Student Internship/Projects for 2016-2017:
For the academic year 2016-2017 in collaboration with Amrita University YUVA would like to propose the following projects for EPFL and UNIL students:
Target Students: Motivated Students at EPFL and UNIL to work on challenging and innovative projects
Amrita University, one of the top 200 universities in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries developed the Live-in Labs Program where many EPFL students participated last year.
The Live-in-Labs have varied focus areas such as energy, water, healthcare, education, waste management, ICT, and skill building. Undergraduates and graduates students from EPFL, who would like to get an experiential learning opportunity, can go and spend 3 months to a semester in one of the live-in-labs in India. Students become part of the interdisciplinary team of students and faculty and each team is guided by a group of two to three faculty members. The students will share village life and observe and understand problems encompassing health and hygiene, energy, water, waste, environment, etc., touching the villagers’ lives, and define projects that seek to address these problems, devise solutions, implement, test and eventually demonstrate innovative solutions. One definitive achievement is that they will receive a deeper understanding of challenges faced by emerging developing countries. This gives the important opportunity since emerging countries have the largest opportunity for new ideas and innovative solutions.
Travel Grant: Can be provided by IDM after their selection process. For more details please see (http://idm.epfl.ch/stages/comment-ca-marche/)
To know more about the Live-in-lab programme at Amrita university please click here
Selection by: Interview with YUVA team
If you are interested by any of the project kindly mail with eventual questions: [email protected] and fillin in this form
Contacts:
1. Mr. Harshit Gupta and Mr. Rajasundar Chandran,
For YIP Team
tel: + 0041 788800430/ 789259542
2. Mr. Renjith Mohan
Amrita Center for International Programs
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (AMRITA University)
Amritapuri, Kollam, 690525, Kerala, INDIA
Tel:+91-476-280-4152 (office)
