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The visiting students internship programme is conducted by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) with the aim to promote scientific research interest in college and university students. Students selected for this programme work on specific projects that form a part of the ongoing research at IIA. Based on the nature of the project, the students shall be asked to work at either the main campus of IIA in Bangalore or its field stations.
The minimum eligibility criteria for the students to apply for the visiting internship programme is that they must have a consistently good academic performance (starting from their 10th standard exam) scoring more than 60% of marks or a CGPA of more than six, depending on the case.
Category A (Non – Ph.D students):
- Students who are in their pre-final / final year of science and/or engineering education (M.Sc / M.Phil / B.E. / B.Tech / M.E. / M.Tech) and interested in doing a short-term project in astrophysics / astronomical instrumentation towards partial fulfillment of their college / university course requirement are eligible to apply. Students who have completed their last qualifying academic degree in the previous six months from the date of application can also apply under this category.
- The internship is ordinarily for a maximum duration of four months outside the period May-July and needs to be carried out in a single stretch.
- Students who want to work with specific staff members of IIA should submit a brief summary of the project they intend to carry out and recommendation letter from the institute staff member with whom he/she wants to carry out the internship.
- The internship will be ordinarily for only one time and applications from students who have already visited IIA under any other category during the previous years will not be ordinarily considered for revisits.
- Students presently carrying out their Ph.D work at the universities and other institutes who want to visit IIA for collaboration can apply under this category.
- The application to visit IIA under this category can be submitted anytime during the year.
- Their visit is limited to once per year outside the period May - July for a maximum duration of three months in an academic year, if they need accommodation from the institute.
How to apply?
Interested students should send their application to the Board of Graduate Studies, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034
through their Head of the Department. The applications should be sent
at least three months in advance from the tentative start date of their
proposed project work. Applications must be accompanied by copies of the
mark statements (up to the latest available), the recommendation letter
and abstract of the project (if applicable). Outstation students
willing to make their own arrangements for boarding and lodging are
urged to mention the same in their application.
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