What happened
Bharat Intern advertises internships in web development, AI, and data science with quick offer letters and easy onboarding—often discovered through LinkedIn. Participants report overly simple tasks, no real mentorship or interviews, and a paywall (commonly cited as ₹51–₹199) to receive the completion certificate. Many students later say the certificate has no credibility with recruiters and that the program functions mainly as a certificate-selling operation exploiting students who need quick resume entries.
Why it seemed suspicious
Instant offer letters without assessment, trivial task structure, mandatory payment for certificates, heavy LinkedIn posting encouraged for organic promotion, and broad developer-community warnings listing Bharat Intern alongside similar certificate-mill platforms.