Programmes students miss because they open once a year

OIST Research Internship — Fall intake

OIST

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

Outreachy

Software Freedom Conservancy

Outreachy provides paid remote internships with open-source and open-science communities. The programme focuses on applicants affected by underrepresentation, systemic bias, or discrimination in technology.

Paid Internship Scheme

DRDO

DRDO laboratories periodically invite applications for paid internships from undergraduate and postgraduate engineering or science students. Opportunities are published by individual DRDO labs and establishments.

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

PM Internship Scheme

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

A central government scheme that places young people in internships with participating Indian companies, administered through a common online portal.

BARC allows eligible science and engineering students to apply for practical training or project work during their academic curriculum. Applications are routed through college or institution authorities and screened by BARC.

Qualcomm India Summer / Six-Month Internships

Qualcomm

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

RBI Officers Grade B

Reserve Bank of India

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

Reliance Foundation Scholarships

Reliance Foundation

Merit-based scholarships for Indian undergraduate and postgraduate students, with dedicated tracks for selected fields.

Research Teaser Internship

IIIT Hyderabad

IIIT Hyderabad lists Research Teaser Internship offerings among its programmes. These short research-oriented sessions introduce students to selected technical research areas and include project work.

Rhodes Scholarships — India

Rhodes Trust

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

ICTS-TIFR's S. N. Bhatt Memorial Excellence Fellowship Program is a summer research programme for science and engineering students. Selected students work with ICTS faculty and postdoctoral fellows on frontier research topics.

Salesforce Futureforce Internship — India

Salesforce

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

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

SBI Probationary Officers

State Bank of India

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

A rural development fellowship placing young professionals with partner NGOs to work on grassroots projects for around thirteen months.

Schneider Go Green Competition

Schneider Electric

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

Season of KDE

KDE

Season of KDE is KDE's mentorship programme for people contributing to KDE software and community projects. Participants work with KDE mentors on selected free-software tasks.

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

Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award

A*STAR

The Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award supports short-term research attachments for international students at A*STAR research institutes and consortia. The award gives students exposure to Singapore's research environment.

Smart India Hackathon is a nationwide student innovation competition focused on solving problem statements from government, industry, and other organisations. It includes software and hardware tracks in different editions.

SPARK

IIT Roorkee

SPARK is IIT Roorkee's summer internship programme for undergraduate research exposure. Selected interns work with IIT Roorkee faculty on research projects.

SSC Combined Graduate Level

Staff Selection Commission

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

SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level

Staff Selection Commission

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

SSC Junior Engineer

Staff Selection Commission

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

The ETH Student Summer Research Fellowship offers undergraduate and graduate students research experience in computer science at ETH Zurich. Fellows work with a research group in one of the department's listed areas.

Summer Fellowship Programme

IIT Madras

IIT Madras runs a Summer Fellowship Programme for students to undertake a guided research project with IIT Madras faculty. The programme covers engineering, science, humanities, and management areas according to the current call.

Summer Internship Programme

NIT Rourkela

NIT Rourkela runs a summer internship programme that places students from other institutions with its faculty for short research projects.

Summer of Bitcoin

Summer of Bitcoin

Summer of Bitcoin is a global online summer internship programme focused on Bitcoin open-source development and design. Students contribute to Bitcoin projects under mentor guidance.

Summer Research Fellowship Programme

IIT Delhi

IIT Delhi's Summer Research Fellowship Programme lets selected undergraduate and postgraduate students work on research and development projects under IIT Delhi faculty. The fellowship is for students outside IIT Delhi.

JNCASR's Summer Research Fellowship Programme places selected students with scientists at the centre for a two-month research project. The programme covers physical, materials, chemical, biological, and engineering sciences according to the current call.

Summer Research Internship Programme

IIT Gandhinagar

IIT Gandhinagar's Summer Research Internship Programme brings undergraduate and master's students to campus for faculty-guided research projects. The programme is run as a flagship summer research initiative of IIT Gandhinagar.

Summer Research Program

IISER Mohali

IISER Mohali's Summer Research Program gives selected students research exposure with IISER Mohali faculty. The programme combines a supervised research component with interdisciplinary course work.

CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology runs a Summer Training Program for selected students. The programme gives students short-term laboratory research exposure at CCMB.

Summer Undergraduate Research Exposure

IIT Hyderabad

Summer Undergraduate Research Exposure is IIT Hyderabad's internship programme for non-IIT Hyderabad students. It gives selected students short-term research experience with IIT Hyderabad departments or centres.

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)

California Institute of Technology

Caltech's flagship summer research fellowship, in which students write a project proposal with a mentor and carry it out over the summer.

Students-Undergraduate Research Graduate Excellence is IIT Kanpur's summer research internship programme. It places selected undergraduate students with IIT Kanpur mentors for research exposure.

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships

State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation

Supports postgraduate researchers and artists from selected countries to pursue research or study at Swiss public universities and research institutes.

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz

Tata Group

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

Tata Imagination Challenge

Tata Group

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

TCS CodeVita

Tata Consultancy Services

TCS CodeVita is TCS's online programming competition for students. It is built around competitive programming problems and has been used as a student engagement and hiring pathway.

Teach For India Fellowship — Round 1

Teach For India

A two-year full-time fellowship placing graduates and professionals as full-time teachers in under-resourced classrooms across partner cities.

Teach For India Fellowship — Round 2

Teach For India

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

Teach For India Fellowship — Round 3

Teach For India

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

Teach For India Fellowship — Round 4

Teach For India

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