IIT Palakkad Summer Internship 2025

IIT Palakkad has a summer internship program which aims at introducing undergraduate and postgraduate students to research so as to enthuse them, and to get them interested in a career in teaching and research.

This is a six-weeks long residential programme and it combines hands-on research training with a variety of hardware and software analysis tools.

Eligibility

Science, Engineering and Humanities: The programme is open to postgraduate students (including 4th and 5th year students of integrated master’s programmes) and those who are in the 3rd and 4th year of their four year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Sciences).

Instructions

• Only those who satisfactorily complete the programme will be given the internship certificate.
• Financial support of Rs. 8000/- per month (Rs. 12000/- for the entire period) will be provided to all the selected candidates.
• Accommodation on a shared basis is available on campus. Hostel room rent along with mess food charges should be paid by the intern students.
• Students from IIT Palakkad are not eligible to apply for summer internships program of the institute.
• Foreign nationals currently studying in  Indian universities/institutes will be treated on par with Indian nationals.

Guides and Research Areas Available for Internship in Summer 2025

Name of Faculty Member	Department/Centre	Research Area
Albert Sunny	Automation Cell	IIT PKD ERP Frontend Development (2 positions)
Albert Sunny	Automation Cell	IIT PKD ERP Backend Development (2 positions)
Prasun Kumar	Biological Sciences and Engineering	Protein Design
V.G Sivakumar	Biological Sciences and Engineering	cancer-associated synonymous mutations; RNA structure
Supratik	Chemistry	Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Shanmugaraju	Chemistry	Supramolecular Chemistry
Shanmugaraju	Chemistry	Coordination Chemistry
Sushabhan Sadhukhan	Chemistry	Chemical Biology
Mintu Porel	Chemistry	Organic Chemistry
Yugender Kotagiri	Chemistry	Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Padmesh A	Chemistry	Computational Chemistry
Padmesh A	Chemistry	Molecular Simulations
Yuvaraj	Chemistry	Main group Chemistry
Debabrata Dhara	Chemistry	Boron chemistry
Rositha	chemistry	computational chemistry
Rakesh J Pillai	Civil Engineering	Application of AI/ML for landslide analysis
Subhasis Mitra	Civil Engineering	Water Resources Engineering
Ankesh Kumar	Civil Engineering	Mechanical Behaviour of Rocks Under High Strain Rate Loadig
Ankesh Kumar	Civil Engineering	Design and Analysis of Underground Structures
Arun C O	Civil Engineering	Numerical modelling of Masonry Structures / Numerical Simulation of Sloshing of liquids
Senthilkumar	Civil Engineering	Reality Modeling of UG Structures using GPR and LIDAR
Senthilkumar	Civil Engineering	Automated Element Recognition using Point Cloud Data
Sandeep Chandran	Computer Science and Engineering	System performance analysis and modelling
Sreenath Vijayakumar	Electrical Engineering	Intelligent Sensor Systems
Revathy Padmanabhan	Electrical Engineering	Nanoelectronics, Optoelectronics, Semiconductor Devices
Arun Rahul S	Electrical Engineering	Motor drives
M Sabarimalai Manikandan	Electrical Engineering	Signal Processing/VLSI Systems
Subrahmanyam Mula	Electrical Engineering	Digital VLSI Design
Shaikshavali Chitraganti	Electrical Engineering	Control engineering
Naga Brahmendra	Electrical Engineering	Converter design for mild-hybrid vehicles.
Sukomal Dey	Electrical Engineering	RF and Microwave Active Circuits
Sukomal Dey	Electrical Engineering	RF passive circuits including antennas
Swaroop Sahoo	Electrical Engineering	Implementation of basic signal processing using Texas Instruments signal processor
Deepak Jaiswal	ESSENCE	Plant Biology & Agriculture Data Analyses using R
Srijan Sarkar	Mathematics	Functional analysis
Gopikrishnan C R	Mathematics	Implementation of a hybrid finite element-finite volume scheme for multiphase tumour growth models
Lakshmi Sankar	Mathematics	Nonlinear Analysis
Krishna	Mechanical Engineering	Biomass gasifier studies
Chakradhar Dupadu	Mechanical Engineering	Sustainable machining
Dinesh Setti	Mechanical Engineering	Grinding and IoT
Dinesh Setti	Mechanical Engineering	Plasma Polishing
Kesavan	Mechanical Engineering	Contact simulation
Kesavan	Mechanical Engineering	Material testing
Kanmani Subbu S	Mechanical Engineering	Additive Manufacturing
Anoop Akkoorath Mana	Mechanical Engineering	Stability assessment of mobile cranes
Santhakumar Mohan	Mechanical Engineering	Robotics
Samarjeet Chanda	Mechanical Engineering	Thermal management of avionics and batteries
Pramod Kuntikana	Mechanical Engineering	Windshaper: Fan array wind generator
Sagi Rathna Prasad	Mechanical Engineering	Condition Monitoring of Rotating Machinery using AI/ML
Mayank Tiwari	Mechanical Engineering	Drive train Dynamics / Modeling on tolls ADAMS etc)
Buchibabu	Mechanical Engineering	Additive Manufacturing
Sovan Lal Das	Mechanical Engineering/Physics	Interaction between small molecules/peptides with lipid bilayer membrane
Soham Manni	Physics	Single crystal growth and characterization of 2D Magnetic Materials
Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi	Physics	Soft Matter Physics
Uma Divakaran	Physics	Nonequilirbium quantum systems
Jayakumar Balakrishnan	Physics	2D Materials

Application Process

• The application is to be submitted online at the portal available at the homepage of IIT Palakkad.
• Selection will be made on the basis of academic record, aptitude for research, accomplishments and area(s) of research interest.
• To create a new account, please use a valid email ID. A system generated mail would be sent to that ID for further steps.  If you have subscribed to any third-party spam blockers, the auto generated mail might be bounced. So, unsubscribe from such services, before applying to this portal.
• Preferably, use a Gmail ID for creation of new account.
• In case of non-receipt of emails, please contact summer-internship@iitpkd.ac.in for queries related to summer internship.

How to Apply

• Kindly read the Eligibility and Instructions carefully to make sure that you are eligible for the program.
• Kindly go through the list of internship positions that are available for Summer 2025. Identify the ones that interest you the most. You can keep a choice of maximum two faculty members. You can find an overview of the research interests of each faculty member from their respective home pages
• Click on Create new account on the sidebar in this portal. Enter a valid email address and a username and to create a new account.
• A welcome message with login instructions will be sent the email address entered above.
  Please check the spam folder, in case you do not see the mail in your inbox.
• The link in the welcome mail can only be used once to log in and will lead you to a page where you can set your password. After setting your password, you will be able to log in at this portal using your username and password.
• Login to this portal.
• In order to complete the application form, you will need to get a letter from the head of your institution/department in this format. Get it signed and sealed. You will need to upload a scanned copy of the same.
• For converting the CGPA to percentage, please use the formula Percentage of marks=(10 x CGPA)
• Now fill all the pages of the application form carefully. After filling all the details, preview the application once and then submit it.
• You can make minor changes to the submitted applications before the closing date using the link in the Applicant Menu on the right. But after making any change(s), you will have to go to to the last page and click on “Submit Application” once more for the change(s) to be submitted. No changes will be allowed after the closing date.

The last date of submission of online applications for Summer Internships 2025 is extended up to March 23, 2025

• Notification and Application
• IIT Palakkad Website