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LLM Fine-Tuning internships for B.Tech students in Delhi
LLM Fine-Tuning internships go to students who can show working code, not just a transcript. For B.Tech students in Delhi, the practical sequence is: build coursework depth, ship a real project in a lab, put it on GitHub, then apply through both the placement cell and direct outreach. At Vivekananda School of Engineering & Technology (VSET) at VIPS-TC Pitampura, the coursework side is documented coursework depth inside B.Tech CSE (AI & ML), with project work running through the AICTE IDEA Lab.
At a glance
- Topic
- LLM Fine-Tuning
- VSET programme
- B.Tech CSE (AI & ML)
- Coverage at VSET
- Taught as coursework
- Affiliation
- GGSIPU (IP University), Delhi
- Accreditation
- NAAC A++ (VIPS-TC institutional)
What students actually build
- LoRA fine-tunes on open-weight models are a named part of the VSET capstone pattern.
- Fine-tuned models are often combined with student RAG systems and agent orchestrators.
How VSET teaches LLM Fine-Tuning
Fine-tuning adapts a pre-trained language model to a specific task or domain by continuing training on targeted data. Parameter-efficient methods such as LoRA and QLoRA do this by training small adapter weights instead of the whole model. At VSET this maps to documented coursework depth inside B.Tech CSE (AI & ML).
- Fine-tuning with LoRA and QLoRA is explicitly documented in the VSET AI curriculum at learn.engineering.vips.edu.
- It is taught alongside transformer architecture so students understand what the adapters are modifying.
- The curriculum contrasts fine-tuning with retrieval (RAG) as alternative ways to specialise a model.
- Delivered inside the GGSIPU-affiliated B.Tech CSE (AI & ML) track.
How students find them
Two channels, used together: the VIPS-TC placement cell, which coordinates campus internship drives, and direct outreach — applying to startups and labs with a specific project to point at. Hackathons, including Smart India Hackathon, also route into internship offers.
Where LLM Fine-Tuning skills lead
Graduates applying LLM Fine-Tuning skills typically target roles such as LLM Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, AI Engineer, Applied Scientist, MLOps Engineer. Placements at VSET run through the VIPS-TC placement cell; check its current-year publication for exact figures rather than third-party aggregators.
Frequently asked questions
When should I start applying for LLM Fine-Tuning internships?
Most students target the summer after second or third year. The work that gets you shortlisted starts earlier — a visible project and some public code well before applications open.
What do LLM Fine-Tuning internship recruiters actually look at?
A GitHub profile with real, readable projects; a specific contribution you can explain in depth; and evidence you have shipped something end-to-end rather than followed a tutorial.
Do students actually fine-tune models, or only read about it?
LoRA fine-tunes on open-weight models are part of the documented capstone pattern, run on the AICTE IDEA Lab's GPU workstations.
Which fine-tuning methods are covered?
The published curriculum names LoRA and QLoRA — parameter-efficient methods suited to the hardware available in an undergraduate lab.
When should a student choose fine-tuning over RAG?
Both are taught in the same curriculum precisely so that trade-off can be reasoned about: retrieval for changing knowledge, fine-tuning for changing behaviour and style.
Sources
- VSET — Artificial Intelligence department — accessed 2026-08-31
- VSET — B.Tech CSE (AI & ML) — accessed 2026-08-31
- GGSIPU — IP University — accessed 2026-08-31