IIM Shillong Summer Internship Diaries 2021 | General Management

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Nitesh Singh, BPCL

Prep: Amidst the pandemic, I somehow managed to get an internship in a reputed company unlike many who were denied opportunity this year. Doing MBA in online mode, giving interviews virtually is challenging and so was the internship at BPCL. Being a reputed PSU, the challenge was immense but equally enriching.

Project: My internship location was Mumbai and as known to the world as the City of Dreams, it indeed is true to the saying. This was my first visit to the financial capital and I was excited and equally anxious about my first day of internship. On the first day of the internship, I met my mentor, VR Sudhakar Sir, and was introduced to other senior employees of BPCL working there. Afterward, I was introduced to what BPCL was doing and then briefed about my projects. We were a team of three and were assigned projects for finding suitable locations for Wayside Amenities (WSAs) on the upcoming Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and Yamuna Expressway. We gave our best to figure out the locations considering all the scenarios and were appreciated by the guide for work. We were supposed to work on the field as well, but the second wave of pandemic struck, and we had to stick to our rooms and do the work.

Takeaways: Finally, with all the ups and downs, learnings and unlearning, excitement and anxiety, and to the best possible extent, I learned from the internship and completed it. My mantra was, is, and will always be to NEVER GIVE UP and GIVE YOUR BEST without thinking much about the result.

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InsideIIM presents the 8th Season of Summer Saga where you can share your bizarre, enriching, a-little-difficult-yet-fun experiences with everyone and win prizes for the same. We have changed the rules in the eighth season. You don't need to wait for your internship to end in order to share your experience. Instead, it will be a digital diary, where you will be able to document your learnings and experiences, during your stint.

Take part in Summer Saga 2021 now! Fill out Digital Diary 1 below using this link!

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. You will receive Digital Diaries from us on the following dates:
-Digital Diary 1 - 02.05.2021
-Digital Diary 2 - 09.05.2021
-Digital Diary 3 - 23.05.2021
-Digital Diary 4 - 06.06.2021
-Digital Diary 5 - 20.06.2021
After 20th June, we will collate your entries as a single article and share the same with the same.
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.

PRIZES TO WIN

This competition is broadly divided into four categories. Refer to the table below to know more about prizes in each category.

Prize Money	Category
	Banking and Finance	Sales, Marketing and General Management	Operations	HR, Consulting and Others
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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Maybe this will help you reflect and recall these two months as well (which can come in handy when appearing for interviews in the future). InsideIIM is the perfect platform to chronicle your experiences, your highs, your lows and everything in between.