Resources for Undergraduates interested in Science
An example of what Undergraduates in India can acheive is the NIUS . Similar efforts are echoed in Bengaluru through REAP.
Internships
Following are the career stage-wise internships -
{a.for a mailing list of internships go to http://blog.internshala.com/ and register for the newsletter.
Also see the exhaustive website for anything related to internships like tips for resume etc.
b) For a good list of Physics Internships hosted by DGVC , Physics Department , Chennai http://dgvcphysics.yolasite.com/summer-training-internship.php}
For 11th Standard:
http://www.cee.org/programs/rsi {MIT USA}
For 10th -12th std
Quantum Cryptography for 10th to 12th standard students
http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/qcsys2013
For Undergraduate:
1.Indian Academy of Sciences http://www.ias.ac.in/ ( Applications open from about From Oct to Dec 31st)
2.Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) http://www.surf.caltech.edu/ (Only for Undergraduates, need to make a
proposal and convince a Caltech Faculty, deadline around Feb)
3.Raman Research Institute (RRI) has a very impressive program for visiting students, one can come there at anytime and
work with any professor. I strongly suggest Avinash Deshpande, R Srikanth, A. Dhar but check others too depending on your interest.
4.IISC for 12th Board toppers.
5.HRI
6.IMSc
7.IUCAA
8.NCRA
9.IISER Mohali
10.TIFR
11. IIT Gandhinagar
12.IIT Bombay
13. PRL, Ahmedabad.
14. For Quantum Mechanics, Information and Optics :
http://cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/programs/index.html
15. Internship at Japans Brand New International University for Undergraduates , postgraduates and phd visits too - https://groups.oist.jp/grad
16. Waterloo summer school for undergraduates in Quantum Information
http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/useqip2013
17. IISER MOhali Summer school for undergraduates (Feb 26th Last date for applying ) .
http://iisermohali.ac.in/summerProgram/summerProgram2013.html
18.Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) (Last Date 20th Feb) http://www.germi.org/notific-summerint-2013.html
19. Fermilab Internships http://ed.fnal.gov/interns/programs/index.shtml
20.Astronomy and Electrical / Mechanical Engineers or even people interested in instrumentation can apply to Astron
https://www.astron.nl/astronomy-group/astronjive-summer-student-programme
kind note: this page is being constantly being updated, so apologies for incomplete information. Till then please bear with the list without urls. You
could search the sites of the respective institutes for notices and links.
any suggestions and additions are welcome! iyengarpavan at gmail dot com
Cheers!
acknowledgements: Thanks to Himalay Senapati from CMI for the 19th and 20th links.
{a.for a mailing list of internships go to http://blog.internshala.com/ and register for the newsletter.
Also see the exhaustive website for anything related to internships like tips for resume etc.
b) For a good list of Physics Internships hosted by DGVC , Physics Department , Chennai http://dgvcphysics.yolasite.com/summer-training-internship.php}
For 11th Standard:
http://www.cee.org/programs/rsi {MIT USA}
For 10th -12th std
Quantum Cryptography for 10th to 12th standard students
http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/qcsys2013
For Undergraduate:
1.Indian Academy of Sciences http://www.ias.ac.in/ ( Applications open from about From Oct to Dec 31st)
2.Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) http://www.surf.caltech.edu/ (Only for Undergraduates, need to make a
proposal and convince a Caltech Faculty, deadline around Feb)
3.Raman Research Institute (RRI) has a very impressive program for visiting students, one can come there at anytime and
work with any professor. I strongly suggest Avinash Deshpande, R Srikanth, A. Dhar but check others too depending on your interest.
4.IISC for 12th Board toppers.
5.HRI
6.IMSc
7.IUCAA
8.NCRA
9.IISER Mohali
10.TIFR
11. IIT Gandhinagar
12.IIT Bombay
13. PRL, Ahmedabad.
14. For Quantum Mechanics, Information and Optics :
http://cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/programs/index.html
15. Internship at Japans Brand New International University for Undergraduates , postgraduates and phd visits too - https://groups.oist.jp/grad
16. Waterloo summer school for undergraduates in Quantum Information
http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/useqip2013
17. IISER MOhali Summer school for undergraduates (Feb 26th Last date for applying ) .
http://iisermohali.ac.in/summerProgram/summerProgram2013.html
18.Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) (Last Date 20th Feb) http://www.germi.org/notific-summerint-2013.html
19. Fermilab Internships http://ed.fnal.gov/interns/programs/index.shtml
20.Astronomy and Electrical / Mechanical Engineers or even people interested in instrumentation can apply to Astron
https://www.astron.nl/astronomy-group/astronjive-summer-student-programme
kind note: this page is being constantly being updated, so apologies for incomplete information. Till then please bear with the list without urls. You
could search the sites of the respective institutes for notices and links.
any suggestions and additions are welcome! iyengarpavan at gmail dot com
Cheers!
acknowledgements: Thanks to Himalay Senapati from CMI for the 19th and 20th links.