GIPEDI - Global Internship Program in Engineering Design and Innovation

From July 15 2020, the GIPEDI Internship can also be conducted online if the Faculty Mentor allows it (video conferencing) with one or more weekly interactions. Selected applicants must be able to video conference - with access to a PC/laptop with a reasonably good headphone + microphone, camera and good broadband Internet connection (20Mbps or more is desirable).

Applications for Internships are now open.

For the current status of your application please click on the Batch for which you have applied in the "Navigation" tab at the left of this page.

As the GIPEDI Program is being conducted online (due to Covid concerns), the weekly lectures and talks are free and can be attended by anybody - even if they have not registered as a participant in GIPEDI by submitting an application. 
The  weekly talk is held every Friday at  0800 hours during the Batch 2 only (for Batch 2 only , when the summer vacation is on in IIT Delhi).
Just install MSTeams on your laptop and mobile, and click on the online link below.Microsoft Teams meeting - Join on your computer or mobile appClick here to join the meeting ( GIPEDI Weekly Talk online videoconference Link - click here if this link is active ) 

The GIPEDI is an Internship Program in the Electrical Sciences for students and professionally qualified engineers. It is a program of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, with logistic support from the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT).

The Program runs throughout the year in four batches of different durations (Jan-May/May-July/July-Dec/Dec-Jan).

It welcomes applications from undergraduate and postgraduate students from recognized academic Institutions.

For professionally qualified Engineers, it offers Returnships for those who to get back to an active career after a break and Gap Internships for those professionals who wish to switch careers / are between two careers*.

Woman engineers and meritorious engineering students who need support or have special needs to fulfil professional aspirations are encouraged to apply under its affirmative action initiative.

The GIPEDI Internship is designed differently — it does not just train students to execute projects, it trains them in project planning, requirements analysis, specification generation, design iteration management, team work and ethics, behaviour management, team building, group etiquette and communication skills. Apart from a full set of technology modules, it also uses specially designed training modules in ethics, history through heritage sensitization / heritage walks and lessons from mythology to teach culturally-conscious and effective engineering practices.

* The Gap Internship is also appropriate for fresh graduates / post-graduates "on the bench" who are waiting to join a job or waiting to get admission to another program after completing one program or even for professionals who are in a switch between two careers. Gap Interns do not need a TPO signature (obviously) but they need to have two LoRs (for example, from a Senior Manager or a Senior Team Leader or a Faculty Member - someone who has seen you in action).

 For more details, please read on  ...


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STEP 1

Filling, signing, and creating a PDF of your application which you will email. 

Incomplete applications will not be processed.

Please download and fill the application with all signatures. If you use a PDF editor to fill the form, add your signature and affix your digital photo, you will be able to create a small and readable PDF file suitable for emailing. 

Do not scan or photograph your filled application - it creates a very big illegible file.

Remember that the Application fee  must be paid and details of Transaction recorded in the application before creating the PDF.

Please note that the Application Fee MUST be paid before we will start to process your application. It can be paid online. You can pay the fee by bank transfer to FITT's bank account, and record the transaction details in the Application for verification at our end.

BANK DETAILS FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OF FEES

STEP 2

Asking two of your Referees to fill your ( two ) LoRs. 

LoR can be filled online, emailed in a prescribed LoR format or posted physically.

Referees who choose to email the LoR should be asked to name the LoR attachment as follows:

LoR_for_<NameOfApplicant>_<Batch#>_<Year>_by_<FullNameofReferee>_<optionalDate>

ex: LoR_for_Shashi_Kiran_B1_2020_by_K_Gandharva_07_July_2020

They can choose to  

(a) fill the LoR online (click here to fill the LoR online or send them the link below)

 https://forms.gle/8q9Bv8nF3oZyZqXs9

OR

(b) email me the LoR ( PDF format can be downloaded from here) from their official email address

 Example of an official address: gipedi@ee.iitd.ac.in (On the other hand, a private email address could be gipedi@gmail.com.

 Note that using a private email for official correspondence does NOT make it a official address.)

OR

(c) post it by mail in a securely sealed envelope (either separately or as part of your application if you are posting it) 

STEP 3

Getting your application forwarded by your TPO 

Your TPO does not have to physically sign on the first page any longer - this No Objection / Forwarding can be done by the TPO sending an email. 

Your TPO signature can be substituted by a email from your TPO to me. This email must be sent from the official institutional email (not from a gmail address or Yahoo address). Please ask your TPO to use the following format for the email sent.

TPO's Approval Email for <Name of Applicant> <Student ID> <Institute Name and Address>

Subject: No Objection Certificate for <Name of Applicant> <Student ID> <Institute Name and Postal Address>

To: Prof Subrat Kar, Coordinator GIPEDI Program

Dear Sir,

As TPO, I certify that <Applicant> <Student ID> <Year and Discipline> of our Institute <Name of Institute and Postal Address> is hereby allowed to apply for the GIPEDI Internship Program in IIT Delhi.

I also certify that he/she will be able to attend this Program if selected and that there is no exam / academic evaluation etc which will interfere with  his/her participation.

(The TPO should certify the statement in this paragraph only for applicants seeking financial waiver) As he/she is in need of financially assistance (total annual income of both parents together being less than Rs 1 lakh as per financial proof attached), I also endorse the request for waiver of fees made by the applicant.

<Name of the TPO>

Official email (gmail / Yahoo / rediffmail etc will not do)

Date

STEP 4

Emailing the PDF of your filled application.

At this point, your referees have emailed two LoRs, your TPO has sent an email forwarding your application and you have paid the Application Fee, and have filled and created a PDF which you will email. 

All that remains for you to do is email this PDf of your application  to the Coordinator GIPEDI (subrat.kar@gmail.com) in the proper format by clicking here.

Format for email from the Applicant to enclose GIPEDI Application

mailto:subrat@ee.iitd.ac.in?subject=[GIPEDI/ Batch ?? / Year ????] <Name of Applicant>&body=To: Prof Subrat Kar Coordinator GIPEDI Program

From: <Name>, <Address> <email> <Telephone>

Dear Sir,

I am enclosing my application for GIPEDI Batch ??? of Year ????.

I have paid the application fee online with transaction details as follows : TID ............ dated .....

The TPO of my Institute will email you directly from his/her official email address < fill in your TPO's official email address >.

I have requested the following two referees to fill in a LoR each for me.

<referee1 Name and official email>

<referee 2 Name and official email>

<Name of Applicant>

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