Daily winner for: – 2nd September 2012
Name of the intern: - Ashwini
Institute: – Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
Organization interned with: – Centre for Environment Education
It is my belief that whatever your field of work might be, an exposure or internship with an environmental organization is of the utmost importance. It teaches you the environmental aspect of your discipline. So I, an International Relations major in my 3rd year of study decided to intern with an NGO in Pune called the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) along with a friend, Chehek. Read more…
Daily winner for: – 1st September 2012
Name of the intern: - Amasikha
Institute: – Jadavpur University
Organization interned with: – Kimaya Architects
Crossing a thousand miles from my home, when I reached Pune for my internship, the first thing that was on my mind was, “Is it actually worth coming here leaving my family and friends for an internship which may or may not turn out to be a disaster for my career?” That was the first time I was stepping into the professional world, unknown till then, and a simple mistake or decision could ruin my first experience and portfolio. Read more…
Daily winner for: – 31st August 2012
Name of the intern: - Chaitali
Institute: – JNTU College of Engineering
Organization interned with: – Research Center Imarat, DRDO
From the outside, the huge 2000 acre campus did not look like it might be a place where weapons for & against mass destruction may be made. When you are a science geek, and your best friend is in your group for an internship project where you get to see actual missiles being built, what more can you ask for? Read more…
Daily winner for: – 30th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Aaqib Raza Khan
Institute: – Jamia Millia Islamia
Organization interned with: – HT City, Hindustan Times
Internships are usually the first opportunity for the leaders of tomorrow, to experience the world they will be facing — in blood and flesh. I joined HT City, an entertainment and lifestyle supplement with one of the major English dailies, Hindustan Times. Read more…
Daily winner for: – 25th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Priyadarshini
Institute: - Stella Maris College
Organization interned with: – Hand in Hand India
I did the Global Leaders’ Internship Programme conducted by Hand in Hand India from the 23rd of July to the 17th of August. It was an experience that I’ll cherish for the rest of my life for many reasons. It was with some misgivings that I had applied for the programme because: Read more…
Daily winner for: – 24th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Nishant
Institute: - IMT Ghaziabad
Organization interned with: - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Pvt. Ltd.
To begin with I was pretty clear on a few things in my mind before my summer internship began such as which brands I wanted to target, the kind of work I wanted to do, etc. The reason I was very particular about my internship was that Read more…
Daily winner for: – 23rd August 2012
Name of the intern: - Karthik
Institute: - Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi
Organization interned with: - Kings XI Punjab
Second day into the office, I was excited and tensed. “Will I get a chance to meet him?”, “What should I speak?” were the questions that probed me throughout the night before. And finally when I met him, I was dumbstruck. I even forgot to wish him back. Yes, I met Adam Gilchrist during our first press conference of the season.
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Daily winner for: – 22nd August 2012
Name of the intern: - Priyanka
Institute: - Welingkar Institute of Management
Organization interned with: - Capgemini
The Oxford dictionary defines an ‘intern’ as a student or trainee who works, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification. My definition of an ‘intern’ would be a person who remains in an organization for a stipulated period of time, regardless of work, largely with a feeling of being unwanted, Read more…
Daily winner for: – 21st August 2012
Name of the intern: – Uttara
Institute: - Jawaharlal Nehru University
Organization interned with: – Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan
In the summer of 2011, my friends and I decided to intern with Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan, an NGO in Araria, Bihar. The work involved conducting social audits for the NREGS and ICDS schemes of the government in various villages in order to expose the rampant corruption in these schemes.
