.

5.2 Duration and Slots for Internship in Curriculum

Each undergraduate student may complete an internship of 2-4 credits during after the 4 th
semester of the UG degree programme focussing on Hands-on Training/Short Research
Project. However, the student who has to go for a 4-year UG degree (Honours with
Research) programme will be required to choose courses as given Table 1 during the 8 th
semester.