Name Department IITK Email-Id Mobile Number

Kriti Joshi CSE kritij@iitk.ac.in 7752846365

Vivek Verma CSE vivk@iitk.ac.in 7754915987

Atul Gupta EE atulgpt@iitk.ac.in 8960031854

Harpreet Singh CSE hsinghc@iitk.ac.in 8090686547

Palash Chauhan CSE palashc@iitk.ac.in +917275764929

Pramod Chunduri CSE chpramod 7754916156

 ankur.agrawal1103@g
Ankur Agrawal CHE mail.com 7753058907

VIJETA CHE vijetaa 9506717942

Rishabh Gupta CSE rishgup@iitk.ac.in 9792597835

Prakhar Kulshreshtha EE prakhark@iitk.ac.in 7754916024

Keerti Anand CSE keertian 7753058922

Akhil Garg EE grgakhil@iitk.ac.in 7753058492

Karandeep Sharma CHM shkaran@iitk.ac.in 8176930440

Saurabh Budholiya EE srbh@iitk.ac.in +919522812345

Abhimanyu Goyal EE agoyal@iitk.ac.in 7753058917

Harsh Khoont ME hkhoont@iitk.ac.in 8953356542

Abhimanyu Yadav CSE abhiy@iitk.ac.in 8960015436

Pallav Goyal MTH pallavg@iitk.ac.in 7755839289

Arpit Gokhroo CHE agokhroo@iitk.ac.in 8090620767

Rachita Chhaparia CSE rachitac@iitk.ac.in 9651137947

Shruti Bhargava CSE shrutib@iitk.ac.in 8957958443

Yash Travadi MTH travadi @iitk.ac.in 7752894574

Neha Chauhan CHE cneha@iitk.ac.in 8090687473

manraj ME manraj@iitk.ac.in 7275796390

Pranav Kumar EE pranavk 9984250087

Nishant Rai CSE nishantr

Manraj Singh Bevli ME manraj@iitk.ac.in

ishujain4695@gmail.co 7275796390
Ishita Jain BSBE m 7054133544

Harsh Agarwal CHE harshag@iitk.ac.in 7754916028

Yash Singh MTH yashvs@iitk.ac.in 7752894468

Varun Gupta EE gvarun@iitk.ac.in 9721503582

Shambhavi Singh MTH shambhav 7754856783

Neeraj Kumar EE neerajkr@iitk.ac.in 8175970987

Name of the
Institute/Organization/Company where you
did your 2nd year intern Type of Intern

MAQ Software, Hyderabad Company

Monet Networks Core Industrial Intern

Greendzine Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Core Industrial Intern

Knoctowl Technologies Core Industrial Intern

Monet Networks Inc Core Industrial Intern

MAQ Software Core Industrial Intern

Hindalco Industries, Pvt. Limited Core Industrial Intern

ONGC Core Industrial Intern

MAQ Software Core intern

Khitchdee Technologies Intern in a startup
Non Core (Includes Finance /
Altisource Consulting)

Non Core (Includes Finance /

PBOPlus Consulting Services Consulting)

Non Core (Includes Finance /

Samhita Social ventures Consulting)

Non Core (Includes Finance /

TinyOwl Consulting)
SearchX Research Intern

IIT Kanpur Research Intern

Ritsumeikan University Research Intern

ISI Bangalore Research Intern

IIT Kanpur Research Intern

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Research Intern

MPII Research Intern

NISER, Bhubaneswar Research Intern

IITK Research Intern

University Of Tokyo Research Intern

New York University - Polytechnic School

of Engineering Research Intern

I.N.R.I.A. Research Intern

University Of Tokyo,Dept Of Mechanical
Engg Research Intern
IIT Delhi Research Intern

IIT Kanpur Research Intern

Institute of Mathematical Sciences Research Intern

SURGE IITK Research Intern

ISI Bangalore Research Intern

Adurcup Startup
 Name of the Program (if you
got internship through a
How did you get the Internship ? Programme)

SPO

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SIPP

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SIPP

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SIPP

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP)

Internshala
Through Contacts -

ONGC Summer Internship ONGC Summer Internship

SPO
through SPO -

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SPO

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SIPP

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SIPP

Apping
Apping

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SURGE

Apping

Apping

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SURGE, IIT Kanpur

Apping

Apping

Apping

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SURGE'2015

Apping

Internship made available by

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) IITK-NYC office

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) INRIA internships programme

Apping
Apping

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SURGE

Indian Academy of Science

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) Summer Fellowship

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SURGE

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SRFP (IAS)

Under a Program (Like Surge , SIPP) SIPP

Details of application through program

SPO sent mail in the first week of April with the procedure to apply for the
intern, which basically included submitting resume. Final selection was done
based on skype-interview taken by MAQ-officals.

