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St Aloysius College, Autonomous

Internship Guidelines

The National Education Policy 2020-(NEP-2020) views that the purpose of the education
system is to develop good human beings capable of rational thought and action, possessing
compassion and empathy, courage and resilience, scientific temper and creative imagination,
with sound ethical moorings and values. It aims at producing engaged, productive, and
contributing citizens for building an equitable, inclusive, and plural society as envisaged by
our Constitution. The NEP-2020 envisions promoting quality research in higher education
and to ensure quality education by higher education institutions (HEIs), research and
innovation are two inherently important aspects. The societal needs of our country can only
be addressed by having a strong knowledge, skills, value and research-oriented vibrant higher
education ecosystem for sustainable development.

Objectives of Internship:

Following are the intended objectives of engaging undergraduate students in internship for
employability and research internship programmes:

1. Integration of workshop with workplace: To see the internship in a broader, integrated

and holistic manner where the delivery of the classroom is aligned with outcomes of the
workplace.
2. Understanding of the world of work: To provide undergraduate students with an
opportunity to improve their understanding of the experiences, challenges, and opportunities
of the real world of work, as well as to set their expectations and behaviour in accordance
with the demands, culture, and values of current and emerging jobs.
3. Developing research aptitude: To create and facilitate conditions that allow students in
their quest for knowledge, its discovery, learn, understand and sharpen research acumen,
familiarizing with analytical tools and techniques.
4. Exposure in emerging technologies: To provide exposure to emerging technologies/
automation and how it can support, facilitate, improve and reinforce work processes/ culture/
job roles/art and craft, including the traditional areas of art-craft/ heritage skills, agriculture,
etc.
5. Enhance entrepreneurial capabilities: Understand how organisations / enterprises are
formed for sustainable progress so that start-ups and entrepreneurial capabilities are
strengthened among students and they are encouraged to be job creators.
6. Development of decision-making and teamwork skills: To facilitate the development of
problem-solving and decision-making skills, enable teamwork & collaboration culture to
promote research, academic and professional developments.
7. Cultivate a sense of Social Imagery and Citizenship Responsibility: To develop a sense
of social imagery (issues) and philanthropic versatility among the graduating students that
will facilitate towards the development of an attitude towards citizenship responsibility.
8. Stimulate collaborative influence: To promote HEIs collaboration, industry- academia
partnership will be developed to provide collaborative internships, apprenticeships, and
research opportunities to the students in the predefined areas of importance which will lead
institutions, universities, organisations, academicians, and students to collaborate on how to
learn with one another.
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9. Enhancing professional competency: The internship should not only focus on

employability or research capabilities; there is also a need for professional principles, ethics,
values, and integrity which will enable them to gain perspective, practice, develop as
competency and perform professional tasks in the way that the employment market demands.

The undergraduate internships would be classified into two types:

i. Internship for enhancing the employability
ii. Internship for developing the research aptitude

Enhancing Employability- Recent graduates are lacking knowledge, practical skills, and
experience which are mandatory requirements demanded by employers for recruitment.
Employability refers to the certain attributes of an individual that enable him/her to perform
any job opportunity in line with the set standards of performance to meet expectations for the
expected job. Employability is a set of skills and attributes developed through a range of
experiences at workshops and workplaces. It states that when a student can demonstrate skills
on the job. Individuals need to develop such competencies which reduce the obstacles as job
seekers and also increase their potential as job providers.

Developing Research Aptitude- Research aptitude refers to the attribute of

inquiry/investigation, analysis and interpretations in a scientific and objective method that
facilitates to uncover facts and present an individual viewpoint in an organised manner.
Research internship aims at providing hands-on training to work on research tools, techniques,
methodologies, equipment, policy framework and various other aspects in pursuing quality
research. Apart from gaining relevant research experience, the interns would learn the
following, through research professionals/mentors:
● Ideation and conceptualization of a research question/problem
● Learning about new tools and handling of equipment
● Experimentation and collection of data
● Simulations and development of models
● Preparation and presentation of reports

Research Internship experience can be gained by working with faculty/scientists/mentors in

HEIs, research institutions, universities, Industrial research labs, nationally and
internationally reputed organizations, farmers, and entrepreneurs, using local experts through
recognition of prior learning models and individual persons distinguished in specific fields.

INTERNSHIP MECHANISM

Details of Internship
Programme Under graduation
Semester IV
Period of Internship 60 hours
Number of credits 2
Total marks 50
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Note:

Online internship and paid internship by students are not

encouraged.

The following process to be followed before and during internship:

 The College will give letter seeking permission from the organization: acceptance of the
organization must be obtained by the student well in advance.

 Internal supervisor will be allotted from the Department to a group of students.

Organization/office selected must be approved by the committee and by the department.

 The manager supervising the intern is the external guide, his name, designation and
phone number must be given to the Department after joining the internship for
necessarily follow up.

 After joining the organization as intern, joining report must be issued and submitted to
the Department within a week of joining the internship.

 The student must maintain a work diary, He/she writes work diary daily covering the
duties and responsibilities assigned for the day, time of entry and exit, Department in
which he/she worked, supervisor under whom he/she worked, the day's experience and
learning problems faced etc

 Every day work diary should be signed and seal should be taken from the external guide

 At the end of the internship, external guide must give performance certificate and
attendance certificate.

 Based on the work diary, intern will write a report of internship, which is assessed by the
department.

