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