Applied through SIPP. There was a telephonic interview. I was asked

questions on Humanoid/Biped projects that I under Robotics Club.

SIPP

Through SIPP, application process is quite easy. Just have a good resume.
-
Visit the ONGC website, fill the online form/ take a print out of the form and fill
and send it to the concerned office with all the documents attached. The
deadline is in March and you find the details on the official website of ONGC.
-

The selection process consisted of two rounds- resume shortlisting and

interview. Resumes with some non-core background, such as consulting
experience, previous intern, some non-core project etc. were selected.
The interview was quite normal, points from resume were asked to elaborate
and explain and some basic HR questions such as your weaknesses,
strenghts etc. were asked.

SIPP has an online portal which keeps updating the startups who are looking
for interns from our campus and all the details like eligibility criteria , job
description , stipend , selection criteria etc, is mentioned on the portal.
Due to my interest to work in development sector I was looking for a social
start-up both through the SIPP and on my own browsing through the net. I
was looking for a CSR consultancy firm and fortunately the firm I was
targeting was coming through SIPP for hiring interns from IIT Kanpur.
First , their was a resume based shortlisting in which around 20 students were
shortlisted. The first round was a mixture of HR and light technical questions
related to their field of work .After the first round 6-8 people were shortlisted
for the second and the final round. The second round was much more of a
technical round which had specific questions related to their work , some mini
case studies and some questions related to working in a team . We got the
results after some days and I was the only one selected.
Talking about the program,prestigious SURGE, it provides an opportunity to
exceptionally good undergraduate students to execute an innovative research
and development project under the guidance of IIT Kanpur faculty.

Further more details can be found at: http://www.iitk.ac.in/surge/

The details of this program can be found on the site of DORA. The application
starts in next year January. The selection criteria is mainly on the basis of
CPI. A recommendation letter from a professor is required along with an
application form to be filled online.

The application details and the form comes out sometime in December. The
application process mainly involves 3 steps.
1) Select a mentor from your department and get to know whether he is is
interested in mentoring you in the summers or if he/she will be available.
2) Fill out the form and select any topic in which you would like to work. If you
have no idea what you want to work in ( like me :P) just ask your mentor to
help you out.
3) Get some recommendations from other professors and submit your form.
P.S the selection criteria is mostly based on your CPI and DR. The top 3-4
usually get it from a department.
IITK-NYC office floated the internship application procedure in Jan 2015 in
which we had to upload our resume, SOPs and other relevant documents in
snippets on a website. Call for internships were made on this website from
various institutions like NYU, UMass, Cornell, Stanford, etc. You could apply
to any or all of them. Once the professors evaluated your profile they would
usually give you a call via phone or skype. That would be your interview. You
would get the confirmation during that. The administrative things will be
worked out later including the visa, stipend and everything else.

Applications are through an online portal which contains various projects from
various teams. A complete application requires a letter of recommendation,
preferred projects and your resume. The selection starts in mid February and
is completed by March (It may contain an interview, a short listing challenge
(Happened in my case) or both). The rest of the process is easier compared
to getting through and you'll be guided by your contacts.

Application process starts in early January, but one must regularly visit the
SURGE website. It involves an online application form along with Details of
field in which you would like to work with your supervisor. Also it requires one
letter of recommendation from one of the professors who had taught you or
with whom you are working. Generally selection is mostly based on your CPI.

