Indian Army Internship IAIP 2025 Offers Hands-On Training in AI, Cyber & Drones

The Indian Army has launched the Internship Program IAIP 2025, inviting students nationwide to apply for 75-day internships in AI, cyber security, drones, AR/VR, and emerging technologies. Applications are open until December 7, 2025, with interviews scheduled for December 10.

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Key highlights of IAIP 2025

• Organizer: Spearheaded by the Wargaming Development Centre (WARDEC).
• Duration: 75 days, from January 1 to March 31, 2026.
• Domains offered:
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
  • Cybersecurity
  • Drone technology
  • Database management
  • Augmented Reality (AR) / Virtual Reality (VR)
  • User Experience (UX) / User Interface (UI) design
  • Defence simulations
• Eligibility: Open to students from universities and institutes across India.
• Application window: December 1–7, 2025.
• Interview date: December 10, 2025.
• Certification: Interns will receive recognized certificates from the Indian Army, plus opportunities for project incubation and recruitment pathways.

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Purpose of the program

• Bridge academia and defence innovation: The Army aims to connect student talent with real-world defence applications.
• Hands-on exposure: Interns will work directly on cutting-edge defence technologies like AI-driven simulations, cyber defence systems, and drone operations.
• Career boost: As Lt. Gen. Rakesh Kapoor noted, interning with the Army is a “cherished entry in anyone’s CV”, offering credibility and unique experience.
• Annual initiative: Following a successful pilot, IAIP will now be a regular annual feature.

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Things to keep in mind

• Competitive selection: With nationwide eligibility, expect high competition. Prepare thoroughly for the December 10 interview.
• Defence context: Unlike corporate internships, projects will be defence-oriented, requiring adaptability to military protocols.
• Limited seats: The Army has not disclosed exact numbers, so early application is crucial.
• Commitment: The internship runs full-time for 75 days; balancing with academic schedules may be challenging.

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How to apply

• Portal: Submit applications via the official IAIP portal: iaip.easecruit.com
• Deadline: December 7, 2025.
• Interviews: Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed on December 10, 2025.

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In short

IAIP 2025 is a prestigious opportunity for Indian students to gain hands-on experience in AI, cyber, drones, and defence tech, with direct recognition from the Army. It’s not just an internship—it’s a potential career gateway into defence innovation.

TCS France Partners French Engg. School to Offer Internships and Employment

TCS France, the french subsidiary of Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and EPITA (École pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées) have formed a partnership to offer internships and employment opportunities to students. This collaboration aims to provide students with real-world professional experience in an international and culturally diverse environment.

The partnership includes various internship programs and job opportunities, allowing students to gain valuable experience and apply their knowledge in a corporate setting. This initiative is part of TCS's broader efforts to nurture talent and equip them for future challenges in the tech industry.

Notably, TCS has been involved in significant projects, such as helping Air France-KLM migrate their data to the cloud. This project positions Air France-KLM as one of the most data-centric airlines in the world.

EPITA (École pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées) is a prestigious engineering school in Paris, France, specializing in computer science and advanced technologies. Founded in 1984, EPITA is known for its rigorous programs and focus on preparing students to become experts in fields like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, embedded systems, and more.

EPITA offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs, including a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and several Master of Science programs in areas such as Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity. The school also emphasizes practical experience, with internships and hands-on projects being integral parts of the curriculum.

TCS has established innovation centers, such as the TCS PacePort Paris, which focuses on accelerating innovation and digital transformation for businesses.

In December 2022, an another Tata Group entity, Tata Technologies, has set up an innovation center in Toulouse, France, which focuses on sustainable solutions for product engineering, manufacturing engineering, and customer services engineering. This center aims to strengthen Tata Technologies' relationship with Airbus and expand its industry presence.

AI-powered Zamit Launches Exciting Game Design Internship for Secondary School Students

• Zamit announces a summer internship programme for secondary school students
• The programme is focused on game design and development
• The candidates will receive guidance from national and international experts
• The candidates who successfully complete the internship will have their games published on Zamit’s platforms and get visibility from over 50,000 users globally
• In addition to receiving an experience certificate, successful students would get a sampler ZQ Assessment free of cost – the world’s first AI-driven, measurable future readiness indexing system

In an important development from the standpoint of school students, Zamit, a leading AI-enabled one-stop solution provider for the school ecosystem, has announced a summer internship programme for secondary school students. Under this programme over a duration of twenty weeks, the ‘job description’ entails designing and developing unique games thereby exposing the students to game development processes, and to also hands on experience of workings in the gaming industry. With the opportunity to design, develop and publish their unique games on several of Zamit’s platforms, students would also benefit from the visibility of their work to over 50,000 users across the globe. Additionally, through the internship, students will be mentored and guided by national and international experts in game design.