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Daily winner for: – 20th August 2012
Name of the intern: – Hrishita
Institute: - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar
Organization interned with: – Birla Industrial and Technological Museum
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. Birla Industrial and Technological Museum happened to me on one fine sunny morning, when I had been procrastinating by watching all B-grade movies and repeat telecasts of soap operas which can actually meddle with the grey parts of one’s brain. Noticing my reclusive situation, Read more…
Wildcard entry for: – 19th August 2012
Name of the intern: – Aishwarya
Institute: - St. Stephen’s College
Organization interned with: – Goldrush Sales and Services Ltd. (Ventura Airconnect)
The 2nd semester of our first year in college began with one great wave of excitement for us economic students, internships! Come the month of February and all the majority of us could think about were the coming internships. Read more…
Daily Winner for: – 18th August 2012
Name of the intern: – Ayesha
Institute: - National University of Juridical Sciences
Organization interned with: – Pondicherry Women’s Commission
I interned in the PWC office in the summer of 2008 and it was an eye opening experience. The number of problems suffered by women in India and that too at the hands of their husbands-men who are supposed to love them and protect them was just astounding. My internship was a month long Read more…
Daily Winner for: – 15th August 2012
Name of the intern: – Gaurav
Institute: – Manipal Institute of Technology
Organization interned with: – Institute of Nuclear Science, Ankara University
‘Turkish Odyssey’ – My first day at college and I spot this gigantic poster on the food court wall. Flaunting every pixel in every corner of its canvas and with every letter of “IAESTE” getting imprinted into my mind, I slowly and gradually soaked in the meaning of this unknown organization. Well, it was quite self-explanatory as the photo of almost every flag that accompanied the IAESTE logo complemented the purpose of this organization – Merit based internships abroad with a hefty stipend. Read more…
Daily Winner for: - 14th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Tanvi
Institute: - Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology
Organization interned with: - HelpAge India
Editor’s note: Do check out Tanvi’s video about her internship at the end of her article!
This summer saw me doing something I had always wanted to do: work with an NGO. This particular NGO turned out to be HelpAge India, a national level NGO that works towards the welfare of senior citizens helping them fight isolation, poverty and neglect. How successful the internship was is evident from the fact that I have almost convinced my father to open a day care center for the elderly in the future. Read more…
Daily Winner for: - 13th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Charu
Institute: - BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Organization interned with: - MessageDance Inc.
I have always found my generation’s obsession with Facebook, Orkut, Twitter and other social media sites rather stupid. While I had a Facebook account, I never spent more than half an hour on it daily. So imagine my surprise when my internship work turned out to be that of a Social Media Analyst. Read more…
Daily Winner for: - 12th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Pradyut
Institute: - NMIMS
Organization interned with: - PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
They say a relevant internship serves as a priceless stepping stone to one’s future career, irrespective of one’s chosen domain. In March 2010, I arrived in the city of Bengaluru for a three month internship with Pepsico India Private Limited with that very ideal enshrined in my mind. The sweltering heat, annoying traffic, dusty roads and alien layout of the city failed to dampen my excitement (but it did amplify some of my trepidation!) Read more…
Daily Winner for: - 11th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Ankur
Institute: - Sastra University
Organization interned with: - Microsoft India R&D Pvt. Ltd.
My internship journey began at a party — It was the Microsoft Student Partners’ Annual Boot Camp at Goa, where I gave the written test for an internship at my dream company, Microsoft. After a wait of forever (which was actually just three months), Read more…
Daily Winner for: - 10th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Aditi
Institute: - Lady Shri Ram College
Organization interned with: - Inc. India Magazine
As a journalism student, one of the most commonly-asked questions one gets when being asked about an internship with a media organisation is, “So, how many bylines did you manage?” The question has acquired a status somewhat similar to being the be-all and end-all of every internship stint, however brief it may be. Read more…
Daily Winner for: - 9th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Nazreen
Institute: - University of Nottingham
Organization interned with: - Institute of Palliative Medicine
When I started looking for internships, I had my mind set on getting into a publishing house or a newspaper (wanted to flex my journalistic muscles, you see). However, due to clashes with my exam dates and the internship period, I ended up abandoning that idea (for this year!) and instead decided to do something else. Read more…
Daily Winner for: - 8th August 2012
Name of the intern: - Gokulnath
Institute: - IIM Indore
Organization interned with: - PepsiCo India
It was the time when my batch mates were busy attending interviews for summer internships. But for me, the first short-list came after five disappointing days after the process had begun. But, I was rejected as I did not know Hindi, which the job nature demanded. Well, Hindi was the only word I knew in Hindi. Read more…