IAS SRFP Website is where one can apply/

SURGE (Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence) is an

organized and structured 8-9 weeks research internship program under the
aegis of DORA, IIT Kanpur. Before applying, you have to talk to some
professor (from any department) who agrees to be your mentor. Also, you
have to get two recommendations from the faculty members. Besides, you
have to write a research proposal for the work you want to carry with your
I'll save myself
mentor. from that
More details are and attachonthe
available poster for this year's application.
website.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sc2obbgJyJSDJJRXdDb2JqVEE/view?
usp=sharing
Link for the application
http://web-japps.ias.ac.in:8080/fellowship2016/application_instructions.jsp

Firstly, You need to register om portal and then you need to submit resume.
After,that there would be interview.Interviews are mostly telephonic
How would you describe your overall experience in terms of the associated learning, ease of application and satisfaction wi

The company first conducts a week-long boot camp for the interns which includes learning SQL and visual studio. Hard to b
final quizzes are taken in this week after which projects are assigned.
Not much work is given to second-year interns but they have strict reporting time in the morning and one has to stay in offic
if they have nothing to do. One definitely learns how teams at different places coordinate and share their work for a project.
Work might seem uninteresting but one can get a good exposure to IT life.

It was a semi-formal interview. A simple one actually. The work environment there was satisfactory. There were regular treat
In terms of the work environment, I feel the mentors were not very much qualified in Computer Science. It was a developing
CSS including some Python). Sometimes at the end of the day I felt like I was wasting my time and I probably did. Also the
10K/month). We regularly worked about 1.5 times the office hours as being a Start-up, there were frequent meetings with th
would recommend you to take a research intern (or a research and development) or a project under some professor at IITK
in 2nd year does not helped me decide what to do in my 3rd year intern.

very good and learnt a lot of things.

Learning - A lot. Learnt a lot about Software architectures, Recommender systems, databases, web-backend development
you get to know somewhat about startup culture

Ease of application- Through SIPP, application process is quite easy. Just have a good resume.

Satisfaction - Very much. I had a lot of good work to do and I learnt a lot

My experience was just fine. The work we were made to do was a lot but the depth of knowledge was very limited. They are
interesting technologies at present so that fact weighs against them.

A good experience in terms of Industry exposure. Not much to learn in terms of technical knowledge but a good way to get
in the software industry.
I am a III Year Undergraduate from IIT Kanpur. A couple of months ago, like most of my batch mates, I was quite confused r
life. There was an increasing buzz of non-core jobs among most students of Non-CSE branches. This question was becomi
me to answer. I had to take my stand soon- because I had to sit for campus internships in a couple of months from now.
Somebody suggested that the best way to find out is to do an internship in core and non-core each. Then, simply decide for
liked the suggestion. So, from December’14 to March’15, I contacted almost every single relative of mine checking out if the
industrial firm. I also sent some 50 mails in various IIMs hoping to get a Financial Project. There were a lot of ups and down
ups I had to do, don’t even ask about them.
One day I came to know my Grandpa’s uncle was working in Hindalco Industries. It was through him, I finally got to arrange
summers’15!! And one of my mails in IIM L was responded and I also secured a work from home internship in Strategic Mar
bounds.
Hindalco: The internship began with a 5 day Induction Programme-my first industrial experience. After that I was given a pro
was assigned to find the fault in the new Vacuum Header Pathway, which was built from the filtration area to the Barometric
loaded) of the Evaporation Unit in order to have a common discharge for the exhaust, thus saving energy (but, the system h
problem for several days, discussed it with many Area-Incharges and visited the pump shop to find out more about vacuum
the culprit. And moreover, I was dejected. After all, I thought, when so many senior Engineers couldn’t find out the mistake,
a mere span of 1.5 months, when I had no formal practical experience. Then, I contacted my senior and mentor from my ho
happened to be doing an internship in HUL. He told me that he was working on improving the quality of soap cake and I wa
was pretty much stuck in the same situation. He told me not to lose hope. He agreed that many a time projects cannot be s
with the project, and take a backup project in case I could not complete my original one. I gained confidence after talking to
same, giving my 100% this time. I used Ergun’s Equation for flow through packed bed, to find out the air entering the disk fi
large amount. Using relative humidity and saturation vapour density calculations for finding mass of vapour in the exhaust o
vapour was present in quite small proportion. The exhaust from filtration unit actually contained majority of non-condensable
condensed by the barometric condenser. Due to this the small vacuum pump connected to the barometric condenser was o
system failed.
I did not only complete my project but also the backup project on reducing filtrate solid in the pregnant liquor. And if that w
project on a centrifugal pump!!
In the last 15 days of this internship, life really challenged me. IIM L internship had also started and demanded so much out
in the plant and from 6-11 for the IIM internship. Work was all I could think of. And if this was still not enough, I also had to ta
my boss in the plant. This was the most challenging situation of my life. Still I have goosebumps on thinking of the experien
learnt loads. There is no fun without challenges after all. You certainly don’t value things that you get easily.