To qualify for this programme, a student must make a 60-120 second video submission explaining why he should be selected for this internship. The students can choose their gaming ideas from five sub-themes: Control the Game not the player; Indirect Interaction; Running out of space; The more you have, the worse it gets; and, A light in the dark. The game idea must be a simple, single-player game and must be completed within the duration of the internship.

“Summer is the best time for school students to expand their horizons beyond regular classroom activities and take up something worthwhile and different. With this internship programme that aims to bring out their hidden and creative game-related skills and talent, students would get to learn the basics of game design and development while also attaining a degree of familiarity with related subject areas such as programming language for games, interactive media, animation, storytelling, modelling, among others. With its large youthful population, India is already the world’s largest gaming market in terms of app downloads and is poised to grow even further in the coming years. And with such well-crafted internship programmes, Indian school students would not only be able to make the best of their summer vacation time but also initiate a promising career opportunity for themselves. I must also add that the theme for this internship is around game design and development, however in future. We intend to come up with more such internships with a focus on different subjects, industries and career opportunities,” said Mr. Aarul Malaviya, Founder and Director of Zamit.

In addition to gaining global visibility and recognition, students on successful completion of the programme would receive an internship experience certificate. Notably, they would also receive a sampler ZQ Assessment free of cost – the world’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven, measurable future readiness indexing system that analyses and guides individuals towards success in the 21st century and beyond.

For this internship, a student must be enrolled in a regular school and be 16 years of age or above. Apart from having an interest in Game Design and Development, he/she should also have basic knowledge of software called UNITY 3D, programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript or C#, and tools for graphics such as Photoshop and Illustrator.

The last date to apply for the internship is 15th June 2023.

To apply for the internship - https://www.zamit.one/students/internships-for-students

Masai Launches India’s 1st Tech Internship Guarantee Program for College Students

Students from all educational backgrounds can apply for specialization in Web Development & Data Analytics.

Masai School, an outcome driven skilling institute, has announced India’s first internship guarantee program. Spread over 6 months, this program is designed to provide an immersive practice-based-learning experience to students with specializations across Front-end web development, Back-end web development and Data Analytics. They guarantee an internship at India’s top tech companies with a stipend of up to 60,000 INR, else offering a 110% refund. This unique program will be rolled out by Masai via Prepleaf, which the company recently acquired, and will begin on 16th May 2022.

This outcome-based course comes with personalized mentorship from industry experts who have experience working in companies like Google, Amazon, Uber and Microsoft. It is structured to provide hands-on project experience, tool-based-learning via live classes and interview preparation that will help candidates get internships which can be converted into full time job offers. This is the first program launched by Prepleaf since its acquisition in December last year, adding to its already impressive no-charge placement preparation platform.

Speaking about the launch of the new program at Masai’s first tech conference, TechTonic Shift ‘22, Prateek Shukla, Co-founder & CEO, Masai, said "Degrees are not enough to become successful in tech, more and more companies are looking at portfolios and projects while hiring. Internships are important for this and building technical skills is essential in bagging a good internship. The next important part is getting access to sought after opportunities in interesting and aspirational engineering and data teams. These are the two needs the Tech Internship Guarantee Program looks to provide for. If you don't get an internship, we return 110% of your money. That’s our guarantee."

Masai’s impact quotient

• 6 month long course, with training in Python, SQL, Data Structures & Algorithms
• Technical skill building with 3 specializations- Web Development(Front-End, Back-End) & Data Analytics
• Industry mentors from top companies
• Hands-on experience with Capstone projects
• Interview preparation with industry experts

The program, which guarantees 110% refund on fee if internship outcome, is the first of its kind and was announced at TechTonic Shift ‘22, Masai’s flagship TechEd conference. The event was hosted in collaboration with the National Skills Development Corporation & hosted talks by Vineeta Singh(CEO, SUGAR Cosmetics; Investor, Shark Tank), Amrish Rau(CEO, PineLabs), Abhishek Goyal(Founder, Tracxn) amongst other industry leaders. With more than 18000 registrants, each session focused on opportunities that enable a successful career in the tech and start-up ecosystem for them. The aim of this event was to provide access to students and graduates who are from tier 2, 3, 4 colleges and do not get opportunities to learn from top Indian business & tech minds. Further, Masai will also be conducting long term post-event engagements by building a network that facilitates career growth for all attendees.

