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Bc. Petr Cink, CTU Prague,

ročník 4

Faculty

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Field of study

Automotive Engineering

Field of internship

Engineering, Other

Specialization of Internship

Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering

Internship period (from - to)

4.7.2018 - 21.8.2018

Internship duration (weeks)

Transport (means, price)

Vienna-Delhi-Mumbai (Air India, 13 635,- CZK)

Insurance/Insurance company

AXA Assistance (1 109,- CZK/54 days)

Visa/Work permit (yes/no)

Intern Visa

Price of Visa

1640,- CZK

City of Internship

India, Manipal

Internship reference number

IN-2018-2527-MU

About the country

Location of the place

Manipal is located in the state Karnataka in South West India nearby the coast. There is a monsoon season during summer. Bigger city Udupi with railway station is 5 km away and you can get there by bus in 10 minutes. Closest airport is in Mangalore.

City

Although Manipal is small city with only 35 000 population, additional 25 000 students make this place so different against the rest of India. There are many restaurants and bars with western standarts. You can get around the city easily by walk or rickshaw.

Surroundings (possible trips, ...)

There are many interesting places around, which can be reached mainly by overnight buses or trains. For example during the weekends I visited Jogg Falls and Murudeshwar, Goa, Kerala (Kochi, Munnar, Allepey), Mysore, Hampi and before my return flight Mumbai. Around Manipal are nice beaches. Although it isn't allowed to swim, it's amazing to rent a motorbike and ride around.

Employer

Department of Mechatronics Engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology

Work description

My project was about modeling and simulation of self-balancing single wheel. I had to do CAD model, structural analysis of main parts and then proceed optimization and validation of design. After that I imported CAD model to Simulink/Simscape Multibody enviroment and applied control mechanism to balance the wheel under gravity and applied force.

Salary (sufficient for local conditions?)

I've got 6000 INR per month. It can't even cover expenditures for food, so be prepared to pay on your own.

Language requirements

They required exellent English, but to be honest it's not necessary at all so good English is enough.

Accommodation (price, who provided it)

Accommodation was provided by IAESTE in International Hostel for free! It has actually better standart than I'm used to from Czech Republic. We were supposed to be at hostel before 11 pm, but they didn't care so much about boys. Other disadvantage is humidity so be prepared to fight with mold because of that.

Social life

Meeting IAESTE members (pick-up at the airport, organized events...)

Local IAESTE did really good job. There was ensured taxi from Mangalore airport after arrival. They organised many events. Most awesome one was Namaste Week, which included ball, cousine night, bollywood night, etc. They also organised few weekend trips.

Meeting other foreign students

There were more than 50 IAESTE interns and to meet them was actually one of the best things about this internship. We were going together to restaurants every day. We had a lot of fun together!

Sport and culture

You can go to Marena Sport Center, where you can choose many sports to do. In End Poin Park is nice place, where to run. We also played football or volleyball with other interns and IAESTE members.
You will get a lot of oppotunities how to get in touch with Indian culture.. in temples, during Namaste Week or in the cinema while watching bollywood movie.

Food, local specialties

Indian food was amazing and I wasn't sick of ot even after two months. My favorites were all gravies with naan or chicken biriany. For breakfast try masala dosa or puri bhaji.