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There person been allegations that galore backstage companies registered connected the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) portal are demanding wealth from students for internships, alternatively of providing paid internships. Students person complained that immoderate companies are luring them by promising to supply internship certificates without having to enactment if they pay.
Following these complaints, VTU has decided to blacklist companies that inquire students for wealth for internships. In addition, it has decided to name squads to inspect the companies offering internships.
Course requirement
Engineering students are required to bash a minimum of six months of internship successful the 7th oregon 8th semesters to get the indispensable skills successful the watercourse they are studying. VTU has allocated 9 credits for an internship. In the past, determination were complaints astir submission of fake certificates owed to deficiency of due monitoring of the companies and students doing internships.
Following this, VTU implemented a paid internship policy. As per this, the companies should wage a monthly stipend. VTU, which has launched a abstracted online portal for this purpose, has instructed the companies offering internships to registry themselves compulsorily. More than 2,500 companies that person agreed to supply paid internships to students of VTU-affiliated colleges person registered.
However, determination person been allegations that immoderate backstage companies, alternatively of providing paid internships to students, are demanding wealth from the students.
“I americium an 8th-semester pupil of the Mechanical Engineering subdivision and applied online for an internship with a institution registered connected the VTU portal. But, alternatively of a paid internship, I was asked to wage the wealth instead. It is not close to let companies that complaint wealth from students to registry connected VTU portal,” alleged a pupil of a backstage engineering college.
“Students person complained that immoderate companies are promising to springiness certificates without moving if they pay. Some fake companies are besides registering connected the VTU portal. We person requested VTU to look into this substance and instrumentality action,” said the main of a authorities engineering college.
Appointment of squads
Speaking to The Hindu, Vidyashankar, Vice-Chancellor of VTU, said that immoderate irregularities had travel to their notice.
“We volition look into this substance and blacklist the blameworthy companies. Some students whitethorn besides beryllium progressive successful specified acts. In this context, VTU volition name squads to marque astonishment visits to the companies and instrumentality enactment to verify whether students are doing internships oregon not,” helium said.
In addition, attraction of internship diary volition beryllium made mandatory for students, helium added.
Too galore students, excessively fewer chances
Every year, astir 85,000 students suffice for internships successful VTU-affiliated engineering colleges. However, companies are not coming guardant to supply internships to specified a ample fig of students. Due to this, engineering students are not getting the indispensable skills.
Vidyashankar, Vice-Chancellor of VTU, said, “For example, each twelvemonth Infosys conducts an all-India level enactment to supply internships to 1,000 students. Out of this, not adjacent 50 of our students are selected. Boeing provides paid-internships to lone 28 of our students. Therefore, a gathering of ample backstage companies volition beryllium called and a petition volition beryllium made to supply much internships to VTU students. And the authorities volition beryllium requested to bring immoderate rules to marque it mandatory for each authorities and backstage institution successful the State to supply internships to astatine slightest 500 VTU students each year.”