About Masai

Masai is a 21st-century career-focused skill-building institute that offers practice-based-learning tracks in Full-Stack Web Development, Android Development and Data Analytics. The company follows the Income Sharing Agreement (ISA) model, which allows students to Study Now and Pay Later by offering courses at 0 upfront fee. If students don’t get placed at 5LPA or more, Masai charges no tuition fee. With a placement rate of 96%, Masai School’s hiring partners include Ola, Swiggy, Meesho, Dream11, NoBroker, Urban Company, Instamojo & Sharechat, among others.

To Help Students Get Internship Opportunities, AICTE Ties with Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

Image credits - Khadi India@Twitter

AICTE Joins Hands with Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to help students get internship opportunities and build entrepreneurial skills towards Atmanirbhar Bharat

• Students of BTech and MTech can avail internship.
• KVIC will pay students Rs.5000/= month during the internship period.
• KVIC is also going to roll out a scholarship programme for researchers.

The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) announced its association with Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) with an aim to provide students (UG and PG) with internship opportunities and build entrepreneurial skills.

The programme was started with welcome address of dignitaries by Dr Amit Kumar Srivastava, Director, Student Development Cell, AICTE New Delhi. Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, and Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman, KVIC, announced the partnership during a webinar that was organised today by AICTE. The webinar was organised with an aim to understand the role of KVIC in making India and its villages self-reliant and how faculty members of the AICTE and the students can become entrepreneurs at a local level and provide employment to thousands of skilled and unskilled labour in the vicinity.

For internship opportunities, students can get in touch with KVIC state/ divisional offices and on selection will get to work across different departments of their interest. Additionally, the internship opportunities with KVIC will also be uploaded on AICTE internship portal. Under the programme, the students will also be paid a stipend of Rs. 5,000/ month during the internship period. KVIC is also planning to roll out a scholarship programme for students to undertake research projects on its multiple schemes.

Shri. Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman, KVIC, addressing the webinar

Commenting during the webinar, Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, said: “I am delighted to announce our partnership with KVIC would benefit our students. KVIC draws inspiration from Gandhi Ji. We talk about Atmanirbhar Bharat and it shall become Atmanirbhar in true sense when all the villages, talukas, districts, and states become self-reliant. That’s why Gandhi Ji always talked about Gram Swaraj. Today India is a giant in the ITES industry. Now time has come to ensure how we can help villages through ITES and make them more self-reliant and promote entrepreneurship.”

An elated Shri. Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman, KVIC, said that the internship programme will help students gain valuable experience through challenging projects. “KVIC has a lot of platforms through which students can connect. I will urge all the faculty members and the students to work towards the upliftment of the country through the multiple schemes that KVIC runs across the country. KVIC has always taken on challenging initiatives. I will urge students not to think too much about being job takers but believe in becoming job givers through their entrepreneurial skills,” said Mr. Saxena. Detailing the process, Mr. Saxena said that interested students can reach out to KVIC State/ Divisional offices in different cities for internship opportunities.

"KVIC is offering a project for internship for all the students. The students can gain access to different departments of KVIC be it marketing or manufacturing as per their interest. The students will be paid a stipend of Rs.5000/month during the internship period. We are also planning to roll out a scholarship programme for research scholars who would work on different projects and schemes of KVIC," Mr. Saxena added.

At the end of programme, vote of thanks was delivered by Ms. Sanju Chaudhary, Assistant Director, Student Development Cell, AICTE New Delhi.

Intern Hiring Platform, Cuvette Tech Raises USD180K from Titan Capital, Mamaearth, Lumenci, & Marquee Angel Investors

Atul Singhal Co-founder & CEO and Sudhanshu Singh Co-founder & CTO

Bangalore-based startup Cuvette Tech, a platform to connect companies with a verified pool of student software developers on a full-time or a part-time internship basis, has announced raising 180 k USD in a seed round of funding. The investment is led by Titan Capital, Varun Alagh, Co-founder & CEO Mamaearth, Harish Daiya, Co-founder Lumenci, and other marquee angel investors. The startup will use the funds to build its score team and develop their product. Cuvette’s focus will be to become a one-stop platform for startups to hire verified software interns.

