MNCFC officers would be able to interact with fresh thinking brains with exceptional academic records from top universities as part of the internship programme.
The Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre, an attached office of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare’s Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare, offers an Internship Scheme called “MNCFC Internship Scheme” for Indian nationals pursuing M.Sc./M.Tech/B.Tech from a recognised university or institution within India
Interns at MNCFC may obtain experience with advanced RS & GIS Data Analysis and Forecasting Data Analysis methods, as well as contribute to the development of agricultural evaluation procedures
Eligibility
The applicant must be a citizen of India.
(b) B. Tech. or M.Sc./M. Tech/M.Sc (Tech) in any field.
(c) Internship Domains/Areas: Remote Sensing, GIS, Image Processing, Crop Forecasting, Yield Assessment, Agricultural Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Analysis Software Development, Drought
Assessment, Disaster Monitoring, Crop Insurance, Precision Farming, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Horticulture, Soil Moisture, Agro-meteorology, and Field Survey, to name a few.
Certificate
An intern will receive a certificate after completing his or her internship and submitting a report or paper for evaluation by the Director.
Duration
An internship will be available for one to three months. Throughout the year, applications are accepted.
How To Apply For MNCFC Internship
Intern.ncfc-agri@gov.in invites interested students pursuing fields of study at various recognised universities/institutions to submit their applications, together with their CVs, in the attached format (Annexure-II). A letter of recommendation from the supervisor/department head will be requested.
The candidate should indicate which month(s) she or he would like to work as an intern.
The application should be completed by the 10th day of the preceding month’s internship programme.
