Guidelines for Summer/ Vocational Training at IIP
The students of engineering colleges are required to carry out project work as a pre-requisite for completion of their B.E./ B Tech, M. Tech/ M.Sc degree for a period of 6 months duration. Projects of interest to CSIR-IIP are given to the students so that while students are exposed to the latest technological developments while working on real life sponsored projects. CSIR-IIP too benefits from the project work.

Since CSIR-IIP receives a very large number of requests from IITs, NITs, Universities, Colleges and individuals for imparting summer / vocational training to their students/wards from different disciplines/areas. This not only overburdens institute’s infrastructure but sometimes also adversely affects the R&D programmes. In order to streamline procedure for acceptance of such requests following guidelines are framed.

	IITs, NITs and other reputed Govt. Institutions will be preferred to completer their project work and they will not be charged any fees.
	Since IIP does have very limited hostel facilities, it will not be possible to provide hostel accommodation to trainees.
	Number of students from an institution at a time (per semester / year) must not exceed four.
	Request for less than 6 months of project work will not be entertained. No students will be allowed for 2 months summer training/ internship
	Students of B Tech after completing 3rd year will be allowed for 6 months project work. B Tech 2nd year students will not be allowed. Similarly M Sc 2nd year students will be entertained for project work.
	Students with excellent academic record having cumulative grade point 7.5 / 75% marks or more will be accepted for training / project work.
	Training request will be accepted only in the areas of chemical & mechanical engineering, biotechnology and chemistry. Computer science students will be accepted only in case if there is requirement of IIP.
	Continuance of training of a student at IIP will be subject to his / her satisfactory conduct and performance. IIP will have a right to discontinue / terminate the training programme of any student any stage.
	Trainee will not claim any intellectual property right, of work done at IIP and has to strictly maintain the confidentiality of Institute’s intellectual property. Any violation /infringement, will be viewed adversely against the student as well as the institution to which he/she belongs and may invite appropriate action.
	Trainee will not be allowed to use any IIP infrastructure, stationary, Xeroxing, binding etc.

Procedure for doing summer training /project work at CSIR-IIP

	Applications registered online through internet will be accepted. Students are requested to inform their colleges to submit request in advance 4 months before actual date of training.
	Applications duly completed in all respects along with bio data and xerox copies of all marks cards (from SSLC onwards) should be submitted to The Head, Training & HR, Indian Institute of Petroleum, Mohkampur, Dehradun 248005. Applications without a Sponsoring Letter from the college duly signed by the Principal / Head of Department will not be accepted.
	Download Format of Undertaking & Certificate from Head of Institute

Instructions for students selected for doing project work

	The students are completely governed by the rules and regulations of IIP.
	Every batch of students or individual student, as the case may be, will have a scientific/technical project guide from one of the Divisions at IIP. The college can however nominate one of its staff members to co-ordinate on academic matters and liaise with IIP.
	During vacation / college holidays (other than Saturdays/Sundays), till the project work is complete, students are required to be at IIP premises from 09.00 am to 05.30 pm. During training period, they should indicate the slots allotted for project work in the college time-table and must be present on all such days at IIP.
	The students will not be eligible for IIP transport facility, IIP hostel accommodation may be available depending upon availability. However preference will given to students who do not require hostel accommodation.
	Within the IIP premises and during working hours, the students should wear the IIP identity badge and also carry the college identity card.
	Library facility at IIP is limited to referencing only; borrowing of books / journals is not extended to the students. However xerox copies may be obtained from the Library on payment of necessary charges.
	The college should take the entire responsibility in case of loss or damage to IIP property caused by the students.
	IIP will not be responsible for any injury / loss / damage that may occur to the students during the tenure of their project work.
	If the progress is not satisfactory, the concerned student/s may be advised by IIP to discontinue the project work.
	Please note that the project report prepared for the college and for IIP are required to be identical in all respects. Two copies are required to be submitted to IIPL – one each to the project guide and Head Training & HR, before submitting the final copy to the college.
	The students must furnish a “No – Demand Certificate” to Training Division in the prescribed format after completion of project work along with a soft copy and hard copy of the project report.
	The Director, IIP may initiate disciplinary action against erring students and decision of the Director is final and binding on the students and colleges.
	The project students and their college/staff members shall have no claim whatsoever on the results of the project work. IIP retains all intellectual property rights in patents, designs, software copyright (source code) and publications if any that may be generated during the course of project work.
	The college certificate in the project report prescribed by the college / university, the cover page and all certificates in the project report should categorically reflect that the place of project work is iip. The acknowledgement sheet in the project report should mention the name of the scientist who has guided at iip and the director, iip prominently.http://www.iip.res.in/details.php?pgID=sb_59

