1 lakh internships by AICTE, EduSkills | 3,000 jobs

1 lakh internships by AICTE, EduSkills | 3,000 jobs

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The All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE, in partnership with the EduSkills Foundation, will offer 1,00,000 virtual internships and over 3,000 vacancies for youth.

Applicants can apply to the program through the AICTE internship portal. The virtual internships are sponsored by Zscaler and Wonderbotz has committed to hiring 3,000 candidates who will successfully complete the program. Both Zscaler and Wonderbotz are partners of the EduSkills Foundation.

The internship program was initiated by TG Siharam, President of AICTE.Also present at the opening were AICTE CCO Buddha Chandrasekhar, Associate Director of BM Tiwari, Co-Founder Steve LaValle, Zscaler India Regional Vice President Ninad Katkar and EduSkills CEO Shubhajit Jagadev.

The initiative was a great success, as four groups with 120,000 students have already completed their internships. In the current fifth round, 50,000 students have completed internships in 12 areas.

The internship program is supported by nine companies including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Palo Alto and Juniper. AICTE added that other company programs are being prepared to expand the range of internship opportunities.

The council said the initiative has been particularly beneficial for students in urban and rural Level 3 who did not enjoy such privileges. Siharam said further such activities could increase the institute's sustainability and lead to an increase in demand for engineers.

He also commended EduSkills' efforts to organize industry tours with support from Juniper and suggested expanding these tours to include educators and students in rural settings. By offering internship opportunities in the field of modern technologies, AICTE aims to create jobs and support entrepreneurial companies across the country.

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