I frequently receive requests from students who are looking for an opportunity of internship at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences under my guidance. In particular, many of them are third year students at Indian Institutes of Technology across all India.
If you are one of these, please be aware of the following.
As I can see from the CV's that I receive, these students have usually a good to excellent record track. Especially in the case of the IIT's, it seems that the institutes that encourage these students are maintaining an excellent level.
I also had experiences with young Indian researchers and in general it was a pleasure to work with them.
Unfortunately I don't usually have funds available for supporting internships at the third year level. Some financial support is occasionally available for the PhD and postdoctoral levels only.
To avoid a confusion that has arisen in the past, it is not a matter of general funding. Even if I have research funds, budgets are pre-allocated and you cannot decide to use a part of them for funding third-year students. This must be done with money provided especially for this purpose, which usually is not available.
For the same reason, I cannot host you even if you declare that you will not ask for large sums. I believe you when you explain, as many of you do, that you are not going to have an expensive way of life. But this is not the point. I simply don't have the right type of funds, not quantity. (Although a trip from India to Europe may be expensive, starting from the flight.)
Therefore, if you are strongly motivated, I encourage you to look for some grant to support yourself.
As a final remark, my wish is that the IIT's may able to provide grants to give their students (at least some of them) opportunities to study abroad.