The institute imparts training to students of different academic backgrounds and scholar levels (B.Sc., M.Sc. etc.) under the WII Internship Program. Students interested in getting trained in various aspects of wildlife research or gather expertise in specific areas of research interests approach concerned faculties of their choice, and are provided opportunity to work under the same faculty following necessary academic approval process. The institute offers either paid/unpaid internship opportunities to students at various levels depending on their experiences. In addition, WII also encourages interested students to take up B.Sc./M.Sc. dissertation research (up to maximum six months to one year duration) under supervision of WII faculties. This document details the general rules of engagement of various types of interns and dissertation students at WII.

Internship programme is open for all students starting from undergraduate level onwards but paid internship is only available for students who has completed their Bachelor or Master’s degree. Any student who is undergoing their regular courses will not be eligible for paid internship.

The paid internship positions are of ad-hoc nature and will be engaged by the PI of the respective projects (depending on the availability of funds and projectb requirements) following the above rule. The amount of fellowship under the paid internship program are as follows:

However, the PI will decide the fellowship amount among the above-mentioned schemes depending on the budget availability of the projects. Under no circumstances the monthly fellowship will go beyond this scale for paid interns.

No candidate with ongoing Master’s course will be offered paid internship under Bachelor’s graduate category.