insiderOne Internship Index
Internships in India, October 2026
What the 707 internships open in India on insiderOne right now pay, where they are, and what they ask for. Counted from the live listings on 9 Oct 2026; every figure shows how many listings it rests on.
Median stipend
₹10,000
a month; half pay ₹5,500–₹14,000 (n = 364)
Remote
59%
415 of 707
Unpaid
38%
of 586 that state their pay
Live internships
707
open in India today
By city
| City | Live internships | Median stipend a month | Stipends stated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | 375 | ₹10,000 | 180 |
| Bengaluru | 87 | ₹13,500 | 43 |
| Mumbai | 34 | ₹10,000 | 13 |
| Delhi | 28 | ₹7,750 | 20 |
| Gurgaon | 26 | ₹12,500 | 10 |
| Noida | 23 | ₹10,500 | 17 |
| Hyderabad | 21 | ₹10,500 | 10 |
| Pune | 20 | ₹5,250 | 14 |
| Chennai | 18 | too few to say | 6 |
| Bhubaneswar | 4 | too few to say | 3 |
By kind of work
| Kind of work | Live internships | Median stipend a month | Stipends stated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing | 167 | ₹10,000 | 108 |
| Sales | 100 | ₹11,000 | 74 |
| Software | 74 | ₹12,500 | 28 |
| HR | 53 | ₹5,250 | 18 |
| Operations and admin | 44 | ₹10,000 | 22 |
| AI and machine learning | 26 | ₹13,750 | 10 |
| Design | 22 | too few to say | 9 |
| Data | 21 | ₹13,063 | 10 |
| Finance | 5 | too few to say | 0 |
| Product | 3 | too few to say | 0 |
Reported by interns
The tables above are what listings advertise. These are what interns on insiderOne say they were actually paid. A row shows once 5 interns have reported it, rounded to the nearest ₹500.
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Skills they ask for most
- Communication Skills · 261
- Sales Prospecting · 91
- Market Research Methods · 86
- Social Media Marketing (SMM) · 80
- Social Media Content Creation · 77
- Social Media Management · 74
- Community Engagement · 70
- Business Development · 63
- Coordination Skills · 59
- Content Writing · 58
- Relationship Management · 52
- Lead Qualification · 47
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Questions
- What is the typical internship stipend in India in October 2026?
- Among 364 live internships in India on insiderOne that state a paid monthly stipend, the median is ₹10,000 a month; half pay between ₹5,500 and ₹14,000.
- How many internships in India are remote?
- 59% of the 707 live internships in India on insiderOne are remote.
- How many internships in India are unpaid?
- 38% of those that state their pay are unpaid (222 of 586).
- Which city has the most internships in India?
- Bengaluru, with 87 live internships on insiderOne, at a median of ₹13,500 a month.
How this is counted
- Every internship or apprenticeship open in India on insiderOne on 9 Oct 2026: 686 of 707 listed on Unstop, the rest on companies' own hiring pages. It describes these listings, not every internship in India.
- Stipends are taken as listed, in rupees a month; a range counts at its midpoint. Unpaid means the listing says so.
- A median is shown only when at least 10 listings state a paid stipend; below that the table says so.
- Cities are folded to one spelling (Bangalore and Bengaluru are one city). Kinds of work are read from the title.
- Recounted from the live listings at least once an hour.
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