Internships are educational and career development opportunities, providing practical experience in a field or discipline. They are structured, short-term, supervised placements often focused around particular tasks or projects with defined timescales. Objectives Following are the intended objectives of internship training:

• Will expose Technical students to the industrial environment, which cannot be simulated in the classroom and hence creating competent professionals for the industry.
• Provide possible opportunities to learn, understand and sharpen the real time technical / managerial skills required at the job.
• Exposure to the current technological developments relevant to the subject area of training.
• Learn to apply the Technical knowledge in real industrial situations.
• Gain experience in writing Technical reports/projects.
• Expose students to the engineer’s responsibilities and ethics.
• Familiarize with various materials, processes, products and their applications along with relevant aspects of quality control.
• Promote academic, professional and/or personal development.
• Expose the students to future employers.
• Understand the social, economic and administrative considerations that influence the working environment of industrial organizations

WHY INTERNSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT !! Benefits of Internship Benefits to the Industry Availability of ready to contribute candidates for employment.

• Year round source of highly motivated pre-professionals.
• Students bring new perspectives to problem solving.
• Visibility of the organization is increased on campus.
• Quality candidate’s availability for temporary or seasonal positions and projects.
• Enhancement of employer’s image in the community by contributing to the educational enterprise.

Benefits to Students An opportunity to get hired by the Industry/ organization.

• Practical experience in an organizational setting.
• Excellent opportunity to see how the theoretical aspects learned in classes are integrated into the practical world. On-floor experience provides much more professional experience which is often worth more than classroom teaching.
• Helps them decide if the industry and the profession is the best career option to pursue.
• Opportunity to learn new skills and supplement knowledge.
• Opportunity to practice communication and teamwork skills.
• Opportunity to learn strategies like time management, multi-tasking etc in an industrial setup. • Opportunity to meet new people and learn networking skills.Makes a valuable addition to their resume.
• Enhances their candidacy for higher education.
• Creating network and social circle and developing relationships with industry people.
• Provides opportunity to evaluate the organization before committing to a full time position

Benefits to the Institute:

• Build industrial relations.
• Makes the placement process easier.
• Improve institutional credibility & branding.
• Curriculum revision can be made based on feedback from Industry/ students.
• Improvement in teaching learning process.

INTERNSHIP OPPOURTUNITIES AT SLRTCE In-house Internships External Internships

• Industry Internship with/without Stipend
• Govt / PSU Internship (BARC / Railway / ISRO etc)
• NGO / Social Internship
• Working at Family Business
• FOSSEE (IIT Bombay)