PURPOSE:
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.
2. 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.
3. OBJECTIVE:
3.1 To allow young academic talent to be associated with the UIDAI’s work for mutual
benefit.
3.2 The “Interns” shall have an opportunity to know about the UIDAI functioning. It
will enable UIDAI to interact with young scholars and to get fresh ideas and
study/research support from the field of academics. At the same time, it will
provide an opportunity to young scholars to contribute in the UIDAI work and have
an insight into the related technical domains, management fields or related legal
aspects.
4. ELIGIBILITY:
4.1 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.
(ii) Period: The period of Internship shall be at least six weeks but not exceeding 12
months. Interns not completing the requisite period will not be issued any certificate.
4.2 Fellowship to PhD candidates:
i. The student must be registered for a PhD at an Indian institution.
Recommendation letter must be from the PhD supervisor.
ii. These fellowships are for six to nine months (extendable to 12 months) on
Computer Science (including, but not limited to IT Act and cyber laws related
to Data Privacy, cyber security, digital economy, Block chain, quantum
computing, computer vision, artificial intelligence, machine learning and big
data analytics) and on Public Policy and Management.
4.3 Interns / Fellows not completing the requisite period will not be issued any certificate.
5. PLACE OF INTERNSHIP:
5.1 All the interns should work either at the Technology Centre, Bengaluru or Regional
offices of UIDAI or UIDAI Headquarters or assigned from a remote location under the
guidance of Project Supervisor (not below the Director rank).
5.2 Internship is neither a job nor an assurance of Job with the Authority. However,
UIDAI hires Technical Executives from premium Engineering colleges on payroll of NISG.
During campus hiring, Selection Committee may give weightage to interns provided that :
i. UIDAI visit for campus hiring in that colleges where intern studying.

6. STIPEND:
The interns shall be paid Stipend per month at the rates mentioned in table below. Such
stipend is subject to submission of satisfactory report from the supervisor (not below the rank
of Director) only. The monthly rate of stipend to be paid to interns is as under

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