NHAI to Hire Engineering Students from Select Colleges as Interns, Stipend up to Rs 15,000

NHAI, in a bid to instil a sense of contribution in building local infrastructure among the students fraternity, will offer internships to 20 undergraduate and 20 postgraduate students from 18 IITs, 26 NITs and 190 AICTE approved engineering colleges. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has partnered with these reputed technical institutes across the country to adopt nearby stretches of the National Highway on voluntary basis.

The adopted stretches will be used as a field of study for the faculty, researchers and familiarize students of the Institute with the latest trends in industry, said a statement from the Government of India. Selected interns will be engaged for a period of two months, and will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs 8000 for undergraduate, and Rs 15,000 for postgraduate students. NHAI will support the creation of Lab infrastructure in the Institute and may sponsor relevant research project that helps in using alternative resource material and improving quality of roads, added the release from the government.

Apart from the internship, 300 institutes offering civil engineering undergraduate and postgraduate courses will adopt NH stretches all over the country. Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) are being signed between the technical institutes and NHAI for the adopted stretches and so far about 200 institutes have already signed the MoU for implementation of the scheme.

Furthermore, partner institutes will study improvement prospects in safety, maintenance, riding comfort, removal of congestion points and usages of new technologies among other on the adopted stretches and give suitable suggestions to NHAI for consideration. The Institutes will also associate with the NHAI during conceptualization, design and project preparation of new projects and suggest the relevant parameters and innovations based on experience specific to the site climate, topography and resource potential for better socio-economic outcome.