The Programs require that the students undergo the rigors of the professional world in form as well as in substance, and provide them with an opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge to live situations. They differ from "Practical Training" as well as "Sandwich Schemes" in that the entire student education during the Internship Programs is supervised by faculty and forms a part of the students' total credit toward their degree.

There are three Internship Programs: IP-I and IP-II, each of two months' duration, implemented during the summers following the first and second year of study, and IP-III, of five and a half months' duration, implemented in either the VII Semester or the VIII Semester during the final year.

The Internship Programs offer all the three partners in the conduct of the programs, viz., the students, the external organization, and the Institute, several benefits:

Benefits to the Students

• Opportunity to work on real-life problems in actual working conditions

• Development of useful work-related skills

• Enhanced placement opportunities

• Opportunity to earn while learning.

Benefits to the External Organization

• Value addition through the participation of students and the faculty in project work directly relevant to the organization

• Direct contribution to industrial productivity

• Direct access to expertise available with the Institute

• Access to students who work as temporary employees of the organization.

Benefits to the Institute

• Hands-on training facilities to its students

• Faculty development through involvement with the students in real-time projects

• Curriculum updation through feedback from industry

• Consultancy opportunities.