Being an explorer at heart, I felt a summer internship is just like an adventurous hike. It has all the components of a perfect trek, the uncertainty, the fear of known, an element of surprise, a point of wanting to give up, an unexpected angel, a eureka moment and the most important part is the sense of achievement at the end.
FMCGs are renowned to improve a new intern's knowledge of the different geographies and topographies of India. So when my project brief mentioned my location as Mumbai, I was pleasantly surprised. There were other things written in my brief which appeared to me as a message encrypted by enigma filled with acronyms which even Google didn’t know. *drumrolls*
For a guy who has lived at more than 12 places in his life , this internship added yet another feather in his cap . I visited 8 cities in my 2 months stint at Colgate Palmolive. It all started on 4th April when I had my induction at Mumbai . I met my regional team soon after in Gurgaon on 6th April who briefed me about my project which pertained with augmenting distribution of one of the products of my company. I was totally flummoxed when I was asked to visit so many cities in my stint of 2 months.
I got really excited for four reasons when I cleared my interview for Zoukloans. One, I had never been to our capital, New Delhi. Two, I always wanted to join a finance company since I am interested and passionate towards Finance and Economics. Zoukloans, is a fin-tech company aiming to disrupt the conventional credit market. Third, being the opportunity to travel. The traveller in me got alive to explore many beautiful and scenic places around Delhi (And I got few friends from my college, so I believed these two months would be an amazing experience). The last reason, the experience of interning with a start-up. Thanks to the Entrepreneurship and New Venture creation (ENVC) course; I wanted a first-hand experience of the start-up culture and life.
The word Summer Internship brings out different emotions in people- the most common ones being curiosity and excitement. Most of us are excited to go to a company for two months and be able to test our classroom learning in the real world. Same was the case with me. The day I got selected for Nestle, I was very excited to be given the opportunity as we grew up with the company’s products. Be it Maggi or Kitkat, we have all bought a Nestle product at some point of time in our lives. My curiosity level kept peaking as I kept waiting for the day Nestle would send me the mail regarding my joining. Needless to say, once the confirmation mail came, I was ready to take on my internship and give it my best shot. The induction was fun and interesting, we got an overview of the all the processes being carried out at Nestle. The company had also planned various trips for us throughout the week. We got the opportunity to see the process of taking orders from the retail stores along with the salesmen. We saw the plant at Samalkha and visited the R&D Centre, which was the best experience of them all. Once the induction was over, we got our projects and that was the time when the work really started at full throttle. We were allotted our work stations and introduced to our mentors. My project was in Logistics, more specifically it was related to the Secondary Freight Optimization for Chennai Branch. I was introduced to the complete supply chain team at Nestle and my mentor explained the project to me. I was told that after some time I would also get the opportunity to travel to various warehouses across south India as my project was related to the Chennai branch. The first few days into the project were a bit confusing as I tried to get a grip on what was expected and tried to understand the need of the project. But slowly my understanding of project started becoming clearer. After a discussion with my guide I got much more clarity. I planned out my work with my guide and started working on the project. Whenever I was stuck somewhere I could ask anyone in the team for guidance and the discussions helped me move ahead with my work. In a few days I got the opportunity to travel to some warehouses around Chennai to see the ground reality. This was an informative experience for me as it helped me see the bigger picture. It helped me incorporate a lot of changes after discussions with the staff at the warehouse. I also got the opportunity to get hands-on experience in warehousing and got to observe various processes being carried out in the warehouse apart from the ones pertaining to my project. Throughout the project I was given complete freedom and flexibility. Whenever I needed any guidance I could approach anyone in the supply chain team. The discussions were insightful and helped me progress with my project. I got an opportunity to present my project to SCM Head of Nestle and other leading people in the senior management who gave me an encouraging feedback. My project’s recommendations are being implemented and I expect that they will fetch very good results. These 8 weeks at Nestle were an experience of a lifetime. They exceeded all my expectations. As it is said that work gets interesting if you enjoy doing it, and I definitely enjoyed my time at Nestle. Some advice that I would give to the soon to be mangers is to be open minded and be ready to learn, talk with various people and try to soak in as much about the business as possible. The two months will be full of surprises and might be tough at times but they will help build your character and prepare you for the future. As my mentor told me the first day he met me. “Work Hard, Party Harder”
The time finally came; a week after everyone else in my college already started their internship. The morning of April 11, 2016; I took that crowded metro to Gurgaon from Vishwavidyalaya station with so many things running riot in my mind. One Horizon Center it was; the ground floor was swarming with other nervous and excited looking creatures who had also come to spend their summer. Soon the HR came and directed us to the room where we were to spend the rest of the day for our induction. And by the way, the welcome gifts were fantastic; not to mention the delicious breakfast and lunch that was provided.
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
My internship at DoIT Sports Management taught me more than I could have imagined. As the Marketing & Operation Intern, my duties were diverse, and constantly shifting. DoIT owns and administers two famous teams, DABANG DELHI in the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi league and DABANG MUMBAI in hockey India league. Sometimes it’s tough to recall everything I have taken in over the past months just because of the sheer volume of inputs, but I feel that the following are some of the most beneficial lessons I have learned.
