SOURCE: INDIAN EXPRESS
UGC Guidelines for Research Internships, UGC Announced Compulsory Internship for Undergraduate Students: The decision was taken by UGC after it was announced under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 that internships will now be promoted and made compulsory.
UGC Released Guidelines for Research Internships: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that all undergraduate students in recognised Indian universities will have to compulsorily do a research internship for eight to ten weeks.
“The integration of Research, Innovation and Technology Development is the foundation of Atma-Nirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India). An institutionalisation of Research Internship at Undergraduate Levels is expected to play a pivotal role in catalysing inter disciplinary/multi-disciplinary/transdisciplinary and translational research culture embedded in NEP 2020,” the guidelines from UGC read.
As per the newly-released guidelines, these internship programmes aim primarily at the employability of students and also help develop research capabilities in students.
The decision was taken by UGC after it was announced under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 that internships will now be promoted and made compulsory.