I N S T R U C T I O N S

1.      Incomplete applications will not be considered and are liable to be rejected without assigning any reason.  All the fields are required except optional and must be filled in capitals.  No personal/telephonic inquiries, will be entertained directly with the students in this regards

2.   Maximum 6 students should be sponsored for undertaking full-semester project training

at NIC, out of which only the required number of suitable student(s) will be selected. NIC reserves the right to reject any/all applicants, if project(s) are not available or the application(s) is/are incomplete or is/are not in order. Only 6 applications (in the order of merit) must be forwarded by the institute.

3. Eligible disciplines/courses

• Only students belonging to full time MCA, M.E.(CS),  M.Tech (CS), and M.Sc.(CS) are eligible to  undergo project training at NIC.

• The course/degree under which the project is to be done should be of formal stream (full-time course) and recognized by Government of India    (i.e. MoHRD/ UGC/ AICTE etc.).

• Project Training should be a part of the regular curriculum of the course/degree and should be full time of one semester duration.

• Project duration must be minimum of 4 months and maximum of 6 months.

• B.Tech/B.E. in (CS)/(IT)/(E&C) are eligible only if the project training is full time of one semester (minimum 4 months and maximum 6  months) duration and is a part of the regular curriculumof the B.Tech./B.E. degree course. They should produce Brochure of their institute, containing the information about the degree and its curriculum clearly stating that 'Full Time one semester project training is a part of the degree' along with the application form.

4. The project start date should be (1st Jan-10th Jan) for Jan Semester  or (1st Jul-10th Jul) for July semester every year.

5. Students securing less than 60% marks in aggregate/total, in the degree/discipline under which project is to be done should NOT be sponsored for project work at NIC.

6. Applications should be sent to the Section Officer, Personnel Division, National Informatics Centre,

A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003, through post only.

7. The applications should reach at least one month in advance (before 30th Nov for January semester and 31st May for July semester), from the date of the start of the project work (Reference Instruction No. 4 above).

8. The selected students will be required to produce their original certificates along with a set of attested copies, at the time of joining, to verify the correctness of the information given in his/her application failing which his selection will be cancelled.

9.The selected students will not be allowed to withdraw their name after the selection. They will have to undertake and complete the assigned project within the stipulated period. They will not be allowed to attend examination/viva etc. without written permission from NIC on request from the Institute Head, during the project period.

10.The selected students are required to submit a Project Report in prescribed format. They should submit four printed copies along with the soft copy on a CD at least one week before the end of the project training.

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M.SC., M.TECH, M.PHIL, M.PHARM AND MCA PROGRAMMES (Project Work, Training)

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Induction of the students in few numbers from Universities / colleges for carrying out short term project work in this laboratory will be made based on the requirement of R&D activities of the Institute on case to case basis. However, the number of such admissions which may vary from time to time, will be based only the requirement of the scientists of R&D Division/Sections of the Institute followed by the merit.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1. M.TECH
Students procuring any one of the eligibility criteria can apply for M.TECH projects
a. Students having a valid GATE score studying in any college/university
b. Students studying in Institutions of National Importance like IITs, NITs, and Central Universities etc.
c. Students studying in Government or Government aided colleges and if there course is in the fully aided category.
2. M.Sc, M.Phil, M.Pharm, MCA
Students procuring any one of the eligibility criteria can apply for the above projects
a. Students studying in Institutions of National Importance like IITs, NITs, and Central Universities etc.
b. Students studying in Government or Government aided colleges/universities and there course is in the fully aided category.
c. For any subjects where there is no enough courses in Government or aided colleges or no enough students in Government or aided colleges, students from self financing institutions/universities will be considered.

