I recently took admission in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and heard about the IIT Bombay Internship Eklavya. Can you please tell what the eligibility and other details to apply for IIT Bombay Internship Eklavya also provide me important dates to join this?

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is a public engineering and research institution located in Powai, Mumbai, India

IIT Bombay Internship Eklavya is the eight week internship program generally commences in second week of May and ends in 1st week of July.

Eligibility

Students graduating in Computer Science/Engineering, IT, or Electronics.
Who will be completing 3rd year in April/May 2016 . Students completing 2nd year, with exceptional academic performance and other achievements may also be considered.
Students with experience in programming will be preferred.

Financial

Internship and stay at IIT Bombay involves some expenditure to be incurred by interns. The approximate amounts are:

Rs. 6000/- to be paid to the IIT Bombay academic office (Internship Fee's)
Hostel room rent of approximately Rs 2000/- per month or part thereof (totalling around Rs 4000/- for the internship period)
Additional money will be charged, if you wish to rent a mattress + bucket
Approximately Rs 130/- per day for food (breakfast, lunch, dinner) in the vacation mess

Important dates:

As this year the dates were closed you can apply for the same next year.

Last Date of application: Monday, 15th February 2016

Intimation of provisional selection: Monday, 29th February 2016

Confirmation of selection: Monday, 14th March 2016

Reporting for internship: From Saturday, 7th May 2016

Submission of report: One week before end of internship

Evaluation: Last week of internship

Issuance of certificates: 1st week of July

Contact:

IIT Bombay
Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076
Phone: 022 2572 2545