Engineering
The Best Summer Internship Stories of 2012
Volume 1.0
By
Message from Internshala
Dear student, At the core of Internshala’s idea is the belief that internships, if managed well, can make a positive difference to the student, to the employer, and to the society at large. Hence, the ad-hoc culture surrounding internships in India should and would change. Internshala aims to be the driver of this change. We believe in the power of meaningful internships and we understand that in order change the mind set surrounding internships, we need to build an eco-system where every possible help that a student may need to land a good internship and to make most of it is available at one place. Your Internship Story contest is one of the many initiatives that Internshala undertakes every year to build this eco system. As part of this contest, thousands of students from all over India share their summer internship experiences with Internshala with the primary objective to help YOU. Our hope is that reading through these stories would help you realize the importance of internships, make you more aware about what to expect in an internship and what not to, what kind of internship culture exists in an organisation and how it can add value to your career. Armed with this information, you can not only identify the right opportunity for you but also know someone who has done the same internship before and whom you can reach out to for more fundaes. In following pages, we present 15 Best Summer Internship Stories of 2012, that have been handpicked among the ~1000 entries that we received this year. These stories cover spectrum of academic disciplines (Engineering, MBA, Law, Degree Courses, Media etc.) and a variety of internship experiences across Corporates, NGOs, Startups, Universities, PSUs and many more. The stories are in no particular order and there are definitely equally insightful stories which could not be accommodated in this book due to space constraint but are
Volume 1.0
By
Message from Internshala
Dear student, At the core of Internshala’s idea is the belief that internships, if managed well, can make a positive difference to the student, to the employer, and to the society at large. Hence, the ad-hoc culture surrounding internships in India should and would change. Internshala aims to be the driver of this change. We believe in the power of meaningful internships and we understand that in order change the mind set surrounding internships, we need to build an eco-system where every possible help that a student may need to land a good internship and to make most of it is available at one place. Your Internship Story contest is one of the many initiatives that Internshala undertakes every year to build this eco system. As part of this contest, thousands of students from all over India share their summer internship experiences with Internshala with the primary objective to help YOU. Our hope is that reading through these stories would help you realize the importance of internships, make you more aware about what to expect in an internship and what not to, what kind of internship culture exists in an organisation and how it can add value to your career. Armed with this information, you can not only identify the right opportunity for you but also know someone who has done the same internship before and whom you can reach out to for more fundaes. In following pages, we present 15 Best Summer Internship Stories of 2012, that have been handpicked among the ~1000 entries that we received this year. These stories cover spectrum of academic disciplines (Engineering, MBA, Law, Degree Courses, Media etc.) and a variety of internship experiences across Corporates, NGOs, Startups, Universities, PSUs and many more. The stories are in no particular order and there are definitely equally insightful stories which could not be accommodated in this book due to space constraint but are