GitHub India Externship Program for Developers | Student-Industry Connect 2022

GitHub India Externship Program for Developers

GitHub India Externship

India is home to one of the largest communities of student developers in the world. In 2020 we saw the number of students participating in the GitHub Campus Program increase by 142 percent, over 100,000 students signed up to our GitHub Student Developer Pack, and our campus offering was adopted by more than 100 higher-education institutions in India.

The student ecosystem is integral to the continued growth and pace of innovation in India. However, students do not have enough opportunities to get mentorship that can make them real-world ready and enhance their job prospects.

To support this growing community of student developers and to address their needs, we launched GitHub Externships. This builds on GitHub Campus offering by providing students a unique opportunity to engage with companies in India, via fellowship programs, and build the right skills future developers need, to succeed in an enterprise environment. The program connects the dots between Open Source, the next generation of software developers, and successful companies.

The GitHub Externship is a 90-day fellowship program for third or pre-final year students of GitHub Campus Partner schools. The initiative provides hands-on learning with practical and on-ground experience. It's collaborative, remote, and happens under the guidance of expert mentors.

Students get to select from a vast variety of Open Source projects listed down by different companies. They get paired with a mentor from participating organizations who will handhold them and review their work on a regular basis. Companies review the performance regularly and also provide a monthly stipend.

Eligibility Criteria

• 18+ at the time of registration
• Must be part of the GitHub Campus Program Institution from India Bachelors/Masters: Pre-final year & final year only
• Must be eligible to work in India during the duration of the program
• Reside and is eligible to work in India
• Proficient in English, both written and spoken
• Can code proficiently in at least one programming language 
• Have access to a good quality internet connection for meetings
• This is a REMOTE only internship opportunity
• Able to commit 30 hours per week to this program 

Benefits of this Program

• Get the opportunity to learn as you work on real-world problems through technology as it’ll increase the scope of improvement, upskilling & working on real-life industry projects teaches you a lot
• You will learn best practices under the guidance of tech leaders from the industry because a mentor teaches you a lot rather than self-learning
• Getting the live projects to showcase on your resume will boost your chances of an interview
• There are attractive stipends for the students by the project organization
• The exceptional performers would be awarded job opportunities as well