The summer internships are a milestone for any MBA student in the path of shaping his/her career. The first 4 months is tough for any MBA student in any institute, with competitions, live projects, assignments lined up one after the other. And all these to land the perfect internship. I too had my share of ups and downs during the placement week, but I kept my calm and patiently waited for my chance.
During the months that preceded my internship experience, there was a lot of uncertainty in the air and at the same time, everyone was trying to gain as much knowledge as they could from their seniors. But looking back I felt that I took the right decision of only talking to a few numbers of people that had done internships in the same industry. My internship project could have been in any domain of HR and especially since I was going to work in the consulting domain, cluttering myself with too much information would have taken away the clarity I had in my mind. But on the other hand, I was constantly reading a lot to keep myself updated about what was happening in the HR world. This, in fact, helped me in my internship in connecting the dots a few times.
Meet Mahnaz Shaikh, an HR professional who has worked in the FMCG sector for a whopping 16 years. Starting out from TISS, she did a 12 year long stint with P&G, before moving to Godrej Consumer Products Limited, where she currently works as the Head of HR - India & SAARC. In this video, she talks of her career journey, her learning and insights from the FMCG sector, and the advice she has for students who are anxious about their future as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
“Make the best out of the crisis”- words we as summer interns were told when our induction process began and also the words that resonated with me and challenged me to make the best of my internship.
I was honestly excited when I came to know that I will be going through my summer internship at Vedanta. Being a Mechanical engineer, it was not too much of an unknown territory for me. But being an HR, I was anxious instead, much contrary to the first sentence. “What kind of project I will be getting there?” or “What will be my role?” were some of the questions that were running through the mind. However, after I was done with it, I was surprised how much it changed me, for the better, as a professional and a human being. The tagline was reeling through my mind – “transforming elements”. Never knew it was meant for the personnel as well. Let me now take YOU, the readers on this transformation journey.
Are women better CEOs or Men? You must be overflowing with thoughts to answer this question, isn’t it? This was the topic of my GD, the first round of the selection process for ABFRL and this is where I believe my learning around the corporate world had taken the next step as I was about to be selected to intern with India's first billion-dollar pure-play fashion powerhouse with an elegant bouquet of leading fashion brands and retail formats. A month later, my best friend and I were exploring the classiest innerwear and athleisure at Van Heusen Innerwear’s first exclusive brand outlet (EBO) in Baner, Pune as this was the brand I was to be associated with, as told to me during the interview. Yes, this was my brand calling as I really got hooked onto their product line and that was also the reason for my friends’ banter who could see the brand name popping out at times, from the top of my jeans.
I'm Kavya Pandey, a second-year student specialising in Human Resources from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune.
Summer Internship is the most crucial and exciting part of the MBA program. This stint of two months brings about a lot of learnings and realizations which are essential for a post MBA career.
The summer internships are a milestone for any MBA student in the path of shaping his/her career. The first 4 months is tough for any MBA student in any institute, with competitions, live projects, assignments lined up one after the other. And all these to land the perfect internship. I too had my share of ups and downs during the placement week, but I kept my calm and patiently waited for my chance.
During the months that preceded my internship experience, there was a lot of uncertainty in the air and at the same time, everyone was trying to gain as much knowledge as they could from their seniors. But looking back I felt that I took the right decision of only talking to a few numbers of people that had done internships in the same industry. My internship project could have been in any domain of HR and especially since I was going to work in the consulting domain, cluttering myself with too much information would have taken away the clarity I had in my mind. But on the other hand, I was constantly reading a lot to keep myself updated about what was happening in the HR world. This, in fact, helped me in my internship in connecting the dots a few times.
Meet Mahnaz Shaikh, an HR professional who has worked in the FMCG sector for a whopping 16 years. Starting out from TISS, she did a 12 year long stint with P&G, before moving to Godrej Consumer Products Limited, where she currently works as the Head of HR - India & SAARC. In this video, she talks of her career journey, her learning and insights from the FMCG sector, and the advice she has for students who are anxious about their future as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
“Make the best out of the crisis”- words we as summer interns were told when our induction process began and also the words that resonated with me and challenged me to make the best of my internship.
I was honestly excited when I came to know that I will be going through my summer internship at Vedanta. Being a Mechanical engineer, it was not too much of an unknown territory for me. But being an HR, I was anxious instead, much contrary to the first sentence. “What kind of project I will be getting there?” or “What will be my role?” were some of the questions that were running through the mind. However, after I was done with it, I was surprised how much it changed me, for the better, as a professional and a human being. The tagline was reeling through my mind – “transforming elements”. Never knew it was meant for the personnel as well. Let me now take YOU, the readers on this transformation journey.
Are women better CEOs or Men? You must be overflowing with thoughts to answer this question, isn’t it? This was the topic of my GD, the first round of the selection process for ABFRL and this is where I believe my learning around the corporate world had taken the next step as I was about to be selected to intern with India's first billion-dollar pure-play fashion powerhouse with an elegant bouquet of leading fashion brands and retail formats. A month later, my best friend and I were exploring the classiest innerwear and athleisure at Van Heusen Innerwear’s first exclusive brand outlet (EBO) in Baner, Pune as this was the brand I was to be associated with, as told to me during the interview. Yes, this was my brand calling as I really got hooked onto their product line and that was also the reason for my friends’ banter who could see the brand name popping out at times, from the top of my jeans.
I'm Kavya Pandey, a second-year student specialising in Human Resources from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune.
Summer Internship is the most crucial and exciting part of the MBA program. This stint of two months brings about a lot of learnings and realizations which are essential for a post MBA career.
