Well, these entries missed being winner of the day by a whisker but were still good enough to be considered for a wild card entry! If you like any particular story, please DO like it on facebook to help the student win winner of the week and winner of the month contests. Stay tuned for more!
Daily winner for: – 2nd September 2012
Name of the intern: - Apurva
Institute: – Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi
Organization interned with: – GCPL
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary describes an internship as a period of time during which a student or new graduate gets practical experience in a job, for example during the summer holiday/vacation: quite a dull way to describe one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life. Read more…
Daily winner for: – 2nd September 2012
Name of the intern: - Navneeta
Institute: – Mody Institute of Information Technology and Science, Lakshmangarh
Organization interned with: – IIT Bombay
My internship story actually began with a conference organized at my college titled “Implications of Nanotechnology”. Although I had come across the word “Nanotechnology” previously, it was only through the conference that I came to know the divine novelties it could offer. I still remember the way one of the scientists ended up his conversation “Small wonders, big frontiers,”. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 2nd September 2012
Name of the intern: - Prachi
Institute: – Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Organization interned with: – National Centre for Radio Astrophysics — Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Having arrived at Pune University I was searching for NCRA, eager to see it. When I reached the campus, the first thing that struck me was the greenery. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 31st August 2012
Name of the intern: - Manoj Kumar
Institute: – Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Organization interned with: – NDA
It all started at 4 A.M.
He was juggled from one room to another
Like a ball
Or like a bottle Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 31st August 2012
Name of the intern: - Lovenish Atal
Institute: – IMT Ghaziabad
Organization interned with: – Donear Industries Ltd.
I did my summer internship in Donear Industries Ltd., whose head office is located in Mumbai. The company came to my college for summer placements and their process involved shortlisting of candidates followed by an online interview. During my interview I was asked basic questions on textile industry and my knowledge about the local place. It was not more than a 10 minute interaction Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 27th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Kavya
Institute: – IMT Ghaziabad
Organization interned with: – Perfetti Van Melle
Part 1, Act 1: Dimaag Ki Batti Jala De: BCG Matrix, Ansoff Matrix, BTL vs. ATL, Marketing Mix, 4 P’s , 5 C’s and STP cramming up later, finally, THE day.
Interviewer: I see the enthusiasm in you to land an FMCG summer but are you sure you are ready for the grind? Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 26th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Hritika
Institute: – Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Noida
Organization interned with: – Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute
During the final semester of my graduation in Amity, I did an internship at Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, North campus. My mentor was Prof. A. Ray, Head of Department Pharmacology. My project revolved around testing of a drug, Naltrexone which is basically given to alcoholics to overcome their addiction. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 26th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Shreya
Institute: - MPSTME, NMIMS
Organization interned with: – Larsen & Toubro
Experience teaches me that human beings have an irresistible urge to do less and complain a lot. As a little girl, when I wanted to grow up and go to school, I complained. When I was in school and there was too much homework, I complained. When I entered my college years, I missed my school days and I complained. Now that I am an intern in a plush office with a revolving chair and an air conditioned cubicle, I am still complaining. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 26th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Venkat Raj Ellendula
Institute: - Indus International School, Hyderabad
Organization interned with: – Hyderabad Beats
Our Director of Academic and Career Counselling at Indus International School Hyderabad informed to the class before our vacation started that an internship would increase our chances to get into a foreign university. I was lucky to see an advertisement on Facebook about an upcoming news firm, Hyderabad Beats, hiring photographers, reporters, etc. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 26th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Murtuza
Institute: - IIT Guwahati
Organization interned with: – Smart Environment Design Lab, KAIST, South Korea
As my internship was approaching an end I didn’t know what to feel. I was simply overwhelmed with the plethora of emotions which were running parallelly in my head. On my arrival I had a bag full of clothes, zero expectations and an ecstasy of having an internship in a foreign land. When it was time to leave, the luggage felt heavier and lighter at the same time. Heavier because of the experience and lighter as I had cleared my head off certain questions and confusions which have seemed to lurk around me since time immemorial. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 26th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Nupur Gurbuxani
Institute: - IMT Ghaziabad
Organization interned with: – Dentsu Inc.
