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Summer Internship / Short-term & Long-term Project Work at SCOS NISER [Duration of 2-3 months]: Apply by April 25

Varun Guleria

Apr 19, 2025
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Applications are invited for the Summer Internship / Short-term & Long-term Project Work at SCOS NISER. Apply by April 25.

About the Program

Summer Internship / Short-term Project Program :

This program aims to provide hands on training to the UG /PG students interested in scientific research in the field of Computer Sciences. The process involves assignment of a small research project on a problem related
to the discipline and to find out the probable solutions by applying appropriate scientific research methodology
and using the available resources in the lab. This complete process will be done by the intern/student under the
close guidance & supervision of a faculty member from the School. On successful completion of the project, the
intern shall be issued a “Project Completion Certificate” which may be useful enriching the academic credentials
of the intern.

Other details of the program are given below:

The summer program will be conducted during May 22nd to July 21st 2025.
No extension for longer stay will be considered in this program.
Students who have availed this program earlier in NISER will not be considered again.
Applications will be considered only for the PI for whom vacancies / seats are advertised.
The selection of students will be done by the respective PI / Faculty.
In this programme interns who are not receiving any financial support / fellowship / internship grant from
any agency / Academy / Central or State Government will be paid stipend @ Rs.5000/ per month & to and
fro single travel support of Second Class Sleeper train fare after successful completion of the program.
No programme fee will be charged from the interns under this programme.
Hostel accommodation may be provided on chargeable basis @ Rs.30/- per day subject to availability

Long-term / Dissertation Project Work Program:

This program aims to facilitate mostly to the students registered for a PG degree course having partial
requirement of fulfillment of dissertation thesis work in the field of Computer Sciences. The program process
involves selection of a suitable topic for dissertation project work, conduct of required scientific experiments
through the available lab resources, and drafting the findings in the form of dissertation thesis by analyzing the
data / coding process. Students will be allowed to work under close guidance and supervision of a faculty
member from the School.

Other details of the program are given below:

Long-term / dissertation project students will be allowed for a maximum period of 6 months, i.e. during July to
December 2025.
No extension for longer stay will be considered in this program. However, only in exceptional cases one
extension may be considered subject to the satisfactory performance of the candidates & project
requirement duly evaluated by the committee appointed by the Chairperson of the School.
Students who have availed this program earlier at NISER will not be considered again.
Applications will be considered only for the lab / PI for which the student has applied against the available
vacancies / seats advertised.
The selection of students will be done by the respective Lab PI / Faculty In-Charge.
Students from private institutions / universities selected for this program will have to pay the program fee of
Rs.10000/- for the whole duration of 6months period. In case of extension of stay period for completion of the
dissertation project, additional fee will be charged proportionately.
There is no provision for any financial support or payment of stipend from the institute in this program.

Timeline

The last date to apply for Summer Internship / Short-term Project Program is April 25, 2025.
Applications received after the last date & without supporting documents will not be considered.
The list of selected candidates will be published on the NISER website by 2nd week of May 2025.
The last date to apply for Long-term / Dissertation Project Work Program: June 9th, 2025.
Applications received after the last date & without supporting documents will not be considered.
The list of selected candidates will be published on the NISER website by 3rd week of June 2025.

T&C

The data or any intellectual property generated from the summer Internship/short-term/long-term project work by the students shall entirely be owned by NISER with full rights of its use for academic & research purposes.
The Summer Interns/Short-term/Long-term dissertation project students shall have no rights to the data generated during their project work at NISER. The use of the said data by them for any purpose, including authorship in publications, patents, or any other commercial, non-commercial, academic research without prior approval/consent of the competent authority of NISER, is completely prohibited. However, the data can only be used to prepare the project report/dissertation thesis under the supervision of the respective faculty guide/PI. Students may deposit a copy of the stated project report / dissertation thesis to their parent institution if required for academic purposes.
The Summer Interns/Short-term/Long-term dissertation project students shall have to maintain strict confidentiality & utmost care while disclosing or dealing with the data/information pertaining to the Institute/school/lab/instrumentation etc.
In the event of any infringement of the above conditions, appropriate disciplinary/legal action shall be taken by the authorities of NISER against the erring person.
Students shall follow the instructions of their respective faculty PIs strictly & the concerned faculty PIs will be supervising & monitoring their activities inside the lab & campus.
Students are expected to maintain proper discipline/decorum all the time during their stay on campus. In the event of any misconduct, disciplinary action as deemed fit will be taken by the authorities against the student.
While availing the hostel accommodation, central library, or any other facility at NISER, students must abide by the relevant rules and deposit caution money if required.
No NISER e-mail ID will be created for summer interns/short-term/long-term dissertation project students.
Students will have to use their own laptops for the computational / coding work; however, departmental guest
Wi-Fi login may be shared to access the internet only for project related works. If any misuse of the internet
facility is reported by the NISER-CC, then disciplinary action as deemed fit will be taken by the NISER
authorities against the student.
Hostel accommodation may be provided on a chargeable basis subject to availability.