Internship Report

After the success of the concept of winter internship last year, IIM Shillong came up with Summer Internship Program to showcase the quality and strong business knowledge of its students. The institute witnessed a rich mix of roles and projects being offered by many illustrious companies. The batch of 66 students was placed in 33 companies across a wide range of functional areas.

The past recruiters like Deutsche Bank, Axis Bank,KPMG, Siemens, GE India, Power Finance Corporation made their presence this year as well thus showing their increasing interest in the institute.KPMG offered interesting profiles in Strategy, IT project financing and financial advisory. Ventures like Mycel saw a keen interest from students who were eager to opt for the profiles in Green Consulting. Leading PSUs like Power Finance Corporation and IOCL made their presence on the campus.

Escorts and Indofil Chemicals also participated in the process offering roles in Human Resources and Marketing Strategy. Students showed equally keen interest towards e-commerce companies like Naukri.com, MakeMyTrip and start-up companies which included Brands of Desire and Quetzal. These companies offered profiles in brand management, customer relationship management and operations management. Technology consulting drew keen interest as well with Siemens and GE Capital participating.

Students looking to make a career in marketing were made offers by Eveready, GATI, Nielson, Hughes Communication and Adobe. The banking and financial services sector has always been the most sought after sectors at IIM Shillong. Profiles offered included Investment Banking, Retail Banking, Private Equity, Asset Management, Financial Marketing, Debt Capital, Project Financing, etc. The major recruiters in banking and financial sector included Deutsche Bank, HSBC Bank, Axis Bank, UTI Asset Management, IL&FS, ING Vysya and Milagrow.

A number of students also opted for media and advertising firms which included the likes of Starcom, Zee Learn, Kairali TV and Euro RSCG. The PGP batch of 2009-11 has an appropriate mix of experienced professionals and fresher graduates. Students are from premier institutes like IITs, NITs, SRCC, St. Stephen’s and other esteemed private deemed universities. Students belong to varied educational backgrounds like engineering, commerce, pharmaceutical, psychology and economics. Students have work experience in different sectors like IT, electronics, telecommunications, marketing, production and operations which led to an appropriate mix for the batch to learn and grow professionally.

Within a short span of two years since its inception, IIM Shillong’s interns have drawn great appreciation from the corporate world. Success of summer internships reflects the quality of the management education and values transmitted to the Institute’s participants in line with the corporate requirements.