With the number of students who choose engineering as their career being on the rise over the past couple of decades, making the students stand out and excel at their choice becomes an imperative of the present day. Check out the internship rule book to guide you in the right direction.

1. The Internship
Rulebook
Three Mandatory Internships For Engineering
Students And How To Choose The Right One!

2. The All-India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE) has made
three internships, each of 4–8-
week duration mandatory for
engineering undergraduates -
primary goal being easy
employability.
Let’s see what does it mean
THE NEW INTERNSHIPRULEBOOK

3. 3
INSTITUTELEVELINTERNSHIP
AICTE has made it the responsibility of
educational institute offering engineering courses
to mandate three internships and helping them
find suitable industries to complete their
internships
The apex has also made it mandatory for the
teachers to undergo an annual refresher course
offered at the SWAYAM portal.

4. 4
WHY INTERNSHIP?
● To increase the employment opportunities
for engineering students.
● Imparting required knowledge and skills
● Making them industry-ready.
● To increase campus placement percentage.

5. 5
WHY INTERNSHIP?
● To increase the percentage of students
participating in summer internships.
● To increase the percentage of accredited
programmes.
● To leverage the standards of technical
institutions in terms of delivering the
objectives and quality education.

6. 6
GOLDENRULESOF INTERNSHIP
Focus on excelling in the field that you have
chosen :
● Keeping in mind, the chosen engineering
degree, one can choose an internship
programme to enhance their learning and
experience in the particular field
● This ensures suitable employability in line
with the course that the student has
graduated in.

7. 7
KEEPYOUR OPTIONS OPEN
● The goal of taking up an internship should not
be whether or not you are being paid for it.
● The need to choose a company that offers
either a great work experience or a higher
probability of a job after the completion of
internship, is critical.

8. 8
A NETWORKINGOPPORTUNITY
● Internships give adequate opportunities to build
professional networks and connections.
● This help students get future referrals,
recommendations and testimonials for a desired
job role.
● Professional networking also facilitates sharing of
business ideas and collaborations.

9. 9
A LEARNINGEXPERIENCE
When choosing an internship, a student not
only gets in-depth knowledge and work
experience in a specific field, but also:
● Team work
● Communication skills
● Management skills
● Meeting deadlines
● Punctuality
● Leadership

10. 10
LEARNINGFROM THE MISTAKES
● Internship offers the perfect opportunity for learning
from possible mistakes during the training period
● Taking suggestions from mentors helps to gain more
practical knowledge & transitioning into a skilled
professional while moving on to a permanent role
● This helps them understand their strengths and
weaknesses and appropriately work on them