IIT Palakkad summer internship 2025: Apply online, check eligibility, benefits

# Career Desk
Representational image | Photo: Canva
Representational image | Photo: Canva

Indian Instituted of Technology (IIT), Palakkad has invited applications for the summer internship program which aims at introducing undergraduate and postgraduate students to research, to enthuse them and to get them interested in a career in teaching and research. 

This is a six-weeks long residential programme and it combines hands-on research training with a variety of hardware and software analysis tools. 

Summer Internships are available in the following Department/Centre: Automation Cell, Biological Sciences and Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, ESSENCE (Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Engineering Centre), Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Physics. Name of faculty and research areas are given at https://sun.iitpkd.ac.in/ 

Eligibility: Applicants should be Postgraduate students (including 4th and 5th year students of integrated master’s programmes) or those in the 3rd or 4th year of their four‬ year‬ Bachelor's‬ degree‬ in‬ Engineering/Technology/Sciences.‬‬‬‬

Indian and foreign nationals can apply. Students from IIT Palakkad are not eligible to apply. Foreign nationals currently studying in Indian universities/institutes will be treated on par with Indian nationals. 

Application: Application is to be submitted online at https://sun.iitpkd.ac.in/

Application submission deadline for foreign nationals (studying abroad) is February 25, 2025. Application submission deadline for others is March 18, 2025. 

Selection will be made based on academic record, aptitude for research, accomplishments, and area(s) of research interest. 

Selection list for foreign nationals (studying abroad) will be announced on March 11, 2025. Selection List for others will be published on April 8, 2025. 

Deadline to confirm participation for foreign nationals (studying abroad) will be March 18, 2025 and for others, April 15, 2025. 

Program starts on May 21, 2025 and ends on July 2, 2025.

Financial support of Rs. 8000/- per month (Rs. 12000/- for the entire period) will be provided to all the selected candidates. Only those who satisfactorily complete the programme will be given the internship certificate.

Accommodation on a shared basis is available on campus. Hostel room rent along with mess food charges should be paid by the intern students.

In case of non-receipt of emails, contact summer-internship@iitpkd.ac.in for queries related to summer internship.