Introduction
Innovate4Defence(i4D), Internship is a two-months-long acceleration program for students of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) of India. It is an opportunity for them to learn about developing their ideas, creating innovative defence products and technologies, incorporating a legal entity and eventually becoming a part of the Indian defence ecosystem and procurement.
The Department of Defence Production (DDP), Ministry of Defence (MoD) has created the Defence Innovation Organization (DIO), which works under its Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework, to interact closely with India’s leading incubators to track & support Innovators / Startups / MSMEs working in the defence domain. It supports tech-driven firms opportunistically, to create, deploy and commercialise technologies for the Indian military and defence PSUs.
Cohort Size: 50 individuals
There is no fee to participate in this program. Also, no compensation will be provided to the participants. Stay of selected participants may be facilitated strictly on a need basis, at the discretion of iDEX.
Program schedule: June & July 2020
Venue: Delhi NCR
Innovate4Defence (i4D), Internship
Eligibility Criteria
To participate, the applicant needs to meet the minimum criteria as mentioned below:
1) The applicant needs to be an Indian national and 18 years or above of age.
2) The applicant needs to have completed at least two years of STEM higher education in institutes as mentioned in Annexure 1. Preference will be given to students currently studying for advanced STEM degrees (M. Tech, M.E, PhD, etc).
3) Applicants from IITs, IISc, NITs and other reputed colleges will be given preference, although deserving candidates with relevant skills and experience may also be considered on an equal basis.
Application Process
1) Interested candidates should submit their applications online by visiting idex.gov.in. Please note that this is the only way of applying to the program and no hardcopy application will be entertained.
2) Received applications will be evaluated and shortlisted by a committee consisting of DIO representatives. They may be invited to participate in coding or prototyping contests or other relevant exercises as deemed necessary by DIO for further screening purposes.
3) Shortlisted applicants will be invited to participate in the two-months full-time residential program conducted by DIO.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this acceleration program, the participants will be able to: -
1) Have an idea on how to approach extremely complex real-world defence related challenges
2) Create and build technology solutions for the problems/challenges faced by the Indian armed forces
3) Develop minimum viable products that match the requirements in an extremely short time without compromising on quality
4) Come up with a self-sustainable and scalable business model for the proposed solutions
5) Develop an understanding of the stakeholders involved, deployment & procurement mechanisms and ultimate mission value in the Indian defence eco-system
6) Explore channels to collaborate with DIO for funding opportunities and mentoring support
7) Get accustomed to Indian defence innovation ecosystem and their various initiatives for innovators.
On successful completion program, the participants will be awarded with a certificate of completion of the course, which may be used to satisfy the internship requirements of the student’s respective institutions.
How to Apply?
Interested applicants can apply by visiting the link idex.gov.in.
Terms and Conditions
1) There is no fee to participate in this program and i4D is an unpaid internship
2) There will be no financial obligations on iDEX, DIO or MoD or any partners
3) Internship certificate will be issued only at the discretion of DIO after completion of the program
4) The structure and timeline of the internship is at the discretion of iDEX, DIO and may be changed as required
5) DIO does not take any responsibility for any expenses of any applicant for the internship, and all provisions are on best effort basis
6) In case on any dispute, the decision of iDEX, DIO will be treated as final and binding
7) Applicants are required to read and accept the declarations mentioned in the online application form carefully, before submitting.
S. No. Institutions
1Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
2 Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
3 Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
4 Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
5 Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
6 Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam
7 Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana
8 Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
9 Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
10 Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
11 Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
12 Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
Annexure 1
S. No. Institutions
13 Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra
14 Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar
15 Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
16 Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab
17 National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh
18 National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura
19 National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala
20 National Institute of Technology, Delhi
21 National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal
22 National Institute of Technology, Goa
23 National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
24 National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
25 National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Karnataka
26 National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana
27 National Institute of Technology, Manipur
28 National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya
29 National Institute of Technology, Mizoram
30 National Institute of Technology, Nagaland
31 National Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar
32 National Institute of Technology, Puducherry
33 National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
34 National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha
35 National Institute of Technology, Sikkim
36 National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam
37 National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
38 National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
39 National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand
40 National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana
41Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab
S. No. Institutions
42 Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan
43 Manipal Academy of Higher Education
44Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
45Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra
46Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat
47Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Andhra Pradesh
48Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
49Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Kolkata, West Bengal
50Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab
51Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra
52Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
53Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
54All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
55 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
56 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
57 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
58 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar
59 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
60 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
61 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore
62Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
63 BITS Pilani, Rajasthan
64 Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Tamil Nadu
65 Delhi University
66Footwear Design & Development Institute, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
S. No. Institutions
67Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal
68Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
69Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu
70Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
71 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka
72 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati, Assam
73 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani, West Bengal
74 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota, Rajasthan
75 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam, Kerala
76Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
77 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra
78 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune, Maharashtra
79 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand
80 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Senapati, Manipur
81 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonipat, Haryana
82Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
83Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
84Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una, Himachal Pradesh
85 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara, Gujarat
86 Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal
87Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
88 Jio Institute (Reliance Foundation, Maharashtra)
89 Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
90 National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad
91 National Institute of Design (NID), Bengaluru
92 National Institute of Design (NID), Gandhinagar
S. No. Institutions
93National Institute of Pharmaceutical, Educational and Research, Mohali, Punjab
94Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology & Manufacturing, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
95Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
96Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu
97 School of Planning & Architecture Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
98 School of Planning & Architecture Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
99 School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi
100Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
101 University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
102 VIT Vellore, Tamil Nadu