Being an explorer at heart, I felt a summer internship is just like an adventurous hike. It has all the components of a perfect trek, the uncertainty, the fear of known, an element of surprise, a point of wanting to give up, an unexpected angel, a eureka moment and the most important part is the sense of achievement at the end.
FMCGs are renowned to improve a new intern's knowledge of the different geographies and topographies of India. So when my project brief mentioned my location as Mumbai, I was pleasantly surprised. There were other things written in my brief which appeared to me as a message encrypted by enigma filled with acronyms which even Google didn’t know. *drumrolls*
For a guy who has lived at more than 12 places in his life , this internship added yet another feather in his cap . I visited 8 cities in my 2 months stint at Colgate Palmolive. It all started on 4th April when I had my induction at Mumbai . I met my regional team soon after in Gurgaon on 6th April who briefed me about my project which pertained with augmenting distribution of one of the products of my company. I was totally flummoxed when I was asked to visit so many cities in my stint of 2 months.
I got really excited for four reasons when I cleared my interview for Zoukloans. One, I had never been to our capital, New Delhi. Two, I always wanted to join a finance company since I am interested and passionate towards Finance and Economics. Zoukloans, is a fin-tech company aiming to disrupt the conventional credit market. Third, being the opportunity to travel. The traveller in me got alive to explore many beautiful and scenic places around Delhi (And I got few friends from my college, so I believed these two months would be an amazing experience). The last reason, the experience of interning with a start-up. Thanks to the Entrepreneurship and New Venture creation (ENVC) course; I wanted a first-hand experience of the start-up culture and life.
The word Summer Internship brings out different emotions in people- the most common ones being curiosity and excitement. Most of us are excited to go to a company for two months and be able to test our classroom learning in the real world. Same was the case with me. The day I got selected for Nestle, I was very excited to be given the opportunity as we grew up with the company’s products. Be it Maggi or Kitkat, we have all bought a Nestle product at some point of time in our lives. My curiosity level kept peaking as I kept waiting for the day Nestle would send me the mail regarding my joining. Needless to say, once the confirmation mail came, I was ready to take on my internship and give it my best shot. The induction was fun and interesting, we got an overview of the all the processes being carried out at Nestle. The company had also planned various trips for us throughout the week. We got the opportunity to see the process of taking orders from the retail stores along with the salesmen. We saw the plant at Samalkha and visited the R&D Centre, which was the best experience of them all. Once the induction was over, we got our projects and that was the time when the work really started at full throttle. We were allotted our work stations and introduced to our mentors. My project was in Logistics, more specifically it was related to the Secondary Freight Optimization for Chennai Branch. I was introduced to the complete supply chain team at Nestle and my mentor explained the project to me. I was told that after some time I would also get the opportunity to travel to various warehouses across south India as my project was related to the Chennai branch. The first few days into the project were a bit confusing as I tried to get a grip on what was expected and tried to understand the need of the project. But slowly my understanding of project started becoming clearer. After a discussion with my guide I got much more clarity. I planned out my work with my guide and started working on the project. Whenever I was stuck somewhere I could ask anyone in the team for guidance and the discussions helped me move ahead with my work. In a few days I got the opportunity to travel to some warehouses around Chennai to see the ground reality. This was an informative experience for me as it helped me see the bigger picture. It helped me incorporate a lot of changes after discussions with the staff at the warehouse. I also got the opportunity to get hands-on experience in warehousing and got to observe various processes being carried out in the warehouse apart from the ones pertaining to my project. Throughout the project I was given complete freedom and flexibility. Whenever I needed any guidance I could approach anyone in the supply chain team. The discussions were insightful and helped me progress with my project. I got an opportunity to present my project to SCM Head of Nestle and other leading people in the senior management who gave me an encouraging feedback. My project’s recommendations are being implemented and I expect that they will fetch very good results. These 8 weeks at Nestle were an experience of a lifetime. They exceeded all my expectations. As it is said that work gets interesting if you enjoy doing it, and I definitely enjoyed my time at Nestle. Some advice that I would give to the soon to be mangers is to be open minded and be ready to learn, talk with various people and try to soak in as much about the business as possible. The two months will be full of surprises and might be tough at times but they will help build your character and prepare you for the future. As my mentor told me the first day he met me. “Work Hard, Party Harder”
The time finally came; a week after everyone else in my college already started their internship. The morning of April 11, 2016; I took that crowded metro to Gurgaon from Vishwavidyalaya station with so many things running riot in my mind. One Horizon Center it was; the ground floor was swarming with other nervous and excited looking creatures who had also come to spend their summer. Soon the HR came and directed us to the room where we were to spend the rest of the day for our induction. And by the way, the welcome gifts were fantastic; not to mention the delicious breakfast and lunch that was provided.
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
My internship at DoIT Sports Management taught me more than I could have imagined. As the Marketing & Operation Intern, my duties were diverse, and constantly shifting. DoIT owns and administers two famous teams, DABANG DELHI in the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi league and DABANG MUMBAI in hockey India league. Sometimes it’s tough to recall everything I have taken in over the past months just because of the sheer volume of inputs, but I feel that the following are some of the most beneficial lessons I have learned.