Good experience in terms of knowledge and on field knowledge and experience.

Going for an intern in 2nd year gives you the advantage of meeting people in the corporate sector and of knowing how thing
would suggest that unless you know what your interest is and that internship is offering you work in that thing, you should d
under a professor which is related to your dept.( this is for those who are still looking for their area of interest and the intern
whatever you take up in summers just do that with full conviction even if you think the work you are doing right now will not
the future.

I personally didn't learn a lot from the intern ( which is totally my fault) but I was satisfied with the intern as I worked around
My overall experience wasn't good. The company has only one owner/founder and no other employee.
pros:
I got Rs. 50k for 2 months
We got free breakfast and free pickup from resident to office
The boss occasionally took us to expensive restaurants for lunch.
cons:
-Boss himself was mentor. His mentor-ship was very poor.
-The work involved analyzing tabla beats and characterizing them. We had to do everything by ourselves. Whenever we as
blabber something which went over our heads.
-1st month was good. But second month was really bad for me. He almost daily scolded me for things here and there. I just
go so, since I didn't know anything about signal processing or machine learning. And he wasn't there to teach me.

My advise will be that choose your internship very very carefully and avoid apping to startups having a single member only.
startup, make it crystal clear with the company guy about what kind of work you will be doing. Best will be to go for a resear
universities/colleges.

It was good.

The internship gave me a good exposure of how a company works. I was involved in a process study at Jindal Steel & Pow
understanding of how work goes about in a production plant. I was to study the supply chain in a department, and look for a
efficiencies, reducing time to market, or cutting manpower costs.
It was a fulfilling experience.

Ease of Application : I found the interviews a bit easy because of a quality intern with Rakshak Foundation which gave me a
I had also kept myself updated about the relevant information due to my interest in the sector. and on top of that I had prepa
because it was the place I wanted to go , though I think people like us from engineering background would have found it qu
special interest in the sector and had kept themselves updated by reading a lot of related stuff.

Associated Learning and Satisfaction with the work :

I have had two interns until now and my experience has been amazing in both the interns. I think a good intern is an opport
and do something constructive in your vacations which also exposes you to the outside world which is much tougher than th
the walls of our beautiful campus.
My last intern was also a steep learning curve which taught me about so many things in such a small time.I was satisfied wi
a lot of thought while choosing the intern I wanted and was lucky enough to get it . Their were some problems for few initial
in the work they gave to me as they could not trust me much because of my technical background(Not Humanities) but I wa
few days and things turned out well eventually and was allowed to work on whatever I wished.
Obviously I learned a lot of things about the sector I was working in but there was much more to learn than that. I got a fee
professional life , the office politics and how not to let your personal life affect the professional life and vice-versa ; I learned
and protocols in a company and the importance of small things which seemed too trivial before. It was my first visit to Mum
new beliefs , cultures , traditions etc. I also experienced the expectations people have from us and perceptions/misconcept
us(most of the people from other colleges hate us :P ) . Met a lot of inspiring people committed to bring about actual change
of new friends from completely different background (LSE , SOAS , TISS etc.) with different perspectives.Also had a lot of f
different places of which Mumbai boasts of and I cannot forget the amazing food the city served me .

My internship gave me an enriching experience, familiarized me with corporate culture, team work, meeting deadlines etc. M
department so I was assigned projects in Strategic Alliances and Corporate Marketing.

I got a chance to work on alliances such as Ebay, Oracle, Naaptol etc.

My mentor was very supportive, not only he helped me with the project I was working on but he also guided me brilliantly th

I would be happy to help if anyone needs to talk in person.

Very good. Working in a startup is awesome. Your work is actually valued unlike in big companies. Casual/informal but effici

The overall experience of 2-month-long SURGE was very enriching and joyful as well. Coming to learning curve under the p
professor you choose as a mentor and more importantly which type project pursue. In my case, I loved a lot because first, I
interest and moreover on technology which is very futuristic in the application.

Skills developed can be considered very comparable to any university research group. Selection is mainly on CPI, but there
selection of myself and confirmation from HOD as well proves that application letter and reco also matters a lot, but not to fo
and in case of ties above two things come into play.

