Internship Scheme By The Unique Identification Authority Of India (UIDAI)(ISUIDAI)

Overview

About ISUIDAI

The Unique Identification Authority of India, the body that issues and authenticates Aadhaar numbers, takes students into its own offices for paid project work under the Internship Scheme by UIDAI. It is an internship, not a merit award: the money is a monthly stipend for work done, released against a supervisor's report. The rules were rewritten in UIDAI's latest internship policy, and several lines in the listing below no longer match them.

UIDAI is a statutory authority set up on 12 July 2016 under the Aadhaar Act and placed under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, as the UIDAI Internship Policy, 2025 records. That circular from UIDAI's Human Resource Division, dated May 2025, is the version UIDAI's own internship policy page carries today. The myScheme listing still describes remote postings and a separate fellowship for PhD scholars; the 2025 policy has neither, and brings research scholars into the same internship as everyone else.

The scheme suits four groups: engineering and design students close to graduating, technical postgraduates such as M.Tech, MCA and M.Des students, graduates and postgraduates in law, commerce, finance, mass communication, mathematics or statistics (MBA and PGDM students included), and PhD scholars working on anything from data privacy and cyber security to public policy. Interns work at the Technology Centre in Bengaluru, at a regional or state office, or in a division of the head office in New Delhi, according to the 2025 policy.

Who runs it

Provider

At a glance

Key details

Calendar

Important dates

UIDAI fixes no annual calendar for the scheme. Each office announces its own round and sets its own window, so the 2026 windows below are a pattern rather than a schedule for next year:

All three windows have closed. The 20 May last date belonged to the head office round alone (circular); the Technology Centre's engineering and design round had already shut on 15 April (notice, archived copy). The rules themselves come from the Internship Policy, 2025, which UIDAI's internship page shows as last updated on 30 Jun 2026.

Who can apply

Eligibility criteria

Every applicant clears one bar first: at least 60% marks, or a GPA of 6.0 on a 10-point scale, in all earlier semester examinations, under clause 4.1 of the UIDAI Internship Policy, 2025. After that, the stage of your course decides whether you can apply, and the policy treats technical and non-technical students differently.

Engineering and design undergraduates (B.Tech, BE, B.Design, B.Graphic and similar) can apply in the pre-final or final year, or within six months of graduating. Technical postgraduates (M.Tech, ME, M.Des, MCA and similar) can apply in either year of the programme or within six months of finishing it. Undergraduates in law, commerce, accounts, finance, mass communication, mathematics or statistics cannot apply mid-course: for them the route opens only once the final examination has been written, or within six months of finishing the degree. Postgraduates in those fields get one extra opening, after the term-end examinations of the first year or second semester, as the policy's clause 4.1 sets out.

The six months are counted from the month the final result is declared to the month the internship begins. The policy's own illustration is a result declared in June, which allows an internship starting no later than December.

PhD applicants face a narrower test. Undergraduates and postgraduates may be enrolled at a recognised institution in India or abroad, but a research scholar must be registered at a recognised Indian institution and bring a recommendation letter from the PhD or research supervisor. The scheme is open only to Indian citizens. Clause 17 of the 2025 policy lets the CEO of UIDAI relax any condition for a deserving candidate, but it names no criteria for doing so, so it is not something an applicant can plan around.

Who cannot apply

Exclusions

The myScheme record lists no exclusions. The 2025 policy and UIDAI's 2026 notices rule applicants out in these ways:

• Marks below 60%, or a GPA below 6.0, in any earlier semester (policy clause 4.1).
• A final result declared more than six months before the month the internship would start.
• Enrolment in a course that needs class attendance during the internship period, since the college's No Objection Certificate (NOC) must certify that you are not registered for one.
• A mismatch found when the office checks the original documents at joining, which cancels the candidature.
• Filling more than one form in the head office round of 2026, which the head office circular warns may lead to rejection.
• False information or suppressed facts discovered at any stage, including during the internship, which the same circular says leads to summary rejection or cancellation.

Continuation

Renewal conditions

Nothing in the scheme renews. An internship lasts at least six weeks and at most 12 months, and the 2025 policy withholds the completion certificate from anyone who does not finish the requisite period. The official FAQ further down this page gives a shorter span of two to six months, which clause 4.2 of the 2025 policy does not support. The policy does not say whether a former intern may apply for a second term, so that question belongs with the HR section of the office concerned.

