1. Acceptance of Terms & Platform Charter

Welcome to UpSkills Bharat. This platform functions as a national digital bridge connecting aspiring students and recent graduates from universities, colleges, and polytechnics across Bharat with accredited corporate internship opportunities. By accessing the website, registering an account, or submitting an application, you agree to comply with and be bound by this Website Policy, our Privacy Policy, and all applicable statutory regulations under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and subsequent amendments.

2. Candidate Eligibility & Profile Authenticity

Access to student applications and internship submissions is strictly restricted to bona fide students and recent graduates of recognized higher education institutions in India. By registering, you warrant that:

• All personal, educational, qualification, and contact details provided are truthful, accurate, and up-to-date.
• Statements of Purpose (SOP) submitted reflect your genuine scholastic intent and authentic personal articulation.
• You will not misrepresent your academic qualifications, enrollment status, or institutional affiliation.

3. Ethical Conduct & Security Safeguards

Users must use the portal in a lawful and responsible manner. The following actions are strictly prohibited and constitute a violation of our security charter:

• Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the system, database, or API endpoints without express administrative authorization.
• Automated scraping, bulk extraction of internship listings, or deployment of automated data-mining tools.
• Impersonating another candidate, utilizing compromised credentials, or sharing administrative login sessions.
• Uploading malicious scripts, exploits, or payload injections via application text fields or forms.

Violators are subject to immediate account termination, blacklisting of IP ranges, and legal referral under Sections 43 and 66 of the Information Technology Act.

4. Intellectual Property & Corporate Trademarks

All corporate company logos, registered trademarks, and institutional brand identities displayed on UpSkills Bharat belong solely to their respective corporate owners. Their presence on this portal is strictly for identification and contextual informational reference regarding available student opportunities. The code, user interface architecture, design layout, and curated aggregated datasets are the exclusive intellectual property of UpSkills Bharat.

5. Limitation of Liability & Service Facilitation

UpSkills Bharat acts as a discovery and aggregation facilitator. While stringent verification protocols are observed, final interview scheduling, candidate selection, stipend disbursement, and onboarding decisions rest exclusively within the internal human resource discretion of the participating hiring corporate entities. UpSkills Bharat shall not be held liable for internal hiring decisions, changes in corporate vacancy allocations, or external network interruptions.

6. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. Any legal dispute or claim arising from the use of this portal shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in New Delhi, India.

1. Commitment to Student Data Privacy

At UpSkills Bharat, safeguarding the personal integrity and confidential academic information of our student candidates is our highest operational priority. This Privacy Policy details the types of personal data collected, the technological measures implemented to secure it, and your statutory rights under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.

2. Information We Collect

We only collect information directly necessary to process internship discovery, candidate matching, and application delivery. This includes:

• Candidate Identity & Contact: Full Legal Name, Verified Email Address, Mobile Contact Number.
• Academic Profile: Qualification level (e.g., B.Tech, MCA, B.Sc), Academic Stream, College/University Institute Name, State, and City.
• Application Submissions: Statement of Purpose (SOP), selected domain preferences, application timestamps, and status history.
• Technical & Session Telemetry: Anonymized HTTP access logs, TLS connection parameters, and session telemetry.

3. Purpose of Data Processing & No-Sale Guarantee

Your information is processed solely for:

1. Facilitating seamless submission of candidate credentials to the specific corporate internship programmes you explicitly apply for.
2. Displaying your personalized candidate dashboard with real-time application status reviews.
3. Verifying candidate authenticity and preventing multi-account automated spam submissions.

4. Data Retention & User Deletion Rights

Personal profile data is maintained for the active duration of your educational tenure or until you request account closure. Under the DPDP Act, 2023, candidates retain the right to:

• Access a complete summary of their personal and application data held on record.
• Request correction of inaccurate educational or contact records.
• Request permanent erasure of their account and associated application records from the database.

5. Data Protection & Grievance Officer

In accordance with statutory Indian cyber law guidelines, inquiries regarding data handling or requests for erasure should be directed to our designated Grievance Officer:

1. Links to External Websites & Non-Endorsement

Throughout UpSkills Bharat, you will find hyperlinks pointing to external websites and official online resources, such as the National Portal of India (india.gov.in), Digital India, the National Informatics Centre (NIC), and accredited corporate careers pages. These links are provided solely for public convenience and scholarly reference.

