Page 9 - Guidelines for Internship/Research Internship for Under Graduate Students

level/social networking sites (e.g., LinkedIn). The same portal can be developed
at HEI/University level. A centrally managed Internship Portal would help in
arranging the internship by the HEIs for the students. The portal will provide
information regarding various internship opportunities like Internshala, etc
10. Certain experienced people superannuated as research scientists, academics,
industry professionals, farmers, entrepreneurs, local artisans and other experts,
etc. can get registered on a portal as mentors from various disciplines. HEIs may
network with local administration and identify areas where students can work on
assignments or projects that will give them exposure to social issues in the form of
projects.
11. Projects can also be scoped and aligned to the study of the effectiveness of various
government and non-government schemes as well. The live case study assignment
can also be imparted as the project to the individuals which led learners to apply
that learning in the real-life situation depending on the kind of course (e.g. law,
management, social works).
12. The students involved in the internship may continue their internship subject to
the condition that his/her academic credits do not get affected in terms of
attendance and other assignments. If the need arises, students may also have an
opportunity to make use of summer & winter breaks for extending their learning
from internships.
13. HEIs can also look upon cluster models where institutions (2-3) can club or make
a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for internships, the information of same
need to be mentioned on the portal of HEIs and student may be willing to opt any
and choose the mentor physically or digitally or any mentor outside also at
national or international level.
14. There must be a mechanism for the orientation of teachers/ training of
trainers’/faculty development programs and it should serve as a prerequisite for
the HEIs offering the internships in the programme. In the case of the 4-year
program, the policy needs to be framed for students who have an interest in
research right from the beginning at the undergraduate level.

5.0 ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS & MONITORING OF INTERNSHIP

A. Internship

A minimum of 2-4 credits, out of the required minimum 120/160 credits, of a 3-year UG
degree/4-year UG degree (Honours)/4-year UG degree (Honours with Research) can be
assigned for Internship as per the National Higher Education Qualifications Framework
(NHEQF) and Curriculum and Credit Framework for Undergraduate Programme (CCFUP).
An internship of 60 to 120 hours duration after the 4 semester will be mandatory for the
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students enrolled in UG degree programmes.
For an internship, one credit of Internship means two-hour engagement per week.
Accordingly, in a semester of 15 weeks’ duration, one credit in this course is equivalent
to 30 hours of engagement in a semester.

B. Research Project/Dissertations/Thesis/Project work