What you get

Award & benefits

The stipend depends on two things: the level of your course and whether UIDAI counts your subject as technical. The monthly rates in the 2025 policy are:

The listing below pairs most categories with a lower remote rate. The 2025 policy prints one rate per row, and its clause on the place of internship names only the Technology Centre, the regional and state offices and the head office.

Two conditions sit on the money. Each month's stipend is paid only after the supervisor, who must not be below the rank of Director, submits a satisfactory report. A PhD or research scholar who already draws a fellowship, stipend or other financial benefit receives only the gap amount. The policy also still expects interns to bring their own laptop, but it now lets the concerned Deputy Director General (DDG) provide a desktop inside UIDAI premises where the technical nature of the task calls for one.

The Pre-Placement Offer for Technical Interns

The benefit the stipend table does not show is a route to a salaried post. A UIDAI office memorandum of May 2025 lets interns in technical fields who serve four months or more sit a Pre-placement Assessment Test, and those with an average Key Performance Indicator (KPI) score of 75 or above during the internship are considered for an offer. Final merit gives the test and the KPI score 50% each, the Technology Centre conducts the test, and the CEO decides how many offers are made.

A selected intern joins the payroll of the National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) as a Software Developer under a TSU agreement, at Band D with a starting cost to company of Rs 12 lakh per annum, on NISG's service conditions rather than UIDAI's. After 24 months, depending on performance, the person may be considered for placement as a Young Professional, according to the PPO policy. An NOC from the student's institution is required before the offer is approved.

• Stipend (in ₹ per Month)
• B.Tech. (Premises): 30,000; (Remote): 15,000
• M.Tech. (Premises): 40,000; (Remote): 20,000
• MBA (Premises): NA; MBA (Remote): NA
• Other relevant fields like Economics and Law (Premises): NA
• Other relevant fields like Economics and Law (Remote): NA
• PhD (Premises): 50,000; PhD (Remote): 25,000
• B.Tech. (Premises): NA; (Remote): NA
• M.Tech. (Premises): NA; (Remote): NA
• MBA (Premises): 40,000; MBA (Remote): 20,000
• Other relevant fields like Economics and Law (Premises): NA
• Other relevant fields like Economics and Law (Remote): NA
• PhD (Premises): NA; PhD (Remote): NA
• B.Tech. (Premises): NA; (Remote): NA
• M.Tech. (Premises): NA; (Remote): NA
• MBA (Premises): NA; MBA (Remote): NA
• UG in Other relevant fields like Economics and Law (Premises): 20,000
• PG in Other relevant fields like Economics and Law (Premises): 30,000
• UG in Other relevant fields like Economics and Law (Remote): 10,000
• PG in Other relevant fields like Economics and Law (Remote): 15,000
• PhD (Premises): NA; PhD (Remote): NA
• The basic lodging facilities can be made available on a payment basis in UIDAI Technology Centre, only.
• The intern may be given access to the office internet, which shall be at the sole discretion of the supervising officer and subject to compliance with the Information Security Policy of UIDAI.
• NOTE 1: The Intern has to make his/her own accommodation arrangement during the internship in case of working from UIDAI premises.
• NOTE 2: They shall arrange their own transport to and from the office.
• NOTE 3: The Intern will not be given any Computer System/Laptop etc for carrying out his/her assignments during the internship.
• NOTE 4: The intern shall be required to bring his/her own Laptop for carrying out the work assigned to him/her.
• Experience Certificate
• The UIDAI will issue a certificate for the period of internship in UIDAI at the end of the internship subject to the completion of assigned work, duly recommended by the concerned reporting officer.

What to prepare

Documents required

The record lists the papers. What it does not show is when each one is asked for, and that depends on whether you are still enrolled:

Applicants who have already passed out skip the NOC and the sponsorship: the policy says neither is required from them. The Annexure A proforma asks for your education from Class 12 onwards with the cumulative percentage or CGPA, the place of internship you want, a preferred functional wing if you are applying to the head office, courses or certifications that qualify you for the role, and remarks of no more than 50 words, as the policy's annexures show.

Step by step

How to apply

UIDAI does not run one national application for this scheme. Clause 7 of the 2025 policy allows two routes: an online form when an office notifies a round, or a CV with supporting documents sent by email to one of the offices in its Annexure E, which lists the Technology Centre, eight regional offices, six state offices and the head office. The annexure gives postal addresses, and an HR designation for most offices, but no email address.

In 2026 UIDAI ran three separate online rounds. The Technology Centre in Bengaluru opened first, taking applications through a Google Form from 01-04-2026 to 15-04-2026 for B.Tech, BE or M.Tech candidates (listed as 10+4 places), B.Des (2), M.Des (4), B.Math or B.Stat graduates (4) and M.Math or M.Stat postgraduates (4), with a note that the count in each discipline could rise or fall, according to UIDAI's Technology Centre notice for 2026 (archived copy).