‘It’s only work if somebody makes you do it’ — goes one of the deepest thoughts contemplated by Bill Watterson through the character of Calvin from the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. I understood the essence of this statement during my summer internship this year. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 24th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Basanti
Institute: - BITS Pilani
Organization interned with: – Windals Precision Pvt. Ltd.
I did my first internship in the summer after the end of my second year in college. I wanted to do an internship in my hometown Nagpur itself because I wanted to stay at home at least during the summer break. I got my internship at a mechanical company and I am an electronics student, so you can just imagine how out-of-place I must have been feeling. The good part was that I wasn’t alone in it. It was 4 of us, me and 3 other guys and we called ourselves the Electro Dudes. I was out of place here too. I am a girl not a dude! Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 23rd August 2012
Name of the intern: - Shashank
Institute: - Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi
Organization interned with: - ITC Limited
“Smoke to karta hi hoga na? Bas aish hai fir toh!” was the first reaction of my batch mates the day I got my summer placement offer. But in my 2 month tryst with ITC, I realized there is more to the company than just cigarettes (what the outside world thinks). I hope a glimpse of that can be caught in this narrative. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 23rd August 2012
Name of the intern: - Shiv
Institute: - NIT Kurukshetra
Organization interned with: - Alstom India
It was September 2011 when it was announced at college that Alstom India, one of the big names in the core power industry, was visiting our campus for job recruitment as well as internship offers. We were in the third year of our graduation and I still remember how the HR of the company made a remark that it was us, the third years who were more formally dressed, enthusiastic and presentable than our final year counterparts. It was the fresh excitement I guess, especially when we knew they were offering a stipend for the internship as well :P We had a grilling round of group discussion, followed by personal interviews. We waited till 9 PM when the result was finally announced. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 21st August 2012
Name of the intern: – Saurav
Institute: - T.A. Pai Management Institute
Organization interned with: – Philips Electronics Ltd.
As dust settled on the first academic year of TAPMI, I packed my bag and with a great sense of excitement and apprehension, proceeded for an important event in the life of every B-school graduate – ‘Summer Internship’. After attending numerous group discussions and interviews, suffering quite a few heartbreaks Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 20th August 2012
Name of the intern: – Vikash
Institute: - Manipal Institute of Technology
Organization interned with: – Mozilla through Google Summer of Code
What the heck is Open Source? Why do people just talk about it? How to make money through Open Source? Open Source is a great buzz word for some, well on the other hand its a religion for others. Open Source for lay man can be understood like this, I have a beer can which can be shared by anyone for drinking, and the beer in this can never end. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 20th August 2012
Name of the intern: – Aditya
Institute: - IIT Kanpur
Organization interned with: – University of Alabama, USA
Even before I got admitted into IIT Kanpur, I had heard about students going abroad to do projects as a part of internship. I always had the desire to do the same. The craving to explore ‘Fatherland’ was a big inspiration for me to get into IIT. I even bought a fast track watch with double dials Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 19th August 2012
Name of the intern: – Anushree
Institute: - IIT Roorkee
Organization interned with: – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
The first glance at the email confirmation that said, “You have been selected for the ITI summer internship 2012..” came as a shocker to me. Literally I couldn’t believe that I was in. But this meant the beginning of a life changing experience. With all the VISA and AIR India flight Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 19th August 2012
Name of the intern: – Mehak
Institute: - BITS Pilani
Organization interned with: – Nirmaan
An Eye Opening Experience: Nirmaan internship
Everyone is here for a cause. Keep fighting, struggling, and exploring till you find the cause of your existence :D. I fell in love with the most amazing sector of work i.e. social during my internship at Nirmaan, Hyderabad. Nirmaan is a non-profit organization; an idea initiated by a group of BITsians (2005) determined to work for the rise of a great nation. Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 18th August 2012
Name of the intern: – Naveen
Institute: - IIT Kharagpur
Organization interned with: - Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
I am a third year student of the department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. I have a lways had an aptitude for mathematics and wanted to do some research work in this field. In my fourth semester I was introduced to the field of Statistics Read more…
