IIT Madras New India Internship (Pilot)

1. Do you want to create a new India?
2. Do you want to be a partner in rural development?
3. Do you want to be a stakeholder in creating people-friendly technologies?
4. Do you want to work with various stakeholders to conceptualize, design, and adapt technology for rural development?

Initial Duration: 4 weeks – November 30, 2025 – December 28, 2025

Objectives of IIT Madras New India Internship (Pilot)

• To introduce students of IITs, NITs and other centrally funded institutes to developmental challenges faced by rural areas of India
• To study how technology could aid in rural development
• Identified problem areas: health and hygiene (Swacch), energy, water, pollution, waste management, agriculture, environmental sustainability and digital governance
• To make the members of village community, students and researchers stakeholders in creating and disseminating technologies for rural development
• Create rural technology feedback loop which could evolve into a rural supply chain
• New India Interns will be encouraged to continue their research with the experts from IIT Madras/NIT Mizoram in the form of B.Tech/MA/MBA/M.Tech/MS Projects, Startups and Creative Engineering Project Credits

Coordinator: Prof. Sudarsan Padmanabhan, Dept of HSS, IITM

For more information: https://dost.iitm.ac.in/iitmdost/pages/new-india-internship

IMPORTANT: ONLY UG (Third Year) / DD (Fourth Year) / MS / M.Tech/ MBA / MA students who commit to avail the internship during Nov 30, 2025 – December 28, 2025 Place of Internship: NIT Mizoram

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