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Aditya Birla Scholarship

Aditya Birla Group

ScholarshipIN

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Intake-dependent / rolling · Cutoff not published; check the current call

Awarded to students at selected leading Indian institutes across engineering, management and law, based on academic and leadership merit.

Corporate research

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Intake-dependent / rolling · Cutoff not published; check the current call

Adobe Research offers research and engineering internships for graduate students. Interns collaborate with Adobe researchers and product teams across research areas.

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AFCAT 1

Indian Air Force

Government exams & recruitmentIN

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Open now

Closes in 27 days

Programme details vary by annual edition; verify dates and eligibility on the official page.

AFCAT 2

Indian Air Force

Government exams & recruitmentIN

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May 2027 · Jun 2027

Closes in 228 days

Programme details vary by annual edition; verify dates and eligibility on the official page.

Corporate research

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Intake-dependent / rolling · Cutoff not published; check the current call

Amazon Science lists internship roles in applied science, research science, machine learning, data science, and related fields. Interns work with Amazon scientists and engineers on applied research problems.

Amgen Scholars Program

Amgen Foundation

International research

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Announced

Closes in 79 days

The Amgen Scholars Program gives undergraduates summer research opportunities at host institutions across multiple regions. Participants conduct a research project and join seminars, networking events, and a regional symposium.

BARC OCES / DGFS

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Government exams & recruitmentIN

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Dec 2026 · Jan 2027

Closes in 78 days

Programme details vary by annual edition; verify dates and eligibility on the official page.

Code for Good

JPMorgan Chase

Recurring competitionIN

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Apr–Jul 2027 · Event-specific

Closes in 259 days

Code for Good is JPMorgan Chase's student hackathon programme where participants build technology solutions for nonprofit organisations. The programme has run in multiple locations over multiple years.

Digital India Internship Scheme

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Government internshipIN

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Apr 2027 · Apr–May 2027

Closes in 198 days

The Digital India Internship Scheme gives students practical work experience under supervisors or mentors in MeitY-linked domains. The scheme is run by India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Fellowship for Summer Research

IISc Bangalore, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry

Research internshipIN

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Opening date not published · Mar 2027

Closes in 137 days

The Inorganic and Physical Chemistry department at IISc Bangalore offers a summer research fellowship for chemistry students. Selected students work with an IISc research supervisor for a short summer project.

Early-career hiringIN

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Opening date not published · Mar 2027

Closes in 137 days

Programme details vary by annual edition; verify dates and eligibility on the official page.

Gandhi Fellowship

Piramal Foundation

FellowshipIN

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Opening date not published · Mar 2027

Closes in 137 days

A two-year fellowship in which fellows work on public education and community transformation projects alongside government school systems.

International research

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Jun–Aug 2026 (past cycle) · 2027 student call closed (official)

Closes in 290 days

Mitacs Globalink Research Internship places selected international undergraduates with Canadian university faculty for a full-time research internship. Projects span science, engineering, mathematics, humanities, and social sciences.

Open source

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Mar 2027 · Mar–Apr 2027

Closes in 167 days

Google Summer of Code is an annual open-source contribution programme run by Google with participating open-source organisations. Contributors work on mentored projects and submit code to public projects.

Hacktoberfest

Major League Hacking and DEV

Open source

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Oct 2027 (participation month) · Registration and local event cutoffs vary

Closes in 351 days

An annual month-long event encouraging contributions to participating open-source repositories, aimed at newcomers as well as experienced contributors.

Recurring competitionIN

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Jan–Mar 2027 · Mar–Apr 2027

Closes in 167 days

HackWithInfy is Infosys's coding competition for engineering students. Participants compete through coding rounds and selected performers may receive further Infosys opportunities according to the current edition rules.