Verified 1 August 2026

Internships — India & worldwide

Every portal below is official and free to apply. A real internship never asks you to pay a "registration" or "training" fee to get selected — anyone who does is selling you something, not hiring you.

Government of India schemes

PM Internship Scheme pminternship.mca.gov.in → 12-month paid internships with India's top companies, with a monthly allowance and one-time grant. For youth aged 21–24 as per scheme rules — check current-round eligibility on the portal.
AICTE Internship Portal internship.aicte-india.org → Central portal matching college students to internships across companies, ministries and state programs. Free for all students, not just AICTE colleges.
NATS — National Apprenticeship Training Scheme nats.education.gov.in → One-year paid apprenticeships for engineering and diploma graduates with government organisations and industry, with a government-supported stipend.
MEA Internship Programme internship.mea.gov.in → Work inside the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi — for graduates interested in diplomacy and foreign policy. Term-wise intake.
MyGov Internships mygov.in → Internships and campaigns with the Government of India's citizen-engagement platform; ministry internship calls are also announced here.

Worldwide programs open to Indian students

United Nations Careers — Internships careers.un.org → Internships across UN offices worldwide, including remote roles. Applications only through the official UN careers portal.
NASA Internships intern.nasa.gov → Most NASA internships require US citizenship, but NASA's international partnerships and open challenges are listed on the same portal — read each posting's eligibility.
World Bank — Programs & Internships worldbank.org/careers → Bank Internship Program for graduate students, plus analyst programs — paid, international, competitive.
Google — Student careers buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com → STEP and SWE internships, including at Google India offices. Applications open by season on the official student site.
Microsoft — Students & graduates careers.microsoft.com/students → Internships and university hiring, including Microsoft India (IDC) engineering roles.
Amazon — University careers amazon.jobs → SDE and operations internships across Amazon's global and India offices.

Free means free

Every program on this page is free to apply. If any site, agent or "consultancy" asks for money to get you an internship from these portals, walk away and report it — that's the whole scam.

Read the eligibility line first

Age bands, citizenship rules and course-year requirements differ per program and per round. Two minutes on the official eligibility page saves a wasted application.