Duties and Responsibilities of Intern:

The duties and responsibilities of the intern are as follows:
1) Intern should strictly follow the internship guidelines of the college.
2) He/she should respect the organization where he/she joined as intern, abide by the office
rules and regulations and follow the instructions given by the external supervisor at the
organization. He/she must work as intern with utmost care and diligence and responsible for
any damage caused to the organization by him as an intern
3) Intern should get the guidance of the internal supervisor from time to time. Any problem
during internship must be brought to the notice of the Dean/Head of the department through
the internal supervisor.
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4) He/She should submit the joining report within one week of joining the internship
5) He/She maintains work diary and see that it is signed and sealed by the external supervisor.
6) He/She should produce work diary, performance certificate and attendance certificate at
the end of the internship.
7) He/she submit the internship report on time to avoid unpleasant consequences.

Role of Internal Supervisor:

The Internal supervisor has the following duties and responsibilities:

1) Internal supervisor must assist the intern in selection of the organization and see that all
preliminary formalities are completed before joining the internship
2) Internal supervisor should monitor the progress of the internship and makes follow up
from time to time through contact with the intern
3) Internal supervisor must arrange for presentation of the report in the Department before the
submission of final report.
4) Internal supervisor should read the draft copy of the report and give necessary correction
and see that intern submit the report on time.

CREDITS Summative Assessment (30) Formative Assessment (20)

Report Employer Viva Voce Internal Powerpoint
Writing Accreditation (External Assessment Presentation
Examiner)
Internship 15 05 10 10 10
(2 Credits)

Format of Internship Report

Page1 Cover Page
Page 2: Certificate from the HOD
Page 3: Internal supervisor (Guide) certificate
Page 4: Joining Report
Page 5: Attendance certificate and performance certificate from the company
Page 6: Acknowledgement
Page 7: Table of Contents with Page Numbers
Page 8: List of Tables and Charts with page numbers.
Page 9: Presentation of the Internship Report: 15 pages. The report should contain the
following:
 Profile of the study area
 Report on Internship
 Summary of the work done
Appendices:
o Work Diary
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o Any document or certificates to be attached

o Participation in conference/workshop/training programme organised by the
employer/KCCI/CII or any other authorized body.

The Text of the contents: Times new roman, Paragraph heading and side point in font 13,
explanation in font -12 , linespacing-1.5 justified, one side typing
Chapter heading font size: 14, Times new roman, Centre Aligned, 30Point above and below
spacing.

Page Specification:
Left Margin -3.0cms Right Margin-2.0 cms Top Margin- 2.5 cms Bottom Margin-2.5cms
Page Numbers–All text pages should be numbered at the bottom center of the pages

Submission:
One copy of the report must be submitted for evaluation and one PDF copy to the department
for the Department Purpose.

Eligibility for Approval of Internship to be eligible for Graduation.

 Follow all the Guidelines Mentioned
 Misbehaviour at work Place during Internship will be viewed seriously.

In Case of, Complaints or negative feedbacks received from the workplace the
internship will be cancelled. Such Students will have to repeat internships in the
forthcoming Semesters.
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(Format)

Title page

ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) MANGALURU

Internship Report on ------------------------------------------------------- (area of work)

at ----------------------------------------------------------- (name of the company, place)

Submitted to St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru in partial fulfillment of the

requirements for the award of the

Degree of Bachelor of ……………………………………………………………

By

(Name of the Student)

(Class and Register No)

Under the guidance of

Name and Designation of Internal Guide

2025-26
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Certificate from the HOD

FACULTY OF …………………………………….………..

ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

LIGHT HOUSE HILL ROAD, MANGALORE – 575 003

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr./Ms ……………………………..…………… bearing Registration

number………………………………. has successfully completed his/her internship
on …………………………………………………………………………………………………..………. (area of
work ) at ………………………………………………………….(name of the company and place).

This internship report is prepared after having undergone internship for the period as
stipulated by the College and is submitted to St Aloysius College (Autonomous)
Mangaluru, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of
Bachelor of ………………………………………………………………………... during the year 2025-26.

Date: Signature with name and Designation

Place: Seal
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Declaration by the student

DECLARATION

This is to certify that this internship report has been prepared by me after undergoing
internship from……………….to………………(duration) at ……………………………………..…..
(name of the company and place). This report is my original work and is being
submitted for the partial fulfilment of the requirements of the award of the Degree
of ………………..…..

This report has not been submitted earlier to this College or any other
Universities/Institutions for the fulfilment of the requirements of the course of the
study.

Date: Signature

Name of the student

Place: Register No
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Certificate from Internship Mentor

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that …………………………………………………………….….. (Name of the student),

Register Number………………………………..., of ……………………………….…., has successfully
completed his/her internship
on…………………………………………………………………………………… (area of work)
at ………………………………….……… (name of the company and place), in partial fulfilment of
the requirements for the Degree of ……. The internship report has been prepared by
him/her under my guidance and supervision. I further certify that no part of this report
has been submitted for the award of any degree, diploma, fellowship or such other
similar title.

Name and Designation of the Internship Mentor

Date:

Place: Signature

(Internship Mentor)
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Certificate of Performance from the company in its letter head OR from Research
supervisor

TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN

This is to certify that Mr/Ms ………………………………………………...… (name of the

student), ………………..… (Reg No), student of B.Com at St Aloysius College (Autonomous)
Mangaluru, has done his / her internship in our company
on …………………. ………………………………………., (area of work), for the purpose of partial
requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Commerce. He /She has
completed the internship from our company for the period from ………………….
to ……………… (date of internship).

During his/her tenure of the internship his/her conduct and character was good.

(Mandatory Requisite) The marks awarded =

(In Words) = …………..... out of Five

(In Figures) = ……………. out of 05

Remarks by the Employer/Research supervisor (If Any):

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Signature

Name and Designation

Company seal

Date:

Place:
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Format of Work Diary: Students are required to maintain work diary in A4 sheet of
paper.

Date Time (entry) Time (exit) Work Done Signature of

employer/Research
Supervisor

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