GNDU offers virtual internships

Amritsar, July 2

SciRox, the science club of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), has started a virtual internship initiative called ‘Mentor-Mentee Program’ for students in the fields of basic and applied sciences.

The objective of the programme is to provide the students with an opportunity to enhance their skills by training under experts working in a specific research area. The mentors include faculty members, post-doctoral and PhD students from various institutions across India and abroad. A total of 25 mentors from Indian Insitutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, other state universities and foreign universities have registered. Several projects like science communication, chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and computers are up for grabs.

“The mentors will guide the students for one month providing them with assignments, virtual lab tours,” said Dr Bindiya Arora, Convener and incharge, SciRox. — TNS