The head office in New Delhi followed in May 2026, with an NIC online form and a last date of 20.05.2026. Its circular spread the seats division by division, let each applicant name up to three preferred divisions, and asked enrolled students to have the application sponsored in the policy's Annexure C format, a copy of which could be uploaded with the form.

The Technology Centre then ran a round for PhD and research scholars alone, from 22-06-2026 to 15-07-2026: two places in the biometric domain, for deep learning or computer vision work on face or fingerprint matching, at Rs 50,000 a month, and one in human resources at Rs 40,000, per UIDAI's PhD internship notice for 2026 (archived copy). Both Technology Centre notices have since dropped off uidai.gov.in, which is why the links here point to archived copies of UIDAI's own files.

The application link on the myScheme listing points to an older policy file that no longer opens on uidai.gov.in. The policy UIDAI links from its internship page now is the Internship Policy, 2025.

Hearing Back From a UIDAI Office

None of the three 2026 notices mentions a status page or a published result list, so progress shows up as contact from the office. Shortlisted applicants may be called for a personal or virtual interview. The next signal is a request from the regional office, head office division or Technology Centre for a soft copy of your college NOC, which clause 7 of the 2025 policy places ahead of the offer letter. For the head office round of 2026, the circular names the Director (HR) on 011-23478554 and dir.hr-hq@uidai.net.in.

The stipend is not a portal payment either. Because each month's amount waits on the supervisor's report under clause 6 of the policy, a delayed month is a question for your reporting officer and the HR section of your office.

How winners are picked

Selection process

The DDG heading the office you apply to, whether the Technology Centre, a regional office or a head office division, makes the selection. Under clause 8 of the 2025 policy the DDG may form a selection committee to screen applicants and hold a personal or virtual interview where needed, pays no TA or DA for attending it, and has the final word on a candidate's suitability.

Seats are capped per calendar year, and the caps differ sharply by office:

Every 2026 notice said that meeting the eligibility criteria is only a minimum threshold and does not by itself earn an interview. The Technology Centre gave preference to candidates offering at least six months and, if a large number of applications came in, reserved the right to shortlist on merit or organisational requirements, per its 2026 notice (archived copy). The head office reserved the right to place a selected intern in a division the candidate had not chosen, according to its 2026 circular.

Fine print

Terms & conditions

Joining means signing two documents: an undertaking in Annexure I to follow the rules that apply to UIDAI's employees and keep its information confidential, and a mutual non-disclosure agreement whose obligations on confidential information run for four years from its effective date. The 2025 policy adds these conditions:

• UIDAI keeps all intellectual property generated in the project work, including patents, designs, software source code and publications, and neither the intern nor the sponsoring institution has any claim on the results.
• Work may be presented to academic bodies, seminars or conferences only with UIDAI's prior approval, confidential information stays out even then, and any paper must carry a caveat that the views are the intern's own.
• Interns cannot represent UIDAI in public forums or speak to the media, and they need the project supervisor's consent before dealing with vendors, experts, professionals or civil society groups.
• A technical intern on a term longer than four months is evaluated on a bi-monthly basis against KPIs fixed at the start of the tenure, with the reporting or supervising officer scoring out of 100 (policy clause 13).
• An intern found lacking or disinterested after onboarding can be de-boarded with 15 days of notice (policy clause 15).
• UIDAI may review the scheme at any time and places the reviewed version on its website.

Get help

Contact

Head office rounds and policy questions go to the Director (HR), Human Resource Division, UIDAI, Bangla Sahib Road, Behind Kali Mandir, Gole Market, New Delhi 110001, on 011-23478554 or dir.hr-hq@uidai.net.in, the contact printed on the 2025 policy.

For the Technology Centre, Annexure E of the same policy names the Deputy Director (HR), UIDAI Technology Centre, Aadhaar Complex, NTI Layout, Tata Nagar, Bengaluru 560092. Each regional office in Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Mumbai and Ranchi has its own Deputy Director (HR) at the address given in that annexure.

Source

Official links

Frequently asked questions

From the official scheme FAQ (myScheme)

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Disclaimer

Disclaimer

Scheme details are compiled from myScheme, the Government of India’s official scheme-discovery platform, and are reproduced without alteration. Amounts, deadlines and eligibility change between cycles, so always confirm on the official links above before applying. Expertie does not process applications or charge fees.

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