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Official internships this week
Week of 26 Oct 2026. Government internship programmes as their official pages showed them on 30 Oct 2026, in our own words, with the link to apply there. Shishya lists no private openings, takes no applications and is not part of any of these schemes. Read the official page before you apply; dates and eligibility are theirs.
New rounds announced
No opening date for a new PM Internship Scheme or AICTE round was published on the official pages we read on 30 Oct 2026.
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PM Internship Scheme
PM Internship Scheme (pilot phase) ↗
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Paid internships in companies for 18-25 year olds, at least ₹9,000 a month (PIB); final-year UG and PG students may apply with a No Objection Certificate from their institution.
PIB, 22 Apr 2026: the third round of the pilot phase is under way and companies post openings on an ongoing basis. The latest Ministry release we read (PIB, 14 Aug 2026) was about awards for the pilot phase; it gave no dates for a new round. (read 30 Oct 2026). PIB, 22 Apr 2026 ↗ PIB, 14 Aug 2026 ↗
Government programmes on AICTE's National Internship Portal (17)
The ministry and public-body programmes on the portal's home page, all shown as Open there. Register once on the AICTE portal as a student, then apply from your dashboard. Stipends, where a posting declares one, are on the posting.
Indian Army tech & cyber internship ↗
Ministry of Defence
Cyber defence, signals analytics and military vehicle engineering work.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
TULIP — Urban Learning Internship Programme ↗
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Interns join city bodies and Smart City companies for urban planning, civic engineering and GIS work.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page; the TULIP page asks you to keep your AICTE profile ready for the next city posting (read 30 Oct 2026).
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Civil, electrical, mechanical and architecture work at Central Public Works Department divisions.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
AMRUT 2.0 water mission internships ↗
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Urban water supply and sewerage project work, and a field track that maps and geo-tags wells.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
PRATIBHA rural development internship ↗
Ministry of Rural Development
Work with district cells and gram panchayats on rural housing, roads and MGNREGA asset audits.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Site inspection, bridge audits and transport-systems work at highway project units.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
MoRTH road transport internship ↗
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Highways, road safety and vehicle-registration (VAHAN) work.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (PSU)
Surveys, quality checks and site engineering on North-East and border highways.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Land Ports Authority internship ↗
Ministry of Home Affairs
Trade, logistics and operations at Integrated Check Posts on the borders.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Ministry of Cooperation internship ↗
Ministry of Cooperation
Field surveys, data and policy research with credit, dairy and village cooperatives.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Ministry of Cooperation
Cooperative finance, project appraisal and sector studies.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti internship ↗
Ministry of Education
Translation, technical terms and language-technology projects in Indian languages.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Indian Knowledge Systems internship ↗
Ministry of Education
Documenting traditional Indian knowledge and linking it to today's courses.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Ministry of Education
Prototype building in college idea labs.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
AICTE research & social-impact internship ↗
AICTE
Industry and government project work, rural development and incubator projects.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
AICTE Institutional Development Scheme internship ↗
AICTE
Accreditation support and policy research at AICTE's regional offices.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Government of Maharashtra internship ↗
Government of Maharashtra
Administration, public works, IT and district project support in state departments and city bodies.
Marked Open on the AICTE portal's home page (read 30 Oct 2026).
Other official internships
ISRO internship and student project trainee schemes ↗
Department of Space
Up to 45 days (internship) for UG, PG and PhD science/technology students with at least 60% or CGPA 6.32; longer project training by course and semester. No stipend.
The ISRO page gives no common dates: each ISRO centre takes applications on its own website, linked from that page. (read 30 Oct 2026).
Ministry of External Affairs
Internships at MEA headquarters for graduates up to 25 (and final-year students where an internship is part of the course).
No call for applications was open on the MEA internship portal; it asks candidates to wait for the next announcement. (read 30 Oct 2026).
Not read this week
- The PM Internship portal loads its pages by script and did not show its content to us; the PMIS lines above come from PIB releases.
- The AICTE portal's individual openings and their last dates load by script; the programme list above is from its home page.
- DRDO's website did not open for us on 27 Oct 2026 (connection refused), so DRDO lab internships are not listed this week.
- The RBI opportunities page asked for a picture code (captcha), which we do not get past, so the RBI summer placement is not listed.
How this list is kept: once a week a script re-opens every official page above and flags the ones that changed; a person reads those and updates this page. Nothing here is fetched while you read it. Last re-check 30 Oct 2026: 21 of 22 pages opened.
How each scheme works and who can apply: official internships and apprenticeships guide. Asked to pay for an internship offer? Check it first: Is this job offer real?