Semester Long FOSSEE Internship 2025 by IIT Bombay [Multiple Projects; Certificates+Other Benefits]: Apply by Jan 27

Applications are invited for the Semester Long Fossee Internship 2025 by IIT Bombay. The screening task submission deadline is January 27, 2025!

The FOSSEE (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education) project is dedicated to promoting the adoption of FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) tools to enhance the quality of education in India. Its primary objective is to reduce reliance on proprietary software within educational institutions. Through a range of initiatives, FOSSEE encourages the use of FLOSS tools and aims to replace commercial software with open-source alternatives. The project also focuses on the development and enhancement of FLOSS tools to meet the specific needs of academia and research. FOSSEE is an initiative under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT), supported by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.

FOSSEE invites applications for the Semester-long Internship 2025. The students get an opportunity to work with the FOSSEE team for one semester. This is a remote internship with continuous support and mentoring. To get shortlisted for the internship, Select a project and choose a screening task from the table given below. Then you need to complete at least one of the screening tasks. The selection will be purely based on the evaluation criteria of each screening task.

Project Name	Brief description of the screening task	Weblink	Contact Email ID
Osdag	Any one of the following: 1. Python program with unit tests for the design of a steel connection (Civil Engineering or any other field) 2. Python program for developing a 3D Model of a Portal Frame Structure using PythonOCC/FreeCAD (Any stream) 3. Make an executable (.exe/.deb) for the Osdag Conda package (Any stream) 4. Create the UI of the Osdag web app using React and develop endpoints using Django/REST (Any stream) 5. Steel vs. Concrete Bridge Cost Comparison Software with SQLite and PyQt5 (Any stream) 6. Animation Development for Steel Connections in Osdag Using Blender or Other FLOSS Tools (Any stream) 7. Design a simple beam bridge, performing structural analysis, component design, and documentation using engineering tools, Python, and LaTeX. (Civil/Structural Engineering)	Link	contact-osdag@fossee.in
Scilab Control System toolbox development	The screening task involves implementing Scilab functions for the Control System Toolbox, similar to how they are implemented in Octave.	Link	contact@scilab.in
Scilab Image Processing toolbox development	The screening task involves implementing Scilab functions for the Image Processing Toolbox, similar to how they are implemented in Octave.	Link	contact@scilab.in
Open Source Hardware (Arduino)	SvelteKit Blockly Application for Python Code Generation Electron App for Compiling and Running Python Code on an Arduino / ESP32	Link	floss-arduino@fossee.in
OpenFOAM	Temperature Variation and Pressure drop in a 180° bent heated pipe	Link	contact-cfd@fossee.in
eSim	Any one of the following: 1: eSim Research Migration(Electronics and related fields) 2: eSim Upgradation(CSE and related fields) 3: Tool manager in eSim(CSE and related fields)	Link	contact-esim@fossee.in
OpenFOAM GUI	There are 3 sets of screening tasks, each set focusing on a particular skill set. The candidate may complete and submit two of the 3 sets of tasks.	Link	contact-cfd@fossee.in
OpenModelica GUI	Python Desktop App for OpenModelica As the screening task to get selected, you need to create a Desktop App using Python (PyQt library) which has the features listed below. Please ensure that you use the technologies mentioned. Please follow the submission procedure and go through the evaluation criteria carefully while submitting the task.	Link	contact-esim@fossee.in
Scope 3 Emissions Database Development in Python/R	Any two of the following: 1: Scope 3 Emissions Data Collection and Analysis 2: Scope 3 Emissions Database Design Using Python/R 3: Theoretical Research and Data Visualization	Link	contact-esim@fossee.in

If you need any help while submitting the screening task please feel free to contact the mentors at the email id’s mentioned.

Interested and eligible candidates can apply via this link.

Remote Full time / Part-time

Note : At the end of the internship, you may receive an honorarium depending on the quality of work.

The screening task submission deadline is January 27, 2025!

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