IWAI Internship 2024

Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India (GOI). IWAI was set up in 1986 with a mandate to develop and regulate inland waterways for the purposes of shipping and navigation. IWAI is primarily responsible for development, maintenance and regulation of Inland Water Transport (IWT) in the country and specifically National Waterways (NWs). In April 2016, the Government of India declared 106 new National Waterways in addition to the existing five National waterways.

The objective and guidelines/salient features of the Internship Programme:

Name of the Scheme: “The Inland Waterways Authority of India
Internship Scheme”
Purpose: To provide with Selected Candidates” short term exposure to
different verticals/ divisions/ units of IWAI as “Interns”.
Objective of the Scheme: The scheme has following stated objectives:
To allow young academic talent to be associated with IWAI work for mutual
benefit.
The “Interns” shall have the opportunity to know about IWAI functioning,
understand overall process of development of Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) of
India at the macro level, issues faced and contribute towards inputs, analysis, report
writing, proposal preparation work.

Eligibility:

Candidates pursuing/completed Graduate/ Post-Graduate Courses
from Universities/ Institutions of National and International repute are eligible to apply
for the internship provided:

For Graduate students, they should have obtained at least 75% marks in 12th examination.
For Post-Graduation students, they should have obtained 60% in the graduation degree;
For research Scholars, they should have obtained at least 60% in PostGraduation.

Duration:

Duration of internship will be for a minimum period of One (01)
month and maximum (03) months as decided by the Competent Authority, IWAI but
not exceeding (06) months. Interns not completing the requisite period as stipulated
in their offer will not be issued with any certificate.

Remuneration:

Stipend @ Rs. 10,000/- for Undergraduate and Rs.
20,000/- for Post Graduate/ Research Scholar per month will be payable on
satisfactory completion of their internships. Last month remuneration shall be
provided on submission of their Report/paper. Interns will be eligible for remuneration
equivalent of number of days of attendance in office against total number of working
days in that month.

Procedure for application

The interested and eligible students are to send their applications, along with their CVs in the enclosed prescribed format (Annexure-A) to The Secretary, Inland Waterways Authority of India, A-13, Sector-1, Noida-201301.
Applicants must also clearly indicate the area of interest. In order to allocate the selected applications, as per their interests, to various Division, it is suggested that the applicants should go through the website of IWA viz., http://iwai.nic.in and apply in the prescribed format indicating in their application the name of Division and areas of their interest, in order of preference, on which they would like to work upon during their internship.
At the time of joining on selection, applicants shall be required to produce a letter from their Head of Department/ Principal, indicating their status in the institution and “No Objection” for allowing their students to undergo Internship programme for the period for which he or she is selected.

Procedure for Selection and Other Modalities of the Scheme.

All the applications received will processed by the Recruitment and Training Cell at IWAI as per the procedure and the selected candidate will be informed to join the programme at designated location.
All the applications will be scrutinized by the Head Office/ respective Directorate. The actual offers will be sent to the selected interns subject to availability of slots (PG/UG), consent of the concerned Division and approval of the Competent Authority. The Authority shall accommodate interns as per the requirement which may vary from time to time.
Depending upon the number of applications received against a particular domain/area, IWAI reserves the right to fix the selection criteria, limit the number of applicants to be called for particular period and to decide about the mode of screening.
IWAI retains the discretion to choose the most suitable candidate amongst applicants based on the criteria of ability, knowledge and qualifications.

The maximum number of interns during the year 2024-25 to be trained

Sl. No.	IWAI, Head Office/ Regional Offices/ Sub Offices	No. of PG Interns proposed to be deployed	No. of UG Interns proposed to be deployed
1	Head Office, NOIDA	8	4
2	Kolkata, RO	3	2
3	Kochi, RO	1	1
4	Patna, RO	2	1
5	Guwahati, RO	1	__
6	Goa, Sub Office	__	1
7	Bhubaneshwar, RO/ Vijayawada, Sub Office		1
	TOTAL	15	10

How to Apply IWAI Internships 2024 :

To apply for the IWAI, follow these steps:

Click On “Apply Now” button it will redirect to official website of IWAI careers portal and navigate to the internship section.
Search for the Performance Testing Internship opportunity and click on the apply button.
Fill out the application form with your personal and educational details.
Upload your resume, cover letter, and any other required documents.
Submit your application and await further communication from the IWAI recruitment team.