Page 5 - Guidelines for Internship/Research Internship for Under Graduate Students

collaboration culture to promote research, academic and professional
developments.
8. Cultivate a sense of Social Imagery and Citizenship Responsibility: To develop
a sense of social imagery (issues) and philanthropic versatility among the
graduating students that will facilitate towards the development of an attitude
towards citizenship responsibility.
9. Stimulate collaborative influence: To promote HEIs collaboration, industry-
academia partnership will be developed to provide collaborative internships,
apprenticeships, and research opportunities to the students in the predefined
areas of importance which will lead institutions, universities, organisations,
academicians, and students to collaborate on how to learn with one another.
10. Enhancing professional competency: The internship should not only focus on
employability or research capabilities; there is also a need for professional
principles, ethics, values, and integrity which will enable them to gain perspective,
practice, develop as competency and perform professional tasks in the way that
the employment market demands.

3.0 INTERNSHIP CATEGORIES

The employability of graduates can be improved by developing practical experience and
exposure with the required right kind of attitude for the workplace. The internship is one
of the important apparatuses that help in improving these employability skills and can
help in generating competency, capability, professional working skills, expertise, and
confidence among the students for employability and developing interest/passion for
research. The interns can understand the application of theory in the workplace.
The undergraduate internships would be classified into two types:

i. Internship for enhancing the employability
ii. Internship for developing the research aptitude

3.1 Enhancing Employability
Graduates face many difficulties after graduation to enrol in the workforce. Recent
graduates are lacking knowledge, practical skills, and experience which are mandatory
requirements demanded by employers for recruitment. Graduates face many difficulties
after graduation to enrol in the workforce. Recent graduates are lacking knowledge,
practical skills, and experience which are mandatory requirements demanded by
employers for recruitment.

Employability refers to the certain attributes of an individual that enable him/her to
perform any job opportunity in line with the set standards of performance to meet
expectations for the expected job. Employability is a set of skills and attributes developed
through a range of experiences at workshops and workplaces. It states that when a
student can demonstrate skills on the job. Individuals need to develop such competencies
which reduce the obstacles as job seekers and also increase their potential as job
providers.