21/06/2022
UGC Released Guidelines for Research Internships: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that all undergraduate students in recognised Indian universities will have to compulsorily do a research internship for eight to ten weeks.
“The integration of Research, Innovation and Technology Development is the foundation of Atma-Nirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India). An institutionalisation of Research Internship at Undergraduate Levels is expected to play a pivotal role in catalysing inter disciplinary/multi-disciplinary/transdisciplinary and translational research culture embedded in NEP 2020,” the guidelines from UGC read.
As per the newly-released guidelines, these internship programmes aim primarily at the employability of students and also help develop research capabilities in students.