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The study aims to identify the necessity and exact provision of 'Service Learning' in LIS education. The universities offering Library & Information Science courses in the state of West Bengal, India, have been selected as the study population. The syllabi of the BLIS and MLIS programs from all universities offering LIS courses in West Bengal were collected and analyzed. A survey method was used, with a questionnaire on Google Forms, to gather information related to internships from alumni of the MLIS program at the University of North Bengal. The data collected was analyzed using Microsoft Excel. The experiences gained from monitoring interns who were given opportunities to work in our college library, providing services to users, were used to frame the nature and types of tasks to be included in the service learning. The study recommends incorporating internship/service learning as part of the curriculum with a considerable credit allocation and suggests implementing a uniform structure for the same across all LIS programs in the universities..