In this article, Raksha Agrawal, a student of IIM Kashipur who interned at TVS Credit in the Banking and Finance Domain talks about her summer internship experience. Find out about how she prepared for the summer placements, her onboarding process, her experiences & what her learnings are during this internship.
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Hi, Tell us about how you got selected for this internship? Take us through the moment you realized you had got the internship.
I got selected for the internship from winning the corporate competition of TVS Credit E.P.I.C. Strategy Challenge.
On joining the company as an intern, how has your onboarding experience been like?
The onboarding was virtual. We received welcome goodies from TVS Credit comprising of bag, bottle, diary, and pen. We were introduced with our mentors and HRs took an onboarding welcome session to get acquainted with the culture of the organization.
How has your interaction with the team members and colleagues been like? How will you make sure to leave the best impression on your supervisors by the end of the internship?
Yes, my interaction had been really good. Even in this virtual mode of internship, our HR's made sure to arrange weekly leadership sessions with the top leaders of the firm. There were sessions with Management trainees and other interns as well. So, I got to know a lot of people through these interactive sessions and everyone was approachable.
Tell us in brief, about the project you are currently working on and how is this project going to help the company?
The project is basically on recommending an integrated strategy model for the firm.
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Give us an overview of how you prepared for your summer placement season.
I had done my cv vetting and given mock interviews for preparation. And for SIP, I got it by working on a case competition.
Based on your internship experience till now, what are some necessary skill sets one must be prepared with before starting an internship?
Good research skills & eagerness to learn
What are some new skills that you have developed while working in the company?
Analytical skills, strategical frameworks, & project implementation.
What are some of the challenges that you have faced in your internship and how have you overcome them?
Since it was a virtual internship, connecting with people used to take a lot of time and coordination of time schedules. Another thing was since I belonged to a very remote place, I often used to experience the internet during the meetings.
Tell us about a situation where you were complemented by your Manager for your work.
My mentor asked me to do detailed research on a particular. So, I extensively did research not just secondary but primary also. And later, my manager was impressed seeing the efforts that I was putting into.
What have been your major learnings during the internship?
Having patience: You will be given many problem statements to solve, but you won't be able to solve them in one go.
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TIMELINE, PROCESS AND RULES
- You don't need to register on InsideIIM.com or on the Kampus App to take part in Summer Saga Season 8. Simply share your experiences in the Digital Diary. To maintain standardisation, every Digital Diary will have a few questions that you'll need to answer.
- Access all the Digital Diaries forms from here: Digital Diary 1 | Digital Diary 2 | Digital Diary 3 | Digital Diary 4 | Digital Diary 5
- Your overall submission will be evaluated on the following parameters:
-Completeness: This depends on the number of Digital Diaries you have filled.
-Value Addition: This depends on how in-depth your answers have been. The score for this parameter will be given by our Judges.
-Reach: This depends on how many unique people have read your internship experience once we publish the article. We maintain fair play, we will publish all the articles on the same day, so that you can also share the same in your network.
- There is also a title called, ‘Campus With The Most Interesting Interns’ that will be awarded to (a) the campus that submits the maximum number of entries and (b) the campus that submits the best quality entries (based on the score given by our judges). The minimum entries from campus to be considered for this title is 10. So, if you want your campus to win the title then make sure your classmates and other students from your b school share their experiences in this year's Summer Saga Competition.
This competition is broadly divided into four categories. Refer to the table below to know more about prizes in each category.
Prize Money
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Category
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Banking and Finance
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Sales, Marketing and General Management
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Operations
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HR, Consulting and Others
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| 1st Prize |
₹ 10,000 |
₹ 10,000 |
₹ 10,000 |
₹ 10,000 |
| Runner Up |
₹ 5,000 |
₹ 5,000 |
₹ 5,000 |
₹ 5,000 |
The 1st Prize winner will also get a one-hour 1-on-1 career guidance session with an industry stalwart, from our panel of mentors in Kounsel.
ABOUT THE JUDGES
Every year, we have Campus Managers from some of the top companies (such as Reliance, HSBC, Flipkart, ABG, HUL, TAS, etc) judging the annual Summer Saga competition. We will release the details of the judges of Summer Saga Season 8 soon!
Check out the previous year's
winners!
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