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My internship program was fairly structured and we were given projects based on our skills and preference. We were 10 interns in India mainly from new IIMs and NMIMS. E-commerce always fascinated me and Metro Group is planning to come into this area. So, I felt lucky that I got this project, I had to study the competitors and come up with the business plan of how to sustain in this cut throat competition.
I had to do primary as well as secondary research on the subject and come up with the suitable recommendations for the company. Now moving on to the target groups of our company, that are local Kirana (Mom & Pop) stores, Hotels, restaurants and caterers, we were focusing on Kirana segment because it is one of the driving forces in the future. Imagine a life of Kirana store nearby your home. He opens the shop at 6 in the morning and closes by 10-10:30 in the night. I lived that life and understood the pain points of those people.
Metro sent me to Punjab and I visited the kirana stores in the scorching heat of May with 45 degrees in the afternoon. They gave me a hotel room where I could sleep peacefully preparing for the hard work next day. When Sales Representative introduced you as someone from Head office, you feel special about yourself.
In the end comes the final review, there are lot of iterations before the final presentations. We had company mentor as well as company guide. Mentor helped us from the start by defining the objectives and clearing the timelines. Company guide was the one who will approve the project. He will listen for only half an hour about all the hard work and efforts that you have done in those 2 months. So like SRK said in “Chak De” – “ye 70 minutes tumse koi nahi chin sakta.” I had only 30 minutes to convince them: what they should do in next 3 years.