An internship is an opportunity for a student to secure first hand and practical work experience under the guidance of a qualified and experienced Mentor. It also aims at active participation in the learning process through experimentation and putting into practice the knowledge acquired in the classrooms. These “Interns” shall be given adequate exposure to various Technology tracks and other units within UIDAI Headquarters, Technology Centre and Regional offices and would be expected to work in the field of application development, legal domains (like cyber laws/IT act) & general management. For the “Interns” the exposure to the functioning of the UIDAI & the technologies applied shall be an add-on furthering their future career prospects in niche technology, legal domains, management and many other areas as the case may be.
ABOUT UIDAI:
2.1 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory authority established under the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (“Aadhaar Act 2016”) on 12 July 2016 by the Government of India, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The Aadhaar Act, 2016 has been amended by the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 (14 of 2019) w.e.f. 25.07.2019.
2.2 UIDAI was created to issue Unique Identification numbers (UID), named as "Aadhaar", to all residents of India. The UID had to be (a) robust enough to eliminate duplicate and fake identities, and (b) verifiable and authenticable in an easy, cost-effective way. UIDAI has issued 131.68 crore Aadhaar numbers to the residents of India as on 31st March 2022.
2.3 Under the Aadhaar Act 2016, UIDAI is responsible for Aadhaar enrolment and authentication, including operation and management of all stages of Aadhaar life cycle, developing the policy, procedure, and system for issuing Aadhaar numbers to individuals and perform authentication and the security of identity information and authentication records of individuals.
ELIGIBILITY:-
Intern:-
Only Indian Citizens are eligible to apply under this policy. Bonafide students of any recognized University/ Institution within India or abroad, fulfilling following conditions are eligible to apply for the internship:
a. Students studying in 3 rd / 4th year (Final or pre-final) in B.Tech / BE course of any discipline and secured minimum 60% marks (GPA avg of 6.0) in all prior semester examinations.
b. Graduate students having completed/ appeared in the term end exams of first year/ 2 nd semester of their post graduate programme or pursuing research/ PhD and secured not less than 60% or equivalent marks in Graduation.
c. The students who have appeared in the final exam or just completed Graduation/PG and waiting for admission for higher studies or job may also be considered for internship provided that
i. They have secured 60 % or more cumulative marks in all the years/ semesters of their graduation/ post-graduation till the date of application.
ii. The period between the month of declaration of result of final exam and the desired month of internship should not exceed six months e.g. if the result is declared in the month of June then he/she can apply for the internship beginning till the month of December.