Application Procedure

Students satisfying the eligibility criteria can apply as with following documents

1. Detailed Curriculum vitae ( CV)
2. Attested Copies of the marks cards upto the last semester/year.
3. Recommendation / Introduction by the HOD/Principal of the college in the format given below.
4. Duration and likely commencement of the project work at NIIST
5. A request letter by the candidate seeking the placement for the project work.

Only the applications with the above documents received at NIIST before the deadline, would be considered and all the applications without any one of the above enclosures would be rejected and no correspondence will be made with respect to rejected applications.

Period of Project work

Admissions to carry out project work would be held only 4 times in year, viz. 1 st January, 1 st April, 1st July and 1 st October every year. All the students seeking permission to carry out project work in this laboratory may join to any one of the above quarter as mentioned above. NIIST will not entertain the admission of any candidates during the period other than mentioned above.

Last date for application

The last date for the receipt of the applications requesting for permission to carry out the project work in the laboratory would be as below:

31st January – for admission to batch commencing from 1st April.

30th April – for admission to batch commencing from 1st July

31st July – for admission to batch commencing from 1st October

31st October – for admission to batch commencing from 1st January.

Selection Procedure

Only those applications completed in all respects and relevant enclosures and received by the Director and forwarded to APC before the last date mentioned above would be considered and short listed. The merit list prepared based on the marks obtained in the last semester/year of the PG course would be prepared area wise and sent to respective divisions. Heads of the Divisions in consultation with the other scientists/technical officers , would recommend only those applications to APC based on the merit and other considerations such as educational background of the candidate, facilities available to carry out the project and requirement of such students in the ongoing R & D Programmes and MOU signed if any with the Universities. Only those candidates who have been recommended for the admission by the respective divisions/sections would be intimated through the HOD/Principal of the University/ college by APC for the admission. No correspondence will be made in respect of applications not recommended for the admission.

Project Fee

Students studying in Institutions of National Importance like IITs, NITs, and Central Universities, Government or Government aided colleges and if their course is in the fully aided category, need not pay any fees if they are admitted to NIIST for their project work.

All students admitted to the project work from self financing institutions only should pay the following fee. The payment should be made in the form of DD drawn in favour of Director, NIIST Trivandrum, payable at Trivandrum. Payment should be made at the time of admission.

Duration of the Project	Area /discipline	Amount (Rs)
M.Sc. Projects 3- 5 months		Rs.6000/
Beyond 5 months (M.Tech/MPhil/MPharm Projects)		Rs.12000/

Declaration by the HOD/Principal
The candidate selected for the admission to carry out the project work should come in person and get admitted to the Project work on the date and time fixed and intimated to respective HOD/Principal of the candidate without fail. He/she has to pay the required project fee in the form of DD and also should give a declaration form ( supplied by APC) dully filled in and signed by the HOD/Principal of the college/University of the student. Admission will not be made in the absence of the above.

  Format for Recommendation / Introduction by the HOD/Principal of the college (22.0 KiB, 2,816 hits)

Forfeiture of Allotment
All the students selected for carrying out the project work and intimated for admission should come in person on the date and time fixed and intimated to them without fail. Candidates fail to join without prior approval from APC, on the above date would forfeit the offer of placement.

Terms and conditions

• The placement of the student and the selection of the Research Guide would be based on the sole discretion of the Director/ HODs in the laboratory.
• Student’s admission to the project work and their stay in the laboratory is restricted to the time and duration of the project and will not be extended. Additional time if required has to be foreseen in advance and necessary request has to be made to APC through the research supervisor for the extension of the project duration well in advance.
• During their tenure of the project work, candidates have to follow strictly all the rules and regulations, timings of the laboratory. Strict compliance of safety rules by the students inside the laboratory is a must. The laboratory will not take any responsibility for the safety of the students beyond office hours.
• The number of students admitted for the project work is based only on the requirement of R&D sections/Divisions and has no bearing on any quota
• There will be no guide from the University/college for this work. However, there could be co-guide from the department if desired. But this should be informed clearly to NIIST with the name of person in the letter from the HOD/Principal.
• NIIST will have full intellectual property right on the work carried out by the student. However, if a paper is published out of the work, the student(s) name will be considered for the authorship depending up on his/her contribution.
• University/College undertakes the responsibility for any misconduct by the student(s).
• Thesis/dissertation title/cover page will have the title of the work, name of the university where it would be submitted, student’s name, his/her registration number (optional), name of NIIST scientist as supervisor, Division/Department where the work is carried out at NIIST and month and year of submission. This pattern has to be followed strictly by all the students irrespective of the guidelines stipulated for the same from the respective University/college.
• Students are required to prepare their thesis in required number of copies and get all the certificates signed in original in all the copies from their Department /college and finally get them signed in original by the research guide at National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum. TWO copies of the thesis/dissertation have to be submitted to the Research Guide at NIIST.
• Any violations on the above would be viewed seriously and non compliance by the candidates/colleges/University would result in total rejection of applications from the Department/college in future.

