CHENNAI: On Day 1 of the internship drive at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), students bagged as many as 152 internship offers including two international ones from top companies.
Microsoft offered a maximum of 21 internships. Other top companies such Google, Jane Street and Rubrik took part on the Day 1.
These companies interviewed students through video conferencing platforms and offered internships for the summer of 2021.
“We had requested companies to be flexible considering that several of our students were in remote and far-flung locations where internet connectivity may not be as good as in urban locations. The collective efforts of internship student heads and their teams, in collaboration with the companies who participated in this approach, resulted in positive outcomes,” said N V Ravi Kumar, advisor (internship) at IIT-M. The institute also conducted surveys among students and recruiters before finalising Day 1 of the internship drive on August 30.
There were 147 offers on Day 1 of the drive last year, with a total 554 internships offered during the last academic year.
Student teams that organised the event said it was a challenge to organise an online internship drive as the students are spread-out in the various regions of the country. It took us months of planning to provide a fair opportunity to all students to secure an internship in their dream company, said Kunal Gupta, Sourabh Thakur and Omkar Thombre, students from the internship team.
Internships are mandatory for BTech. and MTech courses besides dual degree students as part of their academic curriculum.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/152-iit-m-students-bag-internships-with-top-cos/articleshow/77986186.cms