Satisfaction gained is enormous, certainly in my case project helped me to crack 3rd-year summer intern interviews. Empha
you positive insights about whether you are compatible with core, non-core, research etc. Moreover program will be campus
to relive 1st year summers and pursue other things as well.

I had a really great experience in Bangalore. The atmosphere was quite good and I got to meet many intellectual minds. Bu
a lot of freedom by my mentor and so, I could explore topics according to my own pace and choice.

Ease of application : Very easy to apply. Online form just requires your basic information and nothing else.
Don't think what the professor will say or do. If you like this program than this is just enough to apply, no need of exclusive k

One thing you 'll definitely learn is the scope of research in science and engineering and how it is applied in industry. Other
your interest. This is the most important thing. By the end of summers you can have a fair bit of idea of research and know
not. This will help in internships for third year as you can put all your efforts in internships.

I would rate my experience as above average. My work included mostly literature survey, forming differential equation and c

I would suggest to do this kind of research internship because then you'll know whether you like research or not and then a
goals.

If not through this program then you can simply ask for a project. Professors never refuse. Otherwise you can apply to unive
as well. If somebody is interested in company intern than there are many PSUs which take interns.

Hope you make the right choice and utilize your summers productively.

The work was not as expected in terms of learning or innovation. It was much relaxed and more like a reading project. I felt
and effective, but less than expected in a time span of 2.5 months. It was a nice opportunity to get an idea of the research a
with high-minded researchers.

I directly contacted the professor via email. He was really helpful throughout the internship process. My project mainly cons
the relevant topics. I met Professor once a week for discussion. My overall experience was really great. I would suggest 2nd
with professors at IITK in their field of interest, as they will help you get a good recommendation letter for internship program
contact professors in other institutes for summer internship.

Surge internship is a very good experience to get an insight into research field.You may choose an area of interest, and the
field to pursue this program. The amount of work done depends entirely on you, and you may be able to find extra time to p
during summers in the campus. Also, there are many interesting lectures organised throughout the program. Overall the exp
Absolutely fantastic in all respects

It was a stroke of luck that I got through in my 2nd year, that too to a prestigious college like NYU. The research was far bet
hadn't done any major courses so I had to learn a lot in the initial phase, which I did, facilitated by my professor there, who s
made sure that my concepts were strong. After that, she helped me through the entire project and held regular meetings. It
experience for me.
The working hours were up to me and pretty relaxed. Thus, I was totally satisfied with the work environment and the learnin
My professor was awesome, to say the least, though I wouldn't ask you to rely too much on it because some of my friends i
bad experiences with their professors.

My role was that of a research intern. One of the great things about it (compared to developer internships) is the inherent fre
explore anything, choose the direction of my work and do things which seemed interesting to me. It was an internship free o
partially responsible for it). My guides were extremely helpful and the discussions we had were incredibly fun. From proving
the effects of google maps on city traffic, we had done it all.
Overall the internship was a great learning experience. The weekend trips around Europe were amazing. I wished to get a t
and I think this internship helped me fulfill my wish.

P.S. It was delicious

Something I'ld cherish all my life,in all respects

It was a really enriching experience. If you want to know what actually research is, and what it demands from you, I think it i
year undergraduate.

The research work was fun. It was challenging and I felt very glad that I chose research.

The organized and well-planned structure of SURGE differentiates it from other research program. There are weekly lecture
far as learning is considered, the learning curve is steep and multidimensional. During SURGE, the PhD and senior student
both in imparting knowledge and filling the stomach (:P). I am pretty much satisfied with the work I did during the summers.
me a clear perspective for future career goals. If you are not sure about research career, SURGE is a good way of identifyi

Few word of caution: One has to be very choosy while selecting the mentor. Make sure that your interest matches with that

You get to experience the environment in a research oriented institute

I felt the thrill of attempting to solve open-ended questions, the pressure of deadlines without the hassles of exams, the tedi
report writing and the need for truck loads of patience in a researcher; and ofcourse, I had fun exploring the city along with t

My work was mainly front-end development.I was also given other type of work(because of startup). I was doing my work he
EE340 courses. A research project under IITK Prof. was also going on parallely. Overall, i utilized my summer in best way a