For more details,contact

• Dr Luxmi Varma
• Senior Principal Scientist
• Email : lux_varma[at]rediffmail.com
• Phone(Off) : 0471-2515275

Student Projects

National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of Department of Space (DOS) provides an opportunity to the students for carrying out projects as part of fulfillment of PG courses only. These allotments are strictly on need-based, depending on the projects/ programmes at NRSC. Application format for the project work at NRSC is available here. With the constraints on infrastructure, support for project work for BE/B.Tech courses is not available anymore. No correspondence is entertained in this regard. Application format can be downloaded here. The criteria being followed is given below: Go to Top 
1. Who is eligible?

The Projects are for final year students of M.Tech/M.E/M.Sc. (comp)/MCA/MBA course. Go to Top 
2. What is Project Duration?

The duration of the project work will be for a minimum of 6 months and upto 12 months. Preference is given to the students doing project for a longer duration, e.g., M.Tech students undertake 12 months project. 
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3. What are the selection criteria?

All the applications/requisitions screened and reviewed by internal committee. The screening is done based on marks, and students with excellent academic record, right from schooling till the present course (first class all through with minimum 70% and above) will be considered. Go to Top 
4. How to apply?

A request letter from the Head of Dept./Principal/Placement Officer of the College/Institute along with student's resume has to be submitted is placed below. The aggregate marks are to be reflected in the resume, which will be verified with your original certificates at the time of joining for project. Resume without request letter from the college and copy of marks memo, will not be accepted. Not more than four students are accommodated from the single college/institute. There will be no financial assistance from NRSC. The outstation students may arrange for their stay at Hyderabad, as NRSC does not provide any accommodation, etc. Go to Top 
5. When to apply?

Keeping in view of the academic calendar of different programmes, two calendar period have been scheduled for students to do project at NRSC. For six months projects (M.Sc (Comp), MCA, MBA.etc.), the project schedule is from January to June. For twelve months project's (for M.Tech) the schedule is from July to June. Students who are applying for six months (during Jan to June) need to apply latest by September 30 . Students who apply for 12 months project (during July to June) need to apply latest by March 31. Go to Top 
6. How will you know about the selection?

These selected students will be informed through email after the cut-off dates. Remember to add your email id in the resume , as all the correspondence after receiving your application will be done through email only. The information about the projects will be intimated by October 31 for the first slot and April 30 for the second slot. In case you do not get any intimation from NRSC, the student is requested to try elsewhere and refrain from contacting NRSC. On being selected the student is required to come to NRSC on the dates mentioned along, with a copy of the email regarding the selection. The project confirmation letter along with the details of the project guide will be informed to the student during their visit. Go to Top 

7. Project report

Printing and photocopying of the project report has to be done outside NRSC. The report can be taken out of NRSC on a floppy after taking due permission. Go to Top 
8. Certification?

Certification of the project will be done by the Project Guide at NRSC and by the Head of the College / Dept. of the Institution where the student is studying. There will be no certification of the Internal Guide unless he has enough guiding component. This shall be duly reflected in the project report. Unless the report is completed in all respects and is bound, it will not be cleared by NRSC. Go to Top 
9. Contact Person/address?

The request letter for the project along with the resume of the students has to be addressed to the Group Head, Programme Planning & Evaluation Group, National Remote Sensing Centre, (Dept. of space, Govt. of India), Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 037. After receiving the application, all further correspondence will be carried out through email only. Go to Top 
10. Specialized training?

In case there is a requirement for a specialized training in a particular field like Remote Sensing, GIS, etc., NRSC offers training programmes at its Balanagar campus for a shorter durationhttp://www.nrsc.gov.in/Work_With_Us_Student_Projects.html