DGRE Paid Internship Recruitment 2026: Apply Offline for 6 Posts

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The Defence Geoinformatics Research Establishment (DGRE) in Chandigarh has six paid internship seats for a batch that starts on 1 January 2027. The DGRE Paid Internship Recruitment 2026 notice comes from the HRD Division of this DRDO laboratory under the Ministry of Defence, and it accepts offline applications only. Your papers have to reach the lab by 06 December 2026.

Seats go to final-year BTech students in Computer Science or Civil Engineering and to second-year MSc or MTech students in Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, according to a Talentd summary of advertisement DGRE/DRPM/TCHR/5205/Voc Trg/2026-01. The DGRE internship lasts six months and pays ₹5,000 a month.

Last cycle was smaller. The December 2025 advertisement listed two CSE seats and one Civil seat, and Talentd counted five seats in total. Civil engineers get a second seat this time.

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Why 06 December is not your real deadline

The date falls on a Sunday, and the notice asks for applications to be received by then, not posted. Your envelope travels by Speed Post to The Director, DGRE, Sector-37A, Chandigarh 160036, marked for the HRD Division. The notice doesn’t say whether the office takes mail on a Sunday, so treat Friday 4 December as the last safe day for it to land.

That puts your posting date near Friday 27 November, and that is where most applicants will lose time.

Every application needs a request letter on college letterhead, signed by the Principal, HOD or TPO and stamped with the office seal. The format sits at the end of the advertisement PDF. It asks for a faculty coordinator’s details and college identifiers such as the AICTE Permanent ID and DTE code. The college also confirms in writing that you can be at DGRE for at least 15 working days a month and will finish all six months. That is a lot to ask of a front office.

A department that has never filled in this letter before can easily take a week. Take the format to your HOD this week. DGRE rejects incomplete applications and applications with errors, and a letter without the seal makes yours incomplete.

DGRE Paid Internship Recruitment 2026 eligibility

Seven conditions apply, taken from the advertisement as Talentd summarises it:

• You are an Indian citizen.
• You study full-time in the matching discipline at a recognised Indian university or institute.
• UG applicants are in the final year of BTech, and PG applicants in the second year of MSc or MTech.
• The internship forms part of your degree course.
• You hold 75% or above, or a CGPA of 7.5 or more, from an AICTE or UGC approved college or university.
• You are below 28 years of age.
• Your Principal, HOD or TPO recommends you in writing.

This advertisement doesn’t cover any branch beyond the three in the table. An ECE or Mechanical student has no seat here, whatever the percentage.

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What ₹5,000 a month actually means

DGRE pays only for months in which you attend at least 15 working days. The money comes in two instalments, the first after three months and the second once you complete all six. At best that totals ₹30,000, and half of it arrives after you have covered three months of living costs yourself. The notice offers no boarding or lodging and no transport or medical allowance, and the 2025 advertisement also ruled out boarding and lodging expenses.

A student from outside Chandigarh should plan rent and food from savings or family support.

What you get for it is project work in geoinformatics and a certificate. DGRE issues the certificate only after it evaluates your project and receives your report. Leave midway and you receive neither certificate nor stipend. Leave is limited to sick leave with a valid prescription, and DGRE promises no job afterwards.

One more thing before joining day. You sign an undertaking under the Official Secrets Act 1923 and another on secrecy and non-publication of DGRE or DRDO data. If you hoped to turn the project into a conference paper, ask your guide what you may publish.

How to apply offline

Details here follow the DGRE internship advertisement as the sources below summarise it, and the official PDF on the DRDO vacancy page is the one that counts. Read it first and note your branch code from the table above.

1. Download the application form from the end of the advertisement PDF. Fill in your personal and college details, branch code, degree and semester, average CGPA or percentage, and contact information (addresses, phone numbers, email). Paste a recent passport-size photo and sign it.
2. Get the college request letter signed and sealed, as described above.
3. Attach the letter, mark sheets showing your CGPA or percentage for every previous semester or year, a copy of your Aadhaar card and a copy of your college ID card.
4. On top of the envelope, write “Application for Paid Internship: Starting 1st January 2027” and “Branch Code” followed by your code.
5. Send it by Speed Post to the address given earlier.

Queries go to director.dgre@gov.in or 0172-2699804. Keep a photocopy of everything you post.

How DGRE picks interns

Selection runs on merit, using your CGPA or percentage across all previous semesters or years. When two candidates tie, DGRE looks at marks from the lower examination.

Shortlisted students may face an online or telephonic interview, and every offer depends on document verification. The 2025 advertisement was blunt about it: applying with the required documents, or meeting every criterion, does not secure a place.

DGRE contacts only the selected students, by email, in the last week of December 2026. Rejected applicants hear nothing. Use an email address you check daily. Canvassing for a seat leads to cancellation.

If you are selected, carry originals to Chandigarh on joining day: a bonafide certificate and an NOC on college letterhead saying the college will relieve you. Add police verification from your hometown or place of residence, the two undertakings and your bank details. DGRE also wants your Aadhaar card, college ID, three passport-size photographs and your mark sheets (or a college letter confirming it holds them). The police verification takes time, and you can’t join without it, so start it the day the selection email arrives.

Quick Answers

Can I apply without the college letter?

The letter is on the enclosure checklist, and DGRE rejects incomplete applications, so an application without it will not get through.

My degree has no internship credit. Does that matter?

It can. The advertisement requires the internship to be part of your degree course, so confirm this with your college before you post anything.

Will DGRE offer a job after the internship?

The notice says DGRE has no obligation to offer one.

Take the request letter format to your HOD this week, and aim to have the envelope in the post by Friday 27 November.

Sources

• Talentd: DRDO Internship 2026, DGRE Chandigarh (published 10 November 2026)
• DRDO vacancy page for the DGRE paid internship
• DGRE advertisement, December 2025 cycle (PDF copy)
• DGRE advertisement, July 2025 cycle, on drdo.gov.in (PDF)
• Talentd: DGRE paid internship 2025 to 2026 guide
• Indian Govt Jobs listing for DGRE paid internship (CSE, CIE, RS)

Disclaimer: This article is for information only and is not an official DRDO or DGRE publication. We have compiled the details from the DGRE advertisement and the sources listed below, and seats, dates and rules can change. Please read the official advertisement on drdo.gov.in before you send your application, and confirm anything unclear with DGRE directly at director.dgre@gov.in.