Page 7 - Guidelines for Internship/Research Internship for Under Graduate Students

robust mechanism for internship programmes under their Research and Development
(R&D) Cell. The R&D cell may appoint the coordinator or create a well-defined mechanism
or structure at the HEI level for smooth coordination and functioning of internships across
diverse disciplines.
1. Each HEI should have a Nodal Officer who is responsible for developing need and
demand-led verticals as well as expectations from each vertical in undergraduate
programmes. The internship must be well-defined, with clear outcomes. It is
critical to explore, reach out to, and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with local businesses, research organisations, HEIs, etc. as this will aid in training,
research, employment, and start-ups.
2. To define verticals, HEIs must undertake a survey in the local market to
understand the needs of companies and the expectations of students. These
verticals can be on the basis of industry clusters operational in the country, from
emerging technologies and from the international world of work also.
Industrial regions/clusters may include those places where industries have concentrated
as a result of favourable geo-economic circumstances. These are places where a sizable
portion of the populace works in the manufacturing area, which operates on a sizable scale.
There are indicative clusters identified at central, state, micro and local
government/administration levels and HEIs at their own level can identify and also go
beyond these clusters for internships.

Further, there are certain verticals that HEIs may incorporate as options while choosing
a sector by a student while making registration and undergoing an internship/research
internship. The list is indicative only.

1. Trade and Agriculture Area
2. Economy & Banking Financial Services and Insurance Area
3. Logistics, Automotive & Capital Goods Area
4. Fast Moving Consumer Goods & Retail Area
5. Information Technology/Information Technology enabled Services & Electronics
Area
6. Handcraft, Art, Design & Music Area
7. Healthcare & Life Science Area
8. Sports, Wellness and Physical Education Area
9. Tourism & Hospitality Area
10. Digitisation & Emerging Technologies (Internet of Things/Artificial
Intelligence/Machine Learning/Deep Learning/Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, etc.)
Area
11. Humanitarian, Public Policy and Legal Service Area
12. Communication Area
13. Education Area
14. Sustainable development Area
15. Environment Area
16. Commerce, Medium and Small-Scale Industries Area

For Instance, Internships in agriculture, and related domains like farm internships,
agriculture research internships, agri-business internships can be considered as an