Cuvette Tech was founded in July 2020 by recent graduates from IIT Kharagpur - Atul Singhal & Sudhanshu Singh. It aims to solve the problem of the skill gap between students and industry expectations by motivating students to learn software skills and connect them with startups to gain industry exposure. Startups looking for software interns have to suffer a lot to find candidates having relevant skills according to their requirements. Through Cuvette, they get easy access to a verified pool of students, which saves a lot of their time from posting their needs on multiple platforms and filtering out irrelevant resumes. Within 10 months of its inception, Cuvette has managed to engage more than 600 companies from India, Singapore, Dubai, and the USA. It has students from more than 150 engineering colleges pan India.

On receiving the seed round of funding, Atul & Sudhanshu, founders at Cuvette Tech, said,

We are delighted to have received the investment from the industry leaders who shall guide us to attain the vision we have for Cuvette. We are building a technology that will streamline the process of intern hiring through a skill-based matchmaking algorithm and save more than 80% time for the recruiters. India is becoming the world’s fastest-growing startup ecosystem, and with an increase in the number of startups each day, the requirements for tech interns are increasing as well. We want to leverage this opportunity at the earliest to drive our growth.

Bipin Shah, Partner at Titan Capital, said, 

Cuvette Tech is on an epic mission to address the exact need of the blossoming tech ecosystem of India by connecting them with talented and verified tech interns with coding skills on a full-time/ part-time basis. College students are looking for more live coding projects in parallel to their course curriculum. Thus, the platform is doing amazing work by bridging the skill gap between students and the technology industry and providing them with much-needed exposure. We are delighted to have been associated with them.

TCS iON Launches AICTE-Compliant Remote Internship Platform for Students, Connects with Industry Mentors

TCS iONTM, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) , a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has launched Remote Internships, a unique digital internship product to connect students directly with corporates and industry mentors and provide a structured learning environment to execute the internship projects remotely. 

TCS iON Remote Internships helps companies post internship opportunities online. Students can browse through the listed internships, see what project themes are trending, and apply for the relevant ones. Credits will be awarded depending on the kind of projects chosen. This unique product offers students internship opportunities round the year, even during the pandemic, while providing companies with a structured digital framework that is compliant with AICTE guidelines.

Powered by the TCS iON Digital Learning Platform, Remote Internships provides a structured learning environment with access to industry mentors, industry-curated learning material, projects, and videos or webinars. Interns can also interact and share ideas with peers and the mentors through a social format. Academic guides can track each student’s progress for award of academic credits. It includes a feature to conduct exit tests and integrate the viva voce score as well. 

As part of the launch, more than 100 internship projects have been curated under a large number of domains for students to explore. 

Commenting on the announcement, Venguswamy Ramaswamy, Global Head, TCS iON, said, “We are excited to launch this product just in time for the summer internships, and bring the industry and students together on a single digital platform. Through this product we hope to enable streamlined and uninterrupted learning for students on trending industry topics, ensuring that they earn their academic credits, even in the midst of a pandemic.” 

Students can apply for remote internships at https://iur.ls/RemoteInternships.

About TCS iON

TCS iON is a strategic business unit of Tata Consultancy Services focused on enabling institutions, government departments and organizations from multiple industry sectors to be efficient in their recruitment/admissions process, learning and skilling and overall business operations with the use of ‘Phygital’ platforms. These are platforms that overlay digital technologies over physical assets. TCS iON delivers this with a unique IT-as-a-Service model that provides easy-to-use, secured, integrated, and hosted solutions in a build-as-you-grow and pay-as-you-use business model. Serving clients with the help of best practices gained through TCS’ global experience, deep domestic market exposure along with industry leading technology expertise. 

Internship with Icons like A.R. Rahman, Terrence Lewis, Internshala Launches 4th-edition of Intern with Icon (IwI)

India’s largest internship and training platform, Internshala, has launched the fourth edition of Intern with Icon (IwI). Through this initiative, the students will get an opportunity to apply for internships with 15 legendary icons from different walks of life. Various iconic personalities including A.R. Rahman, Arvind Kejriwal, Terence Lewis, Shoma Chaudhary, Prof. H.C. Verma, Smt. Maneka Gandhi, Amit Luthra, Dr. J.P. Narayan, Ritesh Agarwal, Kamla Bhasin, Prof. C.N.R. Rao, Medha Patkar, Deepa Malik, Dualist Inquiry, and Shri Tarun Vijay are going to be a part of this initiative.

