Bhubaneswar, Sep 18: Under the ambitious The Urban Learning Internship Programme (TULIP) , an innovative initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and Ministry of Human Resources Development_ fresh graduates will now get an opportunity to work with the various projects of Bhubaneswar Smart City.

The fresh graduate should not have crossed more than 18 months between the date of declaration of final year results and the date from which the internship is sought.

The flagship internship programme was launched on June 4 this year 2020 under the theme “Aspirational India”. While the objective of TULIP is to provide short-term exposure to fresh technical graduates to real world project implementation and planning for professional development and experiential learning with Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Smart Cities, it would also help in harnessing fresh energy and ideas towards ULBs and Smart Cities from the young minds to help solve the critical challenges.

Under the Bhubaneswar Smart City projects the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited seeks interns under the categories: Administration, Engineering, Finance and Technology. Students from the leading city-based institutes thus are encouraged to apply for the TULIP internship by visiting the linkhttps://internship.aicte-india.org/module_ulb/Dashboard/TulipMain/index.php. A student has to login and register and then apply through the appropriate segment of TULIP.

The Internship has been designed keeping in mind the individual needs of the participants. The program intends to deliver strengthening of institutional capacity of urban ecosystem and youth engagement towards urban initiatives, creating an ecosystem wherein youth can contribute towards building a liveable city.

It also aimed to getskilled, high-quality workforce and innovative citizen-centric solutions that help them address critical challenges as the participating graduates will enhance their employability through “learning by doing” and opportunity to co-create innovation for cities.

By joining the Bhubaneswar Smart City Project, the TULIP interns would get experience certificate which would have great value in their professional life as Smart City Project is a major urban initiative across the nation in the recent times.