<p class="title">From the current session an engineering student will have to compulsorily undertake 600 to 700 hours of internship during their four-year B Tech programme while the students enrolled in diploma level engineering programmes will have to complete 450-500 hours of internship, the AICTE has proposed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to a draft internship policy and guidelines formulated by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), students will have option to either go for a full-time internship or part time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Students internship programmes will start from their second semester.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“A minimum of 14-20 credits of internship/entrepreneurial activities/project work/seminar and inter/intra institutional training may be counted toward B Tech degree programme and 10-16 credits for three year diploma programme,” the council proposed in its draft guidelines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the council proposing to make one credit equivalent to minimum 40-45 hours of work, a full time intern is expected to spend 40-45 hours per week on internship, training, project work, seminar and other activities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“This will result in 600 to 700 hours of total internship duration for the B Tech and 450-500 hours of diploma,” the council said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A student can undertake full-time internship in the summer vacation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those keen on going for part time internship can undertake it anytime during their academic session.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per draft guidelines, students, after summer vacation, are required to be involved in inter/intra institutional activities such as training with the higher education institutions or soft skill training organised by the training and placement cell of the respective institutions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After fourth or sixth semester, students can choose to undergo innovation/entrepreneurial activities under the internship programme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Students may choose either to work on innovation or entrepreneurial activities resulting in start-up or undergo internship with industry/NGOs/government organisations to make themselves ready for the industry,” the draft guidelines stipulates.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Students can take up project work and seminar as per their curriculum during their eighth (last) semester, it added.</p>
<p class="title">From the current session an engineering student will have to compulsorily undertake 600 to 700 hours of internship during their four-year B Tech programme while the students enrolled in diploma level engineering programmes will have to complete 450-500 hours of internship, the AICTE has proposed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to a draft internship policy and guidelines formulated by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), students will have option to either go for a full-time internship or part time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Students internship programmes will start from their second semester.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“A minimum of 14-20 credits of internship/entrepreneurial activities/project work/seminar and inter/intra institutional training may be counted toward B Tech degree programme and 10-16 credits for three year diploma programme,” the council proposed in its draft guidelines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the council proposing to make one credit equivalent to minimum 40-45 hours of work, a full time intern is expected to spend 40-45 hours per week on internship, training, project work, seminar and other activities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“This will result in 600 to 700 hours of total internship duration for the B Tech and 450-500 hours of diploma,” the council said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A student can undertake full-time internship in the summer vacation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those keen on going for part time internship can undertake it anytime during their academic session.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per draft guidelines, students, after summer vacation, are required to be involved in inter/intra institutional activities such as training with the higher education institutions or soft skill training organised by the training and placement cell of the respective institutions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After fourth or sixth semester, students can choose to undergo innovation/entrepreneurial activities under the internship programme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Students may choose either to work on innovation or entrepreneurial activities resulting in start-up or undergo internship with industry/NGOs/government organisations to make themselves ready for the industry,” the draft guidelines stipulates.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Students can take up project work and seminar as per their curriculum during their eighth (last) semester, it added.</p>