IIT Kanpur RISE internship open
IIT Kanpur opened RISE 2026 research internships for foreign students with applications closing March 20 — a timely academic route for students seeking research or data projects announced. These short research stints can be spun into analytics or operations case studies for a working portfolio.
RISE’s program [page lists]iitk.ac.in a two‑module structure: a winter online module (1–31 Dec 2025) and a summer on‑campus stint of 6–8 weeks scheduled between 1 May and 31 Jul 2026. IIT Kanpur’s Department of Management [Sciences documents]iitk.ac.in a faculty body of 28 with explicit research strengths in operations research, supply‑chain and quantitative decision models—directly applicable to match‑day queuing, venue logistics and tournament scheduling projects. The CSE department and E&ICT Academy at [IITK publish]cse.iitk.ac.in courses and faculty expertise in databases, machine learning and applied data science (25+ hands‑on projects listed), offering technical supervision suitable for player‑performance modelling and real‑time analytics pipelines. For Indian undergraduates seeking on‑campus mentorship, IITK’s SURGE [program announced]surge.iitk.ac.in its 2026 advertisement and registration timeline (advert 28 Jan, registration portal opening 2 Feb), providing an explicit alternative route to partner with IITK faculty on operational or analytics projects. IPL franchises maintain in‑house analytics and scouting roles: Mumbai [Indians profiles]mumbaiindians.com team analysts and IPL auction records show franchise spending of ₹639.15 crore in the 2025 auction with Rishabh Pant the top 2025 buy at ₹27 crore, concrete data for building player‑valuation case studies. iplt20.com Indian sports contracting operates under general law and league frameworks: analyses of agency practice and contract drafting reference the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and league rules, with recent BCCI contract listings and sports‑law reviews providing templates for negotiation case studies. lawbhoomi.com Sample RISE‑style projects alignable to IITK supervision include a stadium entry and transport simulation using queuing theory under DoMS [faculty expertise]iitk.ac.in, an IPL auction‑driven player‑valuation model trained on auction datasets and public match [feeds sources]iplt20.com, and an automated player workload pipeline combining pose‑estimation open datasets with CSE‑level ML methods as exemplified in IITK student project repositories. cse.iitk.ac.in
