Jaipur: Students from premium institutes like IIM, IIT and NIT, among other premier institutes, can now apply for internship with the state's directorate of local bodies (DLB).Hailed as a first in the country, a draft to this effect has already been readied by the DLB and the initiative could be put into practice beginning financial year 2016-17, that is April 1.DLB, after receiving a go-ahead from the urban development and housing minister, Rajpal Singh, has already begun inviting the institutes to participate in the initiative, sources confirmed.A senior official of the directorate of local bodies (DLB) said, "For the first time in the country, any government department is running such an internship programme."