Joint Standards Internship Proposal:
IEEE and ITU
Susan K. Tatiner
26 March 2012
Description of proposal
IEEE has developed a proposal for a joint Standards Internship
Program with ITU to launch in August 2013.
Targeted to graduate engineering students studying in India
One-semester internships
An internship would take place in India, Switzerland, the U.S., and
other countries, where the intern would work for a corporate
sponsor, found by IEEE and/or ITU.
IEEE and ITU would act as a joint Internship Bureau, linking
students looking for internships with companies looking for
interns.
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Why should we do this?
The overall goal is to ground engineering students in an
understanding of standards development in their technical field
of interest while providing participating corporations with useful
interns to support standards development work.
SEC India Ad Hoc has advocated for Standards Internship program
as part of its mission
A Standards Internship Program—with Corporate Partners--was one
of the ideas developed from University Outreach visits the SEC
made in 2010-2011.
IEEE research indicates that engineering students in India are often
required to participate in internships as a condition of their
degree, with limited help finding the opportunities.
Mutual benefits to IEEE and ITU. It would create a model for
collaboration on Standards Education, would extend the reach of
both our efforts in India, and would enable us to provide a
benefit to industry partners who support standardization.
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How will we do this?
IEEE and ITU will work together to develop a plan for a pilot
program focusing on no more than two industries/technical
areas.
The plan will create a joint Standards Internship Bureau to bring
together students interested in internships and corporations
interested in sponsoring students for Standards Internships.
Will consider these elements for all phases of the internship:
– Goals
– Types of expected tasks/projects
– Supervision/mentorship
– Training/on-boarding
– Amount of time expected from intern
– Compensation/benefits for intern
– Legal requirements
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Business arrangements
The Standards Internship Program service is intended to be offered
at no charge to students and corporations.
IEEE will pay for the cost of the initial plan, to be developed by a
consultant.
IEEE and ITU would each bear the cost of operating the program in
their organization.
Corporate sponsors would be expected to offer paid internships,
including payment during the short period of the internship
spent at the host SDO’s headquarters.
Neither IEEE nor ITU would pay the travel or living expenses of the
students. A decision about payment of these costs by the
corporation or the student would be part of the negotiating
process between them.
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May
2012
Proposal agreed on in
principle
Aug2012
Standards Internship
Program Plan
Sep2012
Plan agreed on by both
parties
Oct 2012
MOU completed
Nov2012
Target industries and
universities chosen
Dec
2012
Outreach to corporate
partners begins
Dec
2012
Outreach to students and
universities in India begins
Feb 2013
Corporate sponsors
identified
Apr 2013
Intern candidates identified
May
2013
Interns selected
Jun-Jul
2013
IEEE and ITU work internally
to design plan for the
interns’ SDO visit; work with
corporate sponsor to
support their planning
Aug
2013
First interns begin their
placements
Timeline
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Next steps
Upon ITU’s expressed interest, IEEE will begin work on the
Standards Internship Program Plan, scheduled for delivery to ITU
in August 2012, for discussion and review.
Upon joint acceptance of the Plan, IEEE will draft a Memorandum of
Understanding on the Standards Internship Program, with
information on the terms and duration of the agreement, general
terms and conditions, and other obligations.
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Thank you!
DISCUSSION
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