Vijayawada, May 2 -- In a shift from conventional training programmes, Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation (AP Transco) is opening its doors to top-tier technical talent-inviting students from IITs and other premier institutions to work on live power sector challenges.

The Summer Internship Programme 2026 is being positioned not as a routine attachment, but as a problem-solving platform embedded within the state's grid operations. Interns will be assigned clearly defined challenges, work under senior utility mentors, and deliver implementation-ready solutions-from AI models to engineering frameworks.

At scale, the initiative is ambitious. AP Transco has identified 44 problem statements across 10 functional wings, covering areas such a...