IwI is one of Internshala’s flagship initiatives that bring once in a lifetime internship opportunities for the Indian students wherein they get to intern with the icons they idolise, work with them, and learn straight from them. This edition brings internships for students in various fields like research, content writing, business development, web development, talent management, journalism, client servicing, and physics experiment creation. The students can apply to the internships starting today until 15th June 2019.

On the launch of Intern with Icon, Sarvesh Agrawal, the founder and CEO of Internshala, said, “From the last 8 years, Internshala has been on a mission to bring meaningful opportunities for the students to help them get ahead in their careers. Intern with Icon is one of our initiatives which aims to create unique internships for the students and guide them towards a successful career journey”.

He added, “In today’s competitive time, Intern with Icon offers opportunities to the students that will not only give them an edge over their peers but also a chance to learn life-skills and industry-relevant skills directly from their icons and take inspiration from their experiences”.

For further details or to apply to the internships, visit: http://bit.ly/IwI-4

Be a CEO for 15 days at DesiDime.com

For all the young guns out there who have always nurtured a dream to become a big successful entrepreneur but didn't knew how and where to start from, Startup DesiDime.com has come to your rescue. DesiDime.com is providing a great platform for people aged between 18- 21 years of age to work as Chief executive officer (CEO) for a period of 15 days.

DesiDime.com is known to be India’s biggest shopping community which provides a common platform for shoppers to interact with each other. It is a free and user driven community which also provides its users with various deals and discount coupons. They have a monthly traffic of around 15 lakh visitors. They have an aim of changing the way people shop.

They are currently in hunt for a young talented individual with strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills. The candidate should also have a creative bend of mind and be flexible by nature. The whole internship would last for 30 days. Out of which, the person would be working with the CEO of DesiDime.com making all day to day decisions for a period of 15 days. The rest 15 days the person would work as a management trainee in the marketing department.

This opportunity would prove to be a great learning experience. During the internship, the individual will be taught to think and work like a CEO. He or she would also learn the parameters to be taken into consideration before taking any strategic decision. He would also inculcate the fundamentals of managing people, problem solving skills and fundamentals of operation processes.  The individual will also be taught the method to devise a great marketing plan. In addition to all this, they would also be taught about data analysis and its various applications.

With this next CEO hunt, DesiDime.com aims at encouraging the young generation that there is world beyond the 9 to 5 job by making them interested in entrepreneurship. The candidate would also be provided with a stipend of Rs.7000 and DesiDime.com would take care of the travelling costs of the selected candidate if he or she is out of Mumbai. The candidate would be reimbursed for AC 3 tier train ticket.

The candidate after successful completion of the internship would be provided with a work experience certificate and a letter of recommendation. So, what are you waiting for? Apply NOW!

Be a CEO for 15 days at DesiDime.com

For all the young guns out there who have always nurtured a dream to become a big successful entrepreneur but didn't knew how and where to start from, Startup DesiDime.com has come to your rescue. DesiDime.com is providing a great platform for people aged between 18- 21 years of age to work as Chief executive officer (CEO) for a period of 15 days.

DesiDime.com is known to be India’s biggest shopping community which provides a common platform for shoppers to interact with each other. It is a free and user driven community which also provides its users with various deals and discount coupons. They have a monthly traffic of around 15 lakh visitors. They have an aim of changing the way people shop.

They are currently in hunt for a young talented individual with strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills. The candidate should also have a creative bend of mind and be flexible by nature. The whole internship would last for 30 days. Out of which, the person would be working with the CEO of DesiDime.com making all day to day decisions for a period of 15 days. The rest 15 days the person would work as a management trainee in the marketing department.

This opportunity would prove to be a great learning experience. During the internship, the individual will be taught to think and work like a CEO. He or she would also learn the parameters to be taken into consideration before taking any strategic decision. He would also inculcate the fundamentals of managing people, problem solving skills and fundamentals of operation processes.  The individual will also be taught the method to devise a great marketing plan. In addition to all this, they would also be taught about data analysis and its various applications.

With this next CEO hunt, DesiDime.com aims at encouraging the young generation that there is world beyond the 9 to 5 job by making them interested in entrepreneurship. The candidate would also be provided with a stipend of Rs.7000 and DesiDime.com would take care of the travelling costs of the selected candidate if he or she is out of Mumbai. The candidate would be reimbursed for AC 3 tier train ticket.

The candidate after successful completion of the internship would be provided with a work experience certificate and a letter of recommendation. So, what are you waiting for? Apply NOW!