Please note that:

• When you click an external link, you exit UpSkills Bharat and become subject to the terms of service, privacy practices, and security conditions of the external destination.
• UpSkills Bharat does not guarantee the continuous uptime, availability, accessibility, or technical integrity of external linked servers.
• The inclusion of an external link does not imply formal administrative endorsement, warranty, or sponsorship of the content, services, or products offered on that external portal.

2. Permitted Linking to UpSkills Bharat

Educational institutions, universities, polytechnic colleges, placement training cells, and career blogs are permitted and encouraged to link to the homepage or public internship listings of UpSkills Bharat without requiring prior written approval, provided that:

• The link must clearly and accurately identify UpSkills Bharat as the destination source.
• The link must not be presented in any manner that falsely implies formal government certification, commercial partnership, or exclusive official sponsorship where none has been contracted.
• The referring website must not host derogatory, defamatory, illicit, or harmful content.

3. Strict Prohibition on Framing & Embedding

Any link to UpSkills Bharat must open cleanly in a full, independent browser window or new tab. Content framing obscures the source URL, compromises candidate security, and is actively mitigated via HTTP security headers (X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN and Content Security Policies).

4. Prohibition of Deep-Linking to Restricted Endpoints

Direct deep-linking to authenticated student dashboards, internal API endpoints, or administrative control consoles (/admin) by external parties is strictly prohibited. External hyperlinks should target the homepage (/) or public opportunity directories (/#listings).

5. Reporting Dead or Malicious External Links

If you encounter an outdated, dead, or suspicious hyperlink on our listings, please inform our editorial desk at help@upskillsbharat.com so that the link can be audited and updated promptly.

1. Scope of Published Content

This Content Review Policy governs all informational assets published across UpSkills Bharat, including corporate internship descriptions, eligibility criteria, stipend classifications (academic credit vs. monthly stipend), application window deadlines, and organizational contact data.

2. Verification & Sourcing Protocol

Prior to listing any opportunity on the public portal, the editorial team adheres to a structured four-stage verification protocol:

1. Source Authentication: Confirmation that the opening originates from an accredited corporate entity (e.g., TCS Research, Infosys InStep, Wipro Cyber, Reliance Jio Platforms) via official press releases, university outreach channels, or corporate career notices.
2. Student Benefit Evaluation: Verification that the role provides tangible skills acquisition, academic credit qualification, or structured monthly stipends.
3. Clarity & Non-Discrimination: Ensuring role summaries, seat allocations, domain classifications, and educational qualifications are transparently stated without ambiguity.
4. Administrative Publishing: Authorized administrators catalog the opportunity into PostgreSQL with unique immutable slugs, domain badges, and automated close dates.

3. Review Frequency & Audit Schedule

To prevent stale, obsolete, or misleading data from persisting on the portal, all active listings undergo mandatory scheduled audits:

• Fortnightly Audit (Every 14 Days): Routine inspection of closing dates, seat capacities, and corporate domain requirements.
• Weekly Application Volume Check: Monitoring submission volumes to alert corporate reviewers when application quotas are nearing capacity.
• Quarterly Archival Audit: Archiving historical records of completed cohorts to preserve system performance while maintaining auditability.

4. Automated Opportunity Lifecycle Management

Expired opportunities are:

• Immediately locked against new student submissions to avoid wasting applicant time.
• Visually marked with a high-contrast red Expired pill and grayed-out card styling.
• Retained on the portal for public visibility, archival reference, and candidate status tracking.

5. Discrepancy Reporting & Rectification SLA

If an applicant or participating corporate recruiter detects an error (such as an incorrect stipend figure, altered closing date, or modified location parameters):

• Reports can be submitted immediately to help@upskillsbharat.com.
• 24-Hour SLA: The editorial desk guarantees review and verification of reported discrepancies within 24 business hours.
• Verified inaccuracies are rectified immediately or the listing is temporarily deactivated pending corporate clarification.