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UGC released new guidelines for the Undergraduate students of the recognized Indian Universities to compulsorily do a research internship of 8-10 weeks, after the completion of the second or fourth semester.
University Grants Commission (UGC) released new guidelines for the Undergraduate students of the recognized Indian Universities to compulsorily do a research internship of 8-10 weeks. This decision was taken after the announcement was made under NEP 2022. The primary aim of the internship program is to generate employability of students as well as in helping develop research capabilities of the candidates.
The Integration of Research, Innovation and Technology Development is the pillar of Atma-Nirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India), which is the key agenda of making the internship program compulsory for the UG students. As per the UGC guidelines, an institutionalization of Research Internship at the UG levels can play an important role to catalyze the interdisciplinary/ transdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary research culture in NEP 2020.
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Aimed Research
Students will do the time bound internship project under a research supervisor, preferably from the other Higher). They will be provided hands-on training in research tools, methodologies, techniques, equipment and the other relevant aspects for successfully pursuing the quality research program.
Gaining Credits
After the completion of the second or fourth semester, the students can start their eight to ten weeks or 450 hours internship program and can get 10 credits. The internship program is mandatory to exit with the certificate or diploma, respectively. The students are eligible to get one credit per 45 hours. Hence, once they complete 450 hours, they can achieve the assigned credits.
If the students want to complete their four years FYUP program, they will get the flexibility of completing their second internship at the end of their fourth semester or at the second year of the FYUP as well. Apart from that, UGC proposed HEIs to offer Research Ability Enhancement Courses (RAEC), which can also add 10 credits.
Assessment Process
The internship program will be assessed by the assigned research internship supervisor from the host institute. Evaluation will be done by the supervisor of the host institute and through seminar presentation/ viva-voce at the HEI. According to the statement of draft, the evaluation of the interns will be done as per the sincerity and research output of the students. In addition, the evaluation will also be assessed according to the activity logbook, format of presentation, quality of the report made by the interns, showcasing originality and uniqueness, skill sets and evaluation report of the internship supervisor.
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Internship Portal
To acknowledge the Internship Provider Organization (IPO) for offering internships with specification of eligibility conditions, soon a centrally operated portal will be launched. As a result, the students can search for the internship as per their preferences. Allotment of internship will also be done based on their feedback. Once the internship program is done, one copy of the final report will be sent to the host Institution and the other to the parent HEI.
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