The SPARK internship program 2023 is the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee’s (IIT Roorkee) yearly flagship program. IIT Roorkee will provide UG students from all around India an internship opportunity as part of the SPARK internship program. Interns will get a stipend of Rs 2500 per week for 6–8 weeks.
The selected intern will work with professors from 26 academic departments and centres on research projects. This year, the Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence will also provide internship opportunities. 25 UG and 10 PG internships are offered specifically for students from Institutes within 200 km of IIT Roorkee under SPARK as part of the celebration of 175 years since the establishment of IIT Roorkee.
The UG internship’s maximum duration is six weeks, whereas the PG internship’s maximum duration is six months. The deadline to submit an application for an internship has been set for March 31, according to IIT Roorkee. Selected students can begin their internships in the second week of May 2023 after the results are announced in the second week of April.
Visit the SPARK website for additional information on the program and the application procedure. IIT Roorkee began offering institute-funded and project-funded summer internships under the SPARK program in 2018. In 2022, the SPARK program received more than 15000 applications, of which more than 120 offers were made.
The SPARK summer internship program of IIT Roorkee seeks to provide this experience to all interns chosen following a rigorous competition among the best minds, according to Prof. K.K. Pant, Director of IIT Roorkee. “We hope this internship program will change the life and mindset of some of the chosen minds of our country and create enthusiasm towards their field of study,” he said.