The Urban Learning Internship Program
MoHUA × AICTE joint initiative
The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP)
“TULIP envisions to create synergies between advancing functional skills in students and harnessing their energy and ideas to co-create solutions for the future of our cities.”
- MoHUA × AICTE · since 2020
- 36 States & UTs
- … urban bodies
- … internships posted
Learn city-building from the inside
An internship with an Urban Local Body puts you next to the officers, data and projects that run Indian cities — and gives you a recognised certificate for it.
Work inside ULBs & Smart City SPVs
Municipal corporations, Smart City companies, state urban departments and mission cells host the internships.
TULIP pillar 01
Real urban domains
Planning, mobility & transport, water & sanitation, solid waste, housing, municipal finance, IT and e-governance.
TULIP pillar 02
Certificate on completion
The host urban body issues a completion certificate through the portal, recognised under the AICTE internship policy.
TULIP pillar 03
Counts towards internship credits
Experience under TULIP counts towards the internship requirement AICTE mandates for technical programmes.
TULIP pillar 04
Flexible, host-set duration
Durations are set by the posting body — typically 8 weeks upwards — so they fit around your next step.
TULIP pillar 05
Field & GIS exposure
Surveys, GIS mapping, property-tax and ward-level data, DPR support — the groundwork of city projects.
TULIP pillar 06
Clean & green city missions
SBM-U, AMRUT and climate-resilience work: sanitation, water supply, green cover and waste-to-value projects.
TULIP pillar 07
A nation-wide network
Counting the urban bodies and postings on TULIP…
TULIP pillar 08
Explore TULIP National Directories
Drill down state-by-state or search across 4,500+ Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), Smart City SPVs, and Municipal Corporations hosting active internships.
National Snapshot
Internships posted, ongoing and completed across every State/UT and Urban Local Body — counted from the ULB register, the TULIP postings and their applications.
Smart City & ULB internships open now
Fresh postings from municipal corporations, Smart City SPVs and urban missions. Apply through your student login.
Ready to start?
Register once, apply